“I love to find software solutions that help make business processes easier. Three years ago, we were doing all of this manually. Our transaction monitoring, customer risk scoring, SARs filing, were all manual. We knew there had to be a better way, so we started looking at options. When we reviewed Alessa, we found that we could automate all of these functions, including some that we hadn’t even considered being able to automate before.”

NYRA is a regulated gaming institution holding the exclusive franchise to conduct thoroughbred racing at Aqueduct Racetrack, Belmont Park and Saratoga Race Course. NYRA tracks are the cornerstone of New York State’s thoroughbred industry, which is responsible for 19,000 jobs and more than $3 billion in annual statewide economic impact. To meet its federal and state regulatory obligations, NYRA uses Alessa with World-Check for sanctions and watchlist screening, transaction monitoring and suspicious activity report filing to FinCEN.

“Vitesse is rapidly expanding its global footprint, building one of the largest domestic banking and payments networks in the world. Alessa will play an important role in helping us deliver efficient payments services to our clients, which include some of the largest insurers in the world, while ensuring we remain compliant with the evolving global regulatory landscape and industry best practice.”