GRC for Financial Services

Bank-grade GRC, global and regional

Run cyber, operational, and compliance programs across SAMA, CBUAE, DFSA, FCA, FFIEC, PCI DSS, ISO 27001, and SOC 2 from a single multi-entity platform.

Compliance postureLive
Control coverage
94%
Open risks
7
Evidence items
1,284
Audit findings
2
Implemented94%
In progress58%
Evidence freshness82%
  • Coverage and maturity per regulator and entity
  • Critical service health and impact tolerance breaches
  • Open inspections, findings, and CAPA progress
01The problem

Compliance pressures in financial services

Banks, capital markets, and fintechs face overlapping supervisors, operational resilience expectations, and rising cyber and third-party scrutiny.

  • Manual compliance: supervisory inspections driven by emails and PDFs
  • Spreadsheet dependency: risk and control registers in Excel
  • Audit fatigue: overlapping regulator, internal, and external audits
  • Evidence gaps: missing control evidence at inspection time
  • Fragmented risk visibility: cyber, ops, and financial risk in silos
  • Poor board reporting: risk language disconnected from business impact
  • Vendor risk blind spots: critical outsourcing and fintech partners under-monitored
02The approach

Built for supervised institutions

Waaqi maps SAMA CSF, CBUAE, DFSA, FCA, FFIEC, and PCI DSS to one set of controls so financial institutions run a single, supervisor-ready program.

01

Multi-regulator coverage

Pre-built libraries for major regional and global financial regulators.

02

Multi-entity ready

Group, subsidiary, and branch hierarchies with shared and local controls.

03

Resilience built in

Critical services, scenario testing, and third-party concentration baked in.

03Capabilities

What you get inside Waaqi

Every module works from one control library, one evidence store, and one risk register.

Regulator Libraries

SAMA, CBUAE, DFSA, FCA, FFIEC, ECB controls mapped to your program.

Operational Resilience

Critical services, impact tolerances, and scenario testing.

Incident & Breach

Workflow for regulator notifications within statutory timelines.

Policy & Standards

Bank policies and standards with attestations and review cycles.

Continuous Monitoring

Real-time control drift detection across the enterprise.

Board Reporting

Risk and compliance reporting tailored for boards and audit committees.

Third-Party & Outsourcing

Vendor and outsourcing oversight aligned to regulator expectations.

Audit Universe

Internal audit aligned to regulator expectations and the IIA standards.

04Workflow

From control definition to audit-ready evidence

Each step is owned, dated, and traceable, so nothing depends on a spreadsheet or a single person.

  1. Step 1

    Define scope

    Set entity scope, regulators, and applicable frameworks.

  2. Step 2

    Operate controls

    Run cyber, operational, and compliance controls with owners and SLAs.

  3. Step 3

    Test & monitor

    Continuous monitoring plus scenario testing for critical services.

  4. Step 4

    Report & inspect

    Generate supervisor submissions and inspection packages on demand.

05Audit readiness

Inspections without panic

Hand supervisors and internal audit a complete, dated picture of your program with evidence for every control.

  • Supervisor inspection packages on demand
  • Operational resilience evidence and test results
  • Incident registers with regulator notifications
  • Outsourcing register with contracts and oversight
  • Audit committee reporting packs
06For leadership

Board level answers without a fire drill

Boards, CISOs, and risk committees get the same numbers the compliance team works from.

Supervisor confidence

Provable, repeatable compliance reduces enforcement and remediation orders.

Lower cost of compliance

One control library covers many regulators across many entities.

Strategic clarity

Live risk and resilience metrics inform business and capital decisions.

07FAQ

Questions we get asked

Which financial regulators does Waaqi support?

Waaqi supports programs aligned to SAMA, Central Bank of UAE, DFSA, FSRA, FCA, ECB, OCC, FFIEC, and other national supervisors, alongside PCI DSS, SOC 2, ISO 27001, and NIST CSF.

Does Waaqi cover operational resilience and DORA-style requirements?

Yes. Waaqi captures critical services, third-party concentration, scenario testing, and incident response tied to operational resilience expectations.

Can Waaqi handle multi-entity banking groups?

Yes. Multi-entity hierarchies, shared controls, and per-entity reporting are first-class.

Does Waaqi support fraud and AML control oversight?

Waaqi manages the control, evidence, and audit side of fraud and AML programs alongside cyber and operational risk.

Operationalize financial services GRC

See how Waaqi runs cyber, operational, and compliance programs for supervised institutions.