About EQ Risk Solutions

Building simple, honest risk compliance for mid-market banks.

Our Mission

We believe bank compliance shouldn't require spreadsheets, consultants, or a PhD in regulatory frameworks. At EQ Risk Solutions, we're building tools that turn compliance complexity into clarity.

For 50 community and regional banks, we've proven that simple, transparent tools work better than enterprise bloat. Our mission is to make that difference available to every mid-market bank that wants compliance to work, not confound.

We solve one problem really well: helping banks reduce risk alert fatigue, understand their compliance posture, and make confident decisions with regulators.

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Meet the Team

Banking experts who built solutions they needed themselves.

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John K
Co-Founder & CEO
John brings 30 years of expertise in banking and analytics, having worked with leading financial institutions such as American Express, Ameriprise, WAMU, Visa, Wells Fargo, MUFG Union Bank, and Bank of Hope. He leads the design, implementation, and management of our analytic processes, ensuring your institution maintains a robust compliance program efficiently and cost-effectively.
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Chad K
Co-Founder & CTO
Chad is a seasoned creative and technical leader specializing in web strategy, user interface design, and frontend engineering. With nearly three decades of experience, Chad has led digital transformation projects across agencies and large enterprises.
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Erik M
Co-Founder & COO
Erik is a data professional who blends analytics, engineering, and systems thinking to build reliable, scalable solutions that solve real business problems. Erik's background spans data pipelines, automation, backend development, and AML/compliance environments, giving him a deep understanding of how data moves, breaks, and ultimately drives decisions.

Our Values

Simplicity

We obsess over clarity. If it's complex, we make it simple. Banking is hard enough without compliance tools adding more confusion.

Honesty

We tell you what we can and can't do. We show pricing upfront. We don't hype features that don't work. Trust is earned, not bought.

Outcomes

We measure ourselves by your success: fewer false alerts, faster reviews, better compliance decisions. That's why you're here.

Security

Your data is sacred. HTTPS, bcrypt hashing, audit logging, Azure Blob Storage—every layer is built to keep your risk data safe.

Human

We answer emails. We take calls. We built this because we've sat in your seat. You're not a ticket; you're a colleague.

Growth

As your bank grows, EQRS scales with you. From $500M community banks to $20B regionals, we're built for your journey.

How We Started

John was a Chief Risk Officer at a $8B regional bank. Every day, his team reviewed 500+ alerts. Most were noise. The real risk lived in the 5% that mattered.

The bank spent $200K/year on a vendor solution that didn't work. Another $300K on consultants trying to fix it. And still, they missed things. They were exhausted, not confident.

"There has to be a better way," John thought. So he built one.

He reached out to Chad (web engineering managere) and Erik (backend genius). Together, they built the tool they needed: simple, transparent, obsessed with outcomes.

Within 6 months, the first 10 banks started using EQRS. Within a year, 50 banks were relying on it. And every single one said the same thing: "This is what we've been waiting for."

That's why we exist.

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