AICB and Napier held their first webinar collaboration for the year on 24 Mar 2022 @ 2 pm titled “Follow the Money – Understanding the Gaps and Applications of Artificial Intelligence in AML”, featuring the following speakers: Dr Janet Bastiman, Chief Data Scientist, Napier, UK; Rana Datta, Managing Director, Risk and Compliance Lead SEA & RegTech Practice Lead APAC, Protiviti, Singapore; and Chu Mansfield, Former Senior Compliance Officer, Global Markets APAC, BNP Paribas, Singapore; Former Senior Anti-Bribery & Corruption Advisor, Deutsche Bank, Singapore. Discussions centred on new and evolving criminal typologies that are driving financial crime, and how artificial intelligence (AI) can not only detect existing typologies, but also identify unknown patterns. Moderated by Robin Lee, Head of APAC, Napier, Singapore, the session also covered the application of AI in AML, predicate crimes and its impact on financial crime, the implementation of AI in AML processes and key considerations when selecting a technology partner, as well ethics and AI in practicality. The webinar was attended by over 280 individuals.