Who Should Attend?
AML Professional
Compliance Officers
BSA Officers
Transaction Monitoring Specialists
AML Program Managers
Topics
Understanding the Importance of AML Rule Tuning
Breaking Down the Risk-Based Approach to Transaction Monitoring
The Power of Qualitative and Quantitative Tuning
Uncover the Benefits of Effective Tuning
Industry
Money Services Businesses (MSBs)
Banks
Non-Bank Financial Institutions
Payments Companies
Fintechs
Brandi Reynolds, CAMS-Audit, CCAS
Brandi B. Reynolds is Managing Director of AML & Compliance at Bates Group with nearly 20 years of experience in the financial services industry supporting companies in the areas of Anti-Money Laundering (AML), Fintech and Banking Compliance. Ms. Reynolds was President and Chief Executive Officer of CorCom, LLC (now part of Bates Group), a consulting firm specializing in federal compliance and risk management offering services in BSA/AML/OFAC Program Development, Risk Management, Training, and Independent Reviews, and specializing in areas such as AML, Financial Crimes Prevention, and Consumer Lending. Prior to CorCom, she was an in-house Deputy Chief Compliance Officer for 11 years. Ms. Reynolds recently partnered with the Association of Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialists (ACAMS) to re-develop their advanced certification course, CAMS-Audit and is a frequent speaker at the International Money Transmitter Conferences (IMTC) and events.
John Ashley, CIPP/US, CCRS, CRCMP
John Ashley is a Bates Managing Consultant who has over seven years of experience in financial regulatory compliance with startups WorldRemit Corp. and Etana Custody. He specializes in establishing and maintaining robust and productive working relationships with U.S. financial regulators both during license application, and license maintenance. John has experience in compliance program, policy, and procedure development; product compliance; regulatory analysis; and consumer protection programs. In addition, John has experience in the cryptocurrency space, including development of KYC and transaction monitoring programs and procedures specific to cryptocurrency risk. He also specializes in U.S. data privacy compliance and holds a CIPP/US certification from the International Association of Privacy Professionals.
John Wiethorn
John is the Head of Financial Crime Compliance and board-appointed AML/BSA Officer at Gusto. John previously served as the AML/BSA Officer at Wise, where he oversaw financial crime compliance for North America and led compliance efforts supporting the company's successful public listing on the London Stock Exchange. He previously worked as a senior consultant with Navigant Consulting and also held multiple roles in financial crime compliance at American Express, including working as one of the first members of the company’s enterprise AML quality control team. John is a Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist (CAMS), a Certified Cryptocurrency Investigator (CCI), and has been admitted to practice law in both Utah and Arizona.
Lauren Day, CAMS
Lauren Day is an experienced AML compliance expert working in the virtual currency industry. A Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist (CAMS), she is skilled in financial investigations and blockchain forensics. She led the transaction monitoring department at two US-based virtual currency exchanges and is currently building out the compliance function for Enclave Markets, an Ava Labs subsidiary.
Robin Garrison, CAMS-Audit
Robin Garrison, CAMS-Audit is an expert in FinTech, MSBs, AML, embedded banking and payments risk. She has worked in the industry for over a decade, specializing in compliance program development, technology implementation and innovation. She is currently the Strategic Innovations Director of Compliance at FirstBank overseeing the embedded banking compliance program and working on the bank’s many innovations related initiatives including implementation of a blockchain interbank payment settlement network and investment in new financial technologies. Her previous work history includes Western Union, Wise, MainStreet Bank and Rize. She has participated in the creation of the ACAMS CAFCA certification as well as updates to the CAMS and CAMS-Audit exams and materials. Robin is a regular speaker at industry events and webinars, as well as a member of the IMTC Compliance Advisory Counsel.