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Career Guidance, Fraud, March – May 2024

Chatbots in Recruitment: A Weapon of Fraud?

March 1, 2024April 26, 2024 /Leave a comment

Is the next big threat in recruitment lurking in the shadows of artificial intelligence (AI)? The rapid advancement of AI and natural language processing technologies has led to sophisticated chatbots, like the infamous OpenAI’s ChatGPT, Google’s Bard and Microsoft Edge’s Copilot. These technologies―still in their...

Career Guidance, Featured Column, March – May 2024

2024: Predicting AFC Employment Trends

March 1, 2024 /Leave a comment

I was apprehensive about writing this piece because 2023 was the year of false prophets and incorrect predictions. Everyone from the armchair economists (like me) and professional macroeconomists with Ph.D.s could not read the tea leaves of 2023 with accuracy. We were going into a...

AFC Policy, In Focus, March – May 2024

The Possible Effects of the Beneficial Ownership Rule

March 1, 2024 /Leave a comment

All financial institutions (FIs) are now contending with the changes in the Beneficial Ownership Rule that went into effect on January 1, 2024. The objective of the Beneficial Ownership Rule established in May 2018 was for FIs to know the “who” of your customer’s relationships...

AFC Challenges, March – May 2024

AFC in 2024: Emerging Typologies in Banking

March 1, 2024November 1, 2024 /Leave a comment

The anti-financial crime (AFC) system in a bank is always a chess game in which several compliance officers play against thousands of international criminals. However, the rules in this game are constantly changing, regulations are often delayed, and the rapid development of modern technologies always...

From the Editor, March – May 2024

“A Great Big Beautiful Tomorrow”

March 1, 2024 /Leave a comment

In describing the vision underpinning “Tomorrowland,” Walt Disney said: “A vista into a world of wondrous ideas, signifying man’s achievements…a step into the future, with predictions of constructive things to come. Tomorrow offers new frontiers in science, adventure and ideas....” He could have been referencing...

ACAMS Connection, AFC Challenges, Human Trafficking Awareness Month, March – May 2024

A New Threat on the Horizon: AI-Generated CSAM

January 25, 2024March 1, 2024 /Leave a comment

Artificial intelligence (AI) has opened the gates to a new horrific era in which perpetrators of crimes against children can generate ultrarealistic AI child sexual abuse material (CSAM) at the click of a button. AI-generated CSAM falls within the category of computer/digitally generated CSAM, which...

ACAMS Connection, Acceso LatAm, Exclusive, March – May 2024

Bitcoin as Legal Tender in El Salvador: A Case Study

January 11, 2024June 27, 2024 /8 Comments

In September 2021, El Salvador made global headlines by becoming the first nation to embrace bitcoin as legal tender—an unprecedented move that sent ripples through traditional financial systems. This historical decision, orchestrated by President Nayib Bukele’s administration, has positioned El Salvador at the forefront of...

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March – May 2024

Chatbots in Recruitment: A Weapon of Fraud?

2024: Predicting AFC Employment Trends

The Possible Effects of the Beneficial Ownership Rule

AFC in 2024: Emerging Typologies in Banking

“A Great Big Beautiful Tomorrow”

A New Threat on the Horizon: AI-Generated CSAM

Bitcoin as Legal Tender in El Salvador: A Case Study