Economic Crime Congress 2024 - Agenda

Join our panel of senior experts from the regulators and government as they share their thoughts and perspectives on tackling the threats and harms caused by economic crime.

The international economic crime landscape continues to move at pace both at an EU level and beyond. This discussion will delve into the UK’s priorities at FATF and within the broader international landscape, exploring key priorities and cross collaboration opportunities with the public sector.

Join our panel as they discuss the progress of the Online Fraud Charter and engagement from the technology sector, highlighting and examining what can and is being done in practice from this sector, and how all parties can work together to ensure that what is in place is as effective as possible in addressing and mitigating the harms perpetrated by criminals to victims.

Join this interactive session which will look at the existing threats (e.g. deep fakes) followed by insight and discussion on the progress and challenges to threat mitigation, as well as the opportunities AI presents when viewed through a wider lens.

Following another year of regulatory and legislative changes, we sit down with key policy makers and thinkers to discuss recent scrutiny, activity and changes for 2024. From a new opportunity to reform the Money Laundering Regulations, to increased scrutiny on PEPs and new legislative opportunities on Companies House this panel of experts will discuss how to practically manage regulatory change within institutions as well as areas of potential change.

With the Payment Systems Regulator’s (PSR) APP reimbursement requirement being effective from 7 October this panel will discuss what challenges payment service providers had in preparation for the regulation and the impact seen, both for consumer and industry, following its implementation. 

Crypto brings both threats and opportunities. Join our experts who will discuss the threats that crypto brings, including harms such as romance fraud, but also the opportunities that arise from the currency.

Sanctions measures span the globe and frequently impact areas prone to requiring humanitarian aid or assistance, either due to natural disasters or due to collateral damage created by restrictive measures. This panel will look at the issues surrounding humanitarian aid and the conflict with sanctions.

In this session we put Money Laundering Reporting Officers (MLROs) under the spotlight to discuss the most pressing challenges of today, extracting their key takeaways and advice for compliance and risk management colleagues in 2024. We will discuss the breadth of emerging compliance themes and their effect on risk management, focusing in on hot topics such as the role of technology, the existing and emerging regulatory landscape, and thoughts on political and supervisory priorities.

With the government announcing its 22-point action plan to tackle Money Mules this panel will discuss the harms of child financial exploitation, the wider threat caused by money mules and the disruption of organised crime gangs.

What do we need to do today in policing to protect society against the harms of tomorrow? Join our panel of law enforcement representatives as we discuss the learnings from major investigations, the threats and opportunities that technology brings to policing and the law enforcement response to future harms.

The UK Finance Proliferation Finance Working Group established November 2022 will highlight the findings from their much-anticipated 2024 publication with HMT and Sayari. 

Panelists will present their findings on countering the threats to Proliferation Finance and where to next with a key focus on overcoming the challenges and key lessons learned, including:

Navigating the international regulatory standards and framework 

Gaining insights on emerging trends and the application of typologies for business wide risk assessments and controls 

Identifying mitigation strategies to counter the threat of Proliferation Finance and where to next for 2025 and beyond.

Participate in an interactive Q&A session with a journalist from a national newspaper, discussing how the newsroom and readers feel about the industry’s efforts to prevent fraud as well as the changing media narrative around economic crime.

The Economic Crime Product & Service Board (PSB) provides strategic oversight of and direction to UK Finance’s activity on Economic Crime. Meet the Board Chair as they provide an overview of the PSB, its strategic committees, and the activity that they undertake on behalf of UK Finance Economic Crime stream members and the industry.