Fridays with Fintelekt

By Fintelekt

Fintelekt is a specialist in research, training and advisory on Anti-Money Laundering (AML) and Countering the Financing of Terrorism (CFT). Watch these podcasts which include conversations on AML/CFT... more

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The podcast currently has 56 episodes available.

Fridays with Fintelekt episodes:

May 15, 2020Fridays with Fintelekt featuring Dev Odedra, AML Expert (Director), Minerva Strategem Consulting
This edition of ‘Fridays with Fintelekt’ features a 30-minute conversation between Arpita Bedekar, Director - Strategy & Planning, Fintelekt Advisory Services, and Dev Odedra, AML Expert (Director), Minerva Strategem Consulting, at which the following points are discussed:
Why is media portrayal about AML so sparing, despite the wide-ranging impact of money laundering or terrorism on the general public?

How important would it be to improve the media portrayal of AML especially for the purposes of widening the reporting net and extending it to DNFBPs?

How can different stakeholders - banks, financial institutions, regulators, law enforcement agencies, other gatekeepers - leverage the media to increase public awareness?

How would better championing of the role of the AML compliance officer help?
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27min
May 08, 2020Fridays with Fintelekt featuring Hala Bou Alwan, Founder and CEO, HBA Consultancy
This edition of ‘Fridays with Fintelekt’ features a 30-minute conversation between Shirish Pathak, Managing Director, Fintelekt Advisory Services, and Hala Bou Alwan, Founder and CEO, HBA Consultancy at which the following is discussed:
Concerns in the banking industry, especially in the Middle East, with respect to compliance communication

Ensuring proper due diligence when onboarding new customers

Impact of changing customer behaviour and transactions patterns due to the pandemic, and the subsequent identification of suspicious transactions

Recommendations on how banks should protect their systems and customers from emerging cyber risks

Monitoring trade/service based money laundering transactions more effectively to identify suspicious activity

Effect of the pandemic situation on banks' AML governance and business conduct
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34min
May 01, 2020Fridays with Fintelekt featuring Youngbee Dale, CEO, Dale Consulting
This podcast features a 30-minute conversation between Shirish Pathak, Managing Director, Fintelekt Advisory Services, and Youngbee Dale, Anti-Trafficking Consultant and CEO of Dale Consulting, at which the following points are discussed:
Issues that governments and policy makers are faced with when dealing with human trafficking

High level statistics outlining the extent of trafficking globally

Is the current pandemic creating situations where trafficking victims are at higher risk now?

Role of bankers and regulators in combating human trafficking

Effective solutions from an awareness and implementation point of view
About Youngbee Dale

Youngbee Dale is a subject matter expert on trafficking-related matters. She is a published author who has worked with various government authorities, nonprofits and law enforcement officers, including FBI Agents and state police departments. With her expertise, she provides policy consulting services and training to her clients and partners around the US and globally. She is also a Peer Reviewer at the US Department of Justice in the Office of Justice Programs, and has in the past been a Non Profit Liaison Partner with the FBI.
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24min
April 25, 2020Fridays with Fintelekt featuring Md Abdullah Al Mamun and Chowdhury MAQ Sarwar
This edition of ‘Fridays with Fintelekt’ features a 30-minute conversation between Shirish Pathak, Managing Director, Fintelekt Advisory Services; Md. Abdullah Al Mamun, SEVP and CAMLO, Dutch Bangla Bank and General Secretary, AACOBB; and Chowdhury MAQ Sarwar, Ex-DMD, Eastern Bank and Ex-Chairman, AACOBB, Bangladesh at which the following issues are discussed:
Practical difficulties being faced in AML compliance operations, transaction monitoring and reporting

Likelihood of increased regulatory risk due to challenges/possible backlogs in monitoring and meeting reporting timelines

Approach by the regulator in reporting timelines

Preparedness of banks to detect and monitor the perceived increased levels of fraud

Impact on support from third party screening / technology suppliers

Pressure on compliance as the economic condition remains depressed and senior management approach

Advice to FCC / AML / CFT teams in banks in Bangladesh during these difficult times
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28min
April 20, 2020Fridays with Fintelekt featuring Tom Keatinge, Director, Centre for Financial Crime and Security Studies, Royal United Services Institute
AML/CFT: Risk-based Response, Combating Terror Financing and Corruption
This edition of ‘Fridays with Fintelekt’ features a 30-minute conversation between Shirish Pathak, Managing Director, Fintelekt Advisory Services, and Tom Keatinge, Director, Centre for Financial Crime and Security Studies, Royal United Services Institute at which the following issues are discussed:
Understanding changes in the business models of terrorist organisations and organised crime groups due to the pandemic, with increased criminal activity around digital platforms and cyber space;

Recommendation to regulators and banking sector to better understand, identify and mitigate this risk practically and effectively and lessons to be learnt for the future; and

Key findings from recently published RUSI papers on advancing a risk-based response to terrorist financing and the intersection of corruption, terrorism and terrorist financing, to not only raise awareness around these issues but to actually address them.
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29min
October 09, 2019 Fintelekt Podcast – Hennie Verbeek-Kusters – Chair, Egmont Group & Head FIU - The Netherlands
In this Podcast with Shirish Pathak, Managing Director, Fintelekt Advisory Services, Hennie Verbeek-Kusters, Chair of the Egmont Group and Head FIU - The Netherlands gives us an insight about several initiatives taken by the FIU Netherlands, including the theme-based approach to investigation and knowledge joint ventures with educational institutions. She shares her views on issues such as new technology developments and the importance of public-private partnerships in the fight against money laundering.
For more information about Fintelekt Advisory Services, please visit www.fintelekt.com.

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23min

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The podcast currently has 56 episodes available.