Events and Webinars

This webinar explores critical distinctions in sanctions compliance strategies across regions. With a focus on regulatory frameworks, enforcement patterns, and sector-specific compliance requirements, experts analyzed how regional variations impact organizations and shape their approaches to managing sanctions risk in both the UK and Baltic contexts.

We showcased our latest innovations, demonstrating why our product is the right fit for any firm. We presented new features like Biometric AML and Custom Risk Scoring, highlighting the power of our AML Database that reduces false positives for more accurate searches. We also shared various product customizations..

RAW Compliance, in collaboration with AML Watcher, explores AI applications in compliance, revealing the latest advancements and real-world use cases. Leveraging AI's capabilities allows financial institutions to stay ahead of criminals, protect assets, and adapt to ever-changing FinCrime regulations, ensuring a safer financial ecosystem.

Compliance has evolved, now facing challenges with scams, crypto, and NFTs, alongside traditional sectors like liquor, cannabis, and gambling. Cameron Field, a seasoned AFC/AML practitioner, and Dwayne King, AML Compliance Officer at WFCU Credit Union, discuss Canada's legal cannabis industry and its AML implications.

AML Watcher participated in ICA’s Future of FinCrime & Compliance Summit. The summit began with a masterclass on regulatory updates, including The Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act. Mark Bain engaged in a debate on evolving professional skills. A key highlight was the discussion on the impact of evolving sanctions regimes.

Critics argue AML efforts are ineffective despite years of implementation. In AML Watcher's webinar on April 18, 2024, experts Ronald Daliya and Girish Mallya discuss why compliance burdens financial sectors alone, while effective AML requires risk evaluation beyond checkbox ticking and quality database utilization.

AML Watcher attended the Pay 360 event by The Payments Association, supported by the Department for Business & Trade. The event featured live voting to crown 2024’s leading innovation. A highlight for Mark Bain was the 'innovation zone,' showcasing next-generation payments technology demos.

In the biggest AML webinar yet, Luke Raven, Kennedy Meda, and Sanjay B. discussed how social media aids fraudsters and money mules, the rise of Pig-Butchering scams, and the need for stricter laws. They also explored AML technology risks, privacy law conflicts, and underground money laundering challenges.

In an era where the legal and financial sectors are deeply intertwined, the prevention of money laundering is more critical than ever. Experts Hayley Van Loon and Steve Farrer addressed that money laundered by fake goods, online scams, and illegal streams impact everyday life and collaboration of law enforcement and financial institutions can play a vital role in reducing these threats effectively.

As financial regulations and the demand for skilled AML professionals grow, advancing in the field requires strategic preparation. Understanding the essential skills is key, as is staying ahead of industry trends and market changes, including potential impacts from interest rate shifts and upcoming elections. Join our expert panel on the navigation of the AML industry.

The key focus of this webinar is the challenges faced by European companies when catering to the intersection of US secondary sanctions and the EU's Blocking Statute, compounded by inconsistent enforcement across EU member states. The divergence between EU and US sanctions programs, especially in high-risk regions, presents complex risks for multinational businesses.

This webinar covers why accurate data is so important for AML compliance. We’ll talk about how old systems can lead to mistakes, how AI and machine learning can improve accuracy, and why it's key to train staff to handle data properly and meet compliance standards.

Financial institutions are dealing with more cyber threats like phishing, ransomware, and DDoS attacks. These threats aren’t just about stealing data anymore—they’re also being used for money laundering. Criminals find weak spots in financial systems to move illegal money through digital platforms. Newer tricks, like advanced malware and scams, help criminals conceal the source of money and make illegal transactions.

AML compliance challenges have grown with evolving typologies. Recent fines reveal compliance failures, highlighting risks for FinTechs and community banks, including outdated systems. Join Oonagh and Sarah to explore open banking models and regulatory risks in FinTech and BaaS.

In a recent webinar on AML compliance for non-financial businesses—like real estate agents, accountants, and jewelers—experts discussed the unique challenges these sectors face. Unlike banks, these businesses have different types of transactions and smaller client lists, making it hard to use the same AML rules across the board.