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We just returned from the very first ACAMS Chapter Leadership Conference and the energy, ideas and innovations were amazing! Starting in 2010 with only four chapters, we are now approaching 60 and covering the globe. This event was with our North American chapter representatives, but...
I just returned from the 25th Annual WCAML Forum, a unique program created to ensure that law enforcement and the private sector have an opportunity to candidly discuss various financial crime challenges. The program caps attendees, does not permit press, or allow vendors to exhibit....
One of the constant themes for anti-money laundering (AML) professionals is that our "industry" (private or public) continues to need to expand our areas of coverage. Today, we need to understand the financial implications or factors associated with human trafficking, elder abuse, terrorism and the...
Having just returned from our 22nd Annual International AML & Financial Crime Conference, it is clear that the anti-money laundering (AML) professional is challenged as never before, but they are also confident that by unifying we can tackle many disparate issues. The themes were collaboration...
As we approach our 22nd Annual AML & Financial Crime Conference this weekend, ACAMS is excited about a number of "add-ons" we have been fortunate to give our attendees. For example, our mobile app, our panel "takeaways," and the ability to place our virtual livestreams...
Where are you in your anti-money laundering (AML) career? Are your recent entrants working on compliance, investigative or analytical work? Are you managing an AML program, advising or auditing such a program? Whatever your role is, it may be time to "refresh" your AML knowledge....
With this edition, we are very excited to unveil our new design to your ACAMS Connection. The staff has created a view that allows a quick snapshot of our various areas of coverage (e.g., ACAMS Today articles, chapters, blogs and moneylaundering.com articles) as well as...
AML in 2017 will test all of us. Whether you are in Europe dealing with Brexit, in the U.S. responding to a new administration, or if you do business in either of those regions, the policy divide that we face will undoubtedly impact anti-money laundering...
Are you joining us in Hollywood? Our 22nd Annual AML and Financial Crime Conference reflects the major challenges facing all of us in anti-money laundering and beyond. What are the regulators expecting? We will cover that important question. Financial inclusion on a global scale has...
Kieran Beer and I just returned from the Second World Bank/ACAMS Stakeholder Dialogue addressing financial inclusion and so-called "de-risking." Our focus this time was on the extreme difficulties that charities and humanitarian organizations are having on getting access to financial services and the experienced delays...