Looking to learn more about the anti-financial crime (AFC) industry from thought leaders? ACAMS Today speaks with ACAMS’ own subject-matter experts on various topics including terrorist financing, sanctions, crypto and more!
Amy Wotapka, CAMS, is a lifelong banker with more than 20 years in the anti-financial crime (AFC) industry. Beginning her career as a suspicious activity investigator, Wotapka now serves as Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) and Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) officer for First American...
As the senior director of anti-money laundering (AML) at ACAMS, Craig Timm oversees government, law enforcement and private sector engagement in the U.S. and works to drive collaboration across the global anti-financial crime (AFC) space. Prior to joining ACAMS, Timm had more than 15 years...
Caryn Leong, actual directora regional de antilavado de dinero (ALD) en la región de Asia-Pacífico, es la principal experta en la materia de ALD y cumplimiento de la normativa sobre delitos financieros en Asia-Pacífico. Dirige un pequeño equipo de expertos y participa en iniciativas gubernamentales,...
As the current regional anti-money laundering (AML) director-APAC at ACAMS, Caryn Leong serves as the lead English-speaking subject-matter expert (SME) practitioner in AML and financial crime compliance across the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region. She manages a small team of experts and engages in government, regulatory and...
Sam Cousins es un asociado sénior de ACAMS, su trabajo incluye el apoyo a las asociaciones público-privadas y al fortalecimiento del pilar de liderazgo de ACAMS a través del desarrollo de contenido sobre sanciones y riesgos, en particular el programa Sanctions Masterclass y Global Monthly...
Sam Cousins is a senior associate at ACAMS, where his work includes supporting public-private partnerships and strengthening ACAMS’ thought leadership pillar through the development of content on sanctions and risk, particularly the Sanctions Masterclass program and Global Monthly Update. Cousins’ work also focuses on countering...
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the subsequent sanctions that the U.S., European Union (EU) and other countries imposed against Russia in the wake of this act of aggression have been the focus of worldwide media attention since February 2022. In this installment of our Four...
The collapses of several crypto-assets businesses this year—FTX’s bankruptcy and ensuing scandal being the most recent—have sent the crypto industry into a tailspin. In this installment of our Four Questions column, Joby Carpenter—ACAMS’ global subject matter expert on crypto-assets and illicit finance—talks to ACAMS Today...
Environmental, social and governance initiatives within financial institutions are a current hot topic for discussion in corporate board rooms and the financial press, with critics writing them off as at best peripheral to the function of corporations and at worst platitudinous distractions from the bottom...
