ESTONIA FACING AML CHALLENGES

#NEW Policies I Processes I Procedures I Technologies

26 May 2021 @ Swissôtel Tallinn Ballroom & VIRTUAL

Introducing

Over the past few years, the Estonian banking and financial sector has been hit by a wave of penalties for serious deficiencies in anti-money laundering systems and processes. These shortcomings are not solely the result of the propensity of some banks for customers or risky schemes, but largely due to poor policies, management of outdated processes and existing procedures. They also reflect the inefficiency of the compliance tools currently used by financial institutions. The banking and financial sector has drawn its own conclusions from this. As a result, it has started to reorganize its in-house AML policies and regulations as well as reorganized management and sectoral structures and processes to establish additional measures and rules more efficiently to prevent and combat possible AML/KYC and other violations. Particular attention has been paid to the introduction of #NEW AML and FinCrime prevention and detection technologies. The financial sector as a whole has recognized the need to implement innovative and efficient KYC / CDD solutions or tools as well as AML and Compliance fully complex systems.

Focuses

The Finesto Advisors and Estonian Banking Association 2021 Annual Conference faces this year the Estonian AML #NEW Challenges focused on #NEW Policies, Processes, Procedures and Technologies through the prism of the Nordic-Baltic financial sector.

Auditorium

The high-level PPP Conference brings together all parties and decision-makers, e.g. executives, senior and division managers, and experts throughout the financial sector of the Nordic and Estonia/Baltic region, authorities, agencies, international organizations and renowned experts from the private and public sector.

LIVE and VIRTUAL conference room

Join the live broadcast: presentations and panel discussions of the conference and get a comprehensive overview and a in-depth progressive AML expertise on what has happened and is happening soon in the Nordic-Baltic financial sector.

This year’s Estonian #NEW-2021 AML/CFT National Risk Assessment (NRA) will be presented.

An overview about ongoing and outstanding tasks is given in the fall of #NEW Estonia evaluation by Moneyval in the period 2021-2022

We have a unique opportunity to meet all heads of FIU at the same stage with the lessons learned through almost 25 years.

Estonian FSA will present financial supervisor’s view: recent developments and focus on AML in the EU and Estonia.

The expert panel will find out the possibilities to use technology to modernise and reform the Estonian AML systems.

A separate panel is reserved for Digital Euro Advantages and Risks.

AML and financial crime experts will analyse the region-based threats and provide an overview of best practices, both national and international.

Network-based approaches to the new generation of AML compliance tools.

Check out #NEW KYC/CDD Technologies.

  Find out the #NEW available technologies to exchange financial and banking information.

⦁  Meet #NEW Intelligent Compliance Platform (ICP) what increases the efficiency of compliance teams, helps perform AML functions more effectively,

in turn minimising the risk of regulatory fines and reputational damage.

  The #NEW Screening and Transaction Monitoring based innovative methods like AI, machine learning, social biometrics, etc will be introduced.

Speakers


Day Moderator

Johannes TRALLA

Journalist, ERR/Estonian Public Broadcasting editor-presenter

Welcome speech

Allan PARIK

Chairman of the Board of Estonian Banking Association and Chairman of the Board of SEB Bank AS

Opening speech

Jens HENRIKSSON

 President and CEO of Swedbank AB

Veronika METS

Program Manager of MONEYVAL

Toomas VAPPER

Head of Department of Entrepreneurship and Accounting Policy Department, Ministry of Finance

Sören MEIUS

Advisor of Ministry of Finance of Estonia

Kilvar KESSLER

Chairman of the Management Board, Estonian Financial Supervision Authority

Raul VAHTRA

Member of the Board, Head of Risk Management of Swedbank, former Head of FIU Estonia (2004 - 2012)

Rainer OLT

Head of Eesti Pank Payment and Settlement Systems Department

Aivar PAUL

Head of AML Committee of Estonian Banking Association, Head of AML at LHV Bank, former Head of FIU Estonia (2013-2016)

Madis REIMAND

Head of AML Compliance of SEB, last Head of FIU Estonia (2016-2020)

Arnold TENUSAAR

First Head of FIU (1999 - 2004)

Luukas Kristjan ILVES

Head of Strategy at Guardtime

Andres PARMAS

Prosecutor General of Estonian Prosecutor's Office

Toomas VAHER

Ellex Raidla, Partner and Attorney at law

Veiko TALI

Deputy Governor of Eesti Pank - Estonian Bank

Indrek TIBAR

Estonian Justice Attaché in the United States, Prosecutor's Office

Taavi TAMKIVI

Salv founder & CEO

Marius-Cristian FRUNZA

Founder & CEO of Schwarzthal Tech Ltd.

Participating companies and institutions

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