The framework is complete. Is the risk?
Policies, committees and reviews can all be present while the institution's real risk picture stays fragmented. We test whether the control changes a decision for the better.
Financial crime advisoryINDEPENDENT ADVISORY FOR FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS
Clarity when the control is not enough.
Trasetti advises banks and financial institutions on financial crime compliance and trade finance & transaction banking. We test how controls work in practice, form clear judgements, and help senior teams act on them.
Financial Crime & Compliance Advisory
Trade Finance & Transaction Banking Advisory
THE WORK WE ARE CALLED IN TO DO
When the control looks right, but the question remains.
The work rarely begins with a blank page. It begins with something that exists, but does not yet hold.
The queue is quieter. Is the control stronger?
A lower alert count can come from better data and judgement — or from narrower coverage. We help teams find the difference.
Read the perspectiveThe transaction is documented. Is it understood?
Parties, ownership, goods, documents and payment flows each tell part of the story. We help operations and compliance see the whole.
Trade finance advisoryOUR PRACTICES
Two practices. One standard of judgement.
Each engagement starts with the decision the work must support — not a template, a product or a predetermined answer.
PRACTICE 01
Financial Crime & Compliance
We examine the design and operation of financial crime controls across FCM, AML, CFT, sanctions, KYC/KYB, customer due diligence, beneficial ownership and transaction monitoring.
- Control design and effectiveness
- Customer risk, ownership and due diligence
- Monitoring coverage and investigation quality
- Governance, evidence and decision-making
PRACTICE 02
Trade Finance & Transaction Banking
We help institutions understand risk across the whole trade transaction — counterparties, ownership, goods, documents and payments — and make the operating model between operations and compliance work.
- Trade-finance controls and operating models
- Trade-based financial crime and transaction review
- Payments, cash management and corporate transaction banking
- Process, escalation and three-lines collaboration
HOW WE WORK
Evidence before assertion.
A judgement is only useful if the reasoning can be followed. We separate what the evidence shows, what it suggests, and what requires legal or regulatory interpretation.
We do not begin with a template. We begin with the decision the control is meant to support.
Frame
Define the risk, the decision it should inform and the consequence of getting it wrong.
Test
Examine the design, the data and how the work is actually done — not only how it is described.
Judge
Form a clear, evidence-based view and show the reasoning behind it.
Support
Help teams prioritise the change, make it practical and show whether it has held.
PERSPECTIVE
Notes for the people doing the work.
Short, practical observations on financial crime, monitoring and trade finance. No slogans and no predictions.
FINANCIAL CRIME MANAGEMENT
Trust is the real currency
Financial crime management protects more than the balance sheet.
Read the noteMONITORING EFFECTIVENESS
Fewer alerts is not stronger control
Effectiveness lives in coverage, data and judgement.
Read the noteTRADE FINANCE
Look beyond the transaction
Goods, ownership and payment flows tell the fuller story.
Read the noteSTART A CONVERSATION
Bring us the question that will not sit neatly in a paper.
Tell us the decision you are trying to make, the control you are testing or the risk you cannot yet explain. We will tell you plainly whether we can help.
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