Legal & Compliance Department
This Department is composed of legal and financial regulation experts. Its members are involved in a wide range of areas, whether in support of other teams, during client negotiations or in dealing with national and European regulators.
Our Legal team comprises legal councels specialised in contract law and privacy management.
The team provides support in the negotiation of contracts with clients and suppliers. The team also conducts due diligence when selecting contractors.
The team ensures that Powens is compliant with the European requirements of the GDPR, as a data controller or processor of financial data.
Our Compliance & AML-CFT team is composed of experts in European regulations and financial services.
The team ensures strict compliance with European regulatory requirements and manages all internal control processes.
It acts at the heart of the legislative process by conducting a lobbying activity at the European Commission, in collaboration with other players in Open Banking. Powens is actively involved in the exchanges with the EBA in the context of the PSD3.
Lennart Tolleson, Compliance Specialist
"I believe that in order to work in the Anti-Money Laundering Department, you have to be a rather methodical person and in particular you need to know the regulations very well, and then how to apply and implement them, on a technological level within the platforms, to meet all the corresponding standards."
Find out more about her background and challenges in this interview.