The workshop on Trade Finance and Trade-Based Money Laundering (TBML) is designed to help senior compliance professionals and decision-makers understand the evolving risks hidden in trade finance. Through real-world examples and interactive dialogue, participants will learn how to identify TBML typologies, recognise critical red flags, and align with global regulatory expectations. The session highlights how innovative technology can transform detection, enhance operational efficiency, and protect both financial institutions and society from the impact of financial crime.

This workshop will explore the critical role of transaction monitoring in combating money laundering and financial crime. Participants will gain insights into why monitoring matters, the risks of failure, and the latest regulatory expectations and best practices. The session will cover common typologies and red flags, practical approaches to improving monitoring frameworks, and how to ensure effective SAR/STR reporting. It will also highlight how technology and AI can strengthen detection, reduce false positives, and help institutions meet their compliance obligations more effectively.

Hitting an urgent execution gap: nearly every bank is under pressure to modernise screening, but most fall short not because of the tech, but because they can’t operationalise it. Everyone wants to know how to make AI-enabled screening actually work under the constraints of model risk, data quality, and regulatory expectations. This session provides a practical blueprint for navigating common implementation pitfalls and turning AI aspirations into BAU success stories.

Compliance responsibilities no longer stop at the bank. Corporates, payment providers, and cryptocurrency firms now operate in an environment where every payment, counterparty, and trade relationship can introduce sanctions or reputational risk. This session explores how leading organisations are adopting financial crime screening intelligence once reserved for banks and what best practices look like in this new shared-risk ecosystem.