September 2021 - November 2021 Archives - Page 3 of 3

Practical Solutions, September 2021 - November 2021

Strengthening Your DPMS Toolkit

September 3, 2021July 2, 2024 /Leave a comment

The dealers of precious metals and stones (DPMS) sector as well as the commodities traded within it, are often poorly understood by financial institutions (FIs). This is a sector that is unique from other anti-money laundering (AML) regulated reporting entities because the industry is...

Member Spotlight, September 2021 - November 2021

Howard Spieler, CAMS—NY, USA

September 3, 2021 /Leave a comment

Howard Spieler, co-chair of the ACAMS New York Chapter, has nearly 20 years of compliance-related experience. Throughout his career, he has provided guidance and oversight to businesses and other stakeholders on their applicable legal, regulatory and policy requirements in anti-financial crime and other compliance risk...

Practical Solutions, September 2021 - November 2021

Casinos and the Why of Money Laundering

September 3, 2021July 2, 2024 /Leave a comment

Casino employee observations are a critical component of a casino anti-money laundering (AML) program because, unlike banks, almost all transactions of a casino customer occur while the patron is on the business premises. Accordingly, a casino should emphasize AML training that strives to enhance...

ACAMS Connection, From the Editor, September 2021 - November 2021

Reflections of 9/11

September 3, 2021February 2, 2023 /Leave a comment

This year marks the 20-year anniversary of the worst terrorist attack on U.S. soil. We all remember where we were when we heard the news. I was living in the Rocky Mountains and had just jumped into my car to head to work. I had...

ACAMS Connection, From the Director of Editorial Content, September 2021 - November 2021

Twenty Years Later: What We Lost, What We Gained

September 3, 2021February 2, 2023 /Leave a comment

Most of us can vividly recall where we were 20 years ago on September 11, 2001. At 8:46 a.m., the North Tower of the World Trade Center was struck by what many initially assumed was a small off-course plane. But when the South Tower was...

ACAMS Connection, Compliance, September 2021 - November 2021

September 11: The 20-Year Journey

September 3, 2021February 2, 2023 /Leave a comment

Certain events are etched in our minds forever. For those of us who were working in the public or private sector on September 11, 2001, the attacks against the U.S. by al-Qaeda (al-Qaida) were clearly one of those historic moments that remain embedded in our...

Compliance, September 2021 - November 2021

Twenty Impacts Over 20 Years

September 3, 2021September 3, 2021 /Leave a comment

ACAMS Today is kicking off the celebration of ACAMS’ 20-year anniversary with a list of the 20 most transformative anti-financial crime (AFC) events of the last 20 years. The editorial team asked ACAMS advisory board co-chair Rick Small, CAMS, and former ACAMS advisory board...