The EU continues to reshape the AML landscape.

With the new AML Package and Single Rulebook, businesses face significant changes:

• More entities under regulation
• Stronger governance and compliance roles
• Clearer due diligence requirements
• Harmonised beneficial ownership transparency

In this inCONVERSATION session, Tim Tyler, Vice President, ICA, speaks with Olena Loboiko, DG for Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union at the EU Commission, about what this means for businesses operating in the EU.

Join ICA Vice President Tim Tyler in conversation with Ariane Baldwin-Webb, Tutor, ICA, as they unpack the challenging world of the Money Laundering Reporting Officer (MLRO). It’s a role that goes by many names globally - but one that is legally indispensable.

Why is it so important to organisational success? And how do MLROs navigate the tightrope of reporting to both boards and regulators? Expect candid insights, real-world challenges, and a fresh look at a position that’s as demanding as it is essential.

Ariane is the creator of the popular ICA Certified Money Laundering Reporting Officer qualification and a hugely experienced senior AML practitioner, having held this and similar roles in banks and wider financial services.

This inCONVERSATION LIVE follows the successful and popular discussion with Paul Eccleson earlier this year, which explored the key factors that contribute to poor decision-making. The same themes will be developed with a particular focus on the impact of AI on our cognitive development.

Paul, an experienced Board Chair and Chief Risk Officer, will draw on his background in psychology and AI to address fundamental questions raised by current technological developments.

Data journalists play an important role in exposing corruption and wider crime within our financial services. But how do they  make sense of the digital breadcrumbs to identify and profile the bad actors within the system?

In this episode of ICA inCONVERSATION Ben Jones, Course Director, ICA, will talk to the experienced journalists, Rachel Wolcott and Lindsey Rogerson, about their work, their successes and frustrations.

Meeting compliance and counter financial crime obligations and opportunities involves an increasingly complex and nuanced set of activities, including risk assessment, governance, due diligence, screening, escalation, and reporting. But can we be confident that we are doing this work effectively and efficiently?

In this episode of ICA inCONVERSATION, Ben Jones, Course Director, ICA, will speak to Madhav Manek about the fascinating, but under-appreciated, service of process optimisation that brings the many diverse activities into line and offers confidence that they are being carried out efficiently.

Madhav is an Associate Partner at PA Consulting, where he specialises in this service. His prior experience includes senior compliance roles in HSBC and KPMG. 

The explosion of AI generates many new and uncertain risks, including cognitive atrophy and a loss in human agency and value in the workplace. As we face new challenges, we may need to find innovative solutions. This episode of ICA inCONVERSATION will consider one potential mitigation, the role of well-defined corporate values and core skills.

ICA Vice President Tim Tyler joins Charlie Patrick to first unpack the cognitive risks that AI presents before exploring steps to mitigate them. Charlie is a partner at Forensic Risk Alliance, and has particular perspectives regarding corporate culture to realise organisation and compliance goals.

Global dynamics are shifting rapidly. The decline of the rules-based international order is weakening institutions like the UN and ICC, as nationalism gains ground. Traditional Western alliances are fracturing, giving way to unstable new power blocs. US tariff policy is redefining global trade, while emerging technologies are advancing at pace - bringing innovation but also uncertainty about long-term impact.

ICA inCONVERSATION LIVE episodes in September will consider the volatility and complexity of the world order, and its impact on our role as compliance professionals.

In the second and final event, on Wednesday 24 September at 1:30 pm (BST), Tim will talk to Jane Jee, Company Secretary at Risk Alert 247 Ltd, and Lead at Payments Association Working Group on Financial Crime, about the technological challenges we face and how they can help us to navigate through global uncertainty. 

 Global dynamics are shifting rapidly. 

The decline of the rules-based international order is weakening institutions like the UN and ICC, as nationalism gains ground. Traditional Western alliances are fracturing, giving way to unstable new power blocs. US tariff policy is redefining global trade, while emerging technologies are advancing at pace - bringing innovation but also uncertainty about long-term impact.

 ICA inCONVERSATION LIVE episodes in September will consider the volatility and complexity of the world order, and its impact on our role as compliance professionals.

In the first of these events, at 1:30 pm (BST) Wednesday 10 September, Tim Tyler talks to Sian Dalrymple, Chief Compliance Officer at Maples Group about the leadership challenge this presents. This will include practicalities of governance, contingency planning, managing ambiguity, and board expectations. 

In this episode of ICA inCONVERSATION, ICA Vice President Tim Tyler speaks with Paul Eccleson, Chief Risk and Compliance Officer, about the human traits that can lead to poor decision-making. From our tendency toward mental shortcuts and susceptibility to groupthink, to the influence of echo chambers and our reluctance to admit when we're wrong, the discussion will explore how these cognitive biases shape behaviour.

Drawing on his background in psychology and artificial intelligence, Paul shares insights from a successful career in risk management and compliance leadership across multinational organisations.

The UK Post Office Horizon Inquiry published its long-awaited report last week. A series of significant weaknesses are identified in the UK Post Office response to allegations of fraud. Also in the UK news this week is a report that the UK government is exploring options to curtail the automatic right to trial by jury when complex fraud is involved. 

The challenges involved in responding to fraud are of course experienced across the world and not just the UK. In this inConversation, ICA Vice President Tim Tyler will talk to Andy Clarke, a seasoned fraud investigator and former Global Lead, Financial Crime Prevention at ICA, about the particular challenges that large and complex fraud allegations can involve, and how we can respond effectively to them. Discussion will take in the key elements of successful investigation; the potential to prosecute companies as well as individuals; and navigating through a large and sophisticated trial. 

We hope you can join the discussion.