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Bates Group is a leading financial services consulting firm in the United States. We have been a trusted partner to financial services firms and counsel for over 40 years. Our professional services staff and 175+ industry experts and consultants offer services in litigation consultation and expert testimony, regulatory and internal investigations, compliance and AML solutions, state licensing support, P/L reports, damages consulting, big data analyses, forensic accounting, and expert compliance training.
We work with the nation’s leading multinational and regional banks, financial institutions, insurance companies, and law firms, as well as established and start-up broker-dealers, investment advisers, and funds, money services businesses (MSBs) and non-bank/non-depository institutions, including blockchain, virtual asset and cryptocurrency companies, and precious metal dealers.
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Bates boasts the largest roster of financial industry consultants and experts. Whether you are seeking an options or margin expert, suitability, Reg BI, big data, damages, or insurance testifying expert, AML or compliance project or ongoing consultant, the experts at Bates cover over 250 unique areas of financial services and non-banking financial institution knowledge and expertise.
Experience Matters: Bates Group's MSB, FinTech and Virtual Assets team provides expert advice and industry best practices for BSA/AML/OFAC Compliance, Independent Reviews, State Licensing (MTL, Virtual Currency), Team Training, and more.
Bates Group’s consultants and testifying experts are all outstanding practitioners in their fields. Our nation-wide roster of over 175 quantitative and substantive consultants and experts span 250 unique areas of expertise. Find the right expert for your matter today.
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Bates Senior Consultant Edel Gonzalez is quoted in an ACAMS Moneylaundering.com article, “SWIFT Overhaul May Catch Banks Flat-Footed” exploring the impact of the new SWIFT messaging system.
Fast-moving events in the financial markets are underscoring the need for a workable digital asset legislative and regulatory framework. Ongoing volatility continues to reduce overall crypto market value, and federal and state regulators have ramped up their enforcement efforts. Such volatility is the backdrop to this latest roundup on crypto developments.
In the aftermath of the collapse of three banking firms, Silvergate, Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank earlier in March, tensions in the banking sector continued over the past week with the shares of a number of regional banks including First Republic, PacWest Bancorp and Zions Bancorp under pressure. During the turmoil-filled week, several questions were raised about the strength of U.S. banks, whether regulators moved quickly enough, the role of VCs, and if the failures were foreseeable. Read the analysis from Bates Expert and Director Greg Kyle.