The Confidentiality of SARs
This week, Vice Chairman John Byrne, and Creative Director Elliot Berman of the AML RightSource staff discuss the recent press release published by FinCEN regarding the confidentiality of SARs, as well as the heavy criminal penalties around the inappropriate release of them. John discusses previous issues, and regulatory changes that helped bolster the security around the access to SARs, as well as the timing around the press release and the potential catalyst behind the release itself.
FATF: Priorities Looking Forward
In this installment of AML Voices, John Byrne, Vice Chairman, Sarah Runge from Credit Suisse and Chip Poncy from K2 FIN discuss the Financial Action Task Force’s (FATF) priorities for the next two years and how they will impact your BSA/AML compliance program.
Challenges in managing BSA systems
In this episode of AML Conversations, Chuck Taylor, Executive Vice President and head of Financial Crimes Advisory and Tim White, Special Advisor from the AML RightSource staff discuss some of the challenges of managing BSA systems to ensure they are effective and meet your FI’s needs.
Episode 1: When Did You Perform Your Last Rules Assessment?
There are many transaction monitoring systems in use at financial services companies (FIs). Many of them are rules based. They apply rules to specific transaction types to detect activity which requires additional scrutiny. With the broad variety of transactions, it is critical for FIs to regularly test and retune their systems to ensure accuracy.
Are There Any PEPs at Home?
This week, Vice Chairman John Byrne, and Creative Director Elliot Berman of the AML RightSource staff discuss recent guidance by financial institution regulators about politically exposed persons – PEPs - and a call by Transparency International EU for increased vigilance on money laundering enforcement by EU regulators.
Shell Companies and Misused Non-Profits: What's Old is New
This week, Vice Chairman John Byrne, and Creative Director Elliot Berman of the AML RightSource staff discuss the arrest of Steve Bannon and three others on various charges including money laundering, relating to a GoFundMe campaign to support building the border wall on the Mexican border. John and Elliot also discuss elements of the Democratic Party Platform on topics of interest to the financial crimes compliance community.
Outline of an Effective AML/BSA Compliance Training Program
In this installment of AML Voices, John Byrne, Vice Chairman and Mike Schidell, Director of Training at AML RightSource discuss the outline of an effective BSA/AML compliance training program.
What does it take to be a BSA Officer?
In this episode of AML Conversations, AML RightSource Vice Chairman John Byrne sits down with Megan Hodge, Executive Compliance Director, BSA/AML Officer at Ally Bank. John and Megan discuss the attributes of a BSA Officer, including the desired skills, effective background and experience and how organizations can nurture internal staff to prepare for these positions.
Global Disruption of Three Terror Finance Cyber-enabled Campaigns
This week, Vice Chairman John Byrne, and Creative Director Elliot Berman of the AML RightSource staff discuss the announced seizure by the Justice Department, the IRS and other federal agencies of cryptocurrency accounts from several terrorist organizations. The seizures related to terrorist financing campaigns by the Al-Qassam Brigades, Al-Qaeda and ISIS.
