Financial Crime Conversation:
The Rise of Digital Finance and Crypto Assets
Join our exclusive event hosted by the Coalition to Fight Financial Crime, featuring law enforcement, regulators, members of the crypto asset community and financial institutions.
Crypto assets have been both hailed as a solution to financial inclusion and key to the democratisation of finance but also vilified as the currency of choice for criminals. The shutdown of crypto exchanges such as Mt.Gox and hacks on firms like Coincheck, Bithum, and Coinrail which have led to the theft of over $760million, has been linked to a reported surge in the laundering of crypto assets. Additionally, there are a number of countries developing their own crypto assets to evade international sanctions regimes. And few banks are willing to take on crypto asset providers on as clients due to perceived risks.
A recent informal ECOFIN meeting with EU finance ministers and central bank governors on crypto assets – the first held at this level – highlighted a number of major policy concerns for considerations, including a recommendation that limits should be imposed on financial institutions exposure to crypto-assets.
Join us in person or by viewing the live video broadcast to find out about regulatory, legal, commercial and social impacts of crypto assets. A panel of expert speakers will discuss:
- What are the different types of business models in the crypto asset space
- What does the financial crime threat landscape look like
- What are some of the key regulatory initiatives to harmonize AML standards at the global level
- How are financial institutions engaging or looking to engage with crypto asset
Speakers
Simon Riondet, Head of Financial Intelligence, Europol
French Police superintendent, Simon started his career in the French internal intelligence service. He was then assigned to the National Crime Squad where he held several management position including regional units (criminal and financial investigations teams), surveillance and Intervention Unit (BRI), and led a joint inter-agency task force dedicated to the fight against drug trafficking in the French West Indies. He was later appointed head of the French liaison desk in EUROPOL, responsible for all French law enforcement agencies’ cooperation with the European organisation. He is now responsible for the entire spectrum of financial investigations from money laundering, counter financing of terrorism, asset recovery to cooperation between the EU FIUs (FUI NET project).
Simon Taylor Founder, Global Digital Finance
Simon Taylor is co-Founder and Blockchain Practice Lead at 11:FS, where he advises governments, regulators and some of the worlds largest banks, financial institutions and corporations on how Fintech, Blockchain and DLT will impact their business in the short, medium and long term. Prior to this he led Blockchain Research and Development at Barclays, where Barclays became the first bank in the world to perform a live trade finance transaction over a Blockchain / DLT with a real customer attached.
Olivier Kraft Research Fellow, Royal United Services Institute (RUSI)
Olivier leads RUSI’s ‘Financial Crime 2.0’ programme, which seeks to determine how the anti-money laundering (AML) regime can be updated to be fully aligned with today’s technological landscape, both in terms of risks and opportunities. Prior to joining RUSI in 2017, he worked with the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), the global standard-setter in the areas of anti-money laundering and counter terrorist financing (AML/CTF), where he focused on evaluating the effectiveness of countries' AML/CFT efforts.
Vivien Artz Chief Privacy Officer, Refinitiv
Vivienne Artz joined Refinitiv (formed from the Financial and Risk business of Thomson Reuters) as the Chief Privacy Officer in November 2017, leading the global Privacy Team and overseeing global privacy strategy and practice. Previously, Vivienne was a Managing Director and Global Head of Privacy Legal and Head of International for the Intellectual Property and Technology Law Group at Citi in the General Counsel’s Office in London. Prior to joining Citi in 2000, Vivienne worked in private practice in London.
Derek Leist Policy Analyst, Financial Action Task Force (FATF)
Derek Leist is a Policy Analyst for the Risk, Trends, and Methods Group (RTMG) at the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) in Paris, France, tasked with combating money laundering (ML), terrorist financing (TF), and the financing of proliferation of weapons of mass destruction (PF). In this capacity, he has led numerous project teams comprised of financial crime experts from around the world. His work has been presented and discussed at the G20 Finance Ministers Meeting, FATF Plenary and Joint Experts' Meetings, the National Financial Intelligence Unit Forum, and the Global Conference on Money Laundering and Digital Currencies.
Axel Threlfall Editor at Large, Reuters (Moderator)
Axel Threlfall is Editor-at-Large, Reuters, based in London. He hosts high-profile engagements and thought leadership events for and on behalf of Reuters and Thomson Reuters, such as the Newsmaker series and the World Economic Forum news show in Davos. He was previously Lead European Anchor for Reuters Digital Video. Prior to joining Reuters, Axel spent four years as an anchor for CNBC in London.
Event Info
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Date
21st November 2018 -
Time
Event - 17:00 - 20:00 - Live broadcast - 18:00 - 19:20
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Location
30 South Colonnade, Canary Wharf, London E14 5EP
Register here to attend in person or to view the live broadcast.
For any questions, do not hesitate to contact us.
