In this segment of AML Now, ACAMS Executive Vice President, John J. Byrne sat down with Steve Gurdak, group supervisor of Northern Virginia Financial Initiative (NVFI), to discuss the utilization of suspicious activity reports (SARs), specifically within the High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA) program,...

In this segment of AML Now, ACAMS Executive Vice President, John J. Byrne, sat down with former OCC Deputy Chief Counsel Dan Stipano (now with Buckley Sandler LLP) to discuss 9/11, know your customer, the Customer Due Diligence rule and de-risking. Stipano is the recipient...

In this segment of AML Now, ACAMS Executive Vice President, John J. Byrne spoke with Rob Garver, a national correspondent for The Fiscal Times, about his views on journalism, social media and the issue of globalism. Garver, based in Washington, D.C., is a longtime reporter...

In this segment of AML Now, ACAMS Executive Vice President, John J. Byrne spoke with Bill Nelson, president and CEO of the Financial Services Information Sharing and Analysis Center (FS-ISAC), a private-public center organization created to share cyber attacks, best practices and government actions in...

In this segment of AML Now, ACAMS Executive Vice President, John J. Byrne sat down with Career Achievement Award winner Jim Cox from the Fairfax County Police Department in Fairfax, Virginia. Second Lieutenant Cox discusses a whole host of issues such as human trafficking, information...

In this segment of AML Now, John, J. Byrne, ACAMS executive vice president, spoke with Anna Rentschler, an ACAMS advisory board member, at the ACAMS 15 AML & Financial Crime Conference regarding the challenges faced by community banks. Anna Rentschler is vice president and BSA...

In this segment of AML Now, John J. Byrne, ACAMS executive vice president, spoke with Rick McDonell about his time at the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) and the importance of FATF today. McDonell is currently the executive director for ACAMS and a member of...

In this segment of AML Now, John J. Byrne, ACAMS executive vice president, spoke with Bob Pasley to discuss his upcoming book Anatomy of a Banking Scandal and his career at the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC). Pasley’s book explores the failure...

In this segment of AML Now, ACAMS Executive Vice President, John Byrne sits down with John Atkinson, who recently retired from Protiviti and previously worked for the Atlanta Federal Reserve. Atkinson shares his career insight on AML, compliance challenges and what he has learned over...

In this special edition of AML Now, John Byrne, ACAMS executive vice president, sat down with ACAMS’ Advisory Board Chair Rick Small to discuss the history of anti-money laundering (AML), his career and where he sees the community heading into 2016 and beyond. Rick Small...