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Webinar: COVID-19 related money-laundering and terrorism-financing risks

This is the second in a series of bimonthly webinars hosted by World Council of Credit Unions’ (WOCCU) COVID-19 Response Committee.

The COVID-19 pandemic has led to unprecedented global challenges, human suffering and economic disruption. This webinar will feature representatives from the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), the independent inter-governmental body recognized for setting global standards for anti-money laundering (AML) and counter-terrorist financing (CFT) responsibilities, World Council of Credit Unions, and AML Rightsource, a firm solely focused on helping financial institutions find Anti-Money Laundering (AML)/Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) and financial crimes compliance solutions.

The webinar will feature presentations on:

  • The challenges, good practices and policy responses to new money laundering and terrorist financing threats and vulnerabilities arising from the COVID-19 crisis, by Shana Krishnan, Policy Analyst, Financial Action Task Force (FATF).
  • How credit unions and other cooperative financial institutions must advocate for proportional treatment on AML/CFT regulations, with Andrew Price, WOCCU Senior Vice President of Advocacy and John Byrne, Esq., CAMS, Executive Vice President, Chairman AML RightSource Advisory Board.

You can register for the November 19 webinar by following this link:

https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_gBHa3pytSaSodUYDhzCPkg

If you have questions about the event, contact Greg Neumann, World Council Corporate Communications Manager, at gneumann@woccu.org or +1 608-395-2048.