ACFCS Financial CrimeCast

In this edition of the Financial CrimeCast, ACFCS speaks with Sarah Purcell, Product Specialist with Thomson Reuters, as she brings a cross-industry perspective to explaining some of the top fraud trends of 2024. Sarah gives insights on challenges that institutions are facing in account takeover attacks and fraudulent account openings, how to overcome these threats with enhanced data verification...

It may be hard to believe, but for many U.S. banks the largest source of fraud losses in 2024 was from… check fraud. Why is this fraud wave happening now, and what are banks doing in response? In this lively conversation on the Financial CrimeCast, we speak with Uri Rivner, CEO and Co-Founder of Refine Intelligence, to explore these questions and get answers.

What’s contributing to the rising costs of financial crime investigations, and what global regulatory trends are influencing investigative operations? For answers, join us for an illuminating conversation with Glenn Fratangelo, Head of Strategy and Marketing, Enterprise Risk Case Management at NICE Actimize.

Join ACFCS and Elizabeth Callan, a FinCrime and Sanctions SME with Symphony AI Financial Services, as we hit the highlights of major pending financial crime regulations in the U.S., discuss their impact for compliance programs, and provide advice on how you can prepare now to get out ahead of these changes.

In this episode of the Financial CrimeCast, ACFCS connects with Elsie Pan and Samrat Jain, industry leading technology specialists of the PwC Financial Crime Unit, to understand the current realities of emerging tech in financial crime prevention, how financial institutions are addressing long-standing challenges, and where they see low-risk and high-reward opportunities for AI use at financial in...

The evolution of money is happening at warp speed. Cryptocurrencies are one major factor driving changes in the monetary world, but faster payments in fiat, the rise of open banking and more are also at play. As money transforms, are our regulatory frameworks and compliance programs keeping pace with the changes? In this episode of the Financial CrimeCast, we speak with Carole House, Executive in...

As cryptocurrencies expand their role in the payments ecosystem, the burgeoning world of crypto assets presents both risks and potential rewards for issuers and acquirers. Crypto exchanges and other service providers can provide a lucrative customer base for banks and card issuers, but managing their risks can be a tricky proposition. How can financial institutions navigate this? Learn more from p...

Will gen AI enable a new breed of financial criminal? Or can it be harnessed effectively to detect and counter attacks on banks and financial institutions? Along the way, how can we ensure that data is used properly and privacy is respected in the AI area? Get answers to these questions and more as ACFCS speaks to Charmian Simmons, SymphonyAI Sensa-NetReveal’s Financial Crime and Compliance Expert...

? In This Financial CrimeCast, we speak with Dori Buckethal, VP of Product Marketing – Risk and Fraud with Thomson Reuters, to understand the rising importance of “know your business” or KYB to protect organizations from B2B threats.

In part 2 of this series with OCR Labs, we’ll discuss what types of industries and companies actually need identity verification, strategies that companies are using to approach these identity challenges, and what to consider when verifying your customer identities.

Join us for an in-depth but approachable discussion with Rio Miner, Head of Intelligence for Refine Intelligence, on how technology is changing the way financial services companies view AML and fraud programs, and whether there’s a path to a more sustainable future for compliance programs.

ACFCS speaks with Shane Oren, the Chief Revenue Officer with OCR Labs. Shane starts with a brief but fascinating history of identity and the various ways we’ve used to validate it over time, under the premise that you can’t know where you’re going unless you know where you’ve been. We then explore real-world examples of identity verification gone wrong, and its consequences for financial instituti...

In this insightful conversation, we explore how a fragmented approach to fraud is driving risks, why integrating various fraud and AML systems into one case management system may be less scary than it sounds, how institutions are making decisions to build vs. buy their case management systems, and more.

As banks offer real-time payment capability to their clients, it is critical to understand how these payments work, and the best practices in detecting and preventing fraud. In this conversation we explore the risks and rewards of real-time payments adoption with Eric Choltus, Director of Global Product Management: Payment Fraud with Bottomline.

In this Financial CrimeCast, join Fred Boulier, Global Head of Solution Consulting with the FinCrime Unit of Oracle, for a wide-ranging conversation on the main challenges facing AML and fincrime compliance professionals in the current moment, how AI and graph technologies have evolved in recent years to become more effective, and the state of regulatory acceptance of innovative technologies.

In this Financial CrimeCast, ACFCS talks with Ruud Grotens, Head of Fraud and Financial Crime Consulting with Bottomline, to explore the factors driving the rise in insider fraud, how monitoring for internal risks can actually stop fraud before it starts, and the technology, processes and privacy considerations you need to get this right.

In this episode of the Financial CrimeCast, ACFCS is joined by Keith Berry, General Manager, KYC/KYS at Moody's Analytics, to examine how strong KYC/CDD is affecting firm’s abilities to adapt and grow in disruptive times. We’ll review some of the biggest pressures on KYC programs in the past year, how fintechs in particular have responded, and look ahead to what it takes to innovate in KYC/CDD as...

In this episode of the Financial CrimeCast, join a fraud expert with NICE Actimize as we explore key fincrime risks over the holidays, including the rise of check fraud. We’ll cover what’s driving the rise of these fraud risks, and how to keep your customer transactions secure and fight financial crime at your financial institution or credit union during this busy season.

In this session, we interview Vikas Agarwal, leading partner of the PwC Financial Crime Unit. Drawing from his experiencing working with clients to deploy AI/ML tools, cloud applications and more, he gives his insights on the top factors that organizations need to consider when implementing new technologies like AI, and key gaps as tech races to keep up with evolving fincrime typologies. He also e...

On this unique episode of the Financial CrimeCast, join Quantifind’s Chief Operating Officer, Graham Bailey, as he explores the next evolution in financial crime compliance and unveils the concept of the fusion chain. He’ll give insights on where the fincrime compliance industry is heading, and what three tools combined will allow the AML and fincrime world to tackle its complex challenges at scal...

Join Mohammad Al-Zraiqat, Global Senior Product Manager, Financial Crime Risks with Bottomline Technologies, as he makes the case for forward-thinking case management in fraud investigations.

On this episode of the Financial CrimeCast, we’re joined by Brian Keefe, Portfolio Pre-Sales Consultant with NICE Actimize, to explore how can FIs find the right balance when it comes to mobile banking. He provides insights on current fraud trends in mobile banking, strategies for winning the war against mobile banking fraud, and why FIs should assume that any device is already compromised.

In this free-wheeling conversation with Symphony AyasdiAI CEO Simon Moss, we explore the impact of crypto on the banking sector, its potential to undermine or even replace fiat currencies, and the way lines are blurring between banks and crypto. Most importantly, we shed light on how the march of crypto impacts financial crime compliance, and the tools and training needed to stay ahead of the curv...

Join Graham Bailey, COO of Quantifind, for an engaging conversation on the building blocks of perpetual KYC. Learn how leveraging public private partnerships for defining risk, AI-driven name science and worldwide open source intelligence can enable a risk based approach that will scale for your organization, and enhance risk coverage for all of the customer base.

In this episode of the CrimeCast, we speak with Alex Pillow, the Director of Market Strategy with Moody’s Analytics KYC. He brings insights from working with financial institutions around the globe to discuss the importance of understanding indirect ownership and control for sanctions compliance, how individuals circumvent sanctions, and the need for accurate and up-to-date information and data fo...