Anti-Money Laundering Regulation applies from 10 July 2027

Regulatory compliance advice, and the technology to put it into practice

ML Consulting advises payment and e-money institutions, crypto-asset service providers and other regulated firms on anti-money laundering, operational resilience and AI regulation. It also builds the automation that makes compliance work efficient and demonstrable.

  • 12+ years in compliance and financial crime
  • Former Chief Compliance Officer
  • CAMS-Audit, CGSS, CCAS
  • Anti-Money Laundering Regulation
  • AML Directive (EU) 2024/1640
  • Transfer of Funds Regulation
  • MiCA
  • DORA
  • EU AI Act
  • PSD2 and EMD2
  • GDPR
  • EBA Guidelines
  • FATF Recommendations
  • Lithuanian AML/CTF Law

Practice areas

Regulatory advice and the automation that puts it into practice, with one accountable adviser.

Compliance automation

Solutions that take repetitive compliance and operations work off your team, with human approval at every decision and a full audit trail.

  1. Your documents and systems
  2. AI prepares the work
  3. Your staff decide
  4. Every step is logged
All twelve solutions

Application development

Native iPhone and iPad applications for clients who need a mobile tool, available as a complementary service.

Application development

Advisory services in detail

Each service has a defined scope, written deliverables and a fixed fee agreed before work begins.

Regulation (EU) 2024/1624, applying from 10 July 2027

AMLR gap analysis

A structured comparison of your AML/CTF framework with the Anti-Money Laundering Regulation, so that remediation can be planned well before the date of application.

Scope

  • Customer due diligence, including enhanced and simplified measures
  • Identification and verification of beneficial owners
  • Business-wide risk assessment, policies, controls and procedures
  • Record-keeping, reporting and group-wide requirements

You receive

  • Gap register referenced to AMLR articles
  • Prioritised remediation plan with owners and deadlines
  • Summary for the management body
Discuss an AMLR gap analysis
Lithuanian AML/CTF law and supervisory requirements

AML/CTF framework review

An independent review of how your AML/CTF framework works in practice, for firms preparing for an inspection, an authorisation or growth.

Scope

  • Business-wide risk assessment methodology
  • Customer risk scoring
  • Transaction-monitoring scenarios and alert handling
  • Sanctions screening, training and reporting to the management body

You receive

  • Findings report with risk ratings
  • Revised documents or drafting guidance
  • Remediation plan
Discuss a framework review
Regulation (EU) 2022/2554, applying since 17 January 2025

DORA and ICT third-party risk

Practical compliance with the Digital Operational Resilience Act, with a focus on third-party arrangements and the register of information.

Scope

  • Register of information: preparation and maintenance
  • ICT third-party risk policy
  • Contractual provisions for ICT services (Article 30)
  • ICT-related incident classification and reporting

You receive

  • Completed or validated register of information
  • Contract gap analysis by provider
  • Policy updates and an action plan
Discuss DORA compliance
Regulation (EU) 2024/1689, as amended by Regulation (EU) 2026/1744

EU AI Act readiness

An inventory and classification of the AI systems your firm develops or uses, and the measures the AI Act requires of you.

Scope

  • Inventory of AI systems and general-purpose AI tools in use
  • Role (provider or deployer) and risk classification
  • AI literacy measures for staff (Article 4)
  • Transparency obligations (Article 50)

You receive

  • AI system register
  • Classification memorandum
  • AI use policy and an AI-literacy session for staff
Discuss AI Act readiness
Vendor-neutral selection, contracting and tuning

KYC and transaction-monitoring platform selection

Help in choosing, contracting and tuning onboarding, screening and transaction-monitoring software that fits your risk profile.

Scope

  • Requirements derived from your business-wide risk assessment
  • Market shortlist, structured demonstrations and a proof of concept
  • Contract review against outsourcing and DORA requirements
  • Scenario tuning and false-positive analysis after go-live

You receive

  • Requirements document
  • Vendor evaluation matrix
  • Recommendation memorandum and tuning report
Discuss platform selection
E-money institutions, payment institutions and crypto-asset service providers

Authorisation support

Support for firms applying for or extending an authorisation, and for responding to supervisory requests.

Scope

  • Programme of operations and business plan review
  • Governance, internal control and risk management framework
  • AML/CTF, ICT and security documentation
  • Responses to supervisory questions

You receive

  • Gap review of the application file
  • Drafted or revised policies
  • Support until submission
Discuss authorisation support

How an engagement works

A defined path from first conversation to delivery, with the fee fixed before any work starts.

  1. Initial consultation

    A confidential conversation about your situation, obligations and timelines, without charge or obligation.

  2. Scope and engagement letter

    Scope, deliverables, timeline and a fixed fee, agreed in writing before work begins.

  3. Delivery

    Findings referenced to the relevant articles, or solutions delivered and tested on your own cases.

  4. Ongoing support

    Remediation follow-up, regulatory updates and maintenance of what was built, as needed.

Founder

Mantvydas Levickis founded ML Consulting after more than twelve years in compliance and financial-crime prevention. His work has covered AML investigations at a global payments company, sanctions analysis at an international bank, and Chief Compliance Officer roles at EU-licensed e-money and crypto-asset firms, including service on a management board.

He has also designed and published 15 iOS applications. That gives the firm a practical understanding of how compliance requirements translate into working software.

Full profile
Mantvydas LevickisFounder, ML Consulting MB
12+years in compliance and financial crime
15iOS apps designed and built
3working languages
Former roles
Chief Compliance Officer; management board member
Credentials
  • CAMS-Audit
  • CGSS
  • CCAS
Education
M.A. in International Relations and Diplomacy; executive education in board leadership and governance
Languages
Lithuanian, English, German

Working principles

Independence

Vendor-neutral advice. Any commercial relationship with a software provider is disclosed in writing.

Confidentiality

A non-disclosure agreement on request before details are shared. Client data is never used to train AI models.

Human oversight

Automation prepares the work; qualified people make the decisions, and every step is logged.

Precision

Findings are referenced to the article of the regulation they rely on.

Questions

Anything else you would like to know? Arrange a consultation or write to mantvydas@mlconsulting.lt.

Is this legal advice?

No. ML Consulting provides regulatory compliance consulting. Where a formal legal opinion is required, it works alongside your legal counsel.

Which firms do you work with?

Payment and e-money institutions, crypto-asset service providers, lenders and other obliged entities, mainly in Lithuania and the wider EU. Automation work is also available to businesses outside financial services.

Do you build KYC or transaction-monitoring systems?

No. These require specialised platforms. ML Consulting helps you select and tune one, and automates the compliance work around it.

How are fees agreed?

Each engagement has a fixed fee, set out in an engagement letter together with the scope and deliverables before work begins.

In which languages do you work?

Lithuanian, English and German.

Discuss your requirements

A confidential first conversation about your obligations, deadlines or project. You will receive a reply within one working day.

Arrange a consultation