Mitchell Levy, Founder
As a 25-plus-year veteran of the money services industry, Mitchell is CAMS Certified and has a comprehensive understanding of what owners and companies experience every day in their businesses. After gaining hands-on experience as an operator, owner, and compliance officer, Mitchell created tailored compliance programs for MSBs that both satisfy industry requirements and assist organizations achieve high standards of regulatory compliance. Over two decades of continuous industry training, experience preparing and complying with audits from Western Union, MoneyGram, banks, IRS Title 31, State Licensing Regulators, and customer and employee interaction have given Mitchell the insider expertise, valuable knowledge, and wide-ranging insight necessary to support businesses in their growth and compliance. Mitchell’s knowledge has grown to include cryptocurrency, finance companies and the cannabis industry. Mitchell’s expertise and services include producing robust independent reviews, compliance manuals, policy & procedures, site visits, bank on-boarding, customer on-site visits on behalf of Banks, examinations of Banks’s customers that have fallen out of their profile, monthly compliance monitoring, and on-site training.
Mitchell is a 20-year member of INFiN, A Financial Services Alliance (previously FiSCA), served 15 years as a board member of the Maryland Association of Financial Service Centers (MAFSC), a member of the Financial Service Centers of New York (FSCNY), a member of the ATM Industry Association (ATMIA), an active member of The Banking & Financial Services Committee at the National Cannabis Association (NCIA) and is credentialed as a Certified Anti- Money Laundering Specialist (CAMS) through the Association of Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialists (ACAMS).
Taylor Levy, Principal
Taylor grew up in the MSB industry; her father owned and operated a regional chain of financial service centers for over twenty years. Taylor makes conforming to regulatory requirements painless and easy to understand. Taylor has provided numerous trainings on BSA/AML requirements, creates custom compliance programs for MSBs to reflect specific business practices, analyzed various transaction data types for reportable activity, monitors compliance practices monthly, and supports companies through various audits from Western Union, banks, IRS Title 31, and state regulatory agencies. Taylor provides support to clients within financial services, cryptocurrency, check cashing, and cannabis industries.
Taylor is a graduate of Washington University in St. Louis with a degree in Psychology. Prior to TCO, Taylor spent 6 years at a Fortune 500 health care consulting company managing various teams to increase hospitals’ bottom line and improve patient experience.
Taylor is a member of Financial Service Centers of America (FiSCA, now INFiN, A Financial Services Alliance), a member of the Financial Service Centers of New York (FSCNY). and is credentialed as a Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist (CAMS) through the Association of Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialists (ACAMS).