The 3rd AML & Financial Crime Conference, organised jointly by the ARQ Group and the Malta Bankers’ Association, focused on the challenge of pursuing growth opportunities and innovation within the context of an increasingly intense financial crime compliance landscape.
The conference featured keynote speeches, an update on the National Risk Assessment as well as three panel discussions.
Bank of Valletta was represented by Ryan Caruana, its MLRO and Head of Investigations and Analytics during the Panel discussion which addressed the challenges of managing Financial Crime Compliance (FCC) efforts in a constantly changing landscape. Various issues were raised including the manner in which the FATF decision re the grey listing of Malta has impacted the role of FCC in different organisations as well as resulted in an increase in supervisory demands and demand for skilled and qualified compliance professionals. The panel also focused on the way in which the use of technology in FCC can help Malta improve, particularly when benchmarking to international peers.
Issued by Bank of Valletta p.l.c., 58, Triq San Zakkarija, Il-Belt Valletta VLT 1130. Bank of Valletta p.l.c. is a public limited company regulated by the MFSA and is licensed to carry out the business of banking in terms of the Banking Act (Cap.371 of the Laws of Malta).