Opinions My Own: Expert Insights on AML, FinTech & the Law
11 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 2 years ago -“The following opinions are my own.”
It's an oft-used phrase by lawmakers, financial regulators, prosecutors, law enforcement and the intelligence community when speaking publicly about matters smack in their wheelhouse. We’re after these insights as we delve deep into topics spanning financial crimes, financial technologies and the law on a global scale... for the sole purpose that we can fight crime better.
Hosts: Zila Acosta-Grimes, Attorney, Debevoise & Plimpton; Adjunct Professor, Fordham Law School
Paul Caulfield, Chief Risk Officer, IDB Bank; Adjunct Professor, Fordham Law School
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#8: Better Call…A Crypto Lawyer
December 09, 2021 15:44 - 30 minutes - 28 MBWhen do you need a lawyer? As a company engaged in blockchain, crypto or other innovative areas there are many instances when you might need to call a lawyer for advice on how to proceed in these uncharted waters. Throughout the previous episodes we have hinted at hiring lawyers and in this episode we speak to one of the lawyers you might need to hire - Lilya Tessler. Lilya is a partner and head of Sidley Austin’s FinTech and Blockchain group. If you need advice on regulations and the legal...
#7: Ready Player None: This is Not a Game
December 07, 2021 14:23 - 44 minutes - 33.2 MBNO ONE IS WALKING THE #AML BEAT IN VIDEO GAMES, and the bad guys know it. Elsewhere...in cryptocurrencyland, the media, law enforcement, Capitol HIll, OK...everyone is talking about the newest, shiny ball. Regulation and enforcement will soon kick into overdrive as mainstream market adoption of crypto assets explodes. Just check out the Twitter feeds of Michael Saylor (MicroStrategy) and Gary Gensler (U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Chair). Don’t even get us started about Bloomberg L...
#6: Diamonds & Pearls (of Wisdom)
November 01, 2021 02:20 - 56 minutes - 42.6 MBWe’re big Prince fans here at Opinions My Own, and in honor of his best album turning 30, we sought out Don Palmieri, master gemologist, world renowned appraiser and decorated Vietnam veteran. As we’ve said, the diamonds and jewels industry needs some much needed light shined on (or is it through?) it - conflict diamonds, child labor, fraud, AML, corruption. In this, the enlightened age of ESG, our interview with Don, a 50 year veteran in the field, does just that. Please enjoy, share and ...
#5: If A Woman Was A Gunslinger, She Would Have Done OK.
October 25, 2021 04:18 - 18 minutes - 14.1 MBThat’s Amanda Wick on America’s early frontier, the real Wild West. But in crypto, where the likes of tech bros haven’t yet fully dominated the field, Wick sees hope. But she’s got some hard scrabble advice… The first of our “Women Our Own” series, Amanda offers not-to-be missed insights on women in law and technology, especially cryptocurrency. Former federal prosecutor, current practitioner of Krav Maga and fierce advocate for women in [insert ANY industry here], Amanda isn’t mincing word...
#4: So, You Want To Be In Crypto?
October 11, 2021 20:57 - 41 minutes - 31.5 MBGuest: Amanda Wick, Chief of Legal Affairs of Chainalysis Inc., former DOJ Attorney, Senior Policy Advisor at FinCEN, Overview: "I personally think that bitcoin is worthless," Jamie Dimon, CEO, JPMorgan Chase & Co. Monday, October 11, 2021 at the Institute of International Finance. “A Ponzi scheme from the jump.” That’s what cryptocurrencies are...right? In this episode, Zila and Paul speak with Amanda Wick, Chief of Legal Affairs at Chainalysis Inc. about her career in law and migration...
#3: “The Granddaddy of Them All”: BCCI, 30 Years Later
September 28, 2021 16:42 - 39 minutes - 25.4 MBGuest: John Moscow, Deputy Chief, Investigations Division, New York County District Attorney’s Office (retired) Overview: John Moscow, the legendary Manhattan Assistant District Attorney, described the decades-defunct-but-still-notorious Bank of Credit and Commercial International to me this way: “It was a full service bank that would do anything its customers wanted.” (Emphasis mine.) Money laundering. Tax evasion. Drug trafficking. Terrorist financing. Moscow’s and, more precisely, D...
#3: BCCI, The Bank of "Crooks & Criminals": 30 Years Later
September 28, 2021 16:42 - 39 minutes - 25.4 MBGuest: John Moscow, Deputy Chief, Investigations Division, New York County District Attorney’s Office (retired) Overview: John Moscow, the legendary Manhattan Assistant District Attorney, described the decades-defunct-but-still-notorious Bank of Credit and Commercial International to me this way: “It was a full service bank that would do anything its customers wanted.” (Emphasis mine.) Money laundering. Tax evasion. Drug trafficking. Terrorist financing. Moscow’s and, more precisely, D.A. ...
#3: “The Bank of Crooks & Criminals": 30 Years Later
September 28, 2021 16:42 - 39 minutes - 25.4 MBGuest: John Moscow, Deputy Chief, Investigations Division, New York County District Attorney’s Office (retired) Overview: John Moscow, the legendary Manhattan Assistant District Attorney, described the decades-defunct-but-still-notorious Bank of Credit and Commercial International to me this way: “It was a full service bank that would do anything its customers wanted.” (Emphasis mine.) Money laundering. Tax evasion. Drug trafficking. Terrorist financing. Moscow’s and, more precisely, D.A...
#2: False Positives
September 15, 2021 21:11 - 43 minutes - 32.6 MBGuests: Joe Friscia, Chief Revenue Officer, Tookitaki; former President, Nice Actimize Abishek Chatterjee, Founder & CEO, Tookitaki Overview: The bane of transactional surveillance - a regulatory requirement for identifying potentially suspicious, potentially criminal financial transactions - is the “false positive”. Basically, thousands of alerts are triggered, but only a small percentage require actual investigation. “What a waste!” would be the understatement of the year. The best a...
#1: Information Sharing
September 07, 2021 13:53 - 35 minutes - 32.7 MBGuests: Alon Kaufman, CEO & Co-Founder, Duality Technologies; former Director of Data Science & Innovation, RSA; Jim Richards, Founder & Principal, RegTech Consulting Overview: It took 9/11 to bring new life to the 1973 Bank Secrecy Act. Since then, financial services firms worldwide have both spent and been fined billions of dollars to combat money laundering, terrorist financing and fraud. In this episode, Paul speaks with Alon Kaufman and Jim Richards about the state of AML, and is it...
#0: Cold Open: Our People & Purpose
September 06, 2021 23:18 - 7 minutes - 7.13 MBZila and Paul jump right in and present their vision for "Opinions My Own," their podcast on anti-money laundering, technology & the law. (Paul, you owe Zila lunch for getting the BSA date wrong! ...or just watch "Power" to settle all debts.) Time: 7:30 minutes