Thanks for these advice but i am still going to hold on and wait for the offer. I dont think situation is as pessimistic as you made it out to be but i have a mixture of local and pte uni senior/friends doing very well in KYC/AML domain. Most of them are drawing high 4 figures salary and cashing in at close to 100k p.a so i presume that is where the money is in compliance. Nobody will care if i work for db or mthree consulting as long as i can smoke my way through the next interview if db doesnt convert me. I think there is still an acute shortage of kyc/aml professionals and these functions cant be offshore unlike certain compliance function so that offers me career longevity, stability and progression and i believe i would eventually go into an advisory role with more experience.