Regulatory compliance mapping is key to helping financial firms manage risk. No matter how your firm defines its taxonomy, Ascent helps you organize and surface exactly what you need, when…
Ascent TeamApril 9, 2021
Finding the right RegTech partner can be difficult. So we sat down with an industry expert to get his take on how he evaluates vendors. --- As an expert in…
Ascent TeamMarch 25, 2021
Ascent’s solution ensures global financial firms can comply better and more cost-effectively in light of increasing regulatory burden. --- Chicago IL (March 24, 2021) — Ascent announced today that its…
Ascent TeamMarch 24, 2021
Can you trace your regulatory obligations back to their source? Here we explain how Ascent helps you do exactly that. Ascent offers targeted regulatory knowledge — in other words, the…
Ascent TeamMarch 11, 2021
SARs have been in the media a lot recently, dragging these reports into the limelight. Here we discuss how financial firms are expected to respond. Suspicious Activity Reports (SARs) are undoubtedly…
Ascent TeamFebruary 16, 2021
For years, the basic underlying approach to compliance has been to avoid a one-size-fits-all approach, tailoring controls and resources to your company’s own, unique risk profile. In 2020, a few…
Ascent TeamFebruary 9, 2021
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Vanessa YehFebruary 8, 2021
To those in the anti-money laundering practice, Nina Simone’s memorable singing that it’s a “new dawn” and “a new day” may be best suited to the recently-passed Anti-Money Laundering Act…
Ascent TeamFebruary 1, 2021
In Part 1 of this writeup, we discussed the approach that the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) has taken in recent enforcement actions related to the Heightened…
Ascent TeamJanuary 22, 2021