A specialist advisory firm in Dutch and European financial supervision.
Four reasons clients come back.
Experience with DNB & AFM
Years of hands-on experience with licensing, governance, risk and compliance in the financial sector. As a consultant and as a regulator.
End-to-end guidance
From strategy and documentation to liaising with regulators — in one engagement.
Practical & actionable
No theoretical reports. Concrete solutions that work in practice from day one.
PSP & Fintech specialist
Deep expertise in PSD2/PSD3, DORA, AML, governance and outsourcing for regulated enterprises.
Specialist support, in one place.
Compliance, risk and governance — tailored to your organisation’s stage and scale.
End-to-end regulatory support: policy development, frameworks, risk assessment and training.
Learn moreInterim or project-based reinforcement of the compliance, risk or governance function — including regulator correspondence.
Learn moreGuidance from concept to licence for payment institutions, EMIs, investment firms and fintechs.
Learn moreClear choices, workable outcomes.
Founded by Frenkel Drevers.
Compliance-support was founded by Frenkel Drevers. 25 years of experience in the Dutch financial sector — ten years as a manager at the AFM, followed by fifteen years in senior compliance and risk roles, including thirteen years as early-stage partner at Charco & Dique (now part of Projective Group).
What sets him apart: experience on both sides of the table. He knows how DNB and AFM think because he has worked there, and he knows what a payment institution, investment firm or bank needs in practice because he has set it up and implemented it for dozens of clients. Practical, transparent and outcome-focused.
Everything on this site, in English.
The full English section: services, knowledge base, publications and contact.
Who we are, how we work and the firms we know inside out.
OpenCompliance advisory, interim support and licence applications.
OpenPolicy, frameworks, gap assessments, risk analysis and training.
OpenInterim compliance officer, MLRO, risk manager or project resource.
OpenPI, EMI, investment firm and CASP authorisations with DNB or AFM.
OpenScoping, proposal, delivery and handover — what to expect.
OpenAMLR, PSD2 and PSD3, DORA, MiFID II, sanctions, reporting and more.
OpenRoutes, the DNB file, timelines and the pitfalls that cause delays.
OpenRegulatory updates and case notes on DNB, AFM, EBA and ESMA.
OpenBook a 30-minute intro call, or email us directly.
OpenDoes the AMLR apply to AIS and PIS providers? The split ruling explained.
OpenCan payment institutions offer FX hedging without a MiFID II licence? The AG opinion in C-339/25.
OpenWhat the AAR is, who is in scope and what ESMA’s reporting templates cover.
OpenThe largest reform of the European payment services framework since 2018.
OpenThe new European anti-money laundering rules: AMLR, AMLA, the business-wide risk assessment and sanctions screening.
OpenThe current payment services framework, the perimeter and ancillary activities.
OpenInvestment services under the Wft (Dutch Financial Supervision Act), the 2026 review and FX hedging.
OpenRecovery and exit plans for payment institutions — DNB good practices.
OpenAI governance, the right to an explanation and the GDPR for financial institutions.
OpenDigital operational resilience and ICT risk management (Regulation (EU) 2022/2554).
OpenContinuous screening, the 50% rule, transaction filtering and reporting to DNB.
OpenThe DNB application in eleven chapters, capital and safeguarding of client funds.
OpenPrudential reporting to DNB for payment and e-money institutions.
OpenFitness and propriety assessments of executive and supervisory directors.
OpenAuthorisation and supervision of crypto-asset service providers and stablecoin issuers in the Netherlands.
OpenLicensing, the registration regime and AIFMD II for fund managers in the Netherlands.
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