December 2017 - February 2018 Archives - Page 2 of 3

December 2017 - February 2018, Practical Solutions

Navigating Early Termination for FDIC Loss Share Agreements

December 12, 2017 /Leave a comment

Over the last few years, our economy has experienced a tremendous recovery from the crisis in 2008, with the financial health of consumers and business alike beginning to flourish again. As a result, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) has shifted its concentration from...

December 2017 - February 2018, Practical Solutions

Best Practices to Successfully Implement an AML Monitoring System

December 12, 2017 /Leave a comment

In the era of “big data,” automated surveillance in our field of expertise has become inevitable. Although technology may never be able to completely replace humans when it comes to fighting the bad guys, the volume of information financial institutions need to process in...

December 2017 - February 2018, Europe, France Chapter, Know Your Chapter

The Compliance Officer University Degree

December 12, 2017 /Leave a comment

In 2017, ACAMS participated in the first promotion of the compliance officer university degree, delivered by the University of Versailles,1 in France. The program was supervised by the dean of the law and political science department of the university and designed by the co-chair of...

AFC Challenges, December 2017 - February 2018, Exclusive, Global Financial Crime Review

Project Protect: An In-Depth Review of the Public-Private Partnership to Combat Human Trafficking in Canada

December 12, 2017July 24, 2019 /Leave a comment

Editor’s note: This article was shared with the Vatican’s Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences (PASS) as a supplement to their Workshop on Assisting Victims of Human Trafficking that took place on November 4-6, 2017, in Vatican City. Ending human trafficking is often regarded as an...

AFC Challenges, December 2017 - February 2018

Leveraging Your Community to Survive Beneficial Ownership

December 12, 2017 /Leave a comment

We in the Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) world are accustomed to keeping our noses to the grindstone and getting the job done. From early morning to late in the evening, we read news articles, research suspicious activity and answer questions from staff and customers...

Compliance, December 2017 - February 2018

Death SARs

December 12, 2017December 12, 2017 /Leave a comment

If you follow that proven investigative tactic of “follow the money” to the end, sometimes you may just find that it leads to a literal “dead end.” Lots of scandalous deeds have been done in the pursuit of financial gain right up to, and...

December 2017 - February 2018, From the Director of Editorial Content

World Peace Through AML!

December 12, 2017 /Leave a comment

The title is catchy and hopeful, but perhaps a little too much to put on the anti-money laundering (AML) community. Still, in the midst of all the conflict between nation states (and political factions within nations) that characterizes our world, there is this countertrend:...

December 2017 - February 2018, From the Editor

Reflections of Greatness

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In 2018, we will have the opportunity to witness excellence, greatness and talent during the approximately two-week period of the Winter Olympic Games. For Olympians it is a culmination of years of training, hard work, sacrifice and even some luck to qualify for the...

Cover Coloring Contest, December 2017 - February 2018

ACAMS Today Coloring Contest

December 12, 2017 /Leave a comment

First Place: Ashley Rivenbark Second Place: Corinne Johnson Third Place: Jennifer Luppold Artist’s Statement: The first cover is colored without “transparency.” The second cover is a scan of the first cover inside of a colored transparency sheet. The “red” flags of suspicious activity are revealed...

December 2017 - February 2018, Europe, European Connect

Looking Ahead at Europe in 2018

December 12, 2017 /Leave a comment

Editor’s note: European Connect is a section in the ACAMS Today magazine that will update members on ACAMS news and activities in Europe. I am proud that at ACAMS we build relationships. We build relationships between people, organizations and countries, and as a membership and...

ACAMS Today

The Magazine for Career-minded Professionals in the Anti-Money Laundering Field

NPOs: Risk for Suspicious Activity

Crimen Financiero: Destrucción de la Amazonia de Brasil

CSAM: The Role of Social Media and Jurisdictions

Assembly Chatter with ACAMS Today: Amanda Cox

Assembly Chatter with ACAMS Today: Dr. Tanya McCartney

Matthew S. Axelrod on the Critical Importance of Export Controls

December 2017 – February 2018

Navigating Early Termination for FDIC Loss Share Agreements

Best Practices to Successfully Implement an AML Monitoring System

The Compliance Officer University Degree

Project Protect: An In-Depth Review of the Public-Private Partnership to Combat Human Trafficking in Canada

Leveraging Your Community to Survive Beneficial Ownership

Death SARs

World Peace Through AML!

Reflections of Greatness

ACAMS Today Coloring Contest

Looking Ahead at Europe in 2018