Crypto risk management
Financial Institutions
Eric Groothedde
The specialist in crypto risk management for financial institutions
I help compliance, business and FEC leaders in financial institutions control crypto risk — through direct advisory, professional training, and structured risk tools.
Advisory
For executive leaders in FEC, Compliance and Business under regulatory pressure, that have control gaps or cost reduction obligations. You want direct, senior-level engagement - not a junior team.
Training
For leaders in CASPs and financial institutions who want to train financial crime professionals, compliance or executive teams on crypto risk management. Or meet ESMA knowledge and competence requirements as a CASP.
Risk tools
For executive leaders in FEC and Compliance that want structured tools like a control gap assessment or a crypto financial crime risk framework with limited external support. Built from practice with Tier 1 banks, not theory.
Tier 1 banking experience. Over 1,000 professionals trained. Track record of bringing regulatory remediation to a close and embedding crypto risk management into business as usual operations at financial institutions in the Netherlands.
Financial crime risk
Crypto expertise
Why senior leaders in financial institutions request my advisory service
Crypto introduces structurally high financial crime risk. Authorities including FATF, Europol and the FBI warn that growing adoption is driving increased crypto-related crime — from money laundering and fraud to terrorist financing and sanctions evasion.Most financial institutions are already exposed — often more than they recognise.Weak crypto expertise and fragmented governance create unnecessary regulatory pressure and higher costs. Specialist, risk-based expertise makes the difference: stronger controls, lower exposure, and the ability to distinguish legitimate activity from criminal misuse.
Weak crypto expertise and fragmented governance undermine effective risk management and create unnecessary cost and regulatory exposure. Executive teams need a clear, efficient operating standard for how crypto controls work together. Applying specialist, risk‑based expertise strengthens control effectiveness, improves efficiency, and enables clear differentiation between illicit use and accepted activity—delivering lower regulatory liability, improved cost‑to‑income performance, and increased client value.
EXPERTISE AND IMPACT
Advisory
I work with executive teams in Financial Economic Crime, Compliance and Business to ensure crypto financial crime risk is demonstrably controlled, governed, and integrated into business‑as‑usual operations, drawing on proven approaches developed in practice with Tier 1 institutions.
Core Expertise
- Executive‑level assessment of crypto control gaps across financial crime, compliance, and business functions
- Design and execution of crypto financial crime risk frameworks aligned with regulatory expectations and strategic objectives
- Institutionalising crypto risk management as part of business‑as‑usual decision‑making and operations
Proven Impact
- Strengthened risk detection and control effectiveness, materially reducing regulatory scrutiny and supervisory intervention
- Enabling confident execution of digital asset strategies within defined risk appetite
- Improving operating models and reducing cost through sustainable efficiency gains
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