The Laundry

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AI is powerful tool in combatting financial crime and its impact can no longer be ignored. But where do we draw the line between a human professional with vast industry knowledge, and an AI fed the exact same information?

What nuances can a human detect that a language learning model might miss? Can AI truly interpret and deduce?

In the latest episode of The Laundry – our expert host, Marit Rødevand is joined live on-stage by governance, compliance and AML expert, Viveka Strangert, as well as as Christian Wandt, CEO of Mum Compliance to ask: where is the line between humans and AI in fighting financial crime?

The panel discuss: how AI is being used currently by compliance professionals, the disparity between board members and the technology, and what the future looks like as the technology evolves.

Producer: Matthew Dunne-Miles

Engineers: Dominic Delargy, Nicholas Thon

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The Laundry podcast: Dive deep into the intricacies of financial crime, AML (anti-money laundering), compliance, sanctions, and the ever-evolving landscape of financial regulation.

Hosted by Marit Rødevand and Fredrik Riiser – this podcast features renowned experts from banking, fintech, compliance, and investigative journalism.

Together, they shed light on the industry's trending topics, analyse mainstream news through a compliance-focused lens, and connect the fight against financial crime to its real-world consequences and ramifications.

The Laundry is proudly produced by Strise, the AML Automation Cloud.

Get in touch at: [email protected]

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The views, opinions, and statements expressed by guests of this podcast are solely their own and do not necessarily reflect the views, opinions, or positions of the podcast hosts, The Laundry team, or Strise.

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Whisper it quietly, but crypto might be back.

The industry is feeling confident following a few tough years, with Bitcoin’s market value skyrocketing, bills passing through U.S Congress, gold credit cards, and sushi served on scantily clad models at industry parties...

But, alongside this fresh industry confidence, there is the backdrop of FTX founder - Sam Bankman-Fried - being sentenced to 25 years in prison, Binance executives going through the courts in Nigeria, and billions of dollars evading sanctions and being sent to Russia via cryptocurrency exchanges.

So, where does all this leave us as we approach a new crypto boom?

In the latest episode of The Laundry – our expert host, Marit Rødevand, is joined by Jessica Cath, Head of Financial Crime at Thistle Initiatives, and James Young, Head of Compliance & MLRO at Transak.

The panel discuss: the lessons learned from crypto’s rise to the mainstream, the challenges still to overcome for compliance professionals, what the future holds in terms of new regulation.

Producer: Matthew Dunne-Miles

Engineers: Dominic Delargy, Nicholas Thon

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The Laundry podcast: Dive deep into the intricacies of financial crime, AML (anti-money laundering), compliance, sanctions, and the ever-evolving landscape of financial regulation.

Hosted by Marit Rødevand and Fredrik Riiser – this podcast features renowned experts from banking, fintech, compliance, and investigative journalism.

Together, they shed light on the industry's trending topics, analyse mainstream news through a compliance-focused lens, and connect the fight against financial crime to its real-world consequences and ramifications.

The Laundry is proudly produced by Strise, an AML Automation Cloud.

Get in touch at: [email protected]

Subscribe to our newsletter, Fresh Laundry, here.

Get your free tickets for our live show in Stockholm, here.

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Some pretty shocking statistics surfaced recently from an enquiry by the UK’s Treasury Committee looking into access to finance.

Obtaining data from eight UK banks - the committee found that more than 140,000 accounts held by small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) were forcibly closed in the past year.

Following hot on the heels of the Nigel Farage Coutts drama – as well as the country’s recent dip into a recession – these figures raise concerns about how the backbone of the UK economy is being served by the banking industry.

So is this a real issue? Or a storm in a teacup?

In the latest episode of The Laundry – our expert host, Marit Rødevand, is joined by James Nurse, Managing Director of Fintrail, and Neil Donovan, Senior Associate at Ashurst,

The panel discuss: Why thousands of businesses are being de-banked, the legitimacy of compliance concerns raised by banks, and how we make the system better at spotting bad actors and front organisations.

Producer: Matthew Dunne-Miles

Engineers: Dominic Delargy, Nicholas Thon

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The Laundry podcast: Dive deep into the intricacies of financial crime, AML (anti-money laundering), compliance, sanctions, and the ever-evolving landscape of financial regulation.

Hosted by Marit Rødevand and Fredrik Riiser – this podcast features renowned experts from banking, fintech, compliance, and investigative journalism.

Together, they shed light on the industry's trending topics, analyse mainstream news through a compliance-focused lens, and connect the fight against financial crime to its real-world consequences and ramifications.

The Laundry is proudly produced by Strise, an AML Automation Cloud.

Get in touch at: [email protected]

Subscribe to our newsletter, Fresh Laundry, here.

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Sweden is the global poster-child of the journey to completely digital transactions – with the number of Swedes using cash falling from 39% in 2010 to just 9% in 2020.

But; does a cashless society offer only benefits, or do we need to consider the financial crime risks this creates – as well as those it stops?

In the latest episode of The Laundry – our expert host, Fredrik Riiser is joined by Kajsa Nordborg, Head of AML at Loomis.

The panel discuss: how global wars and cyber-terrorism can leave digital systems vulnerable to disruption, the groups which rely on cash to protect their privacy and health, and whether Sweden will ever go completely cashless.

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Producer: Matthew Dunne-Miles

Engineers: Dominic Delargy, Nicholas Thon

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The Laundry podcast: Dive deep into the intricacies of financial crime, AML (anti-money laundering), compliance, sanctions, and the ever-evolving landscape of financial regulation.

Hosted by Marit Rødevand and Fredrik Riiser – this podcast features renowned experts from sectors such as banking, fintech, compliance, and investigative journalism.

Together, they shed light on the industry's trending topics, analyse mainstream news through a compliance-focused lens, and connect the fight against financial crime to its real-world consequences and ramifications.

The Laundry is proudly produced by Strise, the AML Automation Cloud.

Get in touch at: [email protected]

Subscribe to our newsletter, Fresh Laundry, here.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Trump presidency throws out a new dramatic storyline every day.

But it's time assess three big decisions that are important to those working in the AML, compliance, and financial crime sectors:

• The Department of Justice has halted the enforcement of a US anti-corruption law that bars Americans from bribing foreign government officials to win business
• Attorney General Pam Bondi closed down a unit focussed on prosecuting white-collar crime, kleptocrats, as well as tracking foreign efforts to influence U.S. elections
• The US Treasury Department announced it will not enforce an AML law that obliges millions of business entities to disclose the identities of their real beneficial owners

Our expert host, Robin Lycka, is joined by Peter Geoghegan, Journalist and Director of Democracy for Sale, and Susan Hawley, Executive Director of Spotlight On Corruption, to ask: Has Trump just legalised bribery and corruption?

We also have a sound clip from: Scott Greytak, Director of Advocacy at Transparency International US.

The panel discuss: How these decisions change the status quo, he impact on AML, financial crime, and compliance efforts globally, and what comes next.

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The Laundry podcast: Dive deep into the intricacies of financial crime, AML (anti-money laundering), compliance, sanctions, and the ever-evolving landscape of financial regulation.

Hosted by Marit Rødevand, Fredrik Riiser, and Robin Lycka – this podcast features renowned experts from banking, fintech, compliance, and investigative journalism.

Together, they shed light on the industry's trending topics, analyse mainstream news through a compliance-focused lens, and connect the fight against financial crime to its real-world consequences and ramifications.

The Laundry is proudly produced by Strise, the AML Automation Cloud.

Get in touch at: [email protected]

Subscribe to our newsletter, Fresh Laundry, here.

The views, opinions, and statements expressed by guests of this podcast are solely their own and do not necessarily reflect the views, opinions, or positions of the podcast hosts, The Laundry team, or Strise.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.