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Chief Operating Officer

Ali Zaidi

Runs delivery and the compliance practice, including AML/CFT engagements with SBP-regulated institutions.

Ali Zaidi, Chief Operating Officer of NovuLabs

Ali Zaidi

Chief Operating Officer

About Ali

Ali runs delivery operations and the compliance practice at NovuLabs, including AML/CFT engagements with SBP-regulated institutions. He writes here on goAML integration, transaction monitoring design, and what regulatory examination actually asks of a system.

Areas of focus

  • AML/CFT compliance programmes
  • goAML STR and CTR reporting
  • Transaction monitoring system design
  • FMU and SBP regulatory requirements
Published work

Written by Ali

Engineering view of a goAML XML submission pipeline showing schema validation before transmission to FMU Pakistan
Compliance10 min read

Building a goAML Integration: STR and CTR Reporting That Passes Validation

An engineering guide to goAML XML submission for Pakistani institutions: schema modelling, the rejection causes we see most, and how to build a pipeline that validates before it submits.

By Ali Zaidi
Transaction monitoring dashboard showing alert queues for AML/CFT screening at a Pakistani financial institution
Compliance11 min read

Navigating AML/CFT Regulations in Pakistan: An Engineering Guide for Fintechs

How SBP and FMU requirements translate into actual system architecture: screening, transaction monitoring, and goAML-conformant STR/CTR reporting.

By Ali Zaidi

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