Chartwell Compliance

What Chartwell Compliance does

Chartwell Compliance is a U.S.-based financial regulatory compliance consulting firm specializing in anti-money laundering (AML), Bank Secrecy Act (BSA), and Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) compliance, founded in 2011 in Bethesda, Maryland and led by founder and CEO Daniel Weiss. The firm delivers a full stack of compliance services covering Regulatory Compliance & AML program development, AML/CTF and fraud risk assessments, Know Your Customer / Know Your Business onboarding, transaction monitoring system implementation and SAR/STR filing support, sanctions and embargo screening, anti-bribery and corruption advisory (FCPA, UK Bribery Act), and jurisdictional licensing acquisition for money services and virtual currency businesses. Its client base spans nationally chartered and community banks, credit unions, broker-dealers, registered investment advisors, money service businesses, casinos and gaming operators, and cannabis-related businesses.

The firm's service catalog is delivered alongside Ankura Consulting Group's AI-powered compliance technology platform, indicating Chartwell operates within Ankura's Financial Crime Compliance practice. The underlying technology stack includes the Ankura AI Analyst — an agentic AI platform with Sanctions & PEP, Transaction Monitoring, and CDD/EDD modules that leverages large language models to interpret context, generate SAR narratives and compliance checklists, and reduce investigation time by 50% to 80% — and a Trade Finance Platform that combines automated data extraction from trade documents and SWIFT messages with sanctions screening and real-time vessel monitoring. Both platforms operate in a secure virtual private cloud with full audit trails.

The business model combines traditional project-based advisory engagements (lookback reviews, monitorships, remediation planning, model validation, regulatory exam preparation, FinCEN registrations) with productized AI software delivered via API integration, suggesting a hybrid professional-services-plus-SaaS revenue mix. No pricing, contract values, or revenue figures are disclosed in available sources, and the firm operates with a deliberately small headcount (11–50 employees) consistent with a high-touch, senior-practitioner delivery model.

Name

Chartwell Compliance

Website

https://chartwellcompliance.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2011

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Chartwell Compliance is a Bethesda-based consulting firm founded in 2011 that delivers AML/BSA/OFAC compliance, risk assessment, KYC/KYB, transaction monitoring, sanctions screening, and jurisdictional licensing services to banks, MSBs, broker-dealers, casinos, and cryptocurrency firms under founder-CEO Daniel Weiss.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Regulatory Compliance Consulting

NAICS

Investigation and Personal Background Check Services (561611)

SIC

Finance Services (6199)

akta.pro primary industry

Financial Crime Compliance Program Management (Policies, Controls, Training) (FSAMAMAH)

akta.pro secondary industries

Customer Identity (KYC/CDD/EDD) & Onboarding (FSAMAMAA), Regulatory Reporting & Recordkeeping (AML/CTF) (FSAMAMAG), AML/CTF Transaction Monitoring & Case Management (FSAGAFAC), AML/CTF Compliance Programs & Monitoring (MPAEAOAD)

Keywords

• AML compliance consulting
• BSA OFAC advisory
• Financial regulatory compliance
• Risk management consulting
• Sanctions compliance services

Headquarters

HQ city

Bethesda

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Core offering

Chartwell Compliance provides financial regulatory compliance consulting services focused on anti-money laundering (AML), Bank Secrecy Act (BSA), OFAC, and risk management. The firm delivers tailored solutions including AML program development, KYC/KYB verification, transaction monitoring and SAR filing support, sanctions screening, anti-bribery and corruption advisory, risk assessments, and jurisdictional licensing acquisition for money service businesses and virtual currency operators.

Product overview

Ankura offers a comprehensive suite of financial crime compliance solutions consisting of AI-powered platforms and specialized service offerings. The core AI products include Ankura AI Analyst (agentic AI platform for sanctions, alerts, and due diligence with Sanctions & PEP, Transaction Monitoring, and CDD/EDD modules) and the Trade Finance Platform (AI-powered solution for trade document processing, sanctions screening, and vessel monitoring). Supporting these platforms are multiple service offerings covering Regulatory Compliance & AML, Risk Assessments, KYC/KYB, Transaction Monitoring & SAR Filings, Sanctions & Embargoes, Anti-Bribery & Corruption, Jurisdictional Licensing, and Consumer Compliance.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Regulatory Compliance and AML Consulting Tailored advisory solutions designed to minimize money laundering and illicit activity risks and ensure compliance through the development and management of ongoing compliance and monitoring processes, including policy drafting, lookback reviews, remediation plans, transaction monitoring system implementation, AML model validation, independent compliance testing, gap analyses, regulatory exam preparation, SAR/CTR/FBAR filings, and AML training.
• Risk Assessment Services Tailored risk assessment services designed to identify and reduce the likelihood of risks that could negatively impact an organization's ability to conduct business, including AML/CTF, customer, country, fraud, and product/service risk assessments.
• Know Your Customer (KYC) and Know Your Business (KYB) Services Advisory solutions designed to verify customers and establish their risk and financial profiles, including customer due diligence, beneficial owner identification, and risk classification.
• Transaction Monitoring and SAR Filing Support Solutions designed to track and analyze activity to identify suspicious transactions or behavior patterns indicative of fraud or money laundering, including transaction monitoring system implementation and Suspicious Activity Report (SAR) filing support.
• Sanctions and Embargoes Advisory Advisory solutions designed to ensure sanctions and embargoes laws compliance and minimize the risk of sanctions breaches, including screening programs, politically exposed person (PEP) screening, and independent testing.
• Anti-Bribery and Corruption (ABC) Advisory Advisory solutions designed to help identify, manage, prevent, respond to, and monitor risks of misconduct relating to bribery and corruption, including FCPA and UK Bribery Act guidance.
• Jurisdictional Licensing Acquisition Advisory and execution support for the acquisition of state licenses for regulated money service business and virtual currency industries, including NMLS filings, regulatory liaison, and compliance policy creation.

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability8 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Exiger: Exiger provides technology-enabled AML, sanctions, KYC, and financial crime compliance advisory and managed services, competing directly with Chartwell in the regulatory compliance consulting space.
• BSAO Consulting: A smaller AML/BSA consulting practice offering independent compliance reviews, lookbacks, and program development to community banks and credit unions, directly competing with Chartwell in the boutique segment.
• AML RightSource: AML RightSource is a direct peer offering outsourced AML/BSA compliance services including transaction monitoring, KYC, and SAR filings to financial institutions, closely overlapping Chartwell's core service portfolio.
• Navigating Compliance: A boutique AML/BSA compliance consulting firm serving banks, credit unions, and MSBs with regulatory and operational services, comparable in size and niche focus to Chartwell Compliance.

Broad incumbents

• Guidehouse: Guidehouse (formerly Navigant) provides risk and compliance consulting including AML/BSA services to financial institutions, competing with Chartwell as a mid-to-large consultancy with broader industry coverage.
• BDO USA: BDO's Financial Services practice includes AML/BSA consulting, regulatory compliance, and risk advisory for banks and fintechs, overlapping materially with Chartwell's target market and offerings.
• FTI Consulting: FTI Consulting's Forensic & Litigation Consulting segment provides AML, regulatory compliance, and risk advisory services to financial institutions, competing with Chartwell across many of the same engagements.
• Ankura Consulting: Ankura operates a Financial Crime Compliance practice covering AML, sanctions, ABC, and related services closely aligned with Chartwell's offerings, and appears to have absorbed Chartwell's capabilities based on the source data.
• Kroll: Kroll is a global risk and financial advisory firm with a strong AML/sanctions consulting practice serving financial institutions, offering overlapping services but at much greater scale and breadth.

Emerging players

• ComplyAdvantage: ComplyAdvantage provides AI-driven AML, sanctions, and KYC technology solutions that complement or substitute for parts of Chartwell's consulting workflow, representing the technology-enabled direction of the market.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/ChartwellUSA

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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