9:30 am to 10:00 am
Event Opens - Attendees Log-in
10:00 am to 10:10 am
Welcome Address - Chair's Opening Remarks
10:10 am to 10:35 am
Grand Opening Keynote Presentation
AFCA – the German PPP and will also touch upon new trends and typologies
– Establishment and governance of AFCA;
– Strategic objectives and success measures;
– Working Groups of AFCA;
– The smooth integration of AFCA into group-wide information sharing
– Differences between AML and CTF Public private partnerships
Lora von Ploetz, LL.M.
Director at Commerzbank AG - Head of Global Financial Crime Unit, Commerzbank
Lora von Ploetz is the Head of Global Financial Crime Unit at Commerzbank, where she is overseeing the cross-border evaluation of significant financial crime events by, tracking, investigating, analysing and reporting of such on a global scale and information sharing within Commerzbank group-wide. Before taking this position, Lora von Ploetz was Senior Sanctions Officer overseeing New York, London and Dubai sanctions operations. Lora von Ploetz has held various compliance and legal regulatory management roles at Western Union, UniCredit, etc. She holds a LL.M Law and Finance from the Goethe University in Frankfurt and a Master of Law from the University of St. Kliment Ohridski.
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– Establishment and governance of AFCA;
– Strategic objectives and success measures;
– Working Groups of AFCA;
– The smooth integration of AFCA into group-wide information sharing
– Differences between AML and CTF Public private partnerships
Lora von Ploetz, LL.M.
Director at Commerzbank AG - Head of Global Financial Crime Unit, Commerzbank

Lora von Ploetz is the Head of Global Financial Crime Unit at Commerzbank, where she is overseeing the cross-border evaluation of significant financial crime events by, tracking, investigating, analysing and reporting of such on a global scale and information sharing within Commerzbank group-wide. Before taking this position, Lora von Ploetz was Senior Sanctions Officer overseeing New York, London and Dubai sanctions operations. Lora von Ploetz has held various compliance and legal regulatory management roles at Western Union, UniCredit, etc. She holds a LL.M Law and Finance from the Goethe University in Frankfurt and a Master of Law from the University of St. Kliment Ohridski.
10:35 am to 10:50 am
Keynote Presentation
KYC 4.0 – Digitally Managed Production Environment
– KYC Organisations across Banks and Financial Institutions are inefficient, lack transparency and are too expensive.
– Just like in manufacturing – a real production environment is essential for KYC Organisations to be efficient.
– Implementation of a real production environment starts with meticulous process tracking and real-time reporting.
– By implementing a strong tracking and reporting infrastructure, inefficiencies and bottlenecks within the organisation will be identified instantly and can be eliminated, saving time, money and resources while increasing quality and avoiding regulatory breaches.
Jakob Hahn
Manager, Passcon Group
Jakob Hahn is Manager at Passcon Group. He managed several large KYC projects for globally operating private banks and financial institutions. Working for multiple KYC organisations across the financial sector, he has collected a broad understanding of major challenges in the market. With a strong technical background, he is looking for IT solutions to bring full transparency and control into KYC organisations of any size to increase efficiency and drive down costs significantly.
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– KYC Organisations across Banks and Financial Institutions are inefficient, lack transparency and are too expensive.
– Just like in manufacturing – a real production environment is essential for KYC Organisations to be efficient.
– Implementation of a real production environment starts with meticulous process tracking and real-time reporting.
– By implementing a strong tracking and reporting infrastructure, inefficiencies and bottlenecks within the organisation will be identified instantly and can be eliminated, saving time, money and resources while increasing quality and avoiding regulatory breaches.
Jakob Hahn
Manager, Passcon Group

Jakob Hahn is Manager at Passcon Group. He managed several large KYC projects for globally operating private banks and financial institutions. Working for multiple KYC organisations across the financial sector, he has collected a broad understanding of major challenges in the market. With a strong technical background, he is looking for IT solutions to bring full transparency and control into KYC organisations of any size to increase efficiency and drive down costs significantly.
10:50 am to 11:00 am
Live Q&A
Led by Samantha Sheen and Jakob Hahn
Jakob Hahn
Manager, Passcon Group
Jakob Hahn is Manager at Passcon Group. He managed several large KYC projects for globally operating private banks and financial institutions. Working for multiple KYC organisations across the financial sector, he has collected a broad understanding of major challenges in the market. With a strong technical background, he is looking for IT solutions to bring full transparency and control into KYC organisations of any size to increase efficiency and drive down costs significantly.
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Jakob Hahn
Manager, Passcon Group

Jakob Hahn is Manager at Passcon Group. He managed several large KYC projects for globally operating private banks and financial institutions. Working for multiple KYC organisations across the financial sector, he has collected a broad understanding of major challenges in the market. With a strong technical background, he is looking for IT solutions to bring full transparency and control into KYC organisations of any size to increase efficiency and drive down costs significantly.
11:00 am to 11:30 am
Morning Networking Break & 1-2-1 Business Meetings
11:30 am to 11:45 am
The Art of the Policy
– Why get so excited about policies?
– What does “good” look like?
– A policy is only as good as its presentation
Tassilo Amtage
Director Financial Crime, UBS

Tassilo Amtage is a Director in the Financial Crime Prevention department of UBS Europe SE, where he covers the full spectrum of advisory on anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing measures, as well as financial sanctions compliance. He has previously held similar senior advisory positions in two other large German banks, with 17 years of professional experience in international banking compliance. In addition, he has been a lecturer at the Frankfurt School of Finance & Management since 2012 as part of the Certified Compliance Professional (CCP) certification, which was recently expanded to also offer the European Certified Compliance Professional (ECCP) certification. He has contributed to several German language books on financial crime and is based in Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
11:45 am to 12:00 pm
Human AI changes AML
– What is Human AI?
– How it changes money laundering detection?
– How it changes Case Management?
– How Human AI changes the conversation.
Guðmundur Kristjánsson
Founder and CEO, Lucinity

Guðmundur Kristjánsson, more commonly known as GK, is a veteran in the compliance space.
Before founding Lucinity, GK served as Director of Compliance Surveillance Technology at Citigroup. He was instrumental in charting Citi’s path to AI in surveillance and responsible for a number of successful products across the compliance space. Before joining Citi, GK served as Director of Product Management at Nice Systems, building and delivering compliance systems to top-tier banks all over the world.
Now, GK is changing AML through Human AI at Lucinity and laser focused on Making Money Good.
12:00 pm to 12:10 pm
Live Q&A
Led by Samantha Sheen and GK
Guðmundur Kristjánsson
Founder and CEO, Lucinity
Guðmundur Kristjánsson, more commonly known as GK, is a veteran in the compliance space.
Before founding Lucinity, GK served as Director of Compliance Surveillance Technology at Citigroup. He was instrumental in charting Citi’s path to AI in surveillance and responsible for a number of successful products across the compliance space. Before joining Citi, GK served as Director of Product Management at Nice Systems, building and delivering compliance systems to top-tier banks all over the world.
Now, GK is changing AML through Human AI at Lucinity and laser focused on Making Money Good.
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Guðmundur Kristjánsson
Founder and CEO, Lucinity

Guðmundur Kristjánsson, more commonly known as GK, is a veteran in the compliance space.
Before founding Lucinity, GK served as Director of Compliance Surveillance Technology at Citigroup. He was instrumental in charting Citi’s path to AI in surveillance and responsible for a number of successful products across the compliance space. Before joining Citi, GK served as Director of Product Management at Nice Systems, building and delivering compliance systems to top-tier banks all over the world.
Now, GK is changing AML through Human AI at Lucinity and laser focused on Making Money Good.
12:10 pm to 1:10 pm
Lunch Break & 1-2-1 Business Meetings
1:10 pm to 2:10 pm
Content Streams
Track 1
Moderated by
Samantha Sheen
Subject Matter Expert RegTech Council
Director Ex Ante Advisory Limited
Financial crime activities in the real-estate business
– Introduction | Overview
– Potential financial crime typologies and activities
– Potential countermeasures
– Outlook
Dr. Ulrich L. Göres
Group Head of Financial Crime Compliance, HSBC Germany

As Attorney-at law, Dr. Göres is advising financial institutions, rating agencies, FinTechs and corporates especially on aspects in capitals markets, governance, non-financial risk and Compliance. Key areas are the implementation of high profile legal and regulatory initiatives such as MiFID II, Market Abuse II, PRIIPS, the 5th EU AML Directive as well as sanctions & embargoes.
Besides these activities, Dr. Göres has been the founder and is still acting as Managing Director for the Certified Compliance Programme in Frankfurt am Main | Germany, is publishing and lecturing regularly on legal topics and is a member of the Board of the Anti-Financial Crime Alliance (AFCA).
Financial Crime Compliance Challenges in a Working from Home Environment
– The context surrounding the rapid move to WFH for ABL
– Success stories – the work in 2019 on CDD Reviews and daily Transaction Monitoring routines. – No paper meant a seamless transition to WFH.
– Remaining challenges – New Client on-boarding and due diligence documentation
– Looking forward – How technology transforms Financial Crime Compliance – example: use of MS TEAMS.
Andrew D Jackson
Head of Financial Crime Compliance, Alpha Bank London Ltd

Andrew is a Financial Crime Compliance professional and is considered an expert in Anti-Money Laundering and Financial Sanctions compliance and specialises in due diligence for Politically Exposed Persons and Higher Risk Customers. Andrew has advised clients on regulatory financial crime compliance matters, and was seconded to the London branch of a major Middle Eastern financial institution as interim Head of Compliance.
In 2019, Andrew joined Alpha Bank, London and was recently appointed Head of Financial Crime Compliance.
He is a Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist.
Andrew has been a Guest Speaker at Complitech 2007, Operational Risk & Compliance Europe 2007, Correspondent and Relationship Banking, MLROs, AML and Financial Crime Professionals, Institute of Money Laundering Prevention Officers Association meetings and conferences and the UK Security Expo Global Counter Terrorism Conference 2017.
Beyond Box-Ticking: Leveraging Technology to Tackle High-Risk AML Investigations
– AML investigations involve sophisticated screening and monitoring at an early stage. But at later stages analysts are left to inefficient manual investigation without dedicated tools.
– By equipping SAROs and AML analysts with technology for exploiting open source data, better investigation outcomes can be achieved.
– Technology can be effectively employed to exploit open source data and demonstrate better investigation outcomes. It improves efficiency and helps analysts make better decisions in less time.
Dr. Adam Lawrance-Owen
Head of Product, Blackdot Solutions Ltd

Adam is Head of Product at Blackdot Solutions, where he oversees the development of Videris – the complete AML investigations platform for professional analysts. It enables teams to collect, analyse and visualise open source data quickly, accurately and securely. Adam has wide experience in the application of technology and OSINT to complex financial
Q&A Panel
Andrew D Jackson
Head of Financial Crime Compliance, Alpha Bank London Ltd

Andrew is a Financial Crime Compliance professional and is considered an expert in Anti-Money Laundering and Financial Sanctions compliance and specialises in due diligence for Politically Exposed Persons and Higher Risk Customers. Andrew has advised clients on regulatory financial crime compliance matters, and was seconded to the London branch of a major Middle Eastern financial institution as interim Head of Compliance.
In 2019, Andrew joined Alpha Bank, London and was recently appointed Head of Financial Crime Compliance.
He is a Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist.
Andrew has been a Guest Speaker at Complitech 2007, Operational Risk & Compliance Europe 2007, Correspondent and Relationship Banking, MLROs, AML and Financial Crime Professionals, Institute of Money Laundering Prevention Officers Association meetings and conferences and the UK Security Expo Global Counter Terrorism Conference 2017.
Dr. Adam Lawrance-Owen
Head of Product, Blackdot Solutions Ltd

Adam is Head of Product at Blackdot Solutions, where he oversees the development of Videris – the complete AML investigations platform for professional analysts. It enables teams to collect, analyse and visualise open source data quickly, accurately and securely. Adam has wide experience in the application of technology and OSINT to complex financial
Dr. Ulrich L. Göres
Group Head of Financial Crime Compliance, HSBC Germany

As Attorney-at law, Dr. Göres is advising financial institutions, rating agencies, FinTechs and corporates especially on aspects in capitals markets, governance, non-financial risk and Compliance. Key areas are the implementation of high profile legal and regulatory initiatives such as MiFID II, Market Abuse II, PRIIPS, the 5th EU AML Directive as well as sanctions & embargoes.
Besides these activities, Dr. Göres has been the founder and is still acting as Managing Director for the Certified Compliance Programme in Frankfurt am Main | Germany, is publishing and lecturing regularly on legal topics and is a member of the Board of the Anti-Financial Crime Alliance (AFCA).
Andrew D Jackson
Head of Financial Crime Compliance, Alpha Bank London Ltd

Andrew is a Financial Crime Compliance professional and is considered an expert in Anti-Money Laundering and Financial Sanctions compliance and specialises in due diligence for Politically Exposed Persons and Higher Risk Customers. Andrew has advised clients on regulatory financial crime compliance matters, and was seconded to the London branch of a major Middle Eastern financial institution as interim Head of Compliance.
In 2019, Andrew joined Alpha Bank, London and was recently appointed Head of Financial Crime Compliance.
He is a Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist.
Andrew has been a Guest Speaker at Complitech 2007, Operational Risk & Compliance Europe 2007, Correspondent and Relationship Banking, MLROs, AML and Financial Crime Professionals, Institute of Money Laundering Prevention Officers Association meetings and conferences and the UK Security Expo Global Counter Terrorism Conference 2017.
Dr. Adam Lawrance-Owen
Head of Product, Blackdot Solutions Ltd

Adam is Head of Product at Blackdot Solutions, where he oversees the development of Videris – the complete AML investigations platform for professional analysts. It enables teams to collect, analyse and visualise open source data quickly, accurately and securely. Adam has wide experience in the application of technology and OSINT to complex financial
Dr. Ulrich L. Göres
Group Head of Financial Crime Compliance, HSBC Germany

As Attorney-at law, Dr. Göres is advising financial institutions, rating agencies, FinTechs and corporates especially on aspects in capitals markets, governance, non-financial risk and Compliance. Key areas are the implementation of high profile legal and regulatory initiatives such as MiFID II, Market Abuse II, PRIIPS, the 5th EU AML Directive as well as sanctions & embargoes.
Besides these activities, Dr. Göres has been the founder and is still acting as Managing Director for the Certified Compliance Programme in Frankfurt am Main | Germany, is publishing and lecturing regularly on legal topics and is a member of the Board of the Anti-Financial Crime Alliance (AFCA).
Andrew D Jackson
Head of Financial Crime Compliance, Alpha Bank London Ltd

Andrew is a Financial Crime Compliance professional and is considered an expert in Anti-Money Laundering and Financial Sanctions compliance and specialises in due diligence for Politically Exposed Persons and Higher Risk Customers. Andrew has advised clients on regulatory financial crime compliance matters, and was seconded to the London branch of a major Middle Eastern financial institution as interim Head of Compliance.
In 2019, Andrew joined Alpha Bank, London and was recently appointed Head of Financial Crime Compliance.
He is a Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist.
Andrew has been a Guest Speaker at Complitech 2007, Operational Risk & Compliance Europe 2007, Correspondent and Relationship Banking, MLROs, AML and Financial Crime Professionals, Institute of Money Laundering Prevention Officers Association meetings and conferences and the UK Security Expo Global Counter Terrorism Conference 2017.
Dr. Adam Lawrance-Owen
Head of Product, Blackdot Solutions Ltd

Adam is Head of Product at Blackdot Solutions, where he oversees the development of Videris – the complete AML investigations platform for professional analysts. It enables teams to collect, analyse and visualise open source data quickly, accurately and securely. Adam has wide experience in the application of technology and OSINT to complex financial
Dr. Ulrich L. Göres
Group Head of Financial Crime Compliance, HSBC Germany

As Attorney-at law, Dr. Göres is advising financial institutions, rating agencies, FinTechs and corporates especially on aspects in capitals markets, governance, non-financial risk and Compliance. Key areas are the implementation of high profile legal and regulatory initiatives such as MiFID II, Market Abuse II, PRIIPS, the 5th EU AML Directive as well as sanctions & embargoes.
Besides these activities, Dr. Göres has been the founder and is still acting as Managing Director for the Certified Compliance Programme in Frankfurt am Main | Germany, is publishing and lecturing regularly on legal topics and is a member of the Board of the Anti-Financial Crime Alliance (AFCA).
Track 2
Moderated by
Richard Maton
Executive Board Member for IRTA
KYC Innovation – Reduction of Cycle Times
– KYC Challenges caused by increasing regulatory requirements
– KYC Optimization Initiative at Deutsche Bank – agile approach with front-to-end process view. On-boarding optimisation involving all key stakeholders (Front Office, Operations, AFC, Legal, Technology)
– Results of KYC Optimization Initiative – reduction of cycle times for all client categories
Automate manual internet searching in KYC & Risk Processes
– We do the data collection & processing
– Your analysts will be analysts and have fun doing so!
Daniel Boelen
Business Development Director, Web-IQ Business

Daniel Boelen is the Business Development Director of Web-IQ Business. He presents with you their use-case where they bring their open source intelligence technology developed for law enforcement and government intelligence to the world of compliance to automate manual internet searching in KYC processes.
Risk Management for Transaction Monitoring
– General aspects
– Applying risk management strategies in transaction monitoring
– Calibrating internal processes to the risk dynamics
– Applying optimum risk-based approach, aligned to the company’s needs
Ana-Maria Vasile
Head of AML Trade Finance Monitoring Group (Global), Commerzbank

Ana-Maria Vasile (Codescu), CAMS, has a broad expertise on AML/CTF, Sanctions Compliance and Enterprise Risk Management. She is the Head of AML Trade Finance Monitoring Group (Global) within Commerzbank AG, being involved in development and application of the TBML risk management strategies at the Group level. She was directly involved in the implementation of global policies and internal controls for the prevention of financial crime risks related to Trade Based Money Laundering and participated as subject matter expert in establishing compliance strategies for the Trade Finance business segment, as well as in the development and implementation of the necessary measures for their application.
Prior to joining Commerzbank, Ana was a Manager in the forensic practice of Deloitte, her focus areas and responsibilities being related to delivering projects on the implementation of ML/TF risk management programs in financial institutions, targeted financial sanctions, FATCA implementation, fraud and money laundering investigations, fraud detection, transaction monitoring for various financial products, funds tracking, assessment of AML/CTF compliance activity within financial institutions and implementation and assessment of AFC/Sanctions/Ethics and Compliance programs. Additionally, she also has an extensive experience with the country risk assessment practice, as she was a crucial expert in the ML/TF National Risk Assessments in Lithuania (2015) and Latvia (2016).
As for her educational background in Compliance, Ana is a Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist (CAMS – ACAMS), a PhD student focusing on transactional risk management and is also certified in Sanctions Compliance (ACAMS) and AML/CTF for Capital Markets (IFS Romania). Currently, she is in the process of obtaining the International Certificate for Enterprise Risk Management at the Institute of Risk Management in London.
Q&A Panel
Ana-Maria Vasile
Head of AML Trade Finance Monitoring Group (Global), Commerzbank

Ana-Maria Vasile (Codescu), CAMS, has a broad expertise on AML/CTF, Sanctions Compliance and Enterprise Risk Management. She is the Head of AML Trade Finance Monitoring Group (Global) within Commerzbank AG, being involved in development and application of the TBML risk management strategies at the Group level. She was directly involved in the implementation of global policies and internal controls for the prevention of financial crime risks related to Trade Based Money Laundering and participated as subject matter expert in establishing compliance strategies for the Trade Finance business segment, as well as in the development and implementation of the necessary measures for their application.
Prior to joining Commerzbank, Ana was a Manager in the forensic practice of Deloitte, her focus areas and responsibilities being related to delivering projects on the implementation of ML/TF risk management programs in financial institutions, targeted financial sanctions, FATCA implementation, fraud and money laundering investigations, fraud detection, transaction monitoring for various financial products, funds tracking, assessment of AML/CTF compliance activity within financial institutions and implementation and assessment of AFC/Sanctions/Ethics and Compliance programs. Additionally, she also has an extensive experience with the country risk assessment practice, as she was a crucial expert in the ML/TF National Risk Assessments in Lithuania (2015) and Latvia (2016).
As for her educational background in Compliance, Ana is a Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist (CAMS – ACAMS), a PhD student focusing on transactional risk management and is also certified in Sanctions Compliance (ACAMS) and AML/CTF for Capital Markets (IFS Romania). Currently, she is in the process of obtaining the International Certificate for Enterprise Risk Management at the Institute of Risk Management in London.
Ronald Hoek
Managing Director, Web-IQ Business

Managing Director of Web-IQ Business, subsidiary of Web-IQ B.V. Responsible for the strategy, business development and sales team for financial and corporate markets.
Web-IQ is a Dutch company with branch offices in Spain, Greece and Canada. We are experts in automating Open Source Intelligence (OSINT) methodologies for forensic investigations, with over 25 years of experience in developing internet intelligence solutions for Law Enforcement Agencies, Government Intelligence Agencies and NGO´s from all over the world.
Web-IQ Business B.V., a subsidiary of Web-IQ B.V., brings this specialism and proprietary technology to the risk, compliance and cyber security departments of banks, insurances and large enterprises. We deliver solutions in the field of online due diligence (KYC/AML/CFT), fraud detection and darkweb alerting & intelligence.
Ana-Maria Vasile
Head of AML Trade Finance Monitoring Group (Global), Commerzbank

Ana-Maria Vasile (Codescu), CAMS, has a broad expertise on AML/CTF, Sanctions Compliance and Enterprise Risk Management. She is the Head of AML Trade Finance Monitoring Group (Global) within Commerzbank AG, being involved in development and application of the TBML risk management strategies at the Group level. She was directly involved in the implementation of global policies and internal controls for the prevention of financial crime risks related to Trade Based Money Laundering and participated as subject matter expert in establishing compliance strategies for the Trade Finance business segment, as well as in the development and implementation of the necessary measures for their application.
Prior to joining Commerzbank, Ana was a Manager in the forensic practice of Deloitte, her focus areas and responsibilities being related to delivering projects on the implementation of ML/TF risk management programs in financial institutions, targeted financial sanctions, FATCA implementation, fraud and money laundering investigations, fraud detection, transaction monitoring for various financial products, funds tracking, assessment of AML/CTF compliance activity within financial institutions and implementation and assessment of AFC/Sanctions/Ethics and Compliance programs. Additionally, she also has an extensive experience with the country risk assessment practice, as she was a crucial expert in the ML/TF National Risk Assessments in Lithuania (2015) and Latvia (2016).
As for her educational background in Compliance, Ana is a Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist (CAMS – ACAMS), a PhD student focusing on transactional risk management and is also certified in Sanctions Compliance (ACAMS) and AML/CTF for Capital Markets (IFS Romania). Currently, she is in the process of obtaining the International Certificate for Enterprise Risk Management at the Institute of Risk Management in London.
Ronald Hoek
Managing Director, Web-IQ Business

Managing Director of Web-IQ Business, subsidiary of Web-IQ B.V. Responsible for the strategy, business development and sales team for financial and corporate markets.
Web-IQ is a Dutch company with branch offices in Spain, Greece and Canada. We are experts in automating Open Source Intelligence (OSINT) methodologies for forensic investigations, with over 25 years of experience in developing internet intelligence solutions for Law Enforcement Agencies, Government Intelligence Agencies and NGO´s from all over the world.
Web-IQ Business B.V., a subsidiary of Web-IQ B.V., brings this specialism and proprietary technology to the risk, compliance and cyber security departments of banks, insurances and large enterprises. We deliver solutions in the field of online due diligence (KYC/AML/CFT), fraud detection and darkweb alerting & intelligence.
Track 3
Track 3
Moderated by
Abhishek Dwivedi
Anti Money Laundering Specialist
Founder of Regxsa
AI to increase effectiveness in Correspondent Banking Transaction Monitoring
Explore how to monitor globally all cross-border payments, such as SWIFT 103, 202, 202c, KYC, Country risk etc, on a “full path” analysis approach which is based on all direct and non direct BICs involved.
Ricardo Lopez
CIO of Regulatory & Compliance, Santander Corporate & Investment Banking

In January 2020, Ricardo was appointed as the CIO for Regulatory and Compliance at Santander Corporate & Investment Banking. In his role, Ricardo provides global oversights for all Information Technology and Systems used or required by the Regulatory and Compliance whiting CIB.
Ricardo has more than 28 years’ experience in the financial services industry where he played many roles at HSBC including Head of Research & Analytics and Systems Delivery Financial Crime Threat Mitigation for Latin America, Liaison Executive Office to support USDOJ Monitor Visit, Financial Crime and Regulatory Compliance COO for Latin America, Head of IT Delivery Customer and Global Product Manager for Business Intelligence.
Ricardo worked in various markets in Latin America, several years in Canada and he deployed Customer and Business Intelligence products in Asia and Middle East.
Original from Argentina, Ricardo holds an Information Systems Engineer Degree, a Master in Business and Administration and Post graduate studies in Data Mining and Knowledge Management; he is currently pursuing a Doctorate degree in Leadership and Systemic Innovation. He obtained ACAMS and FIBA certifications as well as PMP and TOGAF Architecture
Shifting the Balance of Work from Administration to Investigation
Machine learning (ML), artificial intelligence (AI) and robotic process automation (RPA) can, when coupled with big data capabilities, take financial crime prevention to the next level. The result of this combination of technologies, with alerts for example being hibernated or escalated, can be significant for operational efficiency and false positive rates.
While highly-skilled human input remains as important as ever, the time is now to put technology to work. In this session, you will find out how these new techniques can be applied to detect better and quicker suspicious transactions and how to use ML, AI and RPA to maximum benefit.
Enda Shirley
Global Product Manager, KYC and CDD, BAE Systems

Enda Shirley is the Global Product Manager for KYC and CDD as a discipline within AML Regulatory Compliance at BAE Systems Applied Intelligence. Enda has over 14 years’ of industry experience in market leading software organisations.
Enda joined BAE Systems Applied Intelligence (formerly Norkom) in 2011 and works with clients to understand their requirements and works with engineering teams to get solutions that meet their challenges. Enda is a Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist (CAMS).
Necessity of flexibility and freedom to tackle ML/TF
– Why is regulatory oversight necessary?
– Are Financial Institutions overburdened by governance ?
– Quick reminder, FIs are at forefront to chasing “criminals”
– Bringing balance between governance and flexibility to tackle ML/TF exposure.
Abhishek Dwivedi
Anti Money Laundering Specialist, Founder for Regxsa

Abhishek is an experienced AML specialist with expertise in finding ML/TF behaviours by understanding the products/services offered by banks to their customers. He has assisted more than 50 countries across several multi-national banks during his experience of 16 years. He has organized several trainings and workshops to help increase awareness around the risks of ML/TF faced by financial institutions and how best to reduce the vulnerabilities.
Abhishek founded Regxsa with an ambition to improve ML/TF investigations. Regxsa believes in doing the right thing and is soon going to launch a cloud based investigation solution. The concept behind this solution is to combine human intelligence with technology and empower the alert handlers to be smart investigators.
Q&A Panel
Abhishek Dwivedi
Anti Money Laundering Specialist, Founder for Regxsa

Abhishek is an experienced AML specialist with expertise in finding ML/TF behaviours by understanding the products/services offered by banks to their customers. He has assisted more than 50 countries across several multi-national banks during his experience of 16 years. He has organized several trainings and workshops to help increase awareness around the risks of ML/TF faced by financial institutions and how best to reduce the vulnerabilities.
Abhishek founded Regxsa with an ambition to improve ML/TF investigations. Regxsa believes in doing the right thing and is soon going to launch a cloud based investigation solution. The concept behind this solution is to combine human intelligence with technology and empower the alert handlers to be smart investigators.
Enda Shirley
Global Product Manager, KYC and CDD, BAE Systems

Enda Shirley is the Global Product Manager for KYC and CDD as a discipline within AML Regulatory Compliance at BAE Systems Applied Intelligence. Enda has over 14 years’ of industry experience in market leading software organisations.
Enda joined BAE Systems Applied Intelligence (formerly Norkom) in 2011 and works with clients to understand their requirements and works with engineering teams to get solutions that meet their challenges. Enda is a Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist (CAMS).
Ricardo Lopez
CIO of Regulatory & Compliance, Santander Corporate & Investment Banking

In January 2020, Ricardo was appointed as the CIO for Regulatory and Compliance at Santander Corporate & Investment Banking. In his role, Ricardo provides global oversights for all Information Technology and Systems used or required by the Regulatory and Compliance whiting CIB.
Ricardo has more than 28 years’ experience in the financial services industry where he played many roles at HSBC including Head of Research & Analytics and Systems Delivery Financial Crime Threat Mitigation for Latin America, Liaison Executive Office to support USDOJ Monitor Visit, Financial Crime and Regulatory Compliance COO for Latin America, Head of IT Delivery Customer and Global Product Manager for Business Intelligence.
Ricardo worked in various markets in Latin America, several years in Canada and he deployed Customer and Business Intelligence products in Asia and Middle East.
Original from Argentina, Ricardo holds an Information Systems Engineer Degree, a Master in Business and Administration and Post graduate studies in Data Mining and Knowledge Management; he is currently pursuing a Doctorate degree in Leadership and Systemic Innovation. He obtained ACAMS and FIBA certifications as well as PMP and TOGAF Architecture
Abhishek Dwivedi
Anti Money Laundering Specialist, Founder for Regxsa

Abhishek is an experienced AML specialist with expertise in finding ML/TF behaviours by understanding the products/services offered by banks to their customers. He has assisted more than 50 countries across several multi-national banks during his experience of 16 years. He has organized several trainings and workshops to help increase awareness around the risks of ML/TF faced by financial institutions and how best to reduce the vulnerabilities.
Abhishek founded Regxsa with an ambition to improve ML/TF investigations. Regxsa believes in doing the right thing and is soon going to launch a cloud based investigation solution. The concept behind this solution is to combine human intelligence with technology and empower the alert handlers to be smart investigators.
Enda Shirley
Global Product Manager, KYC and CDD, BAE Systems

Enda Shirley is the Global Product Manager for KYC and CDD as a discipline within AML Regulatory Compliance at BAE Systems Applied Intelligence. Enda has over 14 years’ of industry experience in market leading software organisations.
Enda joined BAE Systems Applied Intelligence (formerly Norkom) in 2011 and works with clients to understand their requirements and works with engineering teams to get solutions that meet their challenges. Enda is a Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist (CAMS).
Ricardo Lopez
CIO of Regulatory & Compliance, Santander Corporate & Investment Banking

In January 2020, Ricardo was appointed as the CIO for Regulatory and Compliance at Santander Corporate & Investment Banking. In his role, Ricardo provides global oversights for all Information Technology and Systems used or required by the Regulatory and Compliance whiting CIB.
Ricardo has more than 28 years’ experience in the financial services industry where he played many roles at HSBC including Head of Research & Analytics and Systems Delivery Financial Crime Threat Mitigation for Latin America, Liaison Executive Office to support USDOJ Monitor Visit, Financial Crime and Regulatory Compliance COO for Latin America, Head of IT Delivery Customer and Global Product Manager for Business Intelligence.
Ricardo worked in various markets in Latin America, several years in Canada and he deployed Customer and Business Intelligence products in Asia and Middle East.
Original from Argentina, Ricardo holds an Information Systems Engineer Degree, a Master in Business and Administration and Post graduate studies in Data Mining and Knowledge Management; he is currently pursuing a Doctorate degree in Leadership and Systemic Innovation. He obtained ACAMS and FIBA certifications as well as PMP and TOGAF Architecture
Abhishek Dwivedi
Anti Money Laundering Specialist, Founder for Regxsa

Abhishek is an experienced AML specialist with expertise in finding ML/TF behaviours by understanding the products/services offered by banks to their customers. He has assisted more than 50 countries across several multi-national banks during his experience of 16 years. He has organized several trainings and workshops to help increase awareness around the risks of ML/TF faced by financial institutions and how best to reduce the vulnerabilities.
Abhishek founded Regxsa with an ambition to improve ML/TF investigations. Regxsa believes in doing the right thing and is soon going to launch a cloud based investigation solution. The concept behind this solution is to combine human intelligence with technology and empower the alert handlers to be smart investigators.
Enda Shirley
Global Product Manager, KYC and CDD, BAE Systems

Enda Shirley is the Global Product Manager for KYC and CDD as a discipline within AML Regulatory Compliance at BAE Systems Applied Intelligence. Enda has over 14 years’ of industry experience in market leading software organisations.
Enda joined BAE Systems Applied Intelligence (formerly Norkom) in 2011 and works with clients to understand their requirements and works with engineering teams to get solutions that meet their challenges. Enda is a Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist (CAMS).
Ricardo Lopez
CIO of Regulatory & Compliance, Santander Corporate & Investment Banking

In January 2020, Ricardo was appointed as the CIO for Regulatory and Compliance at Santander Corporate & Investment Banking. In his role, Ricardo provides global oversights for all Information Technology and Systems used or required by the Regulatory and Compliance whiting CIB.
Ricardo has more than 28 years’ experience in the financial services industry where he played many roles at HSBC including Head of Research & Analytics and Systems Delivery Financial Crime Threat Mitigation for Latin America, Liaison Executive Office to support USDOJ Monitor Visit, Financial Crime and Regulatory Compliance COO for Latin America, Head of IT Delivery Customer and Global Product Manager for Business Intelligence.
Ricardo worked in various markets in Latin America, several years in Canada and he deployed Customer and Business Intelligence products in Asia and Middle East.
Original from Argentina, Ricardo holds an Information Systems Engineer Degree, a Master in Business and Administration and Post graduate studies in Data Mining and Knowledge Management; he is currently pursuing a Doctorate degree in Leadership and Systemic Innovation. He obtained ACAMS and FIBA certifications as well as PMP and TOGAF Architecture
2:10 pm to 2:40 pm
Afternoon Networking Break & 1-2-1 Business Meetings
2:40 pm to 3:25 pm
Content Streams
Track 1
Moderated by
Samantha Sheen
Subject Matter Expert RegTech Council
Director Ex Ante Advisory Limited
How to use the data and the competence within the bank to enhance risk management and improve profitability?
Torbjörn and Viveka will discuss the data that exists with a bank and how that data can be used cross “boarder” to improve the different parts of the business. As well as how to get all datapoints together.
To reach accelerating performance it starts with culture and how govern your business. To many organisations work with silos and a defragmented Tone at the Top. They will dig into the importance of have a common and aligned risk culture and business strategy.
Torbjörn Jacobsson
Guest Lecturer and Affiliated Scholar, University of Gothenburg

Torbjörn Jacobsson, M.Sc, is affiliated scholar to The School of Business, Economics and Law at the University of Gothenburg, vice-chairman in the board of one of Swedens largest local savings banks, Sörmlands sparbank and runs his own consultancy firm. He has previously held positions as CRO, CGO (Chief Governance Officer), CFO and CIO within different Swedish banks.
Torbjörn has 25 years of experience in the banking and insurance industry. Working mainly with building and developing small Swedish/Nordic financial institutions. His work has been focused on risk, compliance, finance and IT. He has also been a very active member in several committees within the Swedish Bankers´ Association with a focus on consultation paper reviews. This has given him a broad knowledge about the banking industry, its regulations and how an efficient risk management and good banking governance can give a competitive advantage and improved customer experience. Torbjörn performs a yearly survey program within the Nordic banking industry on the effects of increased regulation. He started this survey when he got his Executive MBA from Stockholm Business School in 2015. In November 2019 he was one of the authors to a book on Financial regulation and supervision. The first PhD paper based on the surveys was published in June 2019. He is also speaking at conferences and giving guest lectures at several universities. In February 2017 Torbjörn was a finalist for the Swedish award: GRC profile of the year.
Viveka Strangert
Ikano Bank , Board Member

Viveka Strangert, LL.M. and Master’s degree in Decision, Risk and Policy Analysis. After 20 years in various positions in the financial industry, she is now an independent consultant focusing on the areas governance, compliance, and AML/CTF. She is also member of the board in Ikano Bank and in a fund company in the Volvo Cars Group.
Viveka has held leading positions in different financial institutions. She was Chief Compliance Officer at Swedbank, and member of the Group Executive Committee. She has spent much time developing compliance methodology, starting from the definition of compliance risk, how it can be monitored, measured, and reported on, etc. She has practical experience of implementing various types of external regulation, through internal framework, and make it work in practice. Since 2016 she is a consultant and also regularly executes training for compliance officers, board executives, and senior management.
She is a fellow of ICA and has ICA Professional Postgraduate Diploma in Governance Risk and Compliance.
Torbjörn Jacobsson
Guest Lecturer and Affiliated Scholar, University of Gothenburg

Torbjörn Jacobsson, M.Sc, is affiliated scholar to The School of Business, Economics and Law at the University of Gothenburg, vice-chairman in the board of one of Swedens largest local savings banks, Sörmlands sparbank and runs his own consultancy firm. He has previously held positions as CRO, CGO (Chief Governance Officer), CFO and CIO within different Swedish banks.
Torbjörn has 25 years of experience in the banking and insurance industry. Working mainly with building and developing small Swedish/Nordic financial institutions. His work has been focused on risk, compliance, finance and IT. He has also been a very active member in several committees within the Swedish Bankers´ Association with a focus on consultation paper reviews. This has given him a broad knowledge about the banking industry, its regulations and how an efficient risk management and good banking governance can give a competitive advantage and improved customer experience. Torbjörn performs a yearly survey program within the Nordic banking industry on the effects of increased regulation. He started this survey when he got his Executive MBA from Stockholm Business School in 2015. In November 2019 he was one of the authors to a book on Financial regulation and supervision. The first PhD paper based on the surveys was published in June 2019. He is also speaking at conferences and giving guest lectures at several universities. In February 2017 Torbjörn was a finalist for the Swedish award: GRC profile of the year.
Viveka Strangert
Ikano Bank , Board Member

Viveka Strangert, LL.M. and Master’s degree in Decision, Risk and Policy Analysis. After 20 years in various positions in the financial industry, she is now an independent consultant focusing on the areas governance, compliance, and AML/CTF. She is also member of the board in Ikano Bank and in a fund company in the Volvo Cars Group.
Viveka has held leading positions in different financial institutions. She was Chief Compliance Officer at Swedbank, and member of the Group Executive Committee. She has spent much time developing compliance methodology, starting from the definition of compliance risk, how it can be monitored, measured, and reported on, etc. She has practical experience of implementing various types of external regulation, through internal framework, and make it work in practice. Since 2016 she is a consultant and also regularly executes training for compliance officers, board executives, and senior management.
She is a fellow of ICA and has ICA Professional Postgraduate Diploma in Governance Risk and Compliance.
Next-generation biometric watchlist screening
– Drastically reducing false positive rates
– Overcoming identity fraud
– Addressing open-ended, narrative sanctions
– Accelerating customer onboarding
Vincent White
UK Director, Facepoint

Vincent is the UK Director for Facepoint – a next-generation biometric screening company – and functions as a subject matter expert in AML/CTF screening. He has worked for 15 years with Anti-Money Laundering and due diligence solutions, at Complinet, World-Check, and Wealth-X.
His expertise includes risk data, matching algorithms, onomastics, and the gamut of KYC processes. Prior to moving into the compliance sector, he worked as a statistical analyst for a US consultancy.
Q&A Panel
Torbjörn Jacobsson
Guest Lecturer and Affiliated Scholar, University of Gothenburg

Torbjörn Jacobsson, M.Sc, is affiliated scholar to The School of Business, Economics and Law at the University of Gothenburg, vice-chairman in the board of one of Swedens largest local savings banks, Sörmlands sparbank and runs his own consultancy firm. He has previously held positions as CRO, CGO (Chief Governance Officer), CFO and CIO within different Swedish banks.
Torbjörn has 25 years of experience in the banking and insurance industry. Working mainly with building and developing small Swedish/Nordic financial institutions. His work has been focused on risk, compliance, finance and IT. He has also been a very active member in several committees within the Swedish Bankers´ Association with a focus on consultation paper reviews. This has given him a broad knowledge about the banking industry, its regulations and how an efficient risk management and good banking governance can give a competitive advantage and improved customer experience. Torbjörn performs a yearly survey program within the Nordic banking industry on the effects of increased regulation. He started this survey when he got his Executive MBA from Stockholm Business School in 2015. In November 2019 he was one of the authors to a book on Financial regulation and supervision. The first PhD paper based on the surveys was published in June 2019. He is also speaking at conferences and giving guest lectures at several universities. In February 2017 Torbjörn was a finalist for the Swedish award: GRC profile of the year.
Vincent White
UK Director, Facepoint

Vincent is the UK Director for Facepoint – a next-generation biometric screening company – and functions as a subject matter expert in AML/CTF screening. He has worked for 15 years with Anti-Money Laundering and due diligence solutions, at Complinet, World-Check, and Wealth-X.
His expertise includes risk data, matching algorithms, onomastics, and the gamut of KYC processes. Prior to moving into the compliance sector, he worked as a statistical analyst for a US consultancy.
Viveka Strangert
Ikano Bank , Board Member

Viveka Strangert, LL.M. and Master’s degree in Decision, Risk and Policy Analysis. After 20 years in various positions in the financial industry, she is now an independent consultant focusing on the areas governance, compliance, and AML/CTF. She is also member of the board in Ikano Bank and in a fund company in the Volvo Cars Group.
Viveka has held leading positions in different financial institutions. She was Chief Compliance Officer at Swedbank, and member of the Group Executive Committee. She has spent much time developing compliance methodology, starting from the definition of compliance risk, how it can be monitored, measured, and reported on, etc. She has practical experience of implementing various types of external regulation, through internal framework, and make it work in practice. Since 2016 she is a consultant and also regularly executes training for compliance officers, board executives, and senior management.
She is a fellow of ICA and has ICA Professional Postgraduate Diploma in Governance Risk and Compliance.
Torbjörn Jacobsson
Guest Lecturer and Affiliated Scholar, University of Gothenburg

Torbjörn Jacobsson, M.Sc, is affiliated scholar to The School of Business, Economics and Law at the University of Gothenburg, vice-chairman in the board of one of Swedens largest local savings banks, Sörmlands sparbank and runs his own consultancy firm. He has previously held positions as CRO, CGO (Chief Governance Officer), CFO and CIO within different Swedish banks.
Torbjörn has 25 years of experience in the banking and insurance industry. Working mainly with building and developing small Swedish/Nordic financial institutions. His work has been focused on risk, compliance, finance and IT. He has also been a very active member in several committees within the Swedish Bankers´ Association with a focus on consultation paper reviews. This has given him a broad knowledge about the banking industry, its regulations and how an efficient risk management and good banking governance can give a competitive advantage and improved customer experience. Torbjörn performs a yearly survey program within the Nordic banking industry on the effects of increased regulation. He started this survey when he got his Executive MBA from Stockholm Business School in 2015. In November 2019 he was one of the authors to a book on Financial regulation and supervision. The first PhD paper based on the surveys was published in June 2019. He is also speaking at conferences and giving guest lectures at several universities. In February 2017 Torbjörn was a finalist for the Swedish award: GRC profile of the year.
Vincent White
UK Director, Facepoint

Vincent is the UK Director for Facepoint – a next-generation biometric screening company – and functions as a subject matter expert in AML/CTF screening. He has worked for 15 years with Anti-Money Laundering and due diligence solutions, at Complinet, World-Check, and Wealth-X.
His expertise includes risk data, matching algorithms, onomastics, and the gamut of KYC processes. Prior to moving into the compliance sector, he worked as a statistical analyst for a US consultancy.
Viveka Strangert
Ikano Bank , Board Member

Viveka Strangert, LL.M. and Master’s degree in Decision, Risk and Policy Analysis. After 20 years in various positions in the financial industry, she is now an independent consultant focusing on the areas governance, compliance, and AML/CTF. She is also member of the board in Ikano Bank and in a fund company in the Volvo Cars Group.
Viveka has held leading positions in different financial institutions. She was Chief Compliance Officer at Swedbank, and member of the Group Executive Committee. She has spent much time developing compliance methodology, starting from the definition of compliance risk, how it can be monitored, measured, and reported on, etc. She has practical experience of implementing various types of external regulation, through internal framework, and make it work in practice. Since 2016 she is a consultant and also regularly executes training for compliance officers, board executives, and senior management.
She is a fellow of ICA and has ICA Professional Postgraduate Diploma in Governance Risk and Compliance.
Torbjörn Jacobsson
Guest Lecturer and Affiliated Scholar, University of Gothenburg

Torbjörn Jacobsson, M.Sc, is affiliated scholar to The School of Business, Economics and Law at the University of Gothenburg, vice-chairman in the board of one of Swedens largest local savings banks, Sörmlands sparbank and runs his own consultancy firm. He has previously held positions as CRO, CGO (Chief Governance Officer), CFO and CIO within different Swedish banks.
Torbjörn has 25 years of experience in the banking and insurance industry. Working mainly with building and developing small Swedish/Nordic financial institutions. His work has been focused on risk, compliance, finance and IT. He has also been a very active member in several committees within the Swedish Bankers´ Association with a focus on consultation paper reviews. This has given him a broad knowledge about the banking industry, its regulations and how an efficient risk management and good banking governance can give a competitive advantage and improved customer experience. Torbjörn performs a yearly survey program within the Nordic banking industry on the effects of increased regulation. He started this survey when he got his Executive MBA from Stockholm Business School in 2015. In November 2019 he was one of the authors to a book on Financial regulation and supervision. The first PhD paper based on the surveys was published in June 2019. He is also speaking at conferences and giving guest lectures at several universities. In February 2017 Torbjörn was a finalist for the Swedish award: GRC profile of the year.
Vincent White
UK Director, Facepoint

Vincent is the UK Director for Facepoint – a next-generation biometric screening company – and functions as a subject matter expert in AML/CTF screening. He has worked for 15 years with Anti-Money Laundering and due diligence solutions, at Complinet, World-Check, and Wealth-X.
His expertise includes risk data, matching algorithms, onomastics, and the gamut of KYC processes. Prior to moving into the compliance sector, he worked as a statistical analyst for a US consultancy.
Viveka Strangert
Ikano Bank , Board Member

Viveka Strangert, LL.M. and Master’s degree in Decision, Risk and Policy Analysis. After 20 years in various positions in the financial industry, she is now an independent consultant focusing on the areas governance, compliance, and AML/CTF. She is also member of the board in Ikano Bank and in a fund company in the Volvo Cars Group.
Viveka has held leading positions in different financial institutions. She was Chief Compliance Officer at Swedbank, and member of the Group Executive Committee. She has spent much time developing compliance methodology, starting from the definition of compliance risk, how it can be monitored, measured, and reported on, etc. She has practical experience of implementing various types of external regulation, through internal framework, and make it work in practice. Since 2016 she is a consultant and also regularly executes training for compliance officers, board executives, and senior management.
She is a fellow of ICA and has ICA Professional Postgraduate Diploma in Governance Risk and Compliance.
Track 2
Moderated by
Richard Maton
Executive Board Member for IRTA
Anti-Money Laundering (AML) Transaction Monitoring Systems (TMS) and Sanctions Filtering Technology
– Differences between the purpose of transaction monitoring systems for AML versus sanctions filtering systems
– General regulatory requirements with regard to TMS and sanctions filtering
– Overview of industry practices in line with regulatory requirements and guidelines
Edwin Rivas
Chief Compliance Officer NY, Helaba US

Edwin Rivas is the New York’s Chief Compliance Officer for Helaba (Landesbank Hessen-Thüringen) and he has an extensive experience working in anti-money laundering, regulatory compliance and internal audit, with strong international and domestic experience in financial services. He has appeared on television in the news discussing the impact of the USA PATRIOT Act requirements, and he has also conducted regulatory compliance training presentations in the USA, Latin America and Europe.
Mr. Rivas partnered with AIBACP (Association of International Auditors and Compliance Professionals Officers) colleagues and professors at Pace University / Lubin School of Business and actively participated as a member in the Content/Curriculum Committee that developed the curriculum (three-courses) in 2011 for the Certificate of Regulatory Compliance Professional (CCRP) program launched by Pace in January 2012. Mr. Rivas also lectures at Pace in some of these courses as a Subject Matter Expert.
Mr. Rivas is a Certified Compliance Regulatory Professional (CCRP), Certified Regulatory Compliance Manager (CRCM), ), a Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist (CAMS) an Anti-Money Laundering Professional (AMLP), Certified Financial Services Auditor (CFSA) and a Certified Risk Management Assurance (CRMA); and a member of the Institute of Internal Auditors, the Institute of Certified Bankers, the Association of Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist, the BAI (Bank Administration Institute) and the AIBA (Association of International Bank Auditors); and a Board member of the AIBA.
Identity Verification: The current challenges & new approaches to digital onboarding
– Attacks vs prevention
– Proof of Address Verification
– Man vs. machine vs. hybrid
– Video Onboarding
Charlie Roberts
Head of Business Development, IDnow

In his role as Head of Business Development at IDnow, Charlie Roberts enables clients from various industries to easily and securely onboard new customers. IDnow offers online identification solutions via an Identity Verification-as-a-Service (IVaaS) platform. The products support all industries in which companies conduct online customer interactions that require the highest level of verification security. Charlie joined IDnow in 2019 having come from GBG Plc and has gained extensive experience across the identity and verification sector. He is a long-time industry expert in financial services, SaaS, and software topics and has broad experience across identity services, digitization and biometrics.
Q&A Panel
Charlie Roberts
Head of Business Development, IDnow

In his role as Head of Business Development at IDnow, Charlie Roberts enables clients from various industries to easily and securely onboard new customers. IDnow offers online identification solutions via an Identity Verification-as-a-Service (IVaaS) platform. The products support all industries in which companies conduct online customer interactions that require the highest level of verification security. Charlie joined IDnow in 2019 having come from GBG Plc and has gained extensive experience across the identity and verification sector. He is a long-time industry expert in financial services, SaaS, and software topics and has broad experience across identity services, digitization and biometrics.
Edwin Rivas
Chief Compliance Officer NY, Helaba US

Edwin Rivas is the New York’s Chief Compliance Officer for Helaba (Landesbank Hessen-Thüringen) and he has an extensive experience working in anti-money laundering, regulatory compliance and internal audit, with strong international and domestic experience in financial services. He has appeared on television in the news discussing the impact of the USA PATRIOT Act requirements, and he has also conducted regulatory compliance training presentations in the USA, Latin America and Europe.
Mr. Rivas partnered with AIBACP (Association of International Auditors and Compliance Professionals Officers) colleagues and professors at Pace University / Lubin School of Business and actively participated as a member in the Content/Curriculum Committee that developed the curriculum (three-courses) in 2011 for the Certificate of Regulatory Compliance Professional (CCRP) program launched by Pace in January 2012. Mr. Rivas also lectures at Pace in some of these courses as a Subject Matter Expert.
Mr. Rivas is a Certified Compliance Regulatory Professional (CCRP), Certified Regulatory Compliance Manager (CRCM), ), a Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist (CAMS) an Anti-Money Laundering Professional (AMLP), Certified Financial Services Auditor (CFSA) and a Certified Risk Management Assurance (CRMA); and a member of the Institute of Internal Auditors, the Institute of Certified Bankers, the Association of Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist, the BAI (Bank Administration Institute) and the AIBA (Association of International Bank Auditors); and a Board member of the AIBA.
Charlie Roberts
Head of Business Development, IDnow

In his role as Head of Business Development at IDnow, Charlie Roberts enables clients from various industries to easily and securely onboard new customers. IDnow offers online identification solutions via an Identity Verification-as-a-Service (IVaaS) platform. The products support all industries in which companies conduct online customer interactions that require the highest level of verification security. Charlie joined IDnow in 2019 having come from GBG Plc and has gained extensive experience across the identity and verification sector. He is a long-time industry expert in financial services, SaaS, and software topics and has broad experience across identity services, digitization and biometrics.
Edwin Rivas
Chief Compliance Officer NY, Helaba US

Edwin Rivas is the New York’s Chief Compliance Officer for Helaba (Landesbank Hessen-Thüringen) and he has an extensive experience working in anti-money laundering, regulatory compliance and internal audit, with strong international and domestic experience in financial services. He has appeared on television in the news discussing the impact of the USA PATRIOT Act requirements, and he has also conducted regulatory compliance training presentations in the USA, Latin America and Europe.
Mr. Rivas partnered with AIBACP (Association of International Auditors and Compliance Professionals Officers) colleagues and professors at Pace University / Lubin School of Business and actively participated as a member in the Content/Curriculum Committee that developed the curriculum (three-courses) in 2011 for the Certificate of Regulatory Compliance Professional (CCRP) program launched by Pace in January 2012. Mr. Rivas also lectures at Pace in some of these courses as a Subject Matter Expert.
Mr. Rivas is a Certified Compliance Regulatory Professional (CCRP), Certified Regulatory Compliance Manager (CRCM), ), a Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist (CAMS) an Anti-Money Laundering Professional (AMLP), Certified Financial Services Auditor (CFSA) and a Certified Risk Management Assurance (CRMA); and a member of the Institute of Internal Auditors, the Institute of Certified Bankers, the Association of Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist, the BAI (Bank Administration Institute) and the AIBA (Association of International Bank Auditors); and a Board member of the AIBA.
3:25 pm to 3:30 pm
Time to join the Closing Sessions
3:30 pm to 4:00 pm
Grand Closing Keynote Panel
The Impact of Covid-19 on Financial Crime
– How are the banks adopting? Have polices been changed?
– What are the increased risks from fraud? What issues have arisen and how to tackle them such as AML / CFT and Cyber based on changes in criminal activity?
– KYC changes and how to measure customers
– What are the potential long-term issues?
– How working from home has affected the working culture
– The regulators response and guidance
Francisco Mainez
Head of Business Financial Crime Risk, Data & Analytics, HSBC
Francisco Mainez is the Head of Data and Analytics for Retail Banking Financial Crime Risk at HSBC. Francisco leads a team that supports all activities related to data extraction, analysis and insight reporting, covering Money Laundering, Financial Crime Typologies, Operations, Customer Due Diligence and Tax Evasion, among other areas. While in HSBC, Francisco has also worked in other Financial Crime teams, such as the Financial Intelligence Unit and Compliance Reporting.
Prior to HSBC, Francisco fulfilled roles in Standard Chartered Bank, both in London and Singapore after completing several tours of operations in Military Intelligence for NATO and the European Union in several geographical locations.
George Pearmain
Director of Financial Crime Strategy, Government of Jersey
George is the Director of Financial Crime Strategy for the Government of Jersey. Jersey, as a leading International Finance Centre, places its responsibility to counter financial crime at the top of the jurisdictional agenda. George works with a team of experts across the Jersey authorities and wider industry stakeholders to ensure that Jersey remains a leading jurisdiction in risk understanding, risk management and continues to innovate in relation to ongoing global fight against financial crime.
George is a lawyer by background, with over 10 years’ experience in public and private sector work, and has recently worked at the FATF (the global standard setter on AML/CFT) in the Secretariat. George acts as Head of Delegation for Jersey to MONEYVAL (the European FATF Regional body) and has significant experience engaging with other international bodies, standard setters and jurisdictions worldwide on financial crime matters.
Gregory Dellas
Chief Compliance and Innovation Officer, ECOMMBANX
Gregory Dellas is the Chief Compliance and Innovation Officer at ECOMMBANX, a flexible FinTech platform for multi-national inter-bank transactions
Whilst at the Bank of Cyprus, Gregory led the anti-money laundering (AML) risk management team within the International Banking Services Division and acted as the local compliance officer. His team was responsible for the onboarding of high-risk clients, the evaluation of large and complex transactions, as well as the review and approval of existing high-risk client relationships. In addition, Dellas was responsible for providing advice, guidance and specialized training to management and staff on AML and regulatory compliance matters.
In the past, Dellas worked with Coopers & Lybrand in Nicosia and held various senior and managerial positions in Cyprus Popular Bank and the Bank of Cyprus in wealth management, compliance and other areas. He has experience as a private banker and led the setup of private banking units in the U.K. and Romania. He also served as the group money laundering compliance officer and was responsible for the AML function for Cyprus Popular Bank and all its overseas subsidiaries.
Moreover, Dellas is CAMS certified, holds a bachelor’s degree in industrial economics from the University of Warwick and an MBA from Lancaster University in the U.K. He is also chair of the ACAMS Cyprus Chapter and one of the founding board members. In addition, he is a member of Transparency International (CY) and AMLP forum (U.K.). Dellas has also participated as a delegate and speaker at various international conferences, webinars and is now a CAMS instructor.
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Francisco Mainez
Head of Business Financial Crime Risk, Data & Analytics, HSBC
Francisco Mainez is the Head of Data and Analytics for Retail Banking Financial Crime Risk at HSBC. Francisco leads a team that supports all activities related to data extraction, analysis and insight reporting, covering Money Laundering, Financial Crime Typologies, Operations, Customer Due Diligence and Tax Evasion, among other areas. While in HSBC, Francisco has also worked in other Financial Crime teams, such as the Financial Intelligence Unit and Compliance Reporting.
Prior to HSBC, Francisco fulfilled roles in Standard Chartered Bank, both in London and Singapore after completing several tours of operations in Military Intelligence for NATO and the European Union in several geographical locations.
George Pearmain
Director of Financial Crime Strategy, Government of Jersey
George is the Director of Financial Crime Strategy for the Government of Jersey. Jersey, as a leading International Finance Centre, places its responsibility to counter financial crime at the top of the jurisdictional agenda. George works with a team of experts across the Jersey authorities and wider industry stakeholders to ensure that Jersey remains a leading jurisdiction in risk understanding, risk management and continues to innovate in relation to ongoing global fight against financial crime.
George is a lawyer by background, with over 10 years’ experience in public and private sector work, and has recently worked at the FATF (the global standard setter on AML/CFT) in the Secretariat. George acts as Head of Delegation for Jersey to MONEYVAL (the European FATF Regional body) and has significant experience engaging with other international bodies, standard setters and jurisdictions worldwide on financial crime matters.
Gregory Dellas
Chief Compliance and Innovation Officer, ECOMMBANX
Gregory Dellas is the Chief Compliance and Innovation Officer at ECOMMBANX, a flexible FinTech platform for multi-national inter-bank transactions
Whilst at the Bank of Cyprus, Gregory led the anti-money laundering (AML) risk management team within the International Banking Services Division and acted as the local compliance officer. His team was responsible for the onboarding of high-risk clients, the evaluation of large and complex transactions, as well as the review and approval of existing high-risk client relationships. In addition, Dellas was responsible for providing advice, guidance and specialized training to management and staff on AML and regulatory compliance matters.
In the past, Dellas worked with Coopers & Lybrand in Nicosia and held various senior and managerial positions in Cyprus Popular Bank and the Bank of Cyprus in wealth management, compliance and other areas. He has experience as a private banker and led the setup of private banking units in the U.K. and Romania. He also served as the group money laundering compliance officer and was responsible for the AML function for Cyprus Popular Bank and all its overseas subsidiaries.
Moreover, Dellas is CAMS certified, holds a bachelor’s degree in industrial economics from the University of Warwick and an MBA from Lancaster University in the U.K. He is also chair of the ACAMS Cyprus Chapter and one of the founding board members. In addition, he is a member of Transparency International (CY) and AMLP forum (U.K.). Dellas has also participated as a delegate and speaker at various international conferences, webinars and is now a CAMS instructor.
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Francisco Mainez
Head of Business Financial Crime Risk, Data & Analytics, HSBC
Francisco Mainez is the Head of Data and Analytics for Retail Banking Financial Crime Risk at HSBC. Francisco leads a team that supports all activities related to data extraction, analysis and insight reporting, covering Money Laundering, Financial Crime Typologies, Operations, Customer Due Diligence and Tax Evasion, among other areas. While in HSBC, Francisco has also worked in other Financial Crime teams, such as the Financial Intelligence Unit and Compliance Reporting.
Prior to HSBC, Francisco fulfilled roles in Standard Chartered Bank, both in London and Singapore after completing several tours of operations in Military Intelligence for NATO and the European Union in several geographical locations.
George Pearmain
Director of Financial Crime Strategy, Government of Jersey
George is the Director of Financial Crime Strategy for the Government of Jersey. Jersey, as a leading International Finance Centre, places its responsibility to counter financial crime at the top of the jurisdictional agenda. George works with a team of experts across the Jersey authorities and wider industry stakeholders to ensure that Jersey remains a leading jurisdiction in risk understanding, risk management and continues to innovate in relation to ongoing global fight against financial crime.
George is a lawyer by background, with over 10 years’ experience in public and private sector work, and has recently worked at the FATF (the global standard setter on AML/CFT) in the Secretariat. George acts as Head of Delegation for Jersey to MONEYVAL (the European FATF Regional body) and has significant experience engaging with other international bodies, standard setters and jurisdictions worldwide on financial crime matters.
Gregory Dellas
Chief Compliance and Innovation Officer, ECOMMBANX
Gregory Dellas is the Chief Compliance and Innovation Officer at ECOMMBANX, a flexible FinTech platform for multi-national inter-bank transactions
Whilst at the Bank of Cyprus, Gregory led the anti-money laundering (AML) risk management team within the International Banking Services Division and acted as the local compliance officer. His team was responsible for the onboarding of high-risk clients, the evaluation of large and complex transactions, as well as the review and approval of existing high-risk client relationships. In addition, Dellas was responsible for providing advice, guidance and specialized training to management and staff on AML and regulatory compliance matters.
In the past, Dellas worked with Coopers & Lybrand in Nicosia and held various senior and managerial positions in Cyprus Popular Bank and the Bank of Cyprus in wealth management, compliance and other areas. He has experience as a private banker and led the setup of private banking units in the U.K. and Romania. He also served as the group money laundering compliance officer and was responsible for the AML function for Cyprus Popular Bank and all its overseas subsidiaries.
Moreover, Dellas is CAMS certified, holds a bachelor’s degree in industrial economics from the University of Warwick and an MBA from Lancaster University in the U.K. He is also chair of the ACAMS Cyprus Chapter and one of the founding board members. In addition, he is a member of Transparency International (CY) and AMLP forum (U.K.). Dellas has also participated as a delegate and speaker at various international conferences, webinars and is now a CAMS instructor.
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– How are the banks adopting? Have polices been changed?
– What are the increased risks from fraud? What issues have arisen and how to tackle them such as AML / CFT and Cyber based on changes in criminal activity?
– KYC changes and how to measure customers
– What are the potential long-term issues?
– How working from home has affected the working culture
– The regulators response and guidance
Francisco Mainez
Head of Business Financial Crime Risk, Data & Analytics, HSBC

Francisco Mainez is the Head of Data and Analytics for Retail Banking Financial Crime Risk at HSBC. Francisco leads a team that supports all activities related to data extraction, analysis and insight reporting, covering Money Laundering, Financial Crime Typologies, Operations, Customer Due Diligence and Tax Evasion, among other areas. While in HSBC, Francisco has also worked in other Financial Crime teams, such as the Financial Intelligence Unit and Compliance Reporting.
Prior to HSBC, Francisco fulfilled roles in Standard Chartered Bank, both in London and Singapore after completing several tours of operations in Military Intelligence for NATO and the European Union in several geographical locations.
George Pearmain
Director of Financial Crime Strategy, Government of Jersey

George is the Director of Financial Crime Strategy for the Government of Jersey. Jersey, as a leading International Finance Centre, places its responsibility to counter financial crime at the top of the jurisdictional agenda. George works with a team of experts across the Jersey authorities and wider industry stakeholders to ensure that Jersey remains a leading jurisdiction in risk understanding, risk management and continues to innovate in relation to ongoing global fight against financial crime.
George is a lawyer by background, with over 10 years’ experience in public and private sector work, and has recently worked at the FATF (the global standard setter on AML/CFT) in the Secretariat. George acts as Head of Delegation for Jersey to MONEYVAL (the European FATF Regional body) and has significant experience engaging with other international bodies, standard setters and jurisdictions worldwide on financial crime matters.
Gregory Dellas
Chief Compliance and Innovation Officer, ECOMMBANX

Gregory Dellas is the Chief Compliance and Innovation Officer at ECOMMBANX, a flexible FinTech platform for multi-national inter-bank transactions
Whilst at the Bank of Cyprus, Gregory led the anti-money laundering (AML) risk management team within the International Banking Services Division and acted as the local compliance officer. His team was responsible for the onboarding of high-risk clients, the evaluation of large and complex transactions, as well as the review and approval of existing high-risk client relationships. In addition, Dellas was responsible for providing advice, guidance and specialized training to management and staff on AML and regulatory compliance matters.
In the past, Dellas worked with Coopers & Lybrand in Nicosia and held various senior and managerial positions in Cyprus Popular Bank and the Bank of Cyprus in wealth management, compliance and other areas. He has experience as a private banker and led the setup of private banking units in the U.K. and Romania. He also served as the group money laundering compliance officer and was responsible for the AML function for Cyprus Popular Bank and all its overseas subsidiaries.
Moreover, Dellas is CAMS certified, holds a bachelor’s degree in industrial economics from the University of Warwick and an MBA from Lancaster University in the U.K. He is also chair of the ACAMS Cyprus Chapter and one of the founding board members. In addition, he is a member of Transparency International (CY) and AMLP forum (U.K.). Dellas has also participated as a delegate and speaker at various international conferences, webinars and is now a CAMS instructor.
Francisco Mainez
Head of Business Financial Crime Risk, Data & Analytics, HSBC

Francisco Mainez is the Head of Data and Analytics for Retail Banking Financial Crime Risk at HSBC. Francisco leads a team that supports all activities related to data extraction, analysis and insight reporting, covering Money Laundering, Financial Crime Typologies, Operations, Customer Due Diligence and Tax Evasion, among other areas. While in HSBC, Francisco has also worked in other Financial Crime teams, such as the Financial Intelligence Unit and Compliance Reporting.
Prior to HSBC, Francisco fulfilled roles in Standard Chartered Bank, both in London and Singapore after completing several tours of operations in Military Intelligence for NATO and the European Union in several geographical locations.
George Pearmain
Director of Financial Crime Strategy, Government of Jersey

George is the Director of Financial Crime Strategy for the Government of Jersey. Jersey, as a leading International Finance Centre, places its responsibility to counter financial crime at the top of the jurisdictional agenda. George works with a team of experts across the Jersey authorities and wider industry stakeholders to ensure that Jersey remains a leading jurisdiction in risk understanding, risk management and continues to innovate in relation to ongoing global fight against financial crime.
George is a lawyer by background, with over 10 years’ experience in public and private sector work, and has recently worked at the FATF (the global standard setter on AML/CFT) in the Secretariat. George acts as Head of Delegation for Jersey to MONEYVAL (the European FATF Regional body) and has significant experience engaging with other international bodies, standard setters and jurisdictions worldwide on financial crime matters.
Gregory Dellas
Chief Compliance and Innovation Officer, ECOMMBANX

Gregory Dellas is the Chief Compliance and Innovation Officer at ECOMMBANX, a flexible FinTech platform for multi-national inter-bank transactions
Whilst at the Bank of Cyprus, Gregory led the anti-money laundering (AML) risk management team within the International Banking Services Division and acted as the local compliance officer. His team was responsible for the onboarding of high-risk clients, the evaluation of large and complex transactions, as well as the review and approval of existing high-risk client relationships. In addition, Dellas was responsible for providing advice, guidance and specialized training to management and staff on AML and regulatory compliance matters.
In the past, Dellas worked with Coopers & Lybrand in Nicosia and held various senior and managerial positions in Cyprus Popular Bank and the Bank of Cyprus in wealth management, compliance and other areas. He has experience as a private banker and led the setup of private banking units in the U.K. and Romania. He also served as the group money laundering compliance officer and was responsible for the AML function for Cyprus Popular Bank and all its overseas subsidiaries.
Moreover, Dellas is CAMS certified, holds a bachelor’s degree in industrial economics from the University of Warwick and an MBA from Lancaster University in the U.K. He is also chair of the ACAMS Cyprus Chapter and one of the founding board members. In addition, he is a member of Transparency International (CY) and AMLP forum (U.K.). Dellas has also participated as a delegate and speaker at various international conferences, webinars and is now a CAMS instructor.
Francisco Mainez
Head of Business Financial Crime Risk, Data & Analytics, HSBC

Francisco Mainez is the Head of Data and Analytics for Retail Banking Financial Crime Risk at HSBC. Francisco leads a team that supports all activities related to data extraction, analysis and insight reporting, covering Money Laundering, Financial Crime Typologies, Operations, Customer Due Diligence and Tax Evasion, among other areas. While in HSBC, Francisco has also worked in other Financial Crime teams, such as the Financial Intelligence Unit and Compliance Reporting.
Prior to HSBC, Francisco fulfilled roles in Standard Chartered Bank, both in London and Singapore after completing several tours of operations in Military Intelligence for NATO and the European Union in several geographical locations.
George Pearmain
Director of Financial Crime Strategy, Government of Jersey

George is the Director of Financial Crime Strategy for the Government of Jersey. Jersey, as a leading International Finance Centre, places its responsibility to counter financial crime at the top of the jurisdictional agenda. George works with a team of experts across the Jersey authorities and wider industry stakeholders to ensure that Jersey remains a leading jurisdiction in risk understanding, risk management and continues to innovate in relation to ongoing global fight against financial crime.
George is a lawyer by background, with over 10 years’ experience in public and private sector work, and has recently worked at the FATF (the global standard setter on AML/CFT) in the Secretariat. George acts as Head of Delegation for Jersey to MONEYVAL (the European FATF Regional body) and has significant experience engaging with other international bodies, standard setters and jurisdictions worldwide on financial crime matters.
Gregory Dellas
Chief Compliance and Innovation Officer, ECOMMBANX

Gregory Dellas is the Chief Compliance and Innovation Officer at ECOMMBANX, a flexible FinTech platform for multi-national inter-bank transactions
Whilst at the Bank of Cyprus, Gregory led the anti-money laundering (AML) risk management team within the International Banking Services Division and acted as the local compliance officer. His team was responsible for the onboarding of high-risk clients, the evaluation of large and complex transactions, as well as the review and approval of existing high-risk client relationships. In addition, Dellas was responsible for providing advice, guidance and specialized training to management and staff on AML and regulatory compliance matters.
In the past, Dellas worked with Coopers & Lybrand in Nicosia and held various senior and managerial positions in Cyprus Popular Bank and the Bank of Cyprus in wealth management, compliance and other areas. He has experience as a private banker and led the setup of private banking units in the U.K. and Romania. He also served as the group money laundering compliance officer and was responsible for the AML function for Cyprus Popular Bank and all its overseas subsidiaries.
Moreover, Dellas is CAMS certified, holds a bachelor’s degree in industrial economics from the University of Warwick and an MBA from Lancaster University in the U.K. He is also chair of the ACAMS Cyprus Chapter and one of the founding board members. In addition, he is a member of Transparency International (CY) and AMLP forum (U.K.). Dellas has also participated as a delegate and speaker at various international conferences, webinars and is now a CAMS instructor.
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