December 2020 - February 2021 Archives - Page 2 of 3

December 2020 - February 2021, Member Spotlight

Darcy Allen, CAMS—Bentonville, AR, USA

December 22, 2020 /Leave a comment

Darcy Allen has over 25 years of anti-money laundering (AML) experience spanning government, consulting, banking and retail. Allen started his AML career with the Canadian government, working within the Canada Border Services Agency. He led a national team of customs intelligence and investigations officers jointly...

December 2020 - February 2021, Meet the ACAMS Staff

Janelle Leow, CAMS: Fostering Growth Within ACAMS

December 22, 2020February 2, 2021 /Leave a comment

ACAMS Today interviewed Janelle Leow, ACAMS’ senior manager of the global data governance, report and training team based in Singapore. She joined ACAMS in 2016 to handle customer service, events and operations duties for the region. As a pioneer member of the team, Leow was...

Barbados Chapter, December 2020 - February 2021, Know Your Chapter

Introducing the ACAMS Barbados Chapter: The Caribbean Hub

December 22, 2020 /Leave a comment

On Friday, May 31, 2019, ACAMS officially launched the Barbados Chapter, which will serve as an anti-money laundering/counter-terrorist financing (AML/CTF) hub in the Caribbean. The chapter was launched at the “ACAMS Anti-Financial Crime/Counter-Terrorist Financing Symposium: Barbados” held at the Lloyd Erskine Sandiford Centre. The Barbados...

December 2020 - February 2021, Global Financial Crime Review

Zambia’s Evolving AML/CTF Landscape

December 22, 2020December 23, 2020 /Leave a comment

In 2010, an article was published in the December-February issue of ACAMS Today, titled “Financial intelligence unit—The Zambian case.” At that time, the Zambian government had just announced its intentions to establish a financial intelligence unit (FIU), implying there was no FIU in Zambia....

Compliance, December 2020 - February 2021

Multilateral Development Institutions and Global Financial Crime Risk Management

December 22, 2020December 23, 2020 /Leave a comment

There is a growing consensus among financial crime compliance stakeholders that the current global framework for anti-financial crime (AFC) is not as effective as it could be. There needs to be more action from the international, regional and national levels to help identify and...

ACAMS Awards, December 2020 - February 2021

AML’s Decorated Dozen

December 22, 2020 /Leave a comment

For four years now, anti-money laundering (AML) professionals from both the public and private sectors have been nominated and selected to win the ACAMS AML Professional of the Month Award. AML professionals from all over the world are nominated for their leadership, mentorship, knowledge and...

Aspects of APAC, December 2020 - February 2021, Interviews

Kimihiro Mine: Cooperation in the Crypto Industry

December 22, 2020January 4, 2021 /Leave a comment

On June 24, 2020, Kimihiro Mine, president of bitFlyer, Inc., was appointed chairman of the Japan Virtual Currency Exchange Association (JVCEA). The JVCEA is a self-regulatory entity for the Japanese cryptocurrency industry and is formally recognized by the Japanese Financial Services Agency (FSA). The...

AFC Challenges, December 2020 - February 2021

The Shadowy World of Illicit Finance

December 22, 2020December 23, 2020 /Leave a comment

The illicit economy involves any activity done in the shadows that is not regulated or reported to law enforcement―hence why these criminals remain enigmatic. All too often illicit finance leaves an indelible impression on society and its impact is vast because of the high-dollar...

AFC Challenges, December 2020 - February 2021

Older, Wiser and At Risk: How to Protect Against Elder Abuse

December 22, 2020December 23, 2020 /Leave a comment

When we think about retirement and our golden years, we often picture a happy existence. My great-grandmother’s picture of retirement completely changed in 1991 when, at the age of 80, she became the full-time guardian of a newborn baby. My gran gave me a...

December 2020 - February 2021, From the Editor

The Aromas of Baking

December 22, 2020March 3, 2021 /Leave a comment

Baking—one of my favorite things to do, especially toward the end of the year. The aromas of cookies, bread, cinnamon rolls and pies all evoke pleasant memories of times, places and people. Why do I love to bake? It is an escape from the worries...

ACAMS Today

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

Why Continuous Learning Is Critical for AFC Professionals

FinCEN’s Beneficial Ownership Reporting for Community Banks

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

December 2020 – February 2021

Darcy Allen, CAMS—Bentonville, AR, USA

Janelle Leow, CAMS: Fostering Growth Within ACAMS

Introducing the ACAMS Barbados Chapter: The Caribbean Hub

Zambia’s Evolving AML/CTF Landscape

Multilateral Development Institutions and Global Financial Crime Risk Management

AML’s Decorated Dozen

Kimihiro Mine: Cooperation in the Crypto Industry

The Shadowy World of Illicit Finance

Older, Wiser and At Risk: How to Protect Against Elder Abuse

The Aromas of Baking