Withum and AML Partners with a number of senior Bank Secrecy Act Anti-Money Laundering compliance leaders discuss best practices in Know Your Customer program (KYC CDD EDD) regulations and also to share what their personal challenges that they have faced in their roles for KYC compliance.
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Agenda and Objectives
• Introductions
• Housekeeping Rules
• Co-Host and Moderator: Peter Kim – Principal, Withum
• Co-Host and Moderator: Jonathan Almeida – Founder, AML Partners
• Agenda – Topics for Discussion
• Panelists
• Kevin Choi – Deputy BSA Officer, SMBC (Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp.)
• Micah Hallock – BSA Compliance Officer, NongHyup Bank
• Abel Picardi – Former Chief Compliance Officer, Bank of China
• Agenda Topic Points
• Questions from the Audience
• Closing
• Questionnaire
• Closeout
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Co-Hosts and Moderators
Peter Kim, CAMS
• Principal in Withum’s Forensic and Valuation Services Group
specializing in regulatory compliance.
• Extensive experience and a diverse background as a former
federal regulator, financial services consultant and
compliance leader with various financial institutions
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Co-Hosts and Moderators
Jonathan Almeida
• Founder & Global Head of Sales and Business Development
of AML Partners
• Designers of [RegTech One], a #NOCODE platform allowing FIs to
design their own KYC Workflows, Risk Models, UBO collection,
CDD/EDD, PEP/Sanctions/Media Screening etc.
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Panelists
Kevin Choi
• Deputy BSA Compliance Officer, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking
Corp, NY Branch / AML Compliance Officer and Money
Laundering Reporting Officer, SMBC (Sumitomo Mitsui
Banking Corp.), Cayman Branch
• Former CCO and BSA Officer, Israel Discount Bank of NY
• Former Federal Reserve Bank regulator
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Disclaimer
• Contents and statements made in this event are strictly the
opinions of individual participants.
• Contents and statements made in the event are not
recommendations or intended as guidance on regulatory
requirements.
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On UBO
• Talk us through obtaining UBO information in terms of how
the information is sourced
1. At the time of OnBoarding
2. On Refresh/Review and what would that schedule be
• A follow up is, how reliable are the sources and is the % of
ownership collected, Risk based?
• Use and applications of CDD exemptions?
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On Adverse Media / Negative
News
• What information is generally screened besides Customers?
• i.e. UBO, Signatories, Guarantors, Board Members etc.
• Are the types of names screened based on Customer Risk?
• What is good practice pertaining the frequency of screening
after being initially performed during OnBoarding?
• Is it based on Risk, on a particular schedule?
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On Periodic Review
• In terms of defining a Periodic Review schedule, what is
generally a good practice?
• And a follow up to that is, how do each of your institutions
track upcoming reviews?
• What in general are the tasks that are performed, are
customer re-contacted to have them confirm any changes?
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Bank Organization and KYC Tools
• Head office vs local branch/agency, how to address the issue
of transparency between different parts of the bank from
KYC EDD perspective
• Are you using a KYC system? If so what are the critical
requirements that you would need the system to satisfy?
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Best Practices and Unique
Challenges
• What has worked for banks and how enhancements,
systems, tools and processes mitigated regulatory criticism?
• Best practices
• What are the unique challenges that banks face with KYC
EDD program?
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Questionnaire About the Session
Scale of 1 – 10 (best)
• Ease of Use of the virtual media
• Knowledge of two moderators
• Knowledge of three speakers
• Agenda topics
• Interest in attending another session if held on other topics
• Obtain topic recommendations from the audience
• Are more visuals needed, camera or is voice sufficient?
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Thank You to Our Speakers
Panelists
Kevin Choi
Deputy BSA Officer, SMBC (Sumitomo
Mitsui Banking Corp.)
kevin_choi@smbcgroup.com
Micah Hallock
BSA Compliance Officer, NongHyup Bank
mthallock@nhbankny.com
Abel Picardi
Former Chief Compliance Officer, Bank of
China
abel33@netzero.net
Moderators
Peter Kim
Principal, Withum
p.kim@withum.com
Jonathan Almeida
Founder, AML Partners
jonathan@amlpartners.com
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Peter and Jonathan to open
Peter to introduce himself
Jonathan to introduce himself
Kevin to introduce himself
Micah to introduce himself
Abel to introduce himself
Kevin to answer UBO questions
Micah to answer Adverse Media/Negative News questions
Abel to answer Periodic Review questions
All to answer Bank organization and KYC tools question.
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