How Adopting a Design Thinking Mindset Enables Businesses to Communicate Policies more Effectively

This discussion will talk about how adopting a design thinking mindset enables businesses (and in particular, non-lawyers) to communicate policies and processes more effectively. Effective communication, adoption and compliance with well-drafted policies and processes minimises business risks and ultimately makes the business more sound and profitable.

Moderator: Electra Japonas, Founder and CEO, TLB

Danielle Coyle, FinCrime Legal Counsel, Revolut

Kate McKay, Head of Legal, Nude

Willem Wellinghoff, Chief Legal and Compliance Officer, Shieldpay

US in Focus: Deciding to become a “Real Bank”: FinTech Perspectives on Scaling, Licenses and FinCrime

Until now, US FinTech companies have managed to tap into the financial system without being an actual bank by partnering with community banks to hold customers' money. Now, FinTechs are increasingly considering whether or not to apply for a bank charter with the OCC to become a regulated US digital bank. What are the factors that lead to decisions to go for or not go for a banking license and what role does FinCrime compliance play in the decision making? What point in a firm's scaling process can this be considered and what are the pros and cons associated? What changes were made to FinCrime programs to prepare for applying for a license or launching a banking service?

Moderator: Megan Millard, North America Lead, FINTRAIL Solutions LLC

Pravin Chandrasekaran, BSA Officer, Varo Bank

Ben Gray, Global CCO, Square

Tyler McIntyre, Founder, Bank Novo

Optimising Investigations in a Distributed World

The investigations practice area is one of the most important areas of compliance, but also one of the most expensive and inefficient. How do tech forward financial institutions with distributed operations manage this process? In this panel, we’ll hear from global institutions, technology providers, and investigation experts on the best practices and tools they use to keep investigations moving efficiently.

Moderator: Joe Robinson, CEO, Hummingbird

Mikey Morton, Financial Crime Consultant, FINTRAIL

Samantha Sheen, Financial Crimes Compliance Officer, EMEA, Stripe

Charlotte Lowry, Deputy MLRO, Pleo

10 Hands-On Tips for Streamlining eKYC

How to build secure yet user friendly KYC processes online to make it easier for customers to do business with you online, and harder for bad actors to commit fraud.

• Practical tips for streamlining new account onboarding

• Understanding the tricky balance between fraud detection, eKYC, and the customer experience

• The growth of document-centric identity proofing

• KYX: Taking a broader perspective
  

Presenter: Gordon Harrison, Head of Sales EMEA, Jumio

Our Digital Identities

What is a digital identity? And what do we want it to be? By moving our identities to digital systems, what do we have to gain and what might be lost? In the context of different global approaches, we’ll discuss how our identity data is evolving and how this data is being shared for financial crimes use cases.

Moderator: Kate Hotten, Senior Advisor, FINTRAIL

Rafa Plantier, Country ManagerUK&I, Tink

Paul Kwesi Damalie, CEO, Appruve

Isabella Chase, Research Fellow, RUSI

APAC in Focus: Building and Scaling a FinCrime Programme in Asia

The use of technology to deliver financial services in Asia is clearly transforming the sector, but what does this mean for financial crime compliance programmes as FinTech companies grow? How do you build for a scaling FinCrime programme? What are the right typologies and technology systems? What are the regulatory implications in the market when scaling FinCrime compliance?

Moderator: Payal Patel, Managing Director APAC, FINTRAIL

Genevieve Noakes, Compliance Lead APAC, Transferwise

Ser-Jin Lee, Head of Compliance and Government Relations, Grab

Michelle Chong, Head of APAC Financial Crimes, Stripe

Cryptoasset Compliance: A year in review & what to prepare for in 2021

Elliptic sits down with industry experts in both crypto & compliance to take a look back at the key events, financial crime typologies, and regulatory changes that have shaped the crypto industry this year, as well as what to expect for 2021. Our panelists will discuss what made the year 2020 so significant for the crypto world, and the impact it’s had on the future of cryptoassets and compliance.

Moderator: David Carlisle, Head of Policy and Regulatory Affairs, ELLIPTIC

Kayla Izenman, Research Analyst, Royal United Services Institute

Oliver Tonkin, Co-founder & General Counsel, BCB Group

Hui Wang, COO, ChainTech (Matrixport)

MEA in Focus: Financial Crime Threats and Challenges in the Middle East

The Middle East is generally recognised as a high risk region for financial crime, but the specific nature of the threats and the diverse nature of the jurisdictions involved are not so readily understood. As the nascent FinTech sector in the Middle East continues to take off, and as more international firms look to expand to the region, what local nuances should they be aware of for effectively tackling financial crime?

Moderator: Maya Braine, Managing Director Middle East and Africa, FINTRAIL

Aamir Hanif, EMEA Financial Crimes, Stripe

Patrick Lord, Commercial Director, Diligencia

Abeer Al Fayez, MLRO, Rain

Danyelle Gerges, Regional Director Middle East, Financial Services Volunteer Corps

Dare to share vs Need to know

The key considerations around anti-financial crime data sharing and why it’s the future of fighting financial crime:

• How does data sharing help fight financial crime?

• What are the challenges?

• What are the technology opportunities?

• What are the industry opportunities?

• What are the specific initiatives and next steps for anti-financial crime data sharing?

Moderator: Gemma Rogers, Co-Founder, FINTRAIL

Kristen Alma, Policy Analyst in Anti-Money Laundering & Counter-Financing of Terrorism, Financial Action Task Force (FATF)

John Cusack, Chair, Global Coalition to Fight Financial Crime

Jonathan Draper, Head of Product Development, ComplyAdvantage

Mike Moate, Co-Founder & CTO, Countingup

Special Address: John Cusack, Chair, Global Coalition to Fight Financial Crime

John Cusack is a leading financial crime fighter with significant industry experience having been twice co-chair of the Wolfsberg Group (2004-2005 and 2017-2019), the global association which develops guidance and principles for managing financial crime risks. John was previously Global MLRO at UBS and Standard Chartered Bank and is currently editor of the Financial Crime News and author of “Red Alert”, “the Global Threat Assessment 2019” and “Sub-Saharan Africa Threat Assessment 2020”. He has also been a founding supporter of public private partnerships, including the UK’s JIMLIT and similar ones in Hong Kong and Singapore, as well as information sharing initiatives in the US. Most recently, John was appointed Chair of the Global Coalition to Fight Financial Crime to help drive the Coalition in line with its objectives and support the recently formalised secretariat. This is a two-year position beginning immediately.