Compliance Advisory Retainer for Financial Businesses
Ad hoc advice is unpredictable to budget and slow to reach. A retainer fixes that, giving you priority access to a named adviser for a set monthly fee, so expert help is always ready in Canada.
Expert Advice on a Fixed Retainer
Paying by the hour makes you hesitate before asking, and budgeting becomes guesswork. A retainer removes that friction. You get an agreed block of advisory time each month at a fixed fee, with priority access to a named adviser who already knows your business, so you ask freely and always know what it costs.
A Set Arrangement, Not Ad Hoc
A retainer is a defined arrangement, not one-off calls billed piecemeal. You get a set amount of advisory time, priority response, and a named adviser who stays close to your business, all for a predictable monthly fee. It turns expert compliance advice into something you can rely on and budget for, rather than a cost that surprises you every time you need help.
Fixed Fee
You get ongoing advisory access for just one predictable monthly fee.
Included Hours
You get an agreed block of advisory time every single month.
Priority Access
You get priority response ahead of ad hoc, one off requests.
Named Adviser
You get a single named adviser who already knows your business.
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Businesses We Support and Guide
We support payment service providers, money services businesses, currency dealers, crypto businesses, and many of the other financial businesses that want predictable, retained access to compliance advice under Canadian regulation.
We support banks with program design, oversight, & regulatory examination readiness.
We help credit unions meet obligations proportionate to their membership and scale.
We handle registration, renewals, reporting, & controls FINTRAC expects from you.
We cover Bank of Canada registration alongside your anti money laundering obligations.
We establish what your wallet activity triggers, then build only what applies.
We build compliance around what your product does, before volumes and questions arrive.
We register virtual currency dealers and build the reporting their activity demands.
We support financial institutions across registration, program build, and reporting duties.
Why Businesses Choose Our Retainer
Predictable Cost
You pay one fixed fee each month, so advisory support is easy to budget rather than an unpredictable, surprising cost.
Ask Freely
You have included time each month, so you raise questions early instead of hesitating over the cost of every call.
Priority Access
You come ahead of one off requests, so a retained adviser responds quickly when you actually need them.
Serving Businesses Across Canada
We support businesses right across the whole of Canada, from Toronto and Montreal to Vancouver and Calgary, and foreign businesses wanting a retained Canadian compliance adviser wherever they are based.
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Advisory Retainer Questions
Clear answers to the questions businesses ask most about engaging a compliance adviser on a fixed monthly retainer in Canada.
What is a compliance advisory retainer?
It is a fixed monthly agreement giving you a set amount of advisory time and priority access to a named compliance adviser.
What is included in the retainer?
An agreed block of advisory time, priority response, and a named adviser who knows your business, all for one predictable fee.
What if we need more time?
If you regularly need more than your included hours, we simply agree a larger retainer that fits how you actually use it.
How does this differ from ongoing support?
Ongoing support is the backup service itself. A retainer is the fixed arrangement, included time, priority, and a set fee, you access it through.
Is a retainer right for us?
If you need advice regularly and want predictable cost and priority access, a retainer usually works better than paying ad hoc.