Regulatory Affairs Consulting Services Guide

Navigate complex financial regulations with Fraxtional’s director-led regulatory affairs consulting for fintech, banking, crypto, embedded finance, and money transmission businesses. This guide outlines practical support for AML, licensing, audit readiness, risk assessment, policy development, and fractional compliance leadership, helping growth-stage teams satisfy regulators, sponsor banks, investors, and internal governance expectations without unnecessary full-time executive cost.

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Our Regulatory Affairs Consulting Services

Flexible regulatory consulting for financial innovators needing practical, audit-ready, investor-ready compliance support.

AML Compliance

Build, strengthen, or scale AML programs with executive-led support for due diligence, sponsor bank expectations, sanctions obligations, and global mandates including BSA, OFAC, UK, EU, and Canadian requirements.

BaaS Compliance

Support sponsor banks and fintech partners with compliance oversight for Banking as a Service programs, including BSA/AML, third-party risk, UDAAP, Reg E, documentation, and examination readiness.

Crypto Compliance

Design regulatory programs for exchanges, wallet providers, DeFi platforms, NFT marketplaces, and digital asset businesses, including KYC/KYB, Travel Rule, OFAC screening, FinCEN registration, and VASP obligations.

Licensing Strategy

Plan and manage money transmitter licensing with pre-filing strategy, state prioritization, application preparation, progress tracking, renewals, reporting schedules, and operating-model-specific compliance frameworks.

Risk Assessments

Identify compliance, product, vendor, operational, privacy, cyber, and regulatory exposure through structured assessments that produce prioritized findings, practical fixes, and board-ready documentation.

Policy Development

Create clear, usable, audit-ready compliance policies and procedures with role-based responsibilities, review-friendly formatting, version tracking, and structures that adapt as operations and regulations evolve.

Director-Led Guidance

Scalable Compliance Leadership Without Full-Time Overhead

Fraxtional helps regulated and high-growth financial businesses turn complex requirements into workable compliance operations. From AML frameworks and licensing strategy to sponsor bank readiness, risk assessments, and interim leadership, every engagement is designed to fit the company’s stage, risk profile, and operating model while giving executives, investors, banks, and regulators confidence in the program.

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Trusted By Innovators

Client Success

Fintech, banking, crypto, and investment teams rely on Fraxtional for practical compliance leadership.

"After looking around at various options, including the hiring of a full-time BSA Officer, we were convinced that having a fractional resource provided us the most flexibility, but also the most expertise at the best price. Fraxtional met that need for us, delivering a Director that supported us in discussions..."

CEO, Series B FinTech

"Our small community bank was looking for expertise related to compliance around sponsor banking. While we had great internal experience to rely on, we needed deeper FinTech compliance perspectives to help guide our next steps. We engaged with Fraxtional and could not have been more pleased. Working with a firm..."

Director, Sponsor Bank

"I was referred to Fraxtional by another Founder at Y Combinator. Everything I was told about their flexibility and desire to grow with us turned out to be true! From the very beginning, Ryan and his team understood our needs and understood our budget. With that, they provided us a..."

Co-Founder, Seed Stage FinTech

"Ryan and his team of Directors have been beyond responsive and flexible with our startup. Having a partner that understands our global business and makes sure to provide great value at a fair price is exactly what we wanted."

Founder, Series A Global FinTech

"The Fraxtional team is precisely what our company needed. They helped us find a new sponsor bank to carry our products, wrote our policies and procedures, and completely embedded with our full-time team in a way that was seamless!"

Founder, Series A FinTech

"Fraxtional helped us switch banking partners without disrupting our operations. Their team knew exactly what the bank wanted to see."

COO, Lending-as-a-Service Company

"After looking around at various options, including the hiring of a full-time BSA Officer, we were convinced that having a fractional resource provided us the most flexibility, but also the most expertise at the best price. Fraxtional met that need for us, delivering a Director that supported us in discussions..."

CEO, Series B FinTech

"Our small community bank was looking for expertise related to compliance around sponsor banking. While we had great internal experience to rely on, we needed deeper FinTech compliance perspectives to help guide our next steps. We engaged with Fraxtional and could not have been more pleased. Working with a firm..."

Director, Sponsor Bank

"I was referred to Fraxtional by another Founder at Y Combinator. Everything I was told about their flexibility and desire to grow with us turned out to be true! From the very beginning, Ryan and his team understood our needs and understood our budget. With that, they provided us a..."

Co-Founder, Seed Stage FinTech

"Ryan and his team of Directors have been beyond responsive and flexible with our startup. Having a partner that understands our global business and makes sure to provide great value at a fair price is exactly what we wanted."

Founder, Series A Global FinTech

"The Fraxtional team is precisely what our company needed. They helped us find a new sponsor bank to carry our products, wrote our policies and procedures, and completely embedded with our full-time team in a way that was seamless!"

Founder, Series A FinTech

"Fraxtional helped us switch banking partners without disrupting our operations. Their team knew exactly what the bank wanted to see."

COO, Lending-as-a-Service Company

"After looking around at various options, including the hiring of a full-time BSA Officer, we were convinced that having a fractional resource provided us the most flexibility, but also the most expertise at the best price. Fraxtional met that need for us, delivering a Director that supported us in discussions..."

CEO, Series B FinTech

"Our small community bank was looking for expertise related to compliance around sponsor banking. While we had great internal experience to rely on, we needed deeper FinTech compliance perspectives to help guide our next steps. We engaged with Fraxtional and could not have been more pleased. Working with a firm..."

Director, Sponsor Bank

"I was referred to Fraxtional by another Founder at Y Combinator. Everything I was told about their flexibility and desire to grow with us turned out to be true! From the very beginning, Ryan and his team understood our needs and understood our budget. With that, they provided us a..."

Co-Founder, Seed Stage FinTech

"Ryan and his team of Directors have been beyond responsive and flexible with our startup. Having a partner that understands our global business and makes sure to provide great value at a fair price is exactly what we wanted."

Founder, Series A Global FinTech

"The Fraxtional team is precisely what our company needed. They helped us find a new sponsor bank to carry our products, wrote our policies and procedures, and completely embedded with our full-time team in a way that was seamless!"

Founder, Series A FinTech

"Fraxtional helped us switch banking partners without disrupting our operations. Their team knew exactly what the bank wanted to see."

COO, Lending-as-a-Service Company
The Fraxtional Difference

Why Choose Fraxtional?

Fraxtional delivers experienced regulatory leadership with flexible support built for modern financial companies.

Director-Led

Every client receives direct oversight from experienced Directors, not generic outsourced compliance support.

Flexible Models

Choose advisory, subscription, interim, or embedded leadership as your regulatory workload changes.

Sector Expertise

Specialized support for fintech, banking, crypto, embedded finance, money transmission, and private equity.

Global Reach

Guidance spans U.S., Canada, UK, and EU obligations for cross-border financial operations.

Meet The Fraxtional Team

Experienced compliance leaders for regulated financial businesses.

Fraxtional is built around a simple promise: expert compliance leadership without full-time commitment. The team supports fintech, crypto, banking, embedded finance, money transmitter, and private equity clients that need senior regulatory judgment, practical execution, and credible documentation. With coverage across the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, and the European Union, Fraxtional helps companies address cross-border obligations, sponsor bank expectations, investor diligence, and regulatory scrutiny. Its director-led model gives clients daily access to deep compliance experience while preserving flexibility as teams scale, raise capital, enter new markets, or transition toward in-house leadership.

4 RegionsSupport across the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, and European Union.
Director-Led ModelEvery engagement receives experienced Director oversight and practical senior guidance.
Flexible EngagementsAdvisory, subscription, interim, and embedded fractional leadership options.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is regulatory affairs consulting?

Regulatory affairs consulting helps businesses understand, implement, and maintain programs that satisfy applicable laws, regulator expectations, and partner due diligence requirements. For financial services companies, this may include AML frameworks, licensing strategy, policy development, audit readiness, risk assessments, and board reporting. Fraxtional focuses on practical compliance structures that align with each client’s products, markets, operational risks, and growth stage.

What does a regulatory consultant do?

Who should use Fraxtional’s regulatory affairs consulting services?

Can Fraxtional help with AML and sanctions compliance?

Does Fraxtional support money transmitter licensing?

How does fractional compliance leadership work?

Can Fraxtional help prepare for audits or investor diligence?

What industries does Fraxtional specialize in?

Still Have Regulatory Questions?

Speak with Fraxtional about the right compliance path for your business.

Recognized & Trusted

Awards and Recognition

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T100 Finance Award

Recognized as a Leader in Compliance.

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Director-Led Model

Senior compliance oversight on every engagement.

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Global Compliance Coverage

Support across U.S., Canada, UK, and EU.

Build A Smarter Compliance Strategy

Tell Fraxtional about your business model, regulatory priorities, and timeline. A compliance expert can help identify the right advisory, fractional leadership, audit readiness, licensing, or policy support for your next stage.

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