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Ascent Blog
May 2, 2019
Ascent Selected by GFIN (Global Financial Innovation Network) for Regulatory Cross-Border Pilot
"In an age where the pendulum of regulatory change swings with increasing velocity, this collaboration will support business growth and…
April 15, 2019
A Rapid Fire Review: The Evolution of Personal Liability
These are the realities of personal liability and compliance in the financial sector: >> 75 percent of CCOs are concerned…
April 8, 2019
5 Quick Ways to Beef Up Your AML Program
For compliance executives, steering clear of inadvertent involvement in money laundering should be a top priority. The challenge, of course,…
March 18, 2019
We Can’t Help But Climb: The Ascent Mission
In 2017, 32 year-old Alex Honnold made history as the first and only person to free solo Yosemite’s El Capitan.…
March 13, 2019
Breaking Down the Ascent Hiring Process
By Chris Doyle, CTO At Ascent, we’ve spent a lot of time thinking about our technical hiring process and how…
February 25, 2019
4 Tactics to Prevent Market Manipulation
Market manipulation schemes can subject financial firms to enormous penalties and, in some cases, tear down the enterprise altogether. How…
February 18, 2019
The Role of the Compliance Officer is Rapidly Evolving — Are You?
The role of the compliance officer is rapidly evolving — are you? We teamed up with financial services consulting firm…
February 11, 2019
Robots Take The Wheel: Driverless Cars and Digital Compliance Officers
The rise of AI is to knowledge work what assembly lines were to manufacturing work. The usage of this technology…