Hithyshi Manjunath, ICA

CEO

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India6 yrs 9 mos experience

Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

Expert in Anti-Money Laundering and Compliance
Led development of compliance policies at TerraPay
Winner of the 2026 TerraNova Challenge

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Fintech Compliance Expert with a strong focus on Anti-Money Laundering.

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Skills

Core Skills

Regulatory ComplianceDue DiligenceEnhanced Due DiligenceCustomer Due Diligence (cdd)

Other Skills

Enhanced Due Diligence (EDD)Transaction MonitoringSanctions ScreeningPEP identificationAdverse Media assessmentsQuality AssuranceStandard Operating Procedure (SOP) developmentPolicy formulationCounter-Terrorist FinancingHigh riskRisk Based ApproachRemittancesRisk AssessmentPaymentsFinTech

About

A seasoned Anti‑Money Laundering professional with strong expertise in Customer Due Diligence (CDD), Enhanced Due Diligence (EDD), Transaction Monitoring, Sanctions Screening, PEP identification, and Adverse Media assessments. Currently leading the development of compliance policies, procedures and successfully built Quality Assurance framework from the ground up at TerraPay. Actively engaged in combating financial crime within the cross‑border payments ecosystem, managing EU and UK due diligence service delivery, and advising TerraPay on strategic initiatives while maintaining robust compliance standards. Winner of the 2026 TerraNova Challenge for pitching an AI and automation‑driven compliance solution. On a mission to achieve work-life balance like trying to find the mythical pot of gold at the end of the rainbow, elusive, but oh-so-rewarding if I can catch it!

Experience

6 yrs 9 mos

Total Experience

3 yrs 4 mos

Average Tenure

3 yrs 5 mos

Current Experience

Terrapay

4 roles

EU & UK Regional Lead

Promoted

Jan 2026 – Present · 4 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Regional Lead & Service Delivery Manager: Orchestrate all due diligence and onboarding requests for the UK and Europe, ensuring 100% alignment with EU and UK regulatory frameworks.
Regulatory Advisory: Work closely with the MLRO to interpret and execute complex regulatory requirements.
Quality Excellence: Oversee Quality Assurance (QA) protocols for the due diligence team to maintain high standards of compliance accuracy.
Cross-Functional Collaboration: Lead initiatives across global compliance units to strengthen the TerraPay's collective framework against financial crime.

Customer Due Diligence (CDD)Enhanced Due Diligence (EDD)Transaction MonitoringSanctions ScreeningPEP identificationAdverse Media assessments+2

Subject Matter Expert

Feb 2025 – Present · 1 yr 3 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Subject matter expert in due diligence processes, responsible for quality assurance, standard operating procedure (SOP) development, and policy formulation for the due diligence team at TerraPay.

Quality AssuranceStandard Operating Procedure (SOP) developmentPolicy formulationDue Diligence

Enhanced Due Diligence Team Lead

Promoted

Feb 2024 – Feb 2025 · 1 yr · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Serving as the Acting Team lead for enhanced due diligence team responsible for conducting tasks related to enhanced due diligence. This includes managing high-risk cases, politically exposed persons (PEP), adverse media,and red flags.

Counter-Terrorist FinancingEnhanced Due DiligenceHigh riskRisk Based Approach

Senior Onboarding Associate

Dec 2022 – Feb 2024 · 1 yr 2 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Support TerraPay's day-today AML/KYC process for global onboarding by reviewing and approval of partner profiles. • Reviewing PEP/SIP/Sanction matches and carrying out EDD on higher-risk customers. • Engage closely with global regional compliance RM's, MLROs and compliance leads to identify opportunities to enhance our current processes, procedures, and thought processes to better protect the Organization. • Staff Training on compliance issues and procedures. • Support, train and manage the team with daily KYC, Enhanced Due Diligence procedures and complex ownership structures.

RemittancesRisk AssessmentPaymentsRegulatory ComplianceDue DiligenceFinTech+1

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KYC Analyst

Jul 2019 – Nov 2022 · 3 yrs 4 mos · Bangalore Urban, Karnataka, India · On-site

AML KYC/KYB Onboarding Lifecycle Process Flow through CDD, EDD (end to end). • AML Periodic Reviews for Low, Medium, and High-Risk Clients • Indentify, build and maintain case files for PEP's. • Screening and monitoring clients, beneficial owners, and trading activities against Sanction and Watchlists such as OFAC, FSA, HMRC and IFC. • Risk-based approach when analyzing a profile and deciding the level of DD requirements should be applied. • PEP sign off, adverse media signoff and high-risk client sign off for MLRO’s review.

Customer Due Diligence (CDD)PEPLexisNexisResource AllocationElectronic Funds TransfersSanction+1