September 2013 - November 2013 Archives

Sylvain Perreault, CAMS – Montréal, Canada

Member Spotlight, September 2013 - November 2013

Sylvain Perreault, CAMS—Montreal, Canada

November 2, 2013May 29, 2015 /Leave a comment

Sylvain Perreault is currently the chief compliance officer of Desjardins Group, the largest financial cooperative group in Canada with $200 billion of assets under management. He manages a group of 180 compliance professionals, 35 of them are part of the anti-money laundering (AML) team. The...

Member Spotlight, September 2013 - November 2013

Rosalind Laruccia, CAMS, LLB—Toronto, Canada

September 11, 2013May 29, 2015 /Leave a comment

Rosalind Laruccia is a senior manager with RBC Global AML Compliance, managing the Global Sanctions Group. She has 13 years of experience in risk management, internal audit, AML and corporate compliance in Canada, the U.S., and the E.U. in both the telecommunications and financial services...

Member Spotlight, September 2013 - November 2013

Reindorf Atta Gyamena, CAMS—Accra, Ghana

September 10, 2013March 5, 2015 /1 Comment

Reindorf Gyamena has over eight years of experience in the financial services industry. He is currently the head of compliance at CAL Bank Ltd where he oversees the bank’s entire compliance function. Prior to this position, he was the head of market risk unit at...

From the Executive Vice President, September 2013 - November 2013

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September 4, 2013April 4, 2018 /Leave a comment

I just returned from my college reunion (no, I won't say which year) and it is at times like these that I am reminded how fortunate we all are to be in the anti-money laundering (AML) community. Explaining to others what field you are in...

AFC Challenges, Featured Articles for App Home, September 2013 - November 2013

A Bitcoin Further Down the Road

September 4, 2013April 4, 2018 /Leave a comment

The world of virtual currencies has been changing at Internet speed over the last six months, since ACAMS Today published an article about Bitcoin and the implications for anti-money laundering compliance in its March–May 2013 issue. The Catalysts While the previous ACAMS Today article was...

From the Editor, September 2013 - November 2013

From the Editor

September 4, 2013April 15, 2024 /Leave a comment

Risk — A four-letter word that we deal with daily. Assessing risk is part of everyone’s life, whether it is during your commute to work passing the slow car in front of you, moving to another country and beginning anew, taking a job that can...

Ted Wiessberg CEO, ACAMS CEO interview 2013

Meet the ACAMS Staff, September 2013 - November 2013

Ted Weissberg, CAMS – Chief Executive Officer

September 4, 2013April 4, 2018 /Leave a comment

ACAMS Today spoke with Ted Weissberg, CEO of ACAMS to get his thoughts on training, ACAMS and other matters. Prior to joining ACAMS in 2009, Weissberg was president of the Information and Training unit of Fortent, Inc. and spent 15 years at Thomson Financial in...

Greater Cities Chapter of the Year 2013, ACAMS

Chapter Spotlight, Greater Twin Cities Chapter, Know Your Chapter, September 2013 - November 2013

Congratulations to the Greater Twin Cities Chapter! The 2013 Chapter of the Year Award recipient

September 4, 2013March 13, 2015 /Leave a comment

Top Row – Jennie Sosniecki, CAMS, Matt Johnson, CAMS, Michael Moore, CAMS, Ryan Montgomery, Tim Charbonneau, James Cummans, CAMS, Kiren Schulte, CAMS, Bottom Row – Jen McGarry, CAMS, Jessica Baglo, Kami Belchak, Sandra (Sande) Bayer, CAMS. The ACAMS Greater Twin Cities Chapter was launched...

Member Spotlight, September 2013 - November 2013

Carolina Ceballos, CAMS—Paris, France

September 4, 2013May 29, 2015 /Leave a comment

Carolina Ceballos has more than six years of experience in the banking and insurance industry as a compliance and money laundering expert. She holds a master’s degree in business law with a strong emphasis on anti-money laundering and counter terrorist financing (AML/CTF). For the past...

Practical Solutions, September 2013 - November 2013

Negative News—Discovering and Verifying Entity Due Diligence Information

September 4, 2013September 4, 2015 /Leave a comment

Compiling negative news information about entities is a dynamic process. Assembling static entity information like name, date of birth and tax numbers is only the first step in entity identity and information management. Present day KYC/CIP/EDD requirements for onboarding, customer risk rating, beneficial ownership,...

ACAMS Today

The Magazine for Career-Minded Professionals in the Anti-Financial Crime Field

FinCEN’s Beneficial Ownership Reporting for Community Banks

Why Continuous Learning Is Critical for AFC Professionals

Celebrating Veteran Excellence in AFC: ACAMS Veteran’s Scholarship Reception

The Use of AI and Machine Learning in Financial Crime Compliance

Fraudulent Companies: Avoid the Trap

Scanned and Scammed: QR Code Fraud

September 2013 – November 2013

Sylvain Perreault, CAMS—Montreal, Canada

Rosalind Laruccia, CAMS, LLB—Toronto, Canada

Reindorf Atta Gyamena, CAMS—Accra, Ghana

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A Bitcoin Further Down the Road

From the Editor

Ted Weissberg, CAMS – Chief Executive Officer

Congratulations to the Greater Twin Cities Chapter! The 2013 Chapter of the Year Award recipient

Carolina Ceballos, CAMS—Paris, France

Negative News—Discovering and Verifying Entity Due Diligence Information