Updated September 2021: As the COVID-19 pandemic continues, the information on this page may change as organizations adapt their in-person plans for safety reasons. We will continue to update this…
Ascent TeamSeptember 10, 2021
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As digital services proliferate, we’re entering a new age of commercial opportunity: one where the digital world increasingly reflects changes similar to the physical world of the past 100 years.…
Brian ClarkAugust 11, 2021
At Ascent, we believe that focus and context are key to building a clear view of regulatory risk. This blog explains how financial services firms can use Ascent to maintain…
Ascent TeamAugust 3, 2021
— If you watch CNBC, then you might recognize our next guest, Tom Loverro. Tom has helped some of the ...
Ascent TeamJuly 7, 2021
In Part 1 (DiFi or Die Trying: A Quick and Dirty Overview of Digital Finance), we discussed the digital financial ecosystem that grew from the ashes of the financial wildfire…
Jilaine BauerJune 1, 2021
Emerging from the ashes of the financial wildfire that spread across the world in 2008, the seeds of a new digital financial ecosystem germinated from an email sent by Satoshi…
Jilaine BauerMay 21, 2021
The rise of digital currency (aka cryptocurrency) has caused regulators to grapple with how to fit it under existing money transmission laws. Today, FinTechs and issuers of digital currency also…
Ascent TeamMay 13, 2021
— There are two compliance issues that are on Heather Gentile’s mind — repeatability and...
Ascent TeamMarch 30, 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
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