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Financial Security & Compliance

Securing the Future of Finance

FinTech Connect Financial Security & Compliance track session
2026 Track Narrative — Financial Security Day

Security teams are being asked to deliver faster decisions with less tolerance for error, all the while the blast radius for failure is greater than ever before. Financial Security Day is for the cybersecurity, economic crime and threat intelligence community to share their best practices and challenges heading into an agentic future.

2026 Track Narrative — Compliance Day

While payments go instant, data sharing expands, and AI accelerates operational scale, it is the compliance teams that answer to policy pressure. Compliance is the backbone of digital innovation for the financial sector, guiding businesses through the tough regulatory environment in 2026. This day is both educational and a display of best practice from compliance leaders across the industry.

Who Attends This Track

Chief Compliance Officer
Head of RegTech
Head of Financial Crime
Head of AML
Head of KYC
Head of Regulatory Affairs
Chief Risk Officer
Head of Operational Resilience
Head of Data Governance
Head of Model Risk
MLRO
Head of Fraud
Head of Compliance Technology
General Counsel (Financial Services)

Key Attendee Benefits

01

Get a clear view of the UK and EU regulatory outlook for 2026-27, including what is coming, when, and how to prepare

02

Hear directly from the FCA and CFIT on the direction of UK regulatory innovation and its impact on compliance teams

03

Plug into the cybersecurity, economic crime and threat intelligence community from NatWest, Barclays, Schroders, RaboBank, State Street and Deutsche Bank

04

Assess where AI and machine learning can be safely applied under the EU AI Act and FCA expectations

05

Benchmark AML, KYC and fraud technology stacks against peers at leading financial institutions

06

Separate proven automation use cases in AML and fraud detection from areas where human oversight remains essential

07

Explore how RegTech-as-a-Service is changing the economics of compliance for mid-size institutions

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Chris Knox

Global Director, Financial Services Regulatory Strategy & Policy, Microsoft Corporation
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Mateo Jarrin Cuvi

Global Manager for Partners, Media & Lecturer, The Association of Governance, Risk & Compliance
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Aisling Twomey

Director, Financial Crime, Monzo Bank Limited
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Natalia Gburzyńska

Deputy MLRO - Senior Financial Crime Compliance Manager, Revolut
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Marili Anderson

Head of UK Compliance and MLRO, Rabobank
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Mariya Brown

Head of EMEA Innovation, BNY Pershing
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Mourad Berrahoui

Chief Risk Officer, Arab Monetary Fund
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Sristhi Assudani

CEO, Finhub
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Ashley Bostel

Financial Crime Analytics Strategy Lead, NatWest Group
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Barbara Logoteta

Head of Regulatory Compliance UK, Banking Circle S.A.
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Matthew Harris

Head of Regulatory Advice, Admiral
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Enis Sahin

Head of Information Security UK, Europe & APAC (Regional CISO), Federated Hermes Limited
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Wessel van Keulen

Founding GM Europe, Haast and former Head of Regulatory Change at Zurich Insurance,, Haast
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Frama Aboh

Vice President- Global Delivery - Business Risk Management, State Street
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Dr. Claire Norman-Maillet

Counter-Fraud Expert & Academic Researcher, University of Portsmouth
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Simmone Telemacque

Technical Regulatory Compliance Manager, Starling
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Bernie McEvilly

Group Head of Conduct and Compliance, The Co-operative Bank and Coventry Building Society
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Ngozi Nwosu-Aligwekwe

Former VP - Global Portfolio Governance & Reporting - Finance Market & Credit Risk Tech for Citi
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Jonas Gijbels

Team Lead Solutions Engineers, Guardsquare
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Taylor Davies

Chief Technology Officer, Edge Networks (UK) Ltd
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Kateryna Shcheglova-Goldfinch

Innovation Lead, National Bank of Ukraine (NBU)
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Virginia Debernardi

COO & Co-Founder, Kalipso
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Jo Healey

Former BBC Journalist & Director, Talkwith Ltd
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James Allardice

Head of Financial Crime, Nationwide / Virgin Money
    Financial Security & Compliance Stage - Agenda
    Content Programme

    Financial Security & Compliance Stage

    Two days of cybersecurity, financial crime and regulatory debate for the compliance, risk and threat intelligence community heading into an agentic future.

    1-2 December 2026 Excel London 16 sessions, Day 1 · 10 sessions, Day 2
    1Day 1 01 December 2026
    2Day 2 02 December 2026
    09:30 –10:00
    Arrival & Registration
    10:00 –10:10
    Chair's Welcome and Conference Commencement
    10:10 –10:30
    Before the Call Comes: How Do We Prevent Breaches in Security and Policy and Create Healthier Cultures of Compliance

    The most damaging compliance and security failures are rarely created by one bad decision alone. They emerge where weak culture, unclear accountability and overlooked warning signs allow risk to escalate.

    10:35 –11:05
    Countering Financial Crime in 2027: What Actions are Needed to Curb Future Fraudsters and Savvy Scammers

    Financial crime is becoming faster, more convincing and harder to detect as scammers exploit digital payments, synthetic identities, social engineering and AI-enabled deception. For financial institutions, staying ahead is a constant challenge.

    11:10 –11:30
    Lessons Learned from a Major Financial Fraud Case that Started from a Mobile App Attack
    11:35 –11:55
    The Case for CTI at the Governance Board Level
    12:00 –12:20
    NIS2 Simplification 2026: What Changes for Financial Ecosystems

    NIS2 has raised the bar for cybersecurity, resilience and third-party accountability across critical sectors. As simplification efforts evolve, financial ecosystems need clarity on what changes and what stays the same.

    12:25 –13:00
    Networking
    Networking Bingo

    A fast-paced interactive session designed to connect compliance, risk, security, technology and fintech leaders across the room. Use it to meet peers facing similar regulatory and operational pressures.

    13:00 –14:00
    Lunch
    14:00 –14:20
    Becoming the Scammer in Your Org - A study on Customer Experience Resiliency
    14:25 –14:45
    LLMs, Code, Desktop/Cowork Agents: Securing and Governing Full AI Adoption in a Global Financial Services Firm Across Every User
    14:50 –15:30
    Value Inhibitors to Value Creators Scaling Pragmatic, Innovative and Risk Oriented Financial Crime & Cybersecurity Frameworks

    Financial crime and cybersecurity teams are often seen as the people who slow the business down: another approval gate, another control, another reason the launch date slips. That perception is dangerous and out of date.

    15:35 –16:05
    Internal Fraud - An Uncomfortable Reality for the Enterprise

    Internal fraud is one of the most difficult risks for financial organisations to confront: the threat comes from people with legitimate access, trusted relationships and a detailed understanding of internal controls.

    16:10 –16:30
    Continuous Controls in a Continuous Threat Environment: Modernising Compliance for Always-On Risk

    Threats do not operate on reporting cycles, and neither can modern compliance. As risk becomes more continuous, controls must become more dynamic, automated and intelligence led.

    16:35 –16:45
    Chair's Closing Remarks
    16:45 –17:00
    End of FinTech Connect Exhibition Day 1
    10:15 –10:35
    Fintech’s Perennial Challenge Gets Harder - Navigating Regulation, Compliance and Security in an Age of Heightened Speed and Rates of Failure

    Fintech has always had to balance innovation with control, but the speed of today’s financial ecosystem has raised the cost of getting it wrong. Faster payments, automated decisions and AI-enabled operations all raise the stakes.

    10:40 –11:20
    Regulatory Collaboration or Regulatory Theatre? What Productive Engagement Should Look Like in UK Finance

    UK financial services is entering a period where regulators are asking firms to be faster, safer, more innovative and more accountable at the same time. The FCA’s 2025-2030 strategy explicitly links growth ambitions to smarter, more collaborative supervision.

    11:25 –11:40
    Morning Break
    11:45 –12:05
    The Case for Changing Moral Intention When Developing New Products
    12:10 –12:30
    Crypto Compliance Without the Noise: A Regulated Digital Asset Controls Case Study

    Digital assets are moving deeper into regulated financial services, but institutions still need confidence that innovation is supported by credible controls. This session focuses on what compliant crypto operations actually look like in practice.

    12:35 –13:00
    Being Compliant and Being in Control: Leveraging Leadership and Technology in the Compliance Field
    14:00 –14:40
    The Blast Radius Has Expanded - Governance and Compliance in an Agentic AI Environment

    Agentic AI changes the risk profile of financial services by introducing systems that can act, adapt and escalate at speed. Traditional governance models may struggle when decisions, workflows and exceptions move faster than oversight can keep pace.

    14:45 –15:00
    Afternoon Break
    15:05 –15:25
    Big Data's Role in Compliance in an Era of Proprietary Data Being Paramount

    Compliance teams are sitting on more data than ever, but value depends on quality, access, governance and the ability to turn information into action. The winners will be those who can operationalise proprietary data responsibly.

    15:40 –15:55
    End of FinTech Connect Exhibition Day 2
    Financial Security & Compliance

    Primary Content Themes

    01

    The evolving UK and EU regulatory landscape: FCA, DORA, EU AI Act

    02

    AI and machine learning for regulatory compliance - governance and risk

    03

    AML automation and financial crime detection at scale

    04

    KYC modernisation and digital identity verification

    05

    RegTech-as-a-Service: the economics and the risks

    06

    Operational resilience: from DORA compliance to business continuity

    07

    Fraud interoperability and data sharing across institutions

    08

    Quantum computing implications for financial security

    09

    Rethinking DeFi regulation: AML, sanctions, and smart contracts

    Past Delegations Include

    NatWest
    Barclays
    Standard Chartered
    Schroders
    RaboBank
    Deutsche Bank
    Commerzbank
    Bank of England
    FCA
    CIFAS
    CFIT
    IBM
    Burges Salmon
    Fintech Circle
    obconnect
    Vouchsafe
    Tunic Pay
    Sedric
    Zango
    AMINA Bank