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Vlada Tkach: The Journalistic Side of AFC

March 7, 2024March 8, 2024 /Leave a comment

ACAMS Today sat down with Vlada Tkach as we celebrate women’s achievements and what it means to #InspireInclusion—this year’s theme for International Women’s Day. Tkach started her career as a journalist, working for the BBC World Service and Financial Times Business in London. She subsequently...

Interviews, Women in AFC

Empowering Women: Celebrating Achievements and Paving the Way Forward

March 7, 2024March 8, 2024 /Leave a comment

March 8 is not just a date on the calendar, it is a rallying call for a financial world transformation. This year’s theme for International Women’s Day is #InspireInclusion. These are not just words, but a resounding call to action. It leads us to a...

Interviews, March – May 2024

Rebecca Duff: Data Technology Empowerment

March 1, 2024 /Leave a comment

ACAMS Today sat down with Rebecca Duff, PMP, senior director of Client Success for Nucleus Analytics at Community Brands. She has over 15 years of experience in the software industry in a variety of roles ranging from business analysis to technical project management, program management to...

Fraud, Interviews, March – May 2024

Howard Fields: Popular Compliance Roles, Fraud Trends and Giving Back

March 1, 2024April 26, 2024 /1 Comment

ACAMS Today recently spoke to Howard R. Fields, CAMS, chief compliance officer, executive vice president at Mastercard, about topics ranging from popular compliance roles in 2024 and white-collar crime to recent fraud trends and the importance of giving back to the community. In his position...

ACAMS Connection, Human Trafficking Awareness Month, Interviews, Women in AFC

Erin West: Awareness is Key in Disrupting Financial Crimes

January 19, 2024January 24, 2024 /Leave a comment

Speaking with ACAMS Today is Erin West, deputy district attorney in Santa Clara County, California’s Regional Enforcement Allied Computer Team, known as REACT. She focuses on high-tech crimes. In addition, West leads the Crypto Coalition, a group of nearly 1,400 local, state, federal and international...

Human Trafficking Awareness Month, Interviews

Aaron Kahler: Insights Into Human Trafficking

January 18, 2024January 18, 2024 /Leave a comment

ACAMS Today sat down with Aaron Kahler, CAMS, founder and CEO of the Anti-Human Trafficking Intelligence Initiative (ATII). Kahler has over 20 years of experience in the AML, regulatory compliance and financial crimes space serving institutional clients within the financial sector such as banking, fintech,...

Community Banking Corner, Featured Column, Interviews

Rebecca Schauer Robertson: Life of a BSA Officer

January 18, 2024January 18, 2024 /Leave a comment

Have you ever wondered how Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) officers spend their working days and what they think about? Maybe you would love the opportunity to pick their brain on the issues at large. You are in luck! I had the pleasure of interviewing a...

December 2023 – February 2024, Interviews, Women in AFC

Farnoush Mirmoeini: Leveraging Technology

December 27, 2023December 27, 2023 /Leave a comment

ACAMS Today Europe Digital sat down with Farnoush Mirmoeini, the founder of KYC Hub and the recipient of the U.K.’s Techwomen100 award in 2022. She was also listed on Innovate Finance’s Women in FinTech Powerlist in 2022. With over 13 years of experience working with...

ACAMS Today Europe Digital, December 2023 – February 2024, Europe Express, Interviews

Stopping Cross-Border Illicit Financial Flows

December 13, 2023December 14, 2023 /Leave a comment

ACAMS Today Europe Digital spoke to Grace Jackson and Maksym Markevych, who work for the Financial Integrity Group in the Legal Department of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), about their partnership with Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway and Sweden in a first-of-its-kind technical...

Awards, December 2023 – February 2024, Interviews

Honoring the Profession’s Pacesetters

December 13, 2023December 14, 2023 /Leave a comment

This year, four individuals and one ACAMS chapter were recognized with ACAMS Awards for their significant accomplishments within the anti-financial crime (AFC) space. At a special awards ceremony during The Assembly Las Vegas, which was held at the Aria Resort and Casino in November, Chris...

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