Why choose Compliance Champs?
Whether you are a crypto-asset service provider that falls under the scope of MiCAR and DORA, a financial entity with the intention to explore the possibilities within crypto or a technology-driven startup navigating regulatory requirements for the first time, our Crypto Compliance as a Service provides the structure, expertise, and oversight you need to operate securely, responsibly, and in full alignment with European laws and regulations. From policy design and training to second-line monitoring and strategic advice, our flexible model gives you the assurance you need to operate compliantly without building a full in-house compliance department.
Compliance Champs provides:
- Expert insights and tailored solutions: With years of experience in compliance and risk management in the crypto space, our team offers deep regulatory expertise combined with a practical approach. We understand the complexities of crypto regulation and its impact across different business models. Our tailored solutions are designed to align with your company’s objectives and risk profile, ensuring compliance while maintaining operational flexibility. Our strategies not only meet current regulatory demands but also anticipate future challenges, keeping your organization ahead of the curve.
- Streamlined processes and enhanced efficiency: At Compliance Champs, we help businesses by implementing efficient workflows and leveraging modern compliance tools. This ensures smooth internal communication, reduces administrative burdens, and allows your team to focus on core business activities. By optimizing compliance operations, we enable your organization to respond faster and more effectively to regulatory changes.
- Fostering a culture of integrity: Compliance is more than just a regulatory requirement—it’s about establishing a strong governance framework. We assist in defining clear roles, responsibilities, and reporting structures that enhance transparency and accountability. This approach strengthens trust among stakeholders, both internally and externally, fostering a culture of integrity and ethical business conduct.
- Ensuring long-term compliance and resilience: Staying compliant is an ongoing process, not a one-time effort. We ensure that your organization remains compliant, whether it’s by designing and implementing a compliance framework or executing second line controls, our continuous support helps you stay resilient now and in the future.
Our Crypto Compliance as a Service:
- MiCAR Compliance: We assist your organization in designing and implementing a governance framework that complies with MiCAR requirements while aligning with your business objectives. We support the development and implementation of policies and procedures essential for MiCAR compliance (e.g. conflict of interest, market abuse, complaint handling, custody). Whether you’re launching a stablecoin, operating a crypto exchange, or acting as a crypto launchpad, Compliance Champs ensures your business aligns with MiCAR standards and is ready to meet regulatory supervision requirements.
- DORA Compliance: We assist your firm in meeting the DORA requirements, which are designed to strengthen the IT security and resilience of financial entities, including crypto-asset service providers. This includes conducting ICT risk assessments, mapping critical third-party dependencies, and implementing comprehensive risk management, incident detection, and response strategies. We help you build a DORA-compliant framework with governance policies, resilience testing, and incident reporting mechanisms, ensuring your ability to withstand and recover from cyber threats, data breaches, and operational disruptions.
- TFR Compliance: We help you meet the “Travel Rule” requirements by implementing secure, end-to-end solutions for transmitting originator and beneficiary information with every crypto transfer. We also provide guidance on responding to non-cooperative counterparties, data privacy implications, and regulatory reporting expectations. Our goal is to help you achieve full Travel Rule compliance without disrupting your customer experience or operational efficiency.
- AML/CFT and Sanction compliance: We help you establish and maintain a compliant Anti-Money Laundering (AML) and Countering the Financing of Terrorism (CFT) framework, tailored to your crypto business’s risk profile and operational model. Our services include conducting business-wide risk assessments, drafting and updating AML/CFT and Sanction policies and procedures, implementing effective customer due diligence (CDD/KYC), enhanced due diligence (EDD), ongoing transaction monitoring and sanction screening processes.
- GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) compliance: We help ensure your crypto business complies with the GDPR by embedding data protection principles into your operations from the ground up, drafting the required policies and procedures, executing Data protection impact assessment (DPIA’s) and implementing procedures to handle data subject rights and data breaches.
- Design and execution of SIRA (Systematic Integrity Risk Assessment): We support you in conducting a SIRA, a critical tool for identifying, assessing, and mitigating integrity risks such as money laundering, fraud, sanctions breaches, and conflicts of interest. We help you develop a risk scoring model, define mitigation strategies, and integrate the results into your broader compliance and risk management frameworks in order to ensure that SIRA can be used as a steering instrument for senior management. A well-executed SIRA not only satisfies regulatory expectations but also enhances your ability to manage risk proactively and strategically.
- Designing and implementing your compliance framework: We design and implement tailored compliance frameworks that align with your business model, risk profile and regulatory obligations. This includes developing governance structures, defining roles and responsibilities, drafting and/or reviewing core policies and procedures, and embedding compliance into daily operations. We also support the setup of reporting lines, regulatory change management, and training programs to ensure staff understands and implements compliance expectations.
- Setting-up and executing your internal control framework: We help you establish internal controls to manage compliance and operational risks, including control design, documentation, automation, and testing. Our approach ensures controls are effective, auditable, and adaptable as your business scales.
- Ongoing second-line monitoring and file reviews: We provide ongoing second-line monitoring on your compliance framework and customer file reviews (e.g. on MiCAR related policies and AML-CFT and Sanction related policies). Our reviews identify gaps, assess effectiveness, and provide actionable recommendations. The report will summarize all control tests performed, outcomes, and identified deficiencies. This can be used as a practical tool to help your company improve and strengthen overall compliance.
- Training and awareness: We offer tailored training programs to ensure your team understands the applicable regulatory requirements, including MiCAR, DORA, AML/CFT, TFR, GDPR, and more. From board level training sessions to in-depth workshops for compliance, operations, and product teams, our sessions are practical, engaging, and always up to date. We also offer the possibility to train and coach internal staff members for a longer period of time, helping you build in-house expertise and create a strong culture of compliance across your organization.
Curious how we can support your compliance journey?
“Compliance isn’t just a requirement, it’s your edge.”
