Advancing Financial Crime Programmes to Keep Pace With Emerging Threats
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Banks in Europe
Financial Crime FS Convention
19 May 2027 | London
The Financial Crime FS Convention brings together senior leaders across financial crime, AML, sanctions, KYC, fraud and onboarding for a full day of insight and practical guidance.
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Key Themes From 2026
SANCTIONS & IMPLEMENTATION
AI & TECHNOLOGY
CUSTOMER LIFECYCLE
REGULATORY CHANGE
FRAUD LANDSCAPE
FINANCIAL CRIME OPERATING MODEL
Speakers From 2026
Speaker Biography
Nick worked in UK law enforcement for over 30 years and led several significant operations with partner agencies around the world into organised crime threats against the UK. He has significant experience in leading complex multi-national investigations and working with public and private bodies to develop effective strategies to reduce and tackle the harm caused by organised crime activity – in particular building effective public-private partnerships and taskforce models.
In 2008, Nick was posted to the British Embassy, Washington DC. As well as leading the UK’s strategic engagement on organised crime with the US government, Nick led an extensive team of embedded UK liaison officers across the US and the Caribbean, tackling organised crime groups operating at a global level.
In March 2013, Nick was awarded the National Intelligence Medallion by the US Government, and in 2014 was awarded an OBE for “services to international law and order” by Her Majesty the Queen.
Nick joined Standard Chartered in 2016. He is a Senior Associate Fellow of the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI), a member of the UK Finance Information and Intelligence Committee, represents industry on a number of UK Economic Crime reform programmes and is a board member and Vice Chair of the Global Initiative Against Transnational Organised Crime
Nick Lewis
Managing Director, Global Head Financial Crime Risks
Speaker Biography
Chloe Moruzzi is the Head of Financial Crime and Compliance Business Controls for Corporate and Investment Bank. She has worked throughout her career in regional and global roles in EMEA, the North America and throughout APAC. She has vast knowledge and expertise when it comes to global regulatory change programs and regulatory enforcement actions. Her leadership skills coupled with her 1st, 2nd and 3rd line experience are unique, which provides her with an advantageous perspective amongst her peers within the industry.
Chloe has 18 years Financial Crime international industry expertise and CIMA Qualified, Project Manager (Prince2).
Chloe is trusted advisor across functions and divisions and has a well established network in peer banks, and industry.
Chloe is one of only 15 members who have been asked to form the World Economic Forum /Partners Against Corruption working group on gatekeeping industries.
Chloe designed and rolled out a KYC accountability framework and developed metrics to apply a globally consistent approach for D/MDs scorecards. She also created a KYC Owner risk dashboard to allow bankers to be able to identify and review risks more easily to ensure more efficient and effective AML Risk management. She also established 1LOD sanctions control framework for Corporate and investment bank at Citi.
Chloe is a leader in influencing others and developing talent, especially focused on female mentoring.
Prior to joining Deutsche Bank Chloe worked at Citi , Deloitte in Regulatory Consulting; leading teams to review and enhance their Anti-Money Laundering (AML) programs. She has also worked at Macquarie Group where Chloe was responsible for the design and implementation of the Compliance Assurance Program across all business lines globally.
Chloe Moruzzi
Managing Director, Head of Financial Crime and Compliance Business Controls
Speaker Biography
Nathalie is a Managing Director at Barclays and their OFAC Officer and Global Head of Sanctions, ABC and Anti-Tax Evasion, Financial Crime Compliance. Nathalie was previously Managing Director and Group Head of Financial Crime Compliance and Group MLRO for a global bank. In that role, Nathalie was responsible for all aspects of sanctions and the wider financial crime compliance programme and provided strategic counsel in relation to complex cross-border financial crime issues. Before joining ICBCS, Nathalie was Head of ABC and Sanctions at a Swiss headquartered bank, covering the Europe, Middle East, and Africa region.
Prior to working in-house, Nathalie was a white-collar criminal defence attorney for WilmerHale in Washington, DC. She also has extensive experience working for a number of international and national government employers and clients, such as the United Nations, the US House of Representatives, and the German Bundestag.
Nathalie is the former chair of the anti-corruption compliance banking industry forum, the Madison Group and has served as chair and advisor to a variety of expert groups including the International Bar Association, Criminal Law Committee, the American Bar Association, former co-chair of UK Finance’s Sanctions Panel and the current Chair of UK Finance’s Sanctions Committee.
Nathalie von Taaffe
Managing Director, Financial Crime Compliance
Speaker Biography
With over 22 years of global expertise in AML and KYC compliance Pradeep Kochar is a visionary leader known for transforming complex regulations into actionable strategies. His dynamic speaking style and deep insights have made him a sought-after keynote speaker on international stages. Pradeep is a trailblazer in merging technology and human intelligence for innovative compliance solutions. He continues to drive collaboration, innovation and ethical practices in the industry. Holding ACFCS and CAMS certifications Pradeep guides us toward managing regulatory change and cross-border requirements across financial crime programmes.
Pradeep Kochar
Managing Director – Head of CDD W&R
Speaker Biography
Strategic leader at the intersection of financial crime, international security, and digital transformation, with nearly 20 years safeguarding global markets across banking and the blockchain-driven digital asset economy. Trusted by senior executives and regulators to turn geopolitical threats, sanctions evolution, and cyber- enabled illicit finance into decisive risk strategies. Specialist in digital asset compliance, blockchain and DLT governance, and AI-driven financial crime controls, enabling secure innovation and resilience. A recognised industry voice shaping global regulatory frameworks and technology governance, committed to responsible innovation that unites data, intelligence, and governance to protect institutional trust and stability in an era of disruption.
Adrianna Fabijanska
Global Head Financial Crime Compliance - Investment Banking
Speaker Biography
Arjun has two decades of advisory experience as a lawyer, consultant and compliance officer. His areas of expertise include trade, sanctions and geopolitical risk. He is currently Global Head of Sanctions and Geopolitical risk at Santander’s Corporate & Investment Bank having held roles at Shell, HSBC and Deloitte.
Arjun Ahluwalia
Global Head of Sanctions and Geopolitical Risk
Speaker Biography
Jeremy has over 20 years of financial services experience. A fraud specialist currently in the role of Head of Fraud Strategy for the global retail business of HSBC with a background in payments and card transactional banking. In his role, reengineering business capabilities is a passion; challenging activities to maximise business and customer value as well as breaking down silos to create collaboration. Based in the UK Jeremy works across a range of HSBC’s markets including Hong Kong, UAE, Mexico and USA.
Jeremy Walker
Global Head of Fraud Strategy
Speaker Biography
Andy has enjoyed a two decade plus career with L&G leading and being responsible for L&G Group’s global AML/KYC policy framework, being SMF17 for a number of L&G Group companies and as MLRO for L&G Asset Management’s Irish fund companies. In addition, he provides support to the L&G Group Financial Crime Risk Director in leading the L&G financial crime risk framework. Andy joined L&G in 2000 working in a variety of Group and Asset Management functions in 2nd line Compliance and Financial crime teams, leading to his current appointment in December 2024. Andy previously worked in L&G Asset Management from February 2015 as Deputy MLRO. Andy graduated from University of North London (now London Metropolitan University) with a degree in Law and holds ICA International Diploma in Anti Money Laundering.
Andy Mulley
Global Head of Financial Crime Policy & Advisory, Financial Crime Risk
Target Audience
The Financial Crime FS Convention will bring together senior decision-makers driving the financial crime agenda across banking and financial services. Attendees will include Managing Directors, Global Heads, Heads, Directors, and senior leaders working across: Financial Crime, AML, Fraud, KYC, Sanctions, Anti-Bribery & Corruption, Risk, Analytics, Compliance, and more. The Convention is designed to reflect the evolving financial crime landscape, offering a platform for attendees to share insights, collaborate, and engage meaningfully across the financial crime ecosystem.
2027 Sponsors
Knowledge Partners
Ping Identity is a global leader in intelligent identity solutions, trusted by enterprises around the world to provide secure and seamless digital experiences. With more than two decades of innovation, Ping’s platform enables organisations to deliver secure access to any application, from any device, at any time for employees, partners, or customers. The solutions are built for complex environments and help enterprises meet the highest demands for scalability, compliance, and user experience. Over 60% of the Fortune 100 rely on Ping Identity for mission-critical Identity & Access Management (IAM).
Solytics Partners is a RiskTech100 global analytics firm, helping banks and financial institutions transform Financial Crime Compliance (FCC/AML), Risk Management, AI Governance, and Data Analytics through accelerated services delivery and advanced technology solutions. Recognized as a Category Leader in AI Governance by the Chartis RiskTech Quadrant, Solytics Partners delivers enterprise-scale governance across traditional Models, GenAI, and Agentic AI systems.
Combining deep domain expertise with innovative platforms, Solytics Partners enables organizations to operationalize AI safely, responsibly, and on a scale. Its capabilities span transaction monitoring, sanctions screening, threshold tuning, alert prioritization, customer segmentation, Financial Crime Risk Assessment (FCRA), Customer Risk Rating (CRR) modeling, AML and fraud model validation, model governance, and advanced risk analytics. The firm’s integrated ecosystem supports model development, validation, governance, deployment, and continuous monitoring across ModelOps, LLMOps, and AgentOps.
2026 Sponsors
Headline Partner
Feedzai powers trust in global finance. We protect people and payments using AI-native solutions to detect and prevent financial crime, fraud, and money laundering in real time, so money moves safely. Every year, the world’s top issuing and acquiring banks, payments and digital currency networks, and core banking providers use Feedzai’s technology to safeguard more than one billion consumers and $9 trillion in payment volume. Learn more at feedzai.com.
Knowledge Partners
Experian is a global data and technology company, powering opportunities for people and businesses around the world. We help to redefine lending practices, uncover and prevent fraud, simplify healthcare, deliver digital marketing solutions, and gain deeper insights into the automotive market, all using our unique combination of data, analytics and software. We also assist millions of people to realise their financial goals and help them to save time and money.
We operate across a range of markets, from financial services to healthcare, automotive, agrifinance, insurance, and many more industry segments.
We invest in talented people and new advanced technologies to unlock the power of data and innovate. As a FTSE 100 Index company listed on the London Stock Exchange (EXPN), we have a team of 25,200 people across 32 countries. Our corporate headquarters are in Dublin, Ireland. Learn more at experianplc.com.
Fingerprint is a device intelligence solution that helps companies identify their online visitors with unmatched accuracy. By exposing insightful and accurate web and mobile signals, Fingerprint gives fraud, product and engineering teams the insights they need to understand – and take action on – the intentions of their visitors. This allows you to reduce fraudulent transactions, strengthen account security, and improve customer lifetime value. Whether you’re fighting bots, preventing fake accounts, or improving the customer journey, Fingerprint gives you the tools to act with confidence. It’s easy to implement, and trusted by companies worldwide to identify and understand their online visitors’ intentions.
The AI overlay your existing transaction monitoring system is begging for. Resistant AI’s transaction monitoring solution unlocks the value in your current tech stack (and data). No need to add new screens or retrain your staff.
Our 80+ off-the-shelf AI models detect advanced fraud and money laundering behaviors in under 50 milliseconds (before transactions occur) with full explainability.
Payoneer, Bank of Valletta, Moneta Money Bank, Finom and many more satisfied customers use Resistant AI to quintuple (5X) their analyst productivity and triple (3X) their detections of novel fraud and financial crimes.
Find out what your current systems are missing. Make your transactions Resistant today.
Simunix is a trusted UK provider of data verification and intelligence services. Since 1998, we’ve helped organisations across public and private sectors reduce fraud risk and improve operational efficiency.
Our platforms, including ORBIS and T2A, deliver secure access to permissioned UK data—such as names, addresses, dates of birth, emails, and mobile numbers—via user-friendly portals and APIs. Used by police forces, local authorities, financial services, and legal professionals, our tools support investigations, identity verification, customer due diligence, and trace and contact activities. Simunix is committed to providing reliable, compliant, and scalable data solutions that enhance decision-making and help our clients meet their regulatory obligations.
Associate Partners
AVIEL Intelligence is a UK-based anti-scam intelligence company that identifies and engages with active scammers at scale.
AVIEL continuously scans digital platforms to identify scammer lures. They then deploy a fleet of AI-powered synthetic personas (or ‘honeybots’) to engage with scammers – posing as ideal scam victims and uncovering the financial underpinnings of their operations.
Since 2024, AVIEL has been extracting thousands of live ‘mule’ accounts and supplying them to the UK financial sector in real-time. This live feed of intelligence is used by major banks and PSPs to both minimise mule risk and protect customers from sending money to scammers.
AVOS Tech, one of Prosegur’s four core business lines, drives operational efficiency and digital transformation for clients, primarily in the banking and insurance sectors. With a strong presence in Spain and Latin America and thousands of employees, it acts as a strategic technology partner for leading institutions. Its value proposition combines BPO and BPaaS services, expert talent, automation, Artificial Intelligence, and proprietary software to transform critical processes end to end. Within this ecosystem, AMLCheck stands out as an advanced AI-powered solution for anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing operations. It helps financial institutions enhance detection, streamline investigations, reduce manual effort, and improve decision-making, while maintaining a clear audit trail and supporting regulatory compliance. Through this combination of technology and operational expertise, AVOS Tech delivers quality, compliance, and long-term sustainability. AMLcheck: Prevention of Money Laundering | AVOS Tech
BeyondFS was founded in 2018 by three former Big 4 consultants who saw a persistent challenge: senior leaders in Financial Crime functions were under immense pressure, but to often lacked the clarity, capacity, and capability to push initiatives forward against a tide of regulatory, business, and market change.
We exist to change that.
BeyondFS helps financial institutions build high-performing Financial Crime programmes
that reduce risk, satisfy regulators, and run efficiently day-to-day.
We don’t just advise – we deliver. Our role is to close the execution gap, apply proven FinCrime expertise, and turn strategy into reality. With methods refined over many years in complex regulatory and operational settings, we introduce improvements that last.
We work with clients facing regulatory scrutiny, limited resources, and rising expectations, who turn to us when:
- Large programmes lose focus, stall, or fail to deliver results.
- Regulatory gaps appear and urgent remediation is required.
- Costs and complexity rise while performance doesn’t improve.
Our trusted senior experts cut through complexity, bring clarity, and restore momentum. Drawing on broad expertise across regulation, operations, data, technology, and change, we deliver practical solutions that build confidence and capability.
In the end, our work enables FinCrime leaders to take control, drive meaningful progress, and focus on what matters most.
DeepDive speeds up and strengthens Enhanced Due Diligence on high risk customers.
Every MLRO knows the anxiety of worrying about missing a risk flag after searching the web, checking business registries, reviewing adverse media and looking as deep as time allows. There’s always that nagging doubt— the directorship registered under a name variation? The court judgment filed in another country? The allegations on social media about malpractice? Beneficial ownership chains across another
False positives annoy your team. False negatives destroy your reputation. DeepDive
www.deep-dive.com
Huron is a global consultancy that collaborates with clients to drive strategic growth, ignite innovation, and navigate constant change. Through a combination of strategy, expertise, and creativity, we help clients accelerate operational, digital, and cultural transformation, enabling the change they need to own their future. By embracing diverse perspectives, encouraging new ideas, and challenging the status quo, we create sustainable results for the organizations we serve. We bring a depth of expertise in strategy, technology, operations, advisory services, and analytics to drive lasting and measurable results in the energy and utilities, healthcare, higher education, financial services, and other commercial industries. Through focus, passion, and collaboration, Huron provides guidance to organizations as they contend with the change transforming their industries and businesses. Learn more at www.huronconsultinggroup.com.
Management Solutions is a leading provider of business consulting services for regulated industries. We operate in more than 50 countries (50 offices) with a multidisciplinary team of 4,000 professionals with functional, mathematical, technical and other profiles.
We conduct projects on strategy, organization, operational efficiency and processes, risk management and control, and related technology, mainly in the financial services, energy and telecommunications industries. Within this structure, Management Solutions has a global Financial Crime Compliance practice supporting Financial Institutions across all jurisdictions in meeting regulatory requirements and mitigating their Financial Crime risk.
Mitek (NASDAQ: MITK) is a global leader in mobile capture and digital identity verification solutions built on the latest advancements in AI and machine learning. Mitek’s identity verification solutions enable an enterprise to verify a user’s identity during a digital transaction, which assists financial institutions, payments companies and other businesses operating in highly regulated markets in mitigating financial risk and meeting regulatory requirements. Mitek supports 7,000+ customers in 150 countries and processes over 1.3BN transactions.
Pindrop’s solutions are leading the way to the future of voice by establishing the standard for identity, security, and trust for every voice interaction. Pindrop’s solutions protect some of the world’s biggest banks, insurers, and retailers using patented technology that extracts intelligence from every call and voice encountered. Pindrop solutions help detect fraudsters and authenticate genuine customers, reducing fraud and operational costs while improving customer experience and protecting brand reputation. Pindrop, a privately held company headquartered in Atlanta, GA, was founded in 2011 by Dr. Vijay Balasubramaniyan, Dr. Paul Judge, and Dr. Mustaque Ahamad and is venture-backed by Andreessen Horowitz, Citi Ventures, Felicis Ventures, CapitalG, GV, IVP, and Vitruvian Partners. For more information, please visit pindrop.com.
SAS, the global leader in AI and anti-financial crime, offers an end-to-end AML compliance solution. Our AI-driven tools transform data into actionable intelligence, automate investigations and improve regulatory report conversion rates three to five times beyond conventional rule-based methods. Trusted by 90% of the top 100 global banks, SAS delivers unmatched prediction, detection and compliance efficiency.
Learn more at Banking Analytics from SAS | SAS UK.
From its founding in 2003, Splunk has helped organizations explore the vast depths of their data like spelunkers in a cave (hence, “Splunk”).
Our purpose is to build a safer and more resilient digital world. Every day, we live this purpose by helping SecOps, ITOps, and engineering teams keep their organizations securely up and running. In 2024, Splunk was acquired by Cisco to help customers continue to build resilience across their entire digital footprint. Today, many of the world’s largest and most complex organizations rely on Splunk to protect their mission-critical systems.
Digital resilience is a team effort. Let’s build it together.
Thistle Initiatives is a multi-award-winning financial services consultancy providing compliance advice and consulting support to regulated and unregulated firms worldwide. Our team of financial specialists, compliance officers, former regulators and lawyers provides expert support across FCA authorisations, mergers and acquisitions, financial crime, change and transformation and more. We work with firms across sectors including wealth and investment management, payment services, credit, banking, insurance and digital assets.
We have a strong focus on financial crime compliance, supported by a team of world-class experts in fraud prevention, sanctions compliance, AML, anti-bribery and corruption, counter-terrorist financing and market abuse.
Guided by the principle that we are much more than a compliance consultancy, our philosophy is built on providing a world-class, hands-on service with a commercial focus. We strive to be trusted by both the regulator and our clients alike.
For more information, please visit thistleinitiatives.co.uk, email info@thistleinitiatives.co.uk or call 0207 436 0630.
Exhibitor Partner
Key event features
- One-day event in a single plenary room for a shared, collaborative experience
- Mix of keynotes, panels, case studies, and presentations from a diverse range of financial institutions
- Peer-led discussions, practical insights, and high-level networking
- Chatham House Rule: all conversations are strictly off the record
- Any quotes from speakers or attendees cannot be attributed to any individual
- Closed to the press to encourage open dialogue