FFECON Week: Serving the Global FinCrime Community
The FinTech FinCrime Exchange (FFE), the largest global community of FinCrime professionals working for the world's most progressive fintechs, is excited to deliver an immersive experience for all anti-financial crime professionals.
This truly global event brings together a vibrant community of FinTechs, with sessions focussed on Europe, Middle East, Asia and US. From presentations to workshops, FFECON Week creates an interactive platform to encourage collaboration, discuss best practices and to share experiences.
Hear from an international line up of industry experts from the world of anti-financial crime including practitioners, academics, charities and law enforcement agents. All keen to share their insights to provide actionable takeaways and practical solutions.
All sessions are free to attend, yet we are encouraging all delegates to make an even greater impact in the fight against financial crime by offering a small donation to Unseen, now or when registering for each session.
Unseen supports survivors of modern slavery and human trafficking and operates the Modern Slavery & Exploitation Helpline. They work collaboratively with businesses and governments to create strategies and policies that will prevent modern slavery. Every pound donated gets them closer to their goal of ending slavery.
Joining Instructions….
Each session will be hosted separately. Pick and choose which sessions most interest you and register for each session individually via the ‘REGISTER HERE’ buttons in the agenda below.
Agenda
Monday 7th December
13:30 - 15:30 Welcome to FEECON Week: Special Address, Special Announcement & Dare to share vs Need to know
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.
Special Announcement: Robert Evans, Co-Founder, FINTRAIL & Scott Liles, President & Managing Director, ACAMS
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
16:00 - 17:00 Training your Workforce in Financial Crime
Ensuring your compliance team is sufficiently trained in AML and anti-financial crime practices is crucial for financial crime prevention and detection. There are many ways training can be delivered and many things to consider when developing your training programme: How do you determine your training needs? How often is the training provided? What are the risks faced by the business? Financial crime training specialists from ACAMS, TransferWise and Pay Perform deliver a practical and engaging presentation on the essentials to consider for your FinCrime and AML training programme.
Mark Schnieder, Financial Crime Risk Specialist, TransferWise
Shilpa Arora, Anti-Money Laundering Director for EMEA, ACAMS
Tony Brown, Chief Risk Officer and MRLO, Pay Perform
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Tuesday 8th December
12:00 - 13:00 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
16:00 - 17:00 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)
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Wednesday 9th December
10:00 - 11:00 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
13:30 - 15:30 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
16:00 - 17:00 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
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Thursday 10th December
16:00 - 17:00 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
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18:00 - 19:00 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
Tyler McIntyre, Founder, Bank Novo
Friday 11th December
10:00 - 11:00 Spotting the Signs of Slavery: An Interactive Workshop
This workshop will be led by Unseen UK, a leading Anti-Slavery charity who operate the Modern Slavery and Exploitation Helpline. This workshop will take a look at how slavery affects individual people and how we can identify and help them to escape exploitation. The workshop will be interactive and will encourage conversations between participants and share learnings on how to best tackle slavery.
Facilitators:
Justine Currell, Director, Unseen UK
Carrie Brassley, Corporate Partnerships, Unseen UK
Richard Ferrell, Manager – Labour Exploitation & Illicit Finances, Modern Slavery & Human Trafficking Unit - Threat Leadership Command, National Crime Agency
Ellie Redhead, T/Manager – 3Ps and Partnerships, Modern Slavery & Human Trafficking Unit, Threat Leadership Command, National Crime Agency
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11:30 - 12:30 FFE Good News Stories: Collaboration with Law Enforcement
Discover how the collective efforts of the FinTech FinCrime Exchange community has successfully supported law enforcement and government agencies. Join us to hear from Counter Terrorism Policing, DWP and the Metropolitan Police as they share their positive experience working in harmony with the FFE community.
Moderator: John-Paul Eaton, Global Community Director, FINTRAIL & FinTech FinCrime Exchange
Ian Collins, Internal Quality Assurance and Engagement Lead, National Terrorist Financial Investigation Unit (NTFIU), Counter Terrorism Policing – SO15
Scott Conlan, Sensitive Intelligence Unit – Financial Intelligence Officer, Metropolitan Police
14:00 - 15:00 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, The Law Boutique
Danielle Coyle, FinCrime Legal Counsel, Revolut
Kate McKay, Head of Legal, Nude
Willem Wellinghoff, Chief Legal and Compliance Officer, Shieldpay
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Speakers
Maya Braine, Managing Director Middle East and Africa, FINTRAIL
Carrie Brassley, Corporate Partnerships, Unseen UK
Tony Brown, Chief Risk Officer and MRLO, Pay Perform
David Carlisle, Head of Policy and Regulatory Affairs, ELLIPTIC
Michelle Chong, Head of APAC Financial Crimes, Stripe
Ian Collins, Internal Quality Assurance and Engagement Lead, National Terrorist Financial Investigation Unit (NTFIU), Counter Terrorism Policing – SO15
Scott Conlan, Sensitive Intelligence Unit – Financial Intelligence Officer, Metropolitan Police
Justine Currell, Director, Unseen UK
Jonathan Draper, Head of Product Development, ComplyAdvantage
John-Paul Eaton, Global Community Director, FINTRAIL & FinTech FinCrime Exchange
Robert Evans, Co-Founder, FINTRAIL & ACAMS
Danyelle Gerges, Regional Director Middle East, Financial Services Volunteer Corps
Kayla Izenman, Research Analyst, Royal United Services Institute
Electra Japonas, Founder and CEO, The Law Boutique
Ser-Jin Lee, Head of Compliance and Government Relations, Grab
Scott Liles, President and Managing Director, ACAMS
Megan Millard, North America Lead, FINTRAIL Solutions LLC
Mikey Morton, Financial Crime Consultant, FINTRAIL
Samantha Sheen, Financial Crimes Compliance Officer, EMEA, Stripe
Oliver Tonkin, Co-founder & General Counsel, BCB Group
Josie Wait, Community Manager, FINTRAIL & FinTech FinCrime Exchange
Hui Wang, COO, ChainTech (Matrixport)
Willem Wellinghoff, Chief Legal and Compliance Officer, Shieldpay
Our Partners
ACAMS is the largest international membership organization for Anti-Financial Crime professionals. We support individuals and organizations who are dedicated to ending financial crime through thought leadership, continuing professional education, and our best-in-class peer network.
ACAMS achieves our mission by:
Certifying the achievements of our members
Creating networking platforms to share best practices at both local and international levels
Providing world-class continuing professional education for all levels of Anti-
Financial Crime professionals, regardless of location, sector or industry
Supporting organizations to build robust Anti-Financial Crime readiness
Elliptic is the global leader in cryptoasset risk management solutions for crypto businesses and financial institutions worldwide with offices in London, New York, Singapore, and Tokyo. Its founders first became involved with cryptoassets in 2011, when they recognised the technology’s potential to open up financial services to unprecedented innovation and competition. With that in mind, they launched the world’s first compliance tools based on blockchain analytics in 2015. As the technology matures, new blockchains emerge and regulations evolve - our mission has remained the same: To protect our customers from financial crime in cryptoassets. Backed by investors Wells Fargo Strategic Capital, SBI Group, and Santander Innoventures, Elliptic has assessed risk and uncovered activities related to money laundering, terrorist fundraising, fraud, and other financial crimes. Elliptic is headquartered in London with offices in New York, Singapore, and Tokyo. To learn more, visit www.elliptic.co and follow us on LinkedIn, Medium, and Twitter.
Hummingbird is a platform for managing compliance operations. Financial Institutions use Hummingbird to organize and automate compliance investigations and reporting. The platform is designed to automate repetitive tasks and create structured data for machine learning, resulting in an 80-90% reduction in average time per case. Hummingbird enables compliance teams to cut costs dramatically without sacrificing quality.
Hummingbird’s founding team brings together product and regulatory experience from organizations like the OCC, the Department of the Treasury, Square, and IDEO. Hummingbird is using data and design to modernize regulatory compliance in finance.
Jumio helps organisations to meet regulatory compliance including KYC, AML and GDPR and definitively establish the digital identity of their customers. Jumio has verified more than 200 million identities issued by over 200 countries from real-time web and mobile transactions. Jumio’s solutions are used by leading companies in the financial services, sharing economy, cryptocurrency, retail, travel and online gaming sectors. Based in Palo Alto, Jumio operates globally with offices in the U.S., Europe and Asia Pacific and has been the recipient of numerous awards for innovation. For more information, please visit www.jumio.com.
The Law Boutique is a Legal Optimisation Company - the first of its kind. Founded in 2017 with the mission to make Legal work better and smarter, we take a uniquely holistic approach to optimising Legal functions. We do this through:
Standardisation. Standardising legal documents with templates, playbooks and canned responses to ensure consistency across your organisation’s legal landscape.
Simplification. Simplifying legal and compliance processes by adopting a user-centric design approach to maximise adoption.
Streamlining. Streamlining functions through targeted tech and outsourcing services.
As part of this, we offer expert Financial Regulatory support. We’re the first port of call for regulatory matters, using our expertise to advise, support and assist businesses.
We also offer a number of essential services in data protection, supporting our customers' compliance the easy way. This includes DPO-as-a-service and GDPR evaluation and remediation services.
Let us help turn your Legal function into a commercial advantage.
FFECON attendees share their feedback….
Liam, Funding Circle…."Interesting and thought provoking content. The format was great.”
Marta, ClearBank….“Great event to learn more about financial crime and to extend the network.”
Caroline, TorFx…. “The speakers were excellent and the range of information covered ensured everyone could take things away from the day.”
Juuso, Finish FIU…. “Inspiring, educational and it strengthened my belief in better PPP-cooperation.”
Matthew, Starling Bank…. “Insightful. Collaborative. Welcoming.