Industry Events
On Monday, January 20th, the Export Control Organization (ECO) issued its training bulletin for January through July 2015. A new feature is that the Intermediate Course that it offer now includes a Cyber Exports Control seminar: CYBER EXPORT CONTROLS 15 SEMINAR Duration: Full-day Pre-course knowledge: Aimed at those who have […]
Hi, everyone, from chilly downtown Boston. Come visit Dow Jones Risk & Compliance’s booth at SIBOS today at 10:30 AM. I’ll be giving a very entertaining presentation entitled “Oversight or Overkill: How Quality Sanctions Data Can Make or Break Your Business” – complete with a great soundtrack (Led Zeppelin’s “Black […]
AML professionals know about FinCEN's February guidance about Marijuana-Related Businesses. If you'd like to hear about how to use this publicly-available information as part of a risk-based AML program, come hear our webinar Tuesday at 2 PM – more info, and a registration link, is here. Posted with Blogsy
Sorry if you couldn't make our event in Singapore on Monday – it was awesome! Lots of talk on the SSI list, on sanctions program design, weak aliases and the rise of the RMB. First time I've ever been in a panel discussion – lots of fun! But if you […]
Here's a conference for those of you in Asia – being held in Kuala Lumpur at the Hotel Istana. The conference is jointly put on by the Asian Institute of Finance and the Compliance Officers Networking Group Malaysia. I see a lot of interesting content for such a short conference, […]
Yesterday, the Hong Kong Monetary Authority announced two AML seminars. Each firm can send 2 attendees to hear from the HKMA and Joint Financial Intelligence Unit, as well as Vicent Li from HSBC. The seminars are at the Hong Kong Central Library in Causeway Bay and run from 9:30 AM-12:30 […]
At the Walter E. Washington Convention Center on October 7th… see you there! Links: OFAC Notice OFAC Flyer Posted with Blogsy
There are two webcasts for the US coming up on the 24th and 30th on interesting topics – trends in AML and sanctions compliance, and change management for compliance processes. Additionally, there's a FATCA event that's tomorrow in Argentina and apparently live-streamed as well. Disclaimer: I have no professional relationship […]
If you're a member of ACFCS, but don't have your certification yet, the group is holding a 3-day online prep course on April 28, April 30 and May 2. Register here. Posted with Blogsy
New conference (for us, at least) – the International Money Laundering Prevention Officers (IMLPO) annual conference is in Leicestershire May 13th and 14th. It's now on the calendar. If you hear of any other relevant conferences we don't list here, please let me know. Link: 2014 IMLPO Conference Posted […]
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