About us

Founder

Amber de Volk is a senior compliance architect and regulatory advisor with more than eighteen years of experience across fintech, banking, lending, payments, and emerging financial technologies. She holds an LLM in Financial Risk Management and is a Certified Mediator, blending analytical rigor with emotional intelligence and a hands-on leadership style.

Amber views compliance as a strategic partnership. She works alongside founders, executive teams, engineers, and data scientists to drive growth, manage risk, and support innovation through practical, well-designed compliance frameworks. Her expertise spans CMS and AML program development, model governance, AI and machine learning oversight, data governance, enterprise risk management, and enforcement action remediation.

Known for integrity, trust-building, and clear communication, Amber is adept at navigating complex banking scenarios, sponsor bank environments, and high-growth startup demands. She brings a steady, thoughtful presence to audits, examinations, lookbacks, and remediation efforts, and is equally willing to roll up her sleeves and build programs from the ground up.

Amber partners with clients to create compliance programs that are scalable, defensible, and aligned with real operational needs, ensuring compliance becomes a catalyst for safer innovation and sustainable growth.

Principal AI Architect

Carson Aft builds intelligent systems that empower our regulatory analysts. He designed the Equinox Compliance AI engine with a specific focus on human accountability and domain expertise. His background includes engineering leadership and applied AI strategy for Fortune 500 enterprises, specializing in Trust & Safety, operational scale, and system resilience.

Bio coming soon.