Who we work with
We work with fintechs, payment platforms, and banks at critical compliance inflection points, when the stakes are highest and generic advice isn't enough.
Financially Regulated Institutions
You're scaling customers, markets or products, and your financial crime controls need to mature alongside the business.
- Fractional MLRO / Nominated Officer
- AML programme across the full lifecycle
- Licensing & regulator readiness
- KYC/KYB & banking-partner support
RegTech & Compliance Tech
We help RegTech businesses validate their products against real-world compliance expectations, and earn the buyer and regulator trust that wins deals.
- Go-to-market & buyer positioning
- Product review & compliance validation
- Vendor benchmarking
- Detection & model efficacy validation
Business Process Outsourcers
You deliver KYC, CDD, and monitoring operations for regulated clients. We help you run them to the standard your clients and their regulators expect.
- Remediation & programme management
- Process excellence & optimisation
- AI & automation enablement
- Metrics, SLAs & quality assurance
We're usually brought in when…
If one of these sounds familiar, you're in the right place.
We're preparing for a licence application.
You need confidence your AML framework is regulator-ready.
Our controls worked at 10k customers, but not at 1m.
You need processes that scale with the business.
We have remediation work but limited internal bandwidth.
You need senior expertise, quickly.
Our product is strong, but buyers want compliance credibility.
You need real AML domain expertise behind the product.
Why organisations choose North Star Advisory Group
Because, when it matters, they need:
- Senior AML practitioners, not generic consultants
- Practical recommendations, not theoretical frameworks
- Independent challenge when internal teams need support
- Experience navigating real regulatory expectations
Kausate
ComplyOne
KPMG
What clients and colleagues say
A few words from people who've worked with Phil, sourced from LinkedIn.
"I needed someone who could pick up a complex financial crime problem quickly and run with it without much hand-holding. Phil did exactly that: he took ownership against a tight deadline and left it in better shape than he found it. Low ego, clear in writing, always happy to be challenged."
"Phil is a strong and positive leader. His depth of knowledge and experience in the financial crime space, combined with his technical understanding, allows him to deliver robust and effective control programmes."
"One of the most passionate and innovative managers I've worked with: a renowned SME in AML and financial crime analytics who knows how to combine that with real technical strength to deliver the best outcome for clients."
Need an independent AML read?
A confidential conversation to understand your challenge, spot the gaps, and decide whether we can help. The first call is free.