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Angela Salter: The CAMS Evolution

A new era in financial crime partnerships

A new era in financial crime prevention partnerships

Public-private partnerships in SAR optimization

Public-private partnerships in SAR optimization

Meme coin mania and mayhem: Navigating the blind spots

Meme coin mania and mayhem: Navigating the blind spots

Steps FIs can take to improve working with LE

Steps FIs can take to improve working with LE

The money laundering bus driver

The money laundering bus driver

About Karla Monterrosa-Yancey, CAMS
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Angela Salter: The CAMS Evolution
AFC Challenges, Interviews

Angela Salter: The CAMS Evolution

June 20, 2025June 20, 2025 /Leave a comment
ACAMS Today recently sat down with Angela Salter, the chief product officer at ACAMS, to discuss the launch of the updated Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist (CAMS) program. Salter joined ACAMS in January 2015 with extensive experience in leadership, strategic business and international market development roles...
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Future Gazing
From the Editor, March – May 2025

Future Gazing

March 19, 2025 /Leave a comment
Years ago, while living in Paris, France, I had the great fortune to meet a lovely elderly woman who had lived a full and amazing life. Another friend and I would visit her at her small apartment in the 11th arrondissement each week. Our routine...
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Jinisha Bhatt: The Human Cost of Financial Crime
International Women's Day, Women in AFC

Jinisha Bhatt: The Human Cost of Financial Crime

March 8, 2025March 6, 2025 /Leave a comment
ACAMS Today sat down with Jinisha Bhatt for International Women’s Day 2025. She is an anti-financial crime (AFC) investigator specializing in multi-jurisdictional cryptocurrency fraud, money laundering and human trafficking (HT) investigations. She is passionate about addressing the human cost of financial crime, believing that “most...
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Melissa Strait: A Fintech Trailblazer
International Women's Day, Interviews, Women in AFC

Melissa Strait: A Fintech Trailblazer

March 7, 2025March 6, 2025 /Leave a comment
ACAMS Today spoke to Melissa Strait for International Women’s Day 2025. She is an expert in compliance in financial technology (fintech), having joined Coinbase as the chief compliance officer in February 2021. At Coinbase, she oversees the entirety of the firm’s compliance efforts, including anti-money laundering...
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Jean Chung: Celebrating Women in AFC
International Women's Day, Women in AFC

Jean Chung: Celebrating Women in AFC

March 6, 2025March 5, 2025 /Leave a comment
ACAMS Today  caught up with Jean Chung, who is the chief compliance officer of Hong Kong and Greater China, North Asia, for Standard Chartered Bank. Chung also sits on the ACAMS Advisory Board. Prior to her current role, Chung was head financial crime compliance (FCC),...
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Chloe Hatten and Astrid Andersson: Mitigating Wildlife Crime
World Digest

Chloe Hatten and Astrid Andersson: Mitigating Wildlife Crime

March 2, 2025February 28, 2025 /Leave a comment
ACAMS Today sat down with Dr. Chloe Hatten and Dr. Astrid Andersson, postdoctoral researchers at the University of Hong Kong, for World Wildlife Day 2025. Dr. Hatten is  focusing on wildlife trade issues in Hong Kong from a conservation genetic and forensic research approach. She is...
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“My Mother Has a Saying…”
December 2024 – February 2025, From the Editor

My Mother Has a Saying…

December 19, 2024 /Leave a comment
In reading the articles on offer in this edition, I began thinking about effective communication and what it really entails. An example from my childhood came to mind. One of the most effective communicators I know is my mother. For as long as I can...
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Breaking Barriers in AFC: Recap of ACAMS Las Vegas The Assembly
Compliance, Exclusive, Fraud

Breaking Barriers in AFC: Recap of The Assembly Las Vegas

October 1, 2024 /Leave a comment
The ACAMS Assembly Las Vegas, held from September 23-25, 2024, at the Aria Resort and Casino, presented a variety of sessions addressing important anti-financial crime (AFC) topics such as cryptocurrency, compliance regulation, suspicious activity reports (SARs), artificial intelligence (AI) and generative AI (GenAI), the FTX...
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Barbara Brick: Observe, Learn and Engage
Interviews, September – November 2024

Barbara Brick: Observe, Learn and Engage

September 5, 2024January 13, 2025 /Leave a comment
Barbara Brick is Ocean Bank’s executive vice president (EVP), director of Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) and compliance, heading all functions involved in compliance with the reporting of financial and policy regulations as well as the bank’s adherence to BSA, anti-money laundering (AML) and consumer compliance...
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Neil Sternthal: Innovation, Collaboration and the Future of AFC
Interviews, September – November 2024

Neil Sternthal: Innovation, Collaboration and the Future of AFC

September 5, 2024January 13, 2025 /Leave a comment
ACAMS Today spoke with Neil Sternthal, CEO of ACAMS, about the rapidly evolving world of financial crime prevention and the strong leadership skills that are essential to navigate the complexities of compliance, as well as regulation and emerging threats. With a career spanning over two decades...
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