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Fintelekt Webinar
Evolution of FinCrime Risks in 2026: From Sanctions to Shadow Fleets
22 April 2026
1.30 pm to 2.30 pm SGT/HKT
Past Webinars
Fintelekt-Asian Bankers AssociationApril 8, 2026
Fraud Risks in the Digital Era: Scams, Mules and New Challenges
Speakers:
SHIRISH PATHAK, Managing Director, Fintelekt (Session Host)
ARPITA BEDEKAR, Chief Operating Officer, Fintelekt (Session Host)
- 16 Women Compliance Leaders
FintelektMarch 11, 2026
Leadership, Influence & the Future of AML: A Women’s Day Special Dialogue
Speakers:
SHIRISH PATHAK, Managing Director, Fintelekt (Session Host)
ARPITA BEDEKAR, Chief Operating Officer, Fintelekt (Session Host)
- 16 Women Compliance Leaders
Fintelekt-ABAFebruary 6, 2026
Crypto 2025: A Year in Review
Speakers:
ARPITA BEDEKAR, Chief Operating Officer, Fintelekt (Session Host)
CALVIN KOO, Special Counsel and Cross-Border Disputes and Investigations Lawyer, Kobre & Kim LLP
FintelektNovember 26, 2025
Navigating the Complexities of Trade and Financial Crime Compliance
Speakers:
SHIRISH PATHAK, Managing Director, Fintelekt Advisory Services
ROHIT MITTAL, Director Market Planning - Financial Crime Compliance, LexisNexis® Risk Solutions
PRAVEEN MOHAN DAYAL, Trainer, Fintelekt
FintelektJuly 16, 2025
Fireside Chat with Mileidy Bernal Campos: The FATF Grey List - Dispelling Myths and Understanding Impact
Speakers:
SHIRISH PATHAK, Managing Director, Fintelekt Advisory Services
MILEIDY BERNAL CAMPOS, Founder and CEO, Finintegra
FintelektJuly 7, 2025
Fireside Chat | The Hidden Cost of AML : A Contrarian View
Speakers:
SHIRISH PATHAK, Managing Director, Fintelekt Advisory Services
VICTORIA IBEZIM-OHAERI, Executive Director at Spaces for Change
FintelektJune 11, 2025
Understanding RBI and FIU-IND Penalties for KYC/AML/CFT: Trends, Sectors and Compliance Lessons
Speakers:
ARPITA BEDEKAR, Chief Operating Officer, Fintelekt Advisory Services
PRAMOD KHANDELWAL, Trainer, Fintelekt Advisory Services
FintelektJune 4, 2025
Fireside Chat with Lia van Broekhoven and Sangeeta Goswami, Human Security Collective
Speakers:
SHIRISH PATHAK, Managing Director, Fintelekt Advisory Services
LIA VAN BROEKHOVEN, Executive Director, Human Security Collective
- SANGEETA GOSWAMI, Director - Policy & Advocacy, Human Security Collective
Fintelekt – Asian Bankers AssociationMay 6, 2025
Decoding the Basel AML Index
Speakers:
ARPITA BEDEKAR, Chief Operating Officer, Fintelekt Advisory Services
- KATERYNA BOGUSLAVSKA, PhD, Project Manager Basel AML Index, International Centre for Asset Recovery
Fintelekt – Asian Bankers Association February 14, 2025
2024 Crypto Review & Outlook for 2025
Speakers:
KARISHMA DATTANI, Vice President, Fintelekt Advisory Services
- CALVIN KOO, Crypto Expert and Cross-Border Disputes and Investigations Lawyer, Kobre & Kim LLP
FintelektNovember 20, 2024
Transforming AML/CTF Regulatory Compliance in the Philippines
Speakers:
SHIRISH PATHAK, Managing Director, Fintelekt Advisory Services
MILAGROSE MAGUIGAD, Head - Anti-Money Laundering Department, Land Bank of the Philippines
SHALINI VENKATESWARAN, Partner and Head of AML/FCC, Solytics Partners
ATTY. RONEL BUENAVENTURA, AML Head, G-Xchange, Inc. (GCash)
RYAN BAUTISTA, AML Compliance Head, Union Digital BankATTY. DARIUS IAN V. MANLAGNIT, Director, Anti-Money Laundering Compliance Office, Newport World Resorts
Fintelekt – Asian Bankers Association September 11, 2024
AML/CFT Compliance for DNFBPs
Speakers:
ARPITA BEDEKAR - Chief Operating Officer - Fintelekt Advisory Services
- DEBMALYA MAITRA, Trainer, Fintelekt
Fintelekt – Asian Bankers Association July 31, 2024
Cryptocurrency Developments in H1 2024
Speakers:
SHIRISH PATHAK - Managing Director - Fintelekt Advisory Services
- CALVIN KOO, Crypto Expert and Cross-Border Disputes and Investigations Lawyer, Kobre & Kim LLP
Fintelekt – Asian Bankers Association January 24, 2024
AML Compliance Priorities for 2024
Speakers:
SHIRISH PATHAK - Managing Director - Fintelekt Advisory Services
NAREN KORK - Head of Compliance, SBI LY Hour Bank, Cambodia
- ROOPA SUSHIL - MLRO, Anchorage Digital, Singapore
- LUKE RAVEN - Senior Partner FCC, Bank of Queensland, Australia
- SIV CHANVOLEAK - Head of Compliance, Woori Bank, Cambodia
Fintelekt November 22, 2023
Special Edition: The World of Crypto - 2023 in Review and What to Expect in 2024
Speakers:
SHIRISH PATHAK - Managing Director - Fintelekt Advisory Services
CALVIN KOO - Cross-Border Disputes and Investigations Lawyer - Kobre & Kim LLP
Fintelekt – Asian Bankers AssociationSeptember 13, 2023
Detection and Prevention of Money Mule Accounts
Speakers:
ARPITA BEDEKAR, Director – Strategy & Planning, Fintelekt Advisory Services
JULIA CHIN, Head of Compliance, Hugosave SG
TORSTEN KLEINE BUENING, Chief Risk and Compliance Officer, ABA Bank
HARI PARKAR, VP Program Management & Client Delivery, M2P
PAT LORDAN, Former Head – National Economic Crime Bureau and The Irish Financial Intelligence Unit
Fintelekt – Asian Bankers AssociationAugust 3, 2023
Driving More Effective Enterprise-Wide ML/TF Risk Assessments
Speakers:
SHIRISH PATHAK, Managing Director, Fintelekt
ANTHONY QUINN, Founder, Arctic Intelligence
EKTA SINGH, Regional Head of Compliance, ShuttleOne
Fintelekt – Asian Bankers AssociationJuly 5, 2023
Drug Trafficking Threat Assessment and AML/CFT Considerations
Speakers:
- SHIRISH PATHAK, Managing Director, Fintelekt Advisory Services
- FABRIZIO FIORONI, Advisor AML/CFT, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC)
- NABIL DIPATUAN, Financial Intelligence Lead, UnionDigital Bank Inc.
- ARUN AJAYAGOSH, Senior Manager, Financial Crime Compliance (AML & Sanctions), Wall Street Exchange
Fintelekt – Asian Bankers AssociationMay 3, 2023
Business Compliance
Speakers:
- SHIRISH PATHAK, Managing Director, Fintelekt Advisory Services
- BOREN KORK, Chief Legal & Compliance Officer, J Trust Royal Bank, Cambodia
- MD. ABDULLAH AL MAMUN, Deputy Managing Director, Dutch-Bangla Bank, Bangladesh
- NOEL CHRISTOPHER CASUNCAD, Chief Compliance Officer & Head of Legal, Starpay Corporation, Philippines
Fintelekt – Institute of Banking and Finance, CambodiaMarch 20, 2023
Building a Culture of Compliance, Cambodia
Speakers:
- SHIRISH PATHAK, Managing Director, Fintelekt Advisory Service
- VIKAS TANDON, Trainer, Fintelekt Advisory Services
Fintelekt – Asian Bankers Association March 14, 2023
A Financial Approach to Tackling Modern Slavery - Imperatives for Governments, Regulators, Banks and Financial Institutions
Speakers:
- SHIRISH PATHAK, Managing Director, Fintelekt Advisory Services
- ANDY SHEN, Government and Multilateral Organizations Lead, Finance Against Slavery and Trafficking Initiative, United Nations University Centre for Policy Research (UNU-CPR)
Fintelekt – Asian Bankers AssociationJanuary 13, 2023
Webinar on Crypto: 2022 in Review and a Look Ahead
Speakers:
- SHIRISH PATHAK, Managing Director, Fintelekt Advisory Services
- CALVIN KOO, Cross-Border Disputes and Investigations Lawyer, Kobre & Kim LLP
- STEVEN PETTIGROVE, Special Counsel, Piper Alderman
Fintelekt – Asian Bankers AssociationSeptember 23, 2022
Webinar on AML in Digital Payments: Trends, Tools & Technologies
Speakers:
- ARPITA BEDEKAR, Director – Strategy & Planning, Fintelekt Advisory Services
- JYOTHI MEKALA, Head – Compliance, BillDesk
- GUADA VERGEL DE DIOS, Head of Compliance and Government Relations, Xendit
- JULIA CHIN, Head of Compliance, Hugosave SG
- VIJAY BHARADWAJ, Manager, Ingenia Consultants
Fintelekt – Asian Bankers Association July 20, 2022
Webinar on The Cost of Financial Crime Compliance in APAC
Speakers:
- ARPITA BEDEKAR, Director – Strategy & Planning, Fintelekt Advisory Services
- SHARON PAMPLONA, Head of Financial Crime and MLRO, ANZ Hong Kong
- DAVID HAYNES, Vice President, Asia Pacific, LexisNexis Risk Solutions
- DAVID ZHUO, Market Planner, LexisNexis Risk Solutions
- RIKA ASTARI, AML/CTF Compliance Expert / Consultant
Fintelekt – Asian Bankers AssociationApril 12, 2022
Webinar on The Role of Video-KYC in Digital Onboarding and Ongoing Due Diligence
Speakers:
- ARPITA BEDEKAR, Director – Strategy & Planning, Fintelekt Advisory Services
- RAFI WISESA, AML-CFT Head, Bank OCBC NISP Indonesia
- SANJAY PANT, Chief Risk Officer and Head of Conduct, Financial Crime & Compliance, Standard Chartered Bank Nepal
- ARTI SHEKHAR, Chief Compliance Officer, Kotak Mahindra Prime Limited
- VIKAS GUPTA, Chief Compliance Officer, Canara HSBC Life Insurance
Fintelekt – Asian Bankers AssociationFebruary 22, 2022
Webinar on AML Enforcement Challenges
Speakers:
- SHIRISH PATHAK, Managing Director, Fintelekt Advisory Services
- STEPHEN CUTLER, Chief Enterprise Risk and AML Officer, OmniPay, Inc.
- NICHOLAS MCTAGGART, Founder, The Murinbin Group
- AVANEESH RAMAN, Consultant – Fiji & Pacific, Fintelekt Academy
Fintelekt – Asian Bankers AssociationDecember 15, 2021
Webinar on Crypto’s Evolution: Enforcement Risks, Asset Recovery and Best Practices
- Speakers:
ARPITA BEDEKAR, Director – Strategy & Planning, Fintelekt Advisory Services - VASU MUTHYALA, Partner, Kobre & Kim
- CALVIN KOO, Principal, Kobre & Kim
Fintelekt – Asian Bankers AssociationOctober 29, 2021
Webinar on The Impact of ISO 20022 on AML Screening Effectiveness
Speakers:
- ARPITA BEDEKAR, Director – Strategy & Planning, Fintelekt Advisory Services
- SHARAD NAIR, Senior Vice President and Principal Officer AML, Axis Bank
- ROHAN BANIA, Senior Business Solutions Consultant, Accuity
FintelektSeptember 14, 2021
Webinar on AML/CFT Compliance Priorities in the Pacific
Speakers:
- SHIRISH PATHAK, Managing Director, Fintelekt
- ARPITA BEDEKAR, Director – Strategy & Planning, Fintelekt
- AVANEESH RAMAN, Consultant – Fiji & Pacific, Fintelekt Academy, Fintelekt
- RUSSELL WILSON, Special Counsel at Maddocks and former General Counsel, AUSTRAC
- TEVITA TUPOU, Program Management officer, UNCTAD and Consultant, International Organisation for Migration
Fintelekt – Asian Bankers AssociationSeptember 1, 2021
Webinar on A Comprehensive Approach to Financial Crime Compliance Surveillance
Speakers:
- SHIRISH PATHAK, Managing Director, Fintelekt
- ZUBIN CHICHGAR, Head – Monitoring and Analytics, Standard Chartered Bank
- JOHN DALTON, Vice President & Global Head of Financial Services Product and Solutions Strategy, KX
- MADHU SINHA, Independent AML Compliance Professional, Former Head of AML, Citibank India
- CJ MHATRE, Business Head – South Asia & ASEAN, KX
Fintelekt – Asian Bankers AssociationJune 22, 2021
Webinar on Assessing the Impact of the FATF on Financial Inclusion
Speakers:
- SHIRISH PATHAK, Managing Director, Fintelekt Advisory Services
- F. CHRISTOPHER CALABIA, Senior Advisor, Supervisory & Regulatory Policy, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
- ISABELLA CHASE, Research Fellow, Centre for Financial Crime & Security Studies, RUSI
Fintelekt – Banking Association for Central and Eastern Europe May 27, 2021
Webinar on AML Challenges in Correspondent Banking
Speakers:
- SHIRISH PATHAK, Managing Director, Fintelekt Advisory Services
- DR ELENA SCHERSCHNEVA, Independent Trainer/Consultant & Former Head of Austria FIU
- CHARAN RAWAT, Head of Compliance, Rabobank
Fintelekt May 20, 2021
Webinar on Effective Implementation of Targeted Financial Sanctions in Zambia
- SHIRISH PATHAK, Managing Director, Fintelekt Advisory Services
- DIPHAT TEMBO, Director – Compliance and Prevention Department, Financial Intelligence Centre, Zambia
- NICHOLAS TURNER, Of Counsel, Steptoe & Johnson LLP
- BRENT ESTRELLA, Group Head & Chief Compliance Officer, Rizal Commercial Banking Corporation
Fintelekt – Asian Bankers Association May 5, 2021
Cultural Landscape of AML Compliance
Speakers:
- SHIRISH PATHAK, Managing Director, Fintelekt Advisory Services
- PATRICK KELLY, Co-founder and CEO, The Mizen Group
- PAUL MCCARTHY, Co-founder and Chief Technology Officer, The Mizen Group
- DR KATY DINEEN, Senior Associate, The Mizen Group
Fintelekt – Banking Association for Central and Eastern Europe April 7, 2021
Future-proofing your Financial Crime Compliance Screening
Speakers:
- SHIRISH PATHAK, Managing Director, Fintelekt Advisory Services
- SRINIVAS VAMAN GOLLAPUDI, Joint President and Business Head – Trade Finance and Commercial Operations, Kotak Mahindra Bank
- BRENT ESTRELLA, Group CCO, Rizal Commercial Banking Corporation
- DOUGLAS WOLFSON, Director – Market Planning, FCC & Payments, LexisNexis Risk Solutions
Fintelekt – Asian Bankers Association March 17, 2021
Modern Slavery: Is Your Bank Protected?
Speakers:
- SHIRISH PATHAK, Managing Director, Fintelekt Advisory Services
- MATT FRIEDMAN, CEO, The Mekong Club
- PHOEBE EWEN, Programme Director, The Mekong Club
Fintelekt – Asian Bankers AssociationMarch 3, 2021
Conducting Enterprise-wide AML/CFT Risk Assessment
Speakers:
- SHIRISH PATHAK, Managing Director, Fintelekt Advisory Services
- STEPHEN CUTLER, Chief Enterprise Risk and Compliance Officer, Omnipay
- MADHU SINHA, Independent AML Compliance Professional and Former Head of AML, Citi Bank India
Fintelekt – Asian Bankers AssociationFebruary 3, 2021
Prioritising AML/CFT Training
Speakers:
- ARPITA BEDEKAR, Director – Strategy & Planning, Fintelekt Advisory Services
- SHIRISH PATHAK, Managing Director, Fintelekt Advisory Services
- CHOWDHURY MAQ SARWAR, Independent Consultant, Bangladesh
- KEVIN GOMEZ, Head-AML/KYC and MLRO, IDFC First Bank
Fintelekt – Asian Bankers Association December 16, 2020
AML Governance
Speakers:
- ARPITA BEDEKAR, Director – Strategy & Planning, Fintelekt Advisory Services
- TANYA MCCARTNEY, CEO & Executive Director, The Bahamas Financial Services Board
- PRAMOD KHANDELWAL, Faculty Member, Fintelekt Advisory Services
Fintelekt – Asian Bankers AssociationNovember 18, 2020
Risk Sensing and Fraud Intelligence
Speakers:
- SHIRISH PATHAK, Managing Director, Fintelekt
- CHUA CHOON HONG, Head of Compliance Solutions – APAC, Bureau van Dijk, A Moody’s Analytics Company
- DEVENDRA RAGHAV, Head of Compliance and Internal Control, QNB (Qatar National Bank) Group
- BERNARD LAW, Head of FCC and MLRO, Airstar Bank
Fintelekt – Asian Bankers AssociationOctober 21, 2020
Illicit Gold Trade and TBML Policy Options
Speakers:
- ARPITA BEDEKAR, Director – Strategy & Planning, Fintelekt Advisory Services
- LAKSHMI KUMAR, Policy Director, Global Financial Integrity
Fintelekt – Asian Bankers Association October 14, 2020
Illicit Gold Trade and Using Trade Data and Financial Tools to Fight Money Laundering and Transnational Organized Crime
Speakers:
- ARPITA BEDEKAR, Director – Strategy & Planning, Fintelekt Advisory Services
- LAKSHMI KUMAR, Policy Director, Global Financial Integrity
Fintelekt – Asian Bankers AssociationSeptember 9, 2020
Optimizing AML Screening
Speakers:
- SHIRISH PATHAK, Managing Director, Fintelekt
- DOUGLAS WOLFSON, Director, Financial Crime Compliance – Asia, LexisNexis Risk Solutions
- VIJAY GOPALADESIKAN, Head – FCC Screening Product & List Management, Group Financial Crime Compliance, Standard Chartered Bank
- DAYANAND PRASAD, Principal Officer – AML & KYC Compliance, Emirates NBD Bank (P.J.S.C)
Fintelekt – Asian Bankers AssociationAugust 5, 2020
Fine-tuning AML Transaction Monitoring
Speakers:
- SHIRISH PATHAK, Managing Director, Fintelekt
- DOUGLAS WOLFSON, Director, Financial Crime Compliance – Asia, LexisNexis Risk Solutions
- ASYRAF RIFAEI ASSRANGKHUUN, Group Head – AML/CFT Transactions Monitoring and Investigation Operations, AmBank Malaysia
Fintelekt – Asian Bankers Association July 8, 2020
ML/TF Risks In Correspondent Banking
Speakers:
- SHIRISH PATHAK, Managing Director, Fintelekt
- DILANI SOORIYAARACHCHI, Head of Compliance, Seylan Bank
- THERESA KARUNAKARAN, Director Compliance – Regulatory Affairs, Deutsche Bank AG
- SAURABH NAGAR, Director, Business Solutions Group, APAC, Accuity
Fintelekt – Asian Bankers AssociationJune 10, 2020
Ultimate Beneficial Ownership Identification: Challenges and Best Practices
Speakers:
- SHIRISH PATHAK, Managing Director, Fintelekt
- DEBMALYA MAITRA, Senior Director – BFSI, Chokshi Group
- CHUA CHOON HONG, Head of Compliance Solutions – APAC, Bureau van Dijk, A Moody’s Analytics Company
Fintelekt – Asian Bankers AssociationMay 6, 2020
Sanctions
Speakers:
- SHIRISH PATHAK, Managing Director, Fintelekt
- HALA BOU ALWAN, Founder & CEO, Hala Bou Alwan Consultancy, UAE
- NICHOLAS TURNER, Of Counsel, Steptoe & Johnson, LLP
- SURENDRA THAPA, President & Founder, Global Intelligence Analysis Corporation, New York
- VINCENT GAUDEL, CGSS, Compliance Expert, Accuity
Fintelekt – Asian Bankers Association March 26, 2020
Managing AML Risk, Operations and Continuity During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Speakers:
- SHIRISH PATHAK, Managing Director, Fintelekt
- GUY SHEPPARD, Head of Asia-Pacific Financial Crime, Intelligence and Cyber, SWIFT
- SUVEER KHANNA, Partner – Forensic Practice, KPMG
Fintelekt March 12, 2020
Combatting Illegal Wildlife Trade – United for Wildlife Approach
Speakers:
- SHIRISH PATHAK, Managing Director, Fintelekt
- ROBERT CAMPBELL, Programme Manager, United for Wildlife
Fintelekt – Asian Bankers AssociationFebruary 5, 2020
Trade-Based Money Laundering – Emerging Risks & Mitigation Strategies
Speakers:
- ARPITA BEDEKAR, Director – Strategy & Planning, Fintelekt Advisory Services
- LAKSHMI KUMAR, Policy Director, Global Financial Integrity
- SHAFATH MUJAWAR, Faculty Member, Fintelekt Advisory Services
- JANE LEE, Business Solutions Specialist, Accuity