The 9TH Annual Forum For Heads of AML / CFT Compliance Units In Arab Banks & Financial Institutions

3-4 October 2019 

الخلفية:
Money Laundering and Terrorism Financing has become one of the most threatening risks to the stability of the global financial and economic system and the countries’ security and sovereign stability, Since there is an increased possibility of using illegal cash flows in financing terrorist activities. Thus, there is now greater focus on drying up all sources of terrorism financing.
In order to achieve this goal the International organizations continues to issue and update standards and guidance to face arising challenges, and to enhance AML/CFT internal controls. To avoid sanctions, banks from their side comply with these regulations and standards.
As a result, the cumulative impact of these regulations along with the imposed sanctions has impacted the banking sector and amplified their costs. Consequently Sanctions as well impacted negatively the economies of non-compliant states.
This forum has become an annual platform supported by the Special Investigation Commission (SIC) – Lebanon. It will address the latest developments of AML/CFT practices and risks related to cybercrime, AML/CFT and digital transformation, the implications of economic sanctions on the economy of non-compliant countries, and other important hot topics.
A distinguished group of speakers will participate in this significant event among them: officials, experts from the SIC, and the Lebanese judicial and security authorities, in addition to representatives from regulatory authorities in Arab countries as well as experts from Lebanese and Arab banks, International firms and UNODC.

الأهداف:
This forum brings together the AML / CFT Unit Heads and compliance officers in Arab banks to discuss the latest developments and new challenges facing Arab banks in AML/CFT, as well as the challenges of compliance with sanctions, and their impact on relationship with correspondent banks and economies of states.
This forum will also discuss the role of financial intelligence units (FIU) and regulatory authorities in issuing directives and guidance that will help banks and financial institutions in complying and coping with international directives concerning anti-money laundering and combating terrorism financing, and how to cope with economic sanctions and its ramifications. It will highlight as well the new requirements FATF and mutual assessment and national risk assessment.

المحــاور والعنـاوين الرئيــسية :
• National Risk Assessment
• Risk Based Approach to Sanctions Compliance: Creating a Strong Regulatory Compliance Control Environment
• The New Approach to Compliance (FinTech, RegTech, Digital KYC…) and Recent Developments in Correspondent Banking relationships.
• AML / CFT & digital transformation – A necessary modernization or a fundamental disruption?
• Simulation to meet a bank valuation by MENAFATF
• The economic impact of sanctions
• The role of artificial intelligence in financial crime risk management
• Practical guidance outlining regulatory changes affecting the MENA AML landscape.
• Best practices addressing specific AML and de-banking risks of MENA money services business
• The disruptive nature of bribery, corruption, and cybercrime in combating money laundering.
• The latest from the compliance landscape (GDPR,CRS, FATCA…)
• Guidance for risk based approach to virtual assets and virtual assets services provider.
• Digital investigations in money laundering and terrorism financing

An Elite group of speakers will cover this forum includes:

H.E. Dr. Joseph Torbey
Chairman of the Executive
Committee
اتحاد المصارف العربية

H.E. Mr. Abdul Hafiz Mansour
الأمين العام
Special Investigation Commission (SIC) – Lebanon

Dr. Alwaleed ALSHEIKH
Executive Secretary
MENAFATF, Bahrain

Mrs. Dana Jonblat
Head of AML/CFT Unit
البنك المركزي الاردني

الاستاذ وسام حسن فتوح
الأمين العام
اتحاد المصارف العربية

Mr. Tarek Zahran
Executive Director & Head of Compliance Unit
Special Investigation Commission (SIC), Lebanon

Mr. Chahdan E. Jebeyli
General Manager, Group head legal & Compliance
Bank Audi s.a.l, Lebanon

Mrs. Karen Zabloski
Head of Compliance & Operational Risk
SGBL’s Group, Lebanon

Mr. Malek Costa
Head of Group Compliance Division
Blom Bank SAL, Lebanon

Dr. Adnan Allahaseh
Executive manager Money Laundering Exchange supervision department
البنك المركزي الاردني
الأردن

Mr. Hisham Hamzeh
Executive Director, Audit & Investigation Unit, SIC Central Bank of Lebanon
Colonel Bashar Al Khatib
Internal Security Forces – Lebanon

Representitive of The General Prosecutor – Lebanon

Ms. Myriam Khairallah
Financial Investigator, SIC Central Bank of Lebanon

Mr. Rashid El Takash
Financial Investigator, SIC Central Bank of Lebanon

Mr. Wissam Abed
Senior Manager Global Investigations
Western Union

Mr. Dean Rowan
Advisory Board Member & Regional Representitive (Middle East and Africa)
International Compliance Association – Bahrain

Mr. Ali Kazimi
Managing Director
Hansuke Consulting – London

Mrs. Paige Berger
AML/CFT Anti-Corruption & Sanctions Advisory
Financial Crime Compliance Program Specialist,
Qualified US & UK Lawyer

Mr. Fouad Khalifeh
Group Chief Compliance Officer FRANSABANK GROUP, Lebanon

Mr. Mohamad Araji
FS Tax Lead
Saudi Levant Cluster, KSA

Mr. Mohamad Daoud
Expert
Refinitiv, UAE

Mr. Amro Entabli
Head of Compliance
& Corporate Governance
AML/CFT Officer – Faisal Islamic Bank of Egypt, Egypt

Mr. Ahmad Kiswani
Partner
Kuwait Financial Services Leader, PwC Kuwait, Kuwait

WHO SHOULD ATTEND THIS FORUM?
• Heads of Compliance Departments and their main assistants
• Heads of Combating Financial Crimes Depts. (AML/CFT) and their main assistants
• Heads of Internal Auditing Departments and their main assistants
• Heads of Credit Departments and their main assistants

Registration fees:
UAB members
$ 800
Non-UAB members
$ 1000

For registration and more info. pls contact us:
email:
uabevent-amlforum@uabonline.org
Tel. : +961 1 377800
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