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Muhammad Bilal

Muhammad Bilal

Dubai

Summary

Dynamic professional with a CAMS designation and expertise in KYC compliance, successfully launched Bitco International, enhancing ASIC miner sales. Proven track record in client engagement and business process improvement at Kraken, where I developed training materials and ensured adherence to regulatory standards, driving operational excellence and client satisfaction.

Overview

12
12
years of professional experience

Work History

Co-Founder

Bitco International
Dubai
01.2025 - Current
  • Launched operations in January 2025, focusing on ASIC miner sales and service for bitcoin mining businesses and retail crypto enthusiasts.
  • Expanded offerings to include sales of used miners sourced from large-scale mining operations.

Compliance Analyst

Lunar Rails
Dubai
05.2024 - 04.2025
  • Conducted transaction monitoring and wallet screening utilizing Elliptic, Elliptic, and BlockChair.
  • Analyzed compliance policies to ensure adherence to regulatory standards.
  • Developed training materials for personnel regarding compliance standards and procedures.
  • Managed the preparation and submission of regulatory filings and reports.

Fiat Funding and KYC Specialist

Kraken
01.2022 - 06.2023
  • Perform required KYC screenings on customers, documenting the information obtained as required by global KYC procedures.
  • Facilitated safe and prompt resolution of account access requests through verification of user identity and efficient technical troubleshooting, ensuring uninterrupted access to critical resources.
  • Good understanding of risk and its role in Privacy, Compliance, AML & KYC.
  • Liaise with partner banks and payment providers to ensure that clients' transactions are processed in a timely manner.
  • Monitor, document and escalate unusual activities or AML flags.
  • Review internal documentation to ensure that compliance controls are designed effectively and properly recorded.
  • Understand changes in regulations and the impact on business, and develop strategies to promote internal processes and adherence to AML/CTF policies.

Wealth Consultant - Client Consultation

Edward Jones
03.2018 - 11.2021
  • Subject expertise related to financial and estate planning.
  • Answered queries related to registered accounts in the Canadian landscape.
  • Created and presented financial planning and investment seminars for clients and prospects, thereby increasing client satisfaction and growing the client base.
  • Lead the discovery process for the team by engaging with financial advisors and their clients. Gathering relevant tax and estate documentation.
  • Streamlined procedures and standardized existing reports to improve work efficiency. Executed data analytics for the team, supervised the dashboard every month, and renewals of the affluent client expansions.
  • Utilized a consultative approach to provide tailored investments, financial planning, and overall wealth management solutions.
  • Worked closely with the compliance department to design policies for record retention in accordance with regulatory requirements.

Regulatory Study Trainer

Edward Jones
04.2016 - 02.2018
  • Subject expertise on the required regulatory courses to become a financial advisor in Canada. Courses provided by the Canadian Securities Institute and Insurance regulators, such as 'Canadian Securities Course', 'Conduct and Practices Handbook Course', 'Wealth Management Essentials Course' and the LLQP (Insurance Licensing exam).
  • Trained over 300+ Financial Advisors Trainees by teaching the regulatory courses and helping them succeed in their examinations.
  • Created schedules for Financial Advisor Trainees and furnished regular updates to the Regional Leadership on Trainee progress for their area.
  • Spearheaded Pre-payroll calls, and Webex training, and designed a Business Intelligence dashboard. Also, helped facilitate the logistics team to schedule trainee exams across the country.

Kyc Analyst

QUESTRADE INC
12.2013 - 11.2015
  • Manual review documentation for client account opening procedures.
  • Annual review of clients' accounts to ensure KYC is up-to-date.
  • Escalate for Enhanced due diligence when significant changes in the client profile are observed.
  • Responded swiftly to client concerns through all available communication channels - Chat, Email and Phone.
  • Performed troubleshooting of rejected trades, real-time margin calls, corporate actions, and currency conversions.
  • Liaison with Trade Desk and Back Office to rectify client issues related to trade and financial reporting.

Education

Bachelors -

The University of Waterloo
Ontario, Canada

Skills

  • CAMS designation
  • KYC compliance
  • Analytical skills
  • Business process improvement
  • Client engagement
  • Customer relationship management
  • Financial planning
  • Learning management systems
  • Wealth management
  • ASIC miner sales
  • Data analytics

Languages

  • English, Fluent
  • Urdu, Native Speaker
  • Hindi, Fluent

Personal Information

Nationality: Canadian

Timeline

Co-Founder

Bitco International
01.2025 - Current

Compliance Analyst

Lunar Rails
05.2024 - 04.2025

Fiat Funding and KYC Specialist

Kraken
01.2022 - 06.2023

Wealth Consultant - Client Consultation

Edward Jones
03.2018 - 11.2021

Regulatory Study Trainer

Edward Jones
04.2016 - 02.2018

Kyc Analyst

QUESTRADE INC
12.2013 - 11.2015

Bachelors -

The University of Waterloo

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