Increasing Collaboration and Partnerships
ACAMS Today spoke with Luis Alvarez, CAMS, head of compliance, Americas Region, Western Union and Money Transmitter Alliance (MTA) president, about the formation of the...
The Proactive Blockchain Industry
ACAMS Today spoke with Jason Weinstein of Steptoe to discuss the formation of the Blockchain Alliance (BA), the BA’s overall goals and its role in...
Technology Will Not Save Us―Rethinking Risk Might
There is no more low-hanging fruit than reducing the cost of anti-money laundering (AML) transaction monitoring (TM). The data has been cleaned, the thresholds...
AMLA: The Gamechanger
The Anti-Money Laundering Act of 2020 (AMLA)―included within the 4,517-page-long conference report on the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (NDAA)1―is widely...
Surviving and Thriving in Uncertain Times
Even during the best of times, anti-money laundering (AML) professionals are under great stress and strain from constantly changing regulatory and tactical environments. As criminals...
Be Heard: Participating In Federal Rulemaking
When it comes to the U.S. regulatory process, one must admire the unique nature of the government and private sector partnership that exists within...