Institutional Advisory · LATAM HQ · Santo Domingo

Financial Infrastructure
& Compliance for
regulated digital asset businesses.

Mercantil supports VASPs, fintechs, exchanges, OTC desks, PSPs and regulated financial institutions with institutional-grade compliance, governance, audits and operational infrastructure across LATAM and global jurisdictions.

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Trusted by regulated financial institutions across LATAM & offshore jurisdictions
VASP Operators · Exchanges & OTC · Digital Banks · PSP / MSB · Cross-Border Operators · Treasury Platforms · Stablecoin Issuers
Institutional offering

Why institutions work with Mercantil

Four pillars covering the full compliance, risk, governance and operational stack for regulated digital asset and financial services businesses.

Institutional Compliance

End-to-end AML/CFT programs designed for FI-grade counterparties and regulator scrutiny.

  • AML / CFT framework
  • KYC · KYB · EDD
  • KYT & transaction monitoring
  • Sanctions screening
  • Travel Rule

Regulatory Advisory

Legal opinions, licensing readiness and multi-jurisdictional structuring for digital asset businesses.

  • Legal opinions
  • Licensing readiness
  • FATF / GAFI alignment
  • Risk assessments
  • Cross-border structuring

Independent Reviews

AML independent testing, governance assessments and remediation programs aligned with FI standards.

  • AML independent testing
  • Control reviews
  • Audit support
  • Remediation programs
  • Governance assessments

Operational Infrastructure

Reporting, settlement governance and operational resilience built for institutional throughput.

  • Treasury workflows
  • Regulatory reporting
  • Settlement governance
  • Risk escalation
  • Operational resilience
Compliance Command Center

Mission control for financial crime compliance.

Live blockchain analytics, transaction monitoring, sanctions exposure, KYT scoring, onboarding queues and remediation workflows — operated as a single compliance surface.

mercantil · compliance-ops · live
SYSTEM NOMINAL
TX Monitoring · 24h LIVE
184,237
▲ 4.2% vs. 24h prior · 1,284 flagged
Transactions screened across active clients
Sanctions Screening OFAC · UN · EU · UK
0.00%
▲ 12 hits 24h · 0 cleared
Hit rate against consolidated lists
Jurisdiction Risk Heatmap FATF
Risk-weighted exposure · grey-list, black-list, enhanced jurisdictions
Investigations Feed REAL-TIME
Onboarding Queue VASP · KYB
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7 EDD · 12 review · 23 clear
VASP PSP Exchange OTC
Counterparties in active diligence
Independent Audits

Institutional assurance & independent reviews.

Independent testing, governance reviews and remediation programs designed to meet the standards of Tier-1 correspondent banks and supervisory examinations.

Audit & Assurance Request DDQ Pack
A-01 AML Independent Testing Annual · ISO 37301
A-02 KYT Effectiveness Reviews Quarterly
A-03 Sanctions Control Testing Semi-annual
A-04 Governance Reviews Annual
A-05 Operational Risk Reviews ISO 31000
A-06 Audit Remediation Project-based
A-07 FI Due Diligence Preparation Banker-grade
A-08 Correspondent Banking Readiness Wolfsberg-aligned
International Standards

Designed around international frameworks.

Mercantil's programs, controls and operating procedures are designed considering the leading international standards for compliance, security, risk and continuity. These are framework alignments — not certifications of the firm — applied to client programs and infrastructure.

ISO 37301
Compliance Management Systems
Framework-aligned
ISO 27001
Information Security Management
Framework-aligned
ISO 31000
Risk Management
Framework-aligned
ISO 22301
Business Continuity Management
Framework-aligned
FATF Recommendations
AML/CFT international standards
Built considering
Wolfsberg Principles
Correspondent banking, AML
Built considering
FinCEN-aligned controls
U.S. financial crime controls
Reference framework
Risk-Based Approach
FATF methodology
Applied across programs
Institutional Counterparties

Designed for institutional counterparties.

When a correspondent bank, fund administrator or institutional investor opens a diligence file on your operation, what they find should answer their questions before they're asked. Mercantil packages your operation to that standard.

Request DDQ Package
DDQ Package · Contents v3.2
  • 01 · Entity & ownership structureREADY
  • 02 · Licensing & regulatory permissionsREADY
  • 03 · AML/CFT program documentationREADY
  • 04 · Independent testing reportsREADY
  • 05 · Sanctions & PEP screeningREADY
  • 06 · Transaction monitoring frameworkREADY
  • 07 · Travel Rule implementationREADY
  • 08 · Governance & board oversightREADY
  • 09 · Risk assessment & methodologyREADY
  • 10 · Operational resilience & BCPREADY
Coverage

Jurisdictional coverage across LATAM & offshore.

Direct coverage in regulated markets where Mercantil holds practice presence; allied coverage where matters extend through trusted institutional partners.

DOMDominican RepublicDirect · LATAM HQ
USAUnited StatesDirect · FinCEN
PANPanamaDirect
COLColombiaDirect
MEXMexicoDirect
SLVEl SalvadorDirect · BCR DASP
CRICosta RicaDirect
ESPSpainAllied
KYCCayman IslandsAllied
BVIBritish Virgin IslandsAllied
SGPSingaporeAllied
CHESwitzerlandAllied
UAEUnited Arab EmiratesAllied
GBRUnited KingdomAllied
Insights

Regulatory intelligence for digital asset operators.

All Insights

Travel Rule across LATAM: where VASPs stand 18 months after FATF R.16 implementation pressure.

A jurisdiction-by-jurisdiction map of Travel Rule adoption status in the Dominican Republic, Mexico, Colombia, Brazil and Panama — including supervisory expectations, threshold differences, and the impact on cross-border VASP-to-VASP flows.

OFAC's 2026 secondary-sanctions framework for stablecoin infrastructure.

Implications for issuers, on/off-ramps and reserve custodians touching restricted markets.

VASP licensing maturity in the Dominican Republic.

Where the framework stands, what BCRD and DGII are signaling, and what operational readiness looks like in 2026.

How crypto-native businesses survive correspondent banking diligence in 2026.

The DDQ patterns Tier-1 banks now apply, what fails, and what closes accounts within 60 days.

KYT effectiveness reviews: what regulators actually want to see.

From tooling selection to rule calibration evidence and false-positive economics.

Q1 2026 enforcement: parsing the seven largest VASP actions.

A consolidated read of FinCEN, NYDFS, FCA, MAS and CNBV actions and the operational patterns they target.

Institutional Access

Talk to compliance.

Schedule an institutional call with our compliance practice. Discuss your licensing posture, jurisdictional structuring, audit posture or counterparty readiness — under NDA from the first conversation.