How did AML Accelerate come to exist?

AML Accelerate was born through collaboration between two of the leading thought leaders in AML/CFT compliance programs, Arctic Intelligence and Initialism

ARCTIC INTELLIGENCE

Arctic Intelligence was founded in 2011. The founder spent over 20 years working with some of the world’s largest consulting firms, investment and retail banks and understand the challenges that these organisations face in managing these risks.

Arctic Intelligence was founded by passionate risk and compliance experts who understood, that even for those who could afford it, understanding your financial crime risk and how to mitigate it was overly cumbersome, expensive and many available solutions were not effective and difficult to implement.

Combining over 100 years of hands-on, practical experience our experts have developed practical end-to-end solutions for conducting risk assessments and compliance assurance monitoring.

The tools provide a framework for identifying, assessing, mitigating and managing risk.

Critically the tools provide tangible and actionable recommendations based on input to the tools.

Designed for different industries and company sizes each tool asks a series of expertly designed questions to assess the situation. The responses are then analysed to deliver practical recommendations to mitigate the risk or ensure compliance with industry regulations.

You can find out more about Arctic Intelligence at http://www.arctic-intelligence.com/

INITIALISM

Initialism brings together unparalleled expert knowledge, experience, and real world perspectives in the area of Anti-Money Laundering (AML)/Counter Terrorism Financing (CTF) and Targeted Financial Sanction (TFS) compliance and financial crime risk management.

Initialism’s people have unique backgrounds in financial crime risk management spanning the last 30 years, covering all market segments, with a proven track record in delivering compliant, proportionate, and business sensitive AML/CTF and TFS compliance and risk management solutions.

This includes experience in domestic and international money laundering law enforcement investigations, developing and implementing national AML regulation and regulatory supervision techniques, and developing pragmatic responses and achieving industry-wide consensus on solutions for AML/CTF and TFS compliance and financial crime risk management.

Initialism’s experience also includes working at senior levels within major financial institutions managing AML/CTF and TFS compliance across Australia, Asia, Europe (including the UK), and the Americas (including the USA).

Since 2012, Initialism’s principals have built on their experience and expertise, undertaken consulting assignments and delivered proportionate and business sensitive compliance and risk management solutions for all types and sizes of businesses subject to AML/CTF obligations and financial crime risks.

You can find out more about Initialism at http://initialism.com.au/