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General Sessions

• Responsible AI: Unleashing the Power of AI for Risk Mitigation in an Ethical Manner
  The integration of artificial intelligence (AI) into financial crime detection and mitigation processes presents both unprecedented opportunities and ethical challenges. Join us for an engaging session as we delve into the realm of responsible AI and its potential for combating financial crime.
   

• Future-Proofing Your Fraud Detection: Staying Ahead of Evolving First-Party Fraud Tactics
  As first-party fraud threatens the financial sector, this panel explores innovative strategies to combat it. Experts will discuss leveraging advanced analytics, classification frameworks, and AI-driven mitigation tools to identify unique fraud behaviors. Attend to discover cutting-edge approaches for tackling this complex issue and fortifying your fraud detection capabilities.
   

• Women in Financial Crime Luncheon: Bridging the Generations
  Our panel of accomplished women leaders across different generations will share their personal stories, triumphs, and tribulations, and will offer valuable insights into how generational differences shape their approaches to leadership, career advancement, work-life balance, and overcoming gender biases. Participation is open to all women from financial institutions who attend.
   

• The Evolution of Identity and Its Role in Financial Crime Prevention - From Handshakes to Hashes: Reimagining Identity in Financial Crime Prevention
  This session explores the evolution of identity verification, from traditional in-person methods to advanced digital solutions and the challenges financial institutions face in balancing rapid onboarding, seamless customer experiences, and robust fraud prevention.
   

Fraud

• Digital Deception: Unmasking Application Fraud in the GenAI Era
  In the digital transformation era, application fraud has emerged as a pressing concern for financial institutions, exacerbated by fraudsters' increasing use of generative AI tools. This session aims to provide insights into how FIs and vendors harness innovative technologies and processes to combat the evolving threat of application fraud while maintaining a positive customer experience and minimizing losses.
   
• Orchestrating Fraud Signals and Customer Interventions
  As fraudsters use more sophisticated approaches to scam and authorized push payment (APP) attacks, it is no wonder these losses are top of mind for banking and fraud professionals. This session will discuss scam threats and the benefits of orchestrating fraud signals, when they are applied, and contextual interventions to protect FIs and consumers.
   
• Predictive Power: Harnessing Advanced Analytics to Outpace Financial Crime
  Explore how financial institutions can leverage advanced analytics, cutting-edge fraud modeling techniques, and AI to enhance fraud detection capabilities, improve operational efficiency, and safeguard customers in the face of ever-evolving financial crimes.
   
• Scams & Mule Activity
   
• Problem Solved - Staying One Step Ahead: Leveraging Fraud Control Testing to Anticipate, Discover, and Mitigate Fraud
  This session will explore the critical role of fraud control testing to validate the accuracy and performance of fraud detection systems through the experience of one financial institution. Attendees will learn how to leverage test evidence to identify and close vulnerabilities in a proactive approach to fraud risk management.
   

• Problem Solved - Developing a Future-Proof Fraud Risk Management Framework for Zelle Services
  Experts will discuss developing a robust fraud risk management system for Zelle's growing real-time payments platform. Despite low relatively fraud rates, media attention has been disproportionally higher. The session will address technical infrastructure for expanding services, AI strategies for fraud prevention, and leveraging transaction data analysis to benefit the entire real-time payments industry.
   

Cybersecurity

• Third-party Risk: The Achilles Heal of the Business
   
• Collaboration in the Age of AI
   
• Cyber
   
• Modern Identity to Transform Cyber and Fraud Defense
   
• API Security - The Linchpin for Open Everything

AML

• False Positives ... Will We Ever Get Rid of Them?
  Will we ever be able to completely eliminate false positives? We’ll explore mitigation strategies and innovative approaches to determine how close we are to achieving that goal.
   
• Sanctions Screening: Buckle Up, It’s a Bumpy Ride
  Sanctions are complicated. You have risk even when you think you don’t. Build a flexible program to uncover those hidden risks.
   
• Outsmarting Financial Crime: AI's Game-Changing Role in AML
  Advanced analytics, machine learning, and AI have the potential to revolutionize anti-money laundering (AML) practices, moving beyond legacy rules-based approaches. Learn strategies to modernize your AML framework and enhance financial crime operations while navigating complexities of new technologies. Gain insights on leveraging AI's potential while ensuring model risk governance and regulatory compliance.
   
• Automation: Augmenting the Human in the Loop
   
• Optimizing Financial Crime Operations
   
• Problem Solved

Authentication

• Biometric Authentication: Its Role in Financial Security Today and Tomorrow
  Biometrics are reshaping fraud prevention, from fingerprints to behavioral patterns. Our experts discuss balancing security with user experience, emerging technologies such as continuous authentication, and addressing privacy concerns. Discover why consumers increasingly prefer biometrics and how financial institutions can adapt to meet evolving preferences and regulatory demands.
   
• Authentication & Customer Choice
  In digital channels, too many firms use a one-size-fits-all approach to authenticating users. However, what works for one person may not work for another. Static authentication processes are easier for criminals to circumvent. Learn how customer choice in user authentication can improve the user experience and thwart fraudsters.
   
• The Sweet Spot: Harmonizing Security and Customer Convenience
  As digital transactions increase, businesses must balance robust security with user-friendly experiences. Consumers demand both ease of use and data protection. This panel explores strategies for achieving this equilibrium, including adaptive authentication, behavioral analysis, and streamlined processes. The goal is to create a secure yet frictionless environment that fosters customer trust and loyalty.
   
• Rethinking Identity Verification: Leveraging Innovation and Preventing Fraud
  This session will explore innovative identity verification strategies through the experience of leading experts. Attendees will learn how to balance security with user experience, adapt to evolving regulations, and leverage AI to combat fraud. Discover how to create robust verification systems while minimizing customer friction in a proactive approach to identity risk management.
   
• Orchestration
   
• Problem Solved