Use Cases / Financial Services / Beneficial Ownership

Financial Services · Banking

Beneficial ownership discrepancies.

A discrepancy is found and a 30-day clock starts. See how Praxis turns one requirements brief and six sources into one governed dashboard that keeps every case accountable.

Industry Financial Services

For Risk and Compliance, Operations

Length 1:30

Northlake Bank of Canada · Beneficial ownership

A discrepancy is found.

The clock starts.

25Days to report

PCMLTFR s.138.1 · unless resolved first

What the bank supplied

One requirements brief. Six sources.

Customers & risk ratingsBank ownership recordsCorporations Canada registry
Business requirements brief · Draft 0.4 Beneficial ownership discrepancy management
  • s.138.1 report material discrepancies
  • 30 days from identification
  • Accountable owner, disposition, reason
  • Acknowledgements kept five years
  • One AI/BI dashboard, four pages
Case managementRegulatory reporting & receiptsAnalyst staffing

Existing data stays read-only. Nothing new for analysts to key in.

What Praxis delivered

One governed dashboard. Four pages.

Page 1Obligation Overview
Page 2Operations and Capacity
Page 3Reporting and Evidence
Page 4Matter Review

Governed tables in the bank's own workspace, refreshed with every daily extract.

As of latest extract · 2026-10-08

Obligation overview · Population accountability

Is every customer accounted for?

Every corporate customer, from scope to reporting

Customers who could not be processed stay a branch of their own, never folded into a compliant outcome.

As of latest extract · 2026-10-08

Operations and capacity · What drives the work

Is the urgent work the reportable work?

MatterTeamIntake priorityRegulatory determination
FCM-26-000817TorontoHighNo further action
FCM-26-000815Unassigned or unknownHighNo further action
FCM-26-000819TorontoHighUpdated bank record
FCM-26-000820MontréalHighMaterial discrepancy
FCM-26-000803MontréalMediumMaterial discrepancy
FCM-26-000806CalgaryMediumMaterial discrepancy
FCM-26-000804TorontoLowUpdated bank record

Intake priority sets the queue.

Materiality is the regulatory call.

One never stands in for the other.

As of latest extract · 2026-10-08

Obligation overview

Where are we exposed today?

Deadline position

Open material discrepancies by days remaining. Overdue first. The identification date is not yet agreed, so both bases are shown.

First material determinationLinked consultation

58
58
Overdue
1
5
Approaching
8
4
Later

As of latest extract · 2026-10-08

One of the four · FCM-26-001882 · Montréal

Who owns it, and who says so?

Paired ownership

Bank 0–100% (solid) against registry (outline). Bank records; registry consulted 2026-09-08.

N. GagnonBank only
G. KhanBank only
G. KhanRegistry only

Similar name, unconfirmed identity: shown as uncertain, not merged.

Attribute detail

BankRegistry
NameG. KhanG. Khan
Address1493 Church Blvd, Gatineau1493 Church Blvd, Gatineau
Address typeResidentialResidential
Ownership50.00%50.00%
ControlDirectly holds voting sharesRegistered holder of 50% of voting shares
Effective2016-06-282016-06-28

Recorded determinationMaterial discrepancyanalyst FCO-112 · 2026-09-17

“Our confirmed beneficial owner is not listed as an individual with significant control in the registry.”

As of latest extract · 2026-10-08

Matter review · Chronology

When it happened, and when it was recorded.

Matter chronology · FCM-26-001882

Original decisions stay in place. Corrections would appear alongside, never instead.

Consultation and registry extract dated Sep 8, recorded Oct 8

▲ as of Oct 8

The hand-off

Closed by one team. Still open for the bank.

Case management · Financial crime operationsClosed on referral, Oct 2

Closed

One team's work is finished.

Reporting obligation · Regulatory reportingReport to Corporations Canada

Outstanding

Not submitted, not acknowledged. It stays on the list.

Linked consultation basis

0 days left · due Oct 8

First material determination basis

9 days left · due Oct 17

Which date counts

A decision for Compliance with Legal. Pending, so both are shown.

Reporting and evidence

Can we prove what we decided?

DecisionMaterial discrepancyFCO-112 · recorded 2026-09-17 14:47 · with its reasonKept
Registry extractDated Sep 8, recorded Oct 8Event time and recording time, side by sideBoth shown
Report readinessNot confirmable yetFINTRAC number and contact fields not suppliedGap shown

Open policy terms, each with a named owner

Identification date · Compliance with LegalApproaching window · Head of FCOResolution evidence · ComplianceAssessment target · not agreed

Explainable later, using what was known when the decision was made.

One brief.

Six sources.

One governed dashboard.

Delivered in weeks, not quarters.

Read the story as text
  1. Thirty days. Northlake Bank of Canada, beneficial ownership. A discrepancy is found. The clock starts: 30 days to report under PCMLTFR s.138.1, unless resolved first.
  2. One brief. What the bank supplied: one requirements brief, “Beneficial ownership discrepancy management” (draft 0.4): report material discrepancies under s.138.1, 30 days from identification, an accountable owner with disposition and reason, acknowledgements kept five years, one AI/BI dashboard with four pages. Six sources: customers and risk ratings, bank ownership records, the Corporations Canada registry, case management, regulatory reporting and receipts, analyst staffing. Existing data stays read-only. Nothing new for analysts to key in.
  3. Four pages. What Praxis delivered: one governed dashboard with four pages, Obligation Overview, Operations and Capacity, Reporting and Evidence, and Matter Review. Governed tables in the bank’s own workspace, refreshed with every daily extract.
  4. Every customer. Is every customer accounted for? Every corporate customer is followed from scope to consultation, comparison, disposition and reporting. Customers who could not be processed stay a branch of their own, never folded into a compliant outcome.
  5. What drives the work. Is the urgent work the reportable work? Intake priority sets the queue. Materiality is the regulatory call. One never stands in for the other.
  6. Exposure today. Where are we exposed today? Open material discrepancies by days remaining, on both bases because the identification date is not yet agreed: 58 and 58 overdue, 1 and 5 approaching, 8 and 4 later.
  7. Who owns it. One of the four, FCM-26-001882 in Montréal. Bank records list N. Gagnon and G. Khan; the registry lists a G. Khan. A similar name with an unconfirmed identity is shown as uncertain, not merged. The recorded determination, by analyst FCO-112 on 2026-09-17, is a material discrepancy: “Our confirmed beneficial owner is not listed as an individual with significant control in the registry.”
  8. The timeline. When it happened, and when it was recorded: registry consulted Sep 8, assigned Sep 9, determined material Sep 17, customer contacted Sep 18, referred to Regulatory Reporting and closed in case management Oct 2. Deadlines: Oct 8 on the linked consultation basis, Oct 17 on the first material basis. The consultation and registry extract dated Sep 8 was recorded Oct 8.
  9. Closed, not done. Closed by one team, still open for the bank: case management closed it on referral on Oct 2, but the report to Corporations Canada is outstanding. 0 days left on the linked consultation basis, 9 days on the first material determination basis. Which date counts is a decision for Compliance with Legal.
  10. Proof and ownership. Can we prove what we decided? The decision is kept with its reason, the registry extract shows event and recording time side by side, and report readiness shows its gap. Open policy terms each have a named owner. Explainable later, using what was known when the decision was made.
  11. The claim. One brief. Six sources. One governed dashboard. Delivered in weeks, not quarters.
  12. Overstand Praxis. The business engineering system: from business intent to verified outcomes. Northlake Bank of Canada is a fictional scenario.

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