Asia AML/CFT 3rd Annual Summit 2021

Summits

Asia AML/CFT 3rd Annual Summit 2021

July 5-9, 2021

July 5-9, 2021 (Virtual Event)
11.00 am to 2.00 pm IST / 1.30 pm to 4.30 pm SGT

Over five days of extensive knowledge sharing, the Fintelekt Asia AML/CFT 3rd Annual Summit 2021 brought together AML/CFT experts, regulators, practitioners and suppliers from across the globe to discuss relevant issues in the region.

Agenda

Day 1 : July 5

11.00 am IST / 1.30 pm SGT

Welcome Remarks

Shirish Pathak, Managing Director, Fintelekt Advisory Services

11.10 am IST / 1.40 pm SGT

FATF Plenary June 2021: Outcomes and Interpretation

Daniel Thelesklaf, Project Director – FAST Initiative, United Nations University Centre for Policy Research (UNU-CPR)

11.40 am IST / 2.10 pm SGT

KYX – Know Everything

Douglas Wolfson, Director – Market Planning, FCC & Payments, LexisNexis Risk Solutions

12.10 pm IST / 2.40 pm SGT

More Power to Compliance: Enabling Ease of AML CFT Screening

Avinash Tanna, Business Solutions Consultant – Asia-Pacific, Accuity

12.30 pm IST / 3.00 pm SGT

AML/CFT Regulatory Updates in Asia

Arpita Bedekar, Director – Strategy & Planning, Fintelekt Advisory Services

1.00 pm IST / 3.30 pm SGT

Panel Discussion: Regulatory Expectations

Moderator
Shirish Pathak, Managing Director, Fintelekt Advisory Services

Panelists
Atty. Mel George B. Racela, Executive Director, Anti-Money Laundering Council Secretariat, Philippines
Christiaan Barnard, Head – Financial Intelligence Unit, New Zealand
Hari Kumar Nepal, Deputy Director, Nepal Rastra Bank & AML Cell, Ministry of Finance, Nepal
Supranee Satitchaicharoen, Director of International Cooperation Division, Anti Money Laundering Office (AMLO) Thailand

Day 2 : July 6

11.00 am IST / 1.30 pm SGT

Detecting Trade-Based Illicit Financial Flows

Channing Mavrellis, Illicit Trade Director, Global Financial Integrity

11.45 am IST / 2.15 pm SGT

Evaluating Hidden Risks in Trade Finance Shipping

Girish Hanumegowda, Trade Compliance Regional Subject Matter Expert, IHS Markit

12.30 pm IST / 3.00 pm SGT

Pandemic, Percussors and the Pacific: Scan of the Evolving Transnational Crime Environment

Avaneesh Raman, AML/CFT Consultant, GovRisk (The International Governance & Risk Institute)

1.15 pm IST / 3.45 pm SGT

Democratising AML/CFT Learning

Shirish Pathak, Managing Director, Fintelekt Advisory Services

Day 3 : July 7

11.00 am IST / 1.30 pm SGT

Developments in Virtual Assets

Claire Wilson, Partner, Holland & Marie

11.45 am IST / 2.15 pm SGT

Holistic AML – Why is it important?

Robin Lee, Head of APAC, Napier

12.30 pm IST / 3.00 pm SGT

Are Non-Fungible Tokens the Perfect Money Laundering Tool? A Look at Mitigating AML/CFT Risks

Rob Loh, Director, Huron

1.15 pm IST / 3.45 pm SGT

AML Risks from Environmental Crimes

Fabrizio Fioroni, Adviser – AML/CFT, Regional Office for Southeast Asia and the Pacific, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC)

Day 4 : July 8

11.00 am IST / 1.30 pm SGT

Economic Sanctions

Nicholas Turner, Of Counsel, Steptoe & Johnson LLP

11.45 am IST / 2.15 pm SGT

Customer Experience and Compliance: Have You Got the Balance Right?

Sagar Tanna, Co-Founder, TSS Consultancy

12.30 pm IST / 3.00 pm SGT

Best Practices in Sanctions Compliance

Ankit Tibrewala, Director, Sanctions Advisory, ASEAN & South Asia, Standard Chartered Bank

1.15 pm IST / 3.45 pm SGT

Mitigating AML Risks in Remittances

Stephen Cutler, Chief Enterprise Risk and Compliance Officer, Omnipay

Day 5 : July 9

11.00 am IST / 1.30 pm SGT

Financial Industry Collaboration for Fraud Mitigation and Prevention

Muhammad Imran, Criminal Intelligence Officer, Financial Crimes Unit – INTERPOL

11.45 am IST / 2.15 pm SGT

SWIFT Institute White Paper Discussion: “The Future of Transaction Monitoring: Better Ways to Detect and Disrupt Financial Crime”

Guy Sheppard, Head of APAC Financial Crime, Intelligence and Initiatives, SWIFT
Matthew Redhead, Associate Fellow, Centre for Financial Crime & Security Studies, RUSI

12.30 pm IST / 3.00 pm SGT

Panel Discussion: Key APAC Trends and Challenges

Moderator
Arpita Bedekar, Director – Strategy & Planning, Fintelekt Advisory Services

Panelists
Serge Ceniza, First Vice President and Chief Compliance Officer, Philippine Business Bank
Theresa Karunakaran, Former General Manager, Reserve Bank of India
Md. Abdullah Al Mamun, CAMLCO & Head of Vigilance, Dutch-Bangla Bank; and General Secretary – AACOBB Bangladesh
Srinivas Vaman Gollapudi, Joint President and Business Head – Trade Finance and Commercial Operations, Kotak Mahindra Bank

1.15 pm IST / 3.45 pm SGT

Closing Remarks and Summit Wrap-up by Fintelekt

Speakers

Shirish Pathak Managing Director
Fintelekt Advisory Services

Daniel Thelesklaf Project Director – FAST Initiative United Nations University Centre for Policy Research (UNU-CPR)

Douglas Wolfson Director – Market Planning, FCC & Payments LexisNexis Risk Solutions

Avinash Tanna Business Solutions Consultant – Asia-Pacific Accuity

Arpita Bedekar Director – Strategy & Planning Fintelekt Advisory Services

Atty. Mel Georgie B. Racela Executive Director, Anti-Money Laundering Council Secretariat

Christiaan Barnard Head – Financial Intelligence Unit New Zealand

Hari Kumar Nepal Deputy Director, Nepal Rastra Bank & AML Cell, Ministry of Finance, Nepal

Supranee Satitchaicharoen Director of International Cooperation Division Anti Money Laundering Office (AMLO) Thailand

Channing Mavrellis Illicit Trade Director Global Financial Integrity

Girish Hanumegowda Trade Compliance Regional Subject Matter Expert IHS Markit

Avaneesh Raman Consultant – Fiji & Pacific Fintelekt Academy

Claire Wilson Partner,
Holland & Marie

Robin Lee Head of APAC
Napier

Rob Loh Director
Huron

Fabrizio Fioroni Adviser – AML/CFT, Regional Office for Southeast Asia and the Pacific, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC)

Nicholas Turner Of Counsel, Steptoe & Johnson

Sagar Tanna Co-Founder
TSS Consultancy

Ankit Tibrewala Director, Sanctions Advisory, ASEAN & South Asia Standard Chartered Bank

Stephen Cutler Chief Enterprise Risk and Compliance Officer Omnipay

Muhammad Imran Criminal Intelligence Officer, Financial Crimes Unit, INTERPOL

Guy Sheppard Head of APAC Financial Crime, Intelligence and Initiatives SWIFT

Matthew Redhead Associate Fellow, Centre for Financial Crime & Security Studies RUSI

Serge Seniza First Vice President and Chief Compliance Officer Philippine Business Bank

Theresa Karunakaran Former General Manager Reserve Bank of India

Md. Abdullah Al Mamun CAMLCO & Head of Vigilance, Dutch-Bangla Bank; and General Secretary – AACOBB Bangladesh

Srinivas Vaman Gollapudi Joint President and Business Head – Trade Finance and Commercial Operations Kotak Mahindra Bank

Sponsors

Accuity

Platinum Sponsor

Accuity, a LexisNexis Risk Solutions company, powers compliant and assured client transactions to help build an interconnected and trusted financial ecosystem. Our financial crime screening, payment services, and benefits compliance solutions help enable financial inclusion while identifying criminal activity and fraudulent players. With deep expertise and industry-leading data and analytics solutions from the Firco and Bankers Almanac brands, Accuity provides unmatched confidence, efficiency, and compliance for customers around the world. Part of RELX, a global provider of information-based analytics and decision tools for professional and business customers, Accuity has been delivering solutions to banks and businesses worldwide for 180 years.

IHS Markit

Gold Sponsors

IHS Markit provides information, analytics and insights to enable organizations to identify risks involved in trade finance and the supply chain. We have over 300 years industry experience within maritime and trade and are the sole appointed authority for assigning and validating the IMO number for a vessel. IHS Markit’s Trade Compliance Secure platform supports trade finance practitioners by automating their workflow processes. Valuable insights can be generated on trade patterns, routes and commodity shipments through the use of Big Data and Artificial Intelligence, providing clarity when determining the risk patterns in a trade transaction. In addition, the solution provides the ability to screen vessel movements and ownership levels, review behavioral aspects of the vessel and identify dual-use and military goods. IHS Markit also provide current and historical seaborne import and export data along with global trade pricing information, covering 98% of global bi-lateral trade.

Napier

Napier is a new breed of anti-money laundering and compliance tech provider. Trusted by the world’s leading financial institutions, we are transforming compliance from legal obligation to competitive edge.

All Napier products are built on our next generation Intelligent Compliance Platform. Enhanced by artificial intelligence it can be delivered via public cloud, private cloud or on premise.

Our tools dramatically reduce both false positives and false negatives and empower compliance teams to make validated decisions with unprecedented speed and accuracy.

TrackWizz

TrackWizz software is a proud creation of TSS Consultancy Private Limited headquartered in Mumbai, India and serving 150+ institutions in 3 different countries. Catering exclusively to financial institutions, it offers technology solution in the areas of Risk & Compliance, Operations and Business TrackWizz software has the following modules which can be subscribed individually or jointly: Anti-Money Laundering; Screening; Risk rating; Transaction Monitoring; CKYC; Customer On Boarding; FATCA CRS; Employee Trade Tracking (Insider Trading regulations); Information Utility (Insolvency Bankruptcy Code); Research analyst compliance; Aadhaar Image Masking; Spend Management. Subject matter expertise and constantly evolving solution are the biggest strengths of the solution.

Partners

Asian Bankers Association (ABA)

The ABA aims to provide a forum for advancing the cause of the banking and finance industry in the region and promoting regional economic cooperation. Its primary objectives include providing avenues for exchange of views and information on banking opportunities in the Asia-Pacific region, facilitating the meeting of bankers in the region in an atmosphere of fellowship and friendship and to encourage joint activities that would enhance the role of its members in servicing the financial needs of their respective economies and in promoting regional development; and to undertake projects that will encourage trade, industrial, and investment cooperation in the Asia-Pacific region.