Fintelekt AML Leadership Conclave (Philippines) 2025

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Fintelekt AML Leadership Conclave (Philippines) 2025

2 September 2025
9.00 am to 5.00 pm
Makati Diamond Residences, Manila

Fintelekt’s AML Leadership Conclave in the Philippines is set to convene the country’s top minds in compliance, from senior AML/CTF officers and financial sector leaders to key regulatory stakeholders.

As the Philippines steps confidently into a post-grey list era, this exclusive gathering offers a powerful platform to celebrate progress, solidify institutional resilience, and chart the future of financial crime prevention. With thought-provoking panel discussions, strategic insights, and cross-sector dialogue, the conclave promises to ignite fresh thinking on risk management, supervisory expectations, and the Philippines’ growing role in regional AML/CTF compliance.

Agenda

8.00 am - 9.00 am

Registration

9.00 am - 10.40 am

Inaugural Session

The opening session will feature insights from key regulatory authorities, highlighting the Philippines’ AML/CFT journey, achievements post grey-listing, and the road ahead, and will help covered persons understand evolving regulatory expectations.

Speakers:

Shirish Pathak
Managing Director, Fintelekt

KEYNOTE ADDRESS
Atty. Matthew M. David
Executive Director, Anti-Money Laundering Council (AMLC)

Atty. Dave Fermin J. Sevilla
Assistant Vice President, PAGCOR Anti-Money Laundering Supervision & Enforcement Department

Atty. Filbert Catalino F. Flores III
Director, Enforcement and Investor Protection Department, Securities and Exchange Commission, Philippines

Atty. Ruel M.
Bumatay
Director, Financial System Integrity Department, Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas

10.40 am - 11.00 am

Presentation: Beyond the Rulebook: Outsmarting Financial Crime with AI

The presentation will encapsulate how Artificial Intelligence can be incorporated and adopted to make monitoring sharper.

Shailesh Verma
Principal Advisor-Financial Crime Compliance, Jocata

11.00 am - 11.30 am

Networking and Refreshments Break

11.30 am - 12.40 pm

Panel Discussion on Sustaining AML/CTF Momentum Beyond Grey Listing

Exiting the FATF grey list is a major milestone for the Philippines, but continuing the compliance vigilance is critical. This panel will examine how financial institutions and regulators can embed long-term reforms into their operations and oversight, prevent backsliding, and foster a culture of proactive compliance.

Panelists:

Arpita Bedekar
Chief Operating Officer, Fintelekt
(Moderator)

Atty. Narlette Manacap-Jaravata
Chief Country Compliance Officer, Citibank N.A. Philippines

Lany M. Bengco
Director, AML Compliance Department, Hann Resorts

Atty. Karen Jill Espineli
Chief Compliance Officer and General Counsel,
AXA Philippines

Sambit Mohanty
Head of Sales and Business Development – Asia Pacific, Facctum

12.40 pm - 1.00 pm

Presentation: 7 Things That Make ‘The Complete AML System’

Cut through AML the buzzwords, expose the weak links, and highlight seven often overlooked but absolutely critical elements that regulators, banks, and fintechs can’t afford to miss. Bold, practical, and a little provocative—this talk is designed to make you rethink what “complete” really means in AML.

Abhishek Bali
Chief Executive Officer and Co-founder, ZIGRAM

1.00 pm - 2.00 pm

Networking Lunch

2.00 pm - 3.15 pm

Panel Discussion on Risk-Based Approach 2.0: Evolving the Framework for Emerging Risks

With digital finance accelerating and predicate crimes evolving, AML/CTF risks are no longer static. This session explores how Philippine financial institutions can update and recalibrate their risk-based frameworks to reflect real-time risk exposure, customer behaviours, and sector-specific threats.

Panelists:

Atty. Guadalupe Vergel De Dios
Chief Compliance Officer, Mizuho Bank
(Moderator)

Stephen
Cutler
Chief Enterprise Risk and AML Officer, OmniPay, Inc.

Catherine de Joya
Urtola
SVP & Chief Compliance Officer Bank of China (Hong Kong) Ltd

Elaine Viktoria Dayanghirang
AML/CFT National Officer, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC)

Atty. Darius Ian V. Manlagnit
VP and Senior Director, AML Compliance Office, Newport World Resorts

Akshay
Chopra
Head of Business, Jocata

3.15 pm - 3.30 pm

Networking and Refreshments Break

3.30 pm - 4.45 pm

Panel Discussion on Strengthening Beneficial Ownership Transparency and Sanctions Compliance

One of the key focus areas for FATF is improving transparency around ultimate beneficial ownership (UBO). This panel will discuss how institutions in the Philippines can enhance UBO identification, ensure data quality, and balance these efforts with sanctions screening obligations in a complex geopolitical landscape.

Panelists:

Dante T. Fuentes
Trainer, Fintelekt
(Moderator)

Atty. Ronel Buenaventura
AML Head
G-Xchange, Inc (GCash)

Atty. Gregorio M. Yaranon, Jr.
Chief Compliance Officer, Bank of Commerce

Ryan Bautista
Head of AML Compliance, UnionDigital Bank Inc.

4.45 pm

Vote of Thanks

Registration

Registrations for this Conclave are now closed.

For any questions, please get in touch with Oliver Dickson, Vice President – Sales at [email protected].

Partners

Platinum Partner

Jocata (a subsidiary of BillDesk) is a leading B2B FinTech & RegTech platform provider for 50+ large financial institutions across India, ASEAN and the Middle East. Founded in 2010 and headquartered in India, Jocata offers a robust Financial Crime Compliance (FCC) product suite and expertise empowering banks, NBFIs, insurance and payment companies to drive efficiency and keep up with the dynamic & complex regulatory landscape. With the growing burden of sophisticated forms of financial crime, and evolving consumer expectations for innovation, Jocata offers an integrated FCC solution comprising of Anti-Money Laundering (AML) & Regulatory Reporting, Negative Screening, Fraud Monitoring & Customer Risk Categorization. Jocata platform is powered by advanced AI analytics empowering financial institutions with precise, fast and adaptable intelligence layer.

Gold Partner

ZIGRAM is a RegTech (Regulatory Technology) organization with a focus on anti-money laundering (AML), financial crime compliance (FCC) and emerging risk areas. We provide our proprietary ‘AML RegTech Stack’ and the ‘Complete AML System’ as part of the risk application ecosystem. This enables our clients to comply in a simple, comprehensive and cost-effective manner.

Our products are designed to be cloud native, self-serve, low friction and with bundled flexibility. We serve our clients to help address over 40 risk use cases such as anti-money laundering, fraud, anti-bribery compliance, supply chain risk, and third-party risk. ZIGRAM operates a risk data library has over 3,200 watchlists, 9 billion content items covering 250 global jurisdictions and 45 languages.

FCC Technology Partner

At Facctum, we believe in the power of technology to simplify the ever-complex world of financial crime compliance (FCC). Our customers, ranging from agile start-ups beginning their compliance journey, to mid-size reporting entities, to Tier-1 global financial institutions, use our best-in-class (recognised in the Everest Leading 50) screening solutions that can be deployed in days and provide unmatched precision and efficiency. With dynamic screening profiles, near real-time updates across critical global watchlists, our solutions ensure fast and reliable compliance. AI-powered auto-tuning cuts false positives, while built-in case management and a thorough audit trail help you grow with confidence while staying firmly on the right side of the law and regulations. Since our inception, we have redefined what’s possible for financial crime compliance teams, growing to a 100-strong team of experts across five global locations, shifting compliance from a necessary obligation to a strategic advantage that powers confident, risk-smart growth for our customers.

Display Partner

Solytics Partners is a global RiskTech100 analytics firm specializing in transforming AML/FCC, Risk, and Data Analytics functions for financial institutions. Our expertise spans transaction monitoring, sanctions screening, alert prioritization, customer segmentation, and model validation for AML/Fraud. With a unique approach to “accelerated services delivery” and “advanced technology solutions,” we empower financial institutions across the US, Europe, MENA, South Africa, and APAC to meet evolving regulatory requirements and strengthen risk management. Leveraging deep domain knowledge and global experience, we help our client’s future-proof their compliance and risk frameworks while enhancing operational efficiency.

Fintelekt AML Leadership Conclaves attract and engage deep industry participation and thus offer a powerful platform for brand visibility, strategic engagement, and thought leadership alignment.

Contact Us

For more information, please contact:

Oliver Dickson
Vice President – Sales
Mobile/ WhatsApp / Viber: +91 +91 93700 78917 or +91 98231 88864
Email: [email protected]