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Compliance software built for financial services

Financial services compliance operates under unique pressure: multiple regulators, exam cycles, and zero tolerance for lapses. Ethico provides the ethics hotline, case management, and disclosure tools financial institutions need—with documentation that satisfies examiners and 25 years of experience serving regulated industries.

25 years serving regulated financial institutions
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The Shield

Documentation that satisfies examiners

Financial institutions answer to multiple regulators—OCC, FDIC, Fed, state banking departments, SEC, FINRA. Your compliance documentation must satisfy all of them.

Multi-Regulator Environment

Financial institutions answer to multiple regulators—OCC, FDIC, Fed, state banking departments, SEC, FINRA. Your compliance documentation must satisfy all of them.

Exam-Ready Reporting

  • Case status summaries by category and timeframe
  • Hotline activity reports with trending analysis
  • Disclosure completion rates and flagged conflicts
  • Investigation outcomes with remediation documentation
  • Audit trails that prove consistent process

Regulatory Frameworks Supported

BSA/AML
SAR-related case tracking, suspicious activity documentation
Fair Lending
Discrimination complaint handling, pattern analysis
Consumer Protection
UDAP/UDAAP complaint management
SOX
Control testing documentation, remediation tracking
FINRA
Broker misconduct investigations, outside activity disclosures
State Insurance
Market conduct examination support
The Engine

Built for banking, insurance, and investment compliance

Specialized case categories with investigation templates, regulatory-aligned checklists, and intelligent routing by branch, product line, or severity level.

Specialized Case Categories

Insider trading concerns
Market manipulation allegations
Sales practice violations
AML/BSA suspicious activity
Fair lending discrimination
Privacy and data security
Fiduciary duty concerns
Conflicts of interest
Unauthorized trading
Expense abuse

Investigation Templates

Each category has specialized templates with:

  • Required documentation fields
  • Regulatory-aligned checklists
  • Evidence collection requirements
  • Escalation triggers

Intelligent Routing

By Branch/Region
Geographic routing
By Product Line
Lending, deposits, investments
By Regulatory Category
BSA, Fair Lending, etc.
By Severity Level
Priority escalation
The Compass

See what scattered reports miss

Cross-reference analysis surfaces patterns across employees, branches, product lines, and business units that individual reports obscure.

Cross-Reference Analysis

  • Same employee in multiple reports
  • Same branch showing clustered complaints
  • Same product line generating concerns
  • Pattern across business units

Examiner-Ready Analytics

  • Volume trends over exam periods
  • Category distribution YoY comparison
  • Time-to-resolution metrics
  • Substantiation rates by type

Integration Points

  • Connect hotline data to audit findings
  • Link case outcomes to training records
  • Cross-reference with disclosure data
Disclosures

Manage employee conflicts in regulated environments

Financial services employees face unique conflict requirements: personal trading disclosures, outside business activities, family member employment, board memberships, and investment holdings.

Disclosure Campaigns

  • Annual certification drives
  • New hire disclosure requirements
  • Change-in-circumstances updates
  • Automated reminders and escalation

Risk Flagging

  • Automatic identification of concerning patterns
  • Reviewer workflow for flagged disclosures
  • Documentation of review decisions
  • Linkage to case management if investigation needed
The Heart

Reports that capture regulatory significance

Our Risk Specialists receive specialized training on financial services terminology, regulatory categories, and the details that matter for compliance.

Capability
Industry Standard
Ethico
Call duration
6-7 minutes
14-15 minutes
Abandonment rate
15-19%
<1%
Identified callers
~50%
~75%
Quality review
Sampling
100%

Why This Matters

In financial services, a report about "irregular account activity" needs to be explored for BSA/AML implications. A complaint about "unfair treatment" needs fair lending context. Our adaptive methodology captures the regulatory nuances.

Across the financial services spectrum

From regional banks to private equity firms, we serve the full range of financial institutions.

Banking & Credit Unions

  • Regional and community banks
  • Credit unions
  • Mortgage lenders
  • Consumer finance companies

Insurance

  • Property & casualty carriers
  • Life and health insurers
  • Insurance agencies and brokers
  • Reinsurance companies

Investment & Securities

  • Broker-dealers
  • Investment advisers
  • Asset managers
  • Private equity firms

Specialty Finance

  • Fintech companies
  • Payment processors
  • Commercial lenders
  • Equipment finance

Proof Points

23.7 days
Average case closure
44%
Faster than industry
<1%
Call abandonment
14-15 min
Call duration
~75%
Identified callers
100%
Quality review
1,500+
Client organizations
25 years
Serving regulated industries

Financial services deployment in 60-90 days

From discovery to go-live with full financial services configuration.

Phase
Timeline
What Happens
Discovery
Week 1-2
Regulatory requirements review, category mapping, routing rules
Configuration
Week 2-4
Financial services templates, exam reporting setup, workflow design
Integration
Week 3-5
HRIS connection, existing system data import
Training
Week 5-6
Compliance team training, investigator certification
Go-Live
Week 6-8
Full deployment with hypercare support
"Exam prep used to be a scramble to pull reports from multiple systems. Now everything our examiners request is in one place—hotline trending, case outcomes, disclosure completion rates, investigation documentation. Our last OCC exam took half the prep time."
David R.
Chief Compliance Officer, Regional Bank (2,800 employees)
Exam preparation time reduced by 50%

What Happens Next

1

See Financial Services Configuration

Demo showing financial services categories, exam reporting, and regulatory templates.

2

Review Your Regulatory Requirements

We'll map your specific regulatory obligations to our templates and identify configuration needs.

3

Design Your Compliance Program

Configure categories, routing rules, and reporting dashboards for your institution.

4

Go Live (60-90 Days)

Full deployment with financial services-specific configuration and exam-ready reporting.

Frequently Asked Questions

Compliance software that satisfies regulators

See how Ethico helps financial institutions manage ethics reporting, investigations, and disclosures with documentation that satisfies examiners. Request a demo configured for banking, insurance, or investment compliance.

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