2026 Fireside Chat Series

8 PD hours

Description

The 2026 Fireside Chat Series offers a candid and thought-provoking exploration of the realities, tensions, and future direction of AML, KYC, and financial crime compliance. Through a series of moderated discussions, industry experts challenge conventional thinking, question long-standing assumptions, and explore whether current frameworks genuinely prevent financial crime or simply manage regulatory risk. The series addresses culture, technology, offshore finance, and the evolving role of compliance professionals in an increasingly complex global environment.

The series is delivered live online via Microsoft TEAMS and recorded where possible. Each webinar provides 1-hour of CPD.

Suitable For

This series is suitable for board members, senior management, compliance and financial crime leaders, risk professionals, and regulators seeking informed, practical, and critical perspectives beyond standard technical updates.

Agenda

Is AML Broken? Why Decades of Regulation Haven’t Stopped Dirty Money

22 April 2026 | 1 CPD Hours

The scale of financial crime vs AML outcomes
Regulatory expansion and diminishing returns
Incentives driving compliance over effectiveness
Where AML frameworks fail in practice
Rethinking success: detection, deterrence, or defence?

The Risk-Based Approach: Smart Compliance or Just Smokescreen?

20 May 2026 | 1 CPD Hours

What regulators expect vs how firms apply RBA
Risk appetite, documentation, and defensibility
Inconsistency across firms and jurisdictions
When “risk-based” becomes “risk-averse”
Making the RBA meaningful and credible

Humans vs. Machines: Who Should We Trust to Spot Financial Crime?

11 June 2026 | 1 CPD Hours

What machines do better and worse than humans
Bias, explainability, and accountability
Alert fatigue and operational reality
Regulatory expectations for automated systems
Designing effective human and machine partnerships

Tick-Box Compliance: Are We Protecting Society or Just Covering Ourselves?

09 July 2026 | 1 CPD Hours

How compliance became documentation driven
Regulatory fear and defensive compliance
Misalignment between controls and outcomes
The cost of form over substance
Shifting focus back to real world impact

The Future Compliance Officer: Police, Priest or Scapegoat?

23 September 2026 | 1 CPD Hours

Expanding responsibilities and shrinking protection
Personal liability and accountability concerns
Independence versus commercial pressure
Skills required for the next generation
Redefining the compliance function’s mandate

The Future of AML: Offshore Havens or Offshore Heroes?

05 October 2026 | 1 CPD Hours

Myths versus realities of offshore AML
Regulatory evolution in international finance centres
International pressure and perception
Innovation, supervision, and expertise
Offshore centres as standard setters

KYC or Kill Your Customers? Are We Driving Good Business Away?

03 November 2026 | 1 CPD Hours

KYC burden versus actual risk
De risking and unintended consequences
Customer experience and trust erosion
Regulatory expectations on proportionality
Smarter, customer centric KYC models

Offshore Value: Beyond Secrecy, Tax and the Marketing Blurb

16 November 2026 | 1 CPD Hours

The real economic purpose of offshore centres
Legal certainty and cross border structuring
Governance, transparency, and substance
Regulatory credibility and global integration
Reframing the offshore value proposition

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