October 10, 2017 – Became Steering Committee Member of Token Awareness, a non-profit initiative, led by William Mougayar, promoting responsible token generation best practices, and curating the best compliance educational resources from around the globe.
May 25-28, 2015 – By invitation, participated in the First Blockchain Summit hosted by Sir Richard Branson on Necker Island, among some of the world’s biggest influencers
July 12, 2013 – Became member of the Regulatory Affairs Committee of the Bitcoin Foundation.
December 13, 2011 – Became member of the Advisory Board of the Association of Money Services Compliance Officers
August, 2008 – Was granted permanent resident status by the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services ”by reason of extraordinary ability” in the fields of Anti-Money Laundering and Combating the Financing of Terrorism.
October, 2006 – Became founding member of the Council of Standards and Practices of the US National Money Transmitters Association.
April 14, 2005 – Became member of the editorial committee of lavadodinero.com, the largest Spanish-language provider of knowledge and resources for AML Compliance professionals.
October 29, 2004 – Became founding member of the New York Chapter of the Association of Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialists.
April 2002 – Became Charter Professional Member of the Association of Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialists (ACAMS).
SPEAKING
Representative Engagements
A Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist since 2003 , Juan has been a lecturer, moderator, panelist, interviewee and organizer of Anti-Money Laundering, Bitcoin, Blockchain and Regulatory Compliance conferences, seminars, workshops and webcasts over 200 times in over 50 countries.
Here are some of Juan’s representative engagements:
December 6, 2021 – Workshop: Blockchain, Crypto Assets and Tokens: The Rise of a New Digital Age [in Spanish], organized by the Universidad de Palermo Business School, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
October 26, 2021 – Lecture: Learning About Virtual Assets, Fintech and Cryptocurrencies [in Spanish], organized by the Superintendencia de Banca, Seguros y AFP, Lima, Perú (online).
October 20, 2021 – Keynote: ”Blockchain, Crypto, and the Dawn of a New Age of Creativity”, Manama Week Annual Conference, Manama, Bahrain (online).
September 9, 2021 – Lecture: Perspectives on FinTech and Cryptocurrencies [In Spanish], organized by the United States Department of State’s Bureau of Global Public Affairs, presented by the US Embassy in Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico (online).
August 25, 2021 – Lecture: Current Perspectives on Financial Technology and Cryptocurrencies [in Spanish], organized by the United States Department of State’s Bureau of Global Public Affairs, presented at the American Chamber of Commerce in Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico (online).
August 9, 2021 – Lecture: Where is AML Headed in the Crypto Space? [in Spanish], Diplomatura en Criptoeconomía, organized by ONG Bitcoin Argentina, Buenos Aires, Argentina (online).
February 3, 2021 – Panel: Venezuela NGOs and the role of Crypto [in Spanish], private roundtable Organized by the Center for Strategic and International Studies, Washington, DC, USA (online).
2020
December 9, 2020 – Panel: How to Promote and Formulate Pro-Crypto Regulation [in Spanish], 8th Latin American Bitcoin Conference, Buenos Aires, Argentina (online).
November 4, 2020 – Keynote: The Wars of the Crypto Worlds: How Crypto is Disrupting Political Structures Everywhere) [in Spanish], Virtual Blockchain Summit LatAm 2020, Santiago, Chile (online).
May 6, 2020 – Panel: Anti-Money Laundering in Crypto, Bitcoin Argentina ONG Virtual Breakfast, Buenos Aires, Argentina (online).
January 14, 2020 – Roundtable: Thriving in a Hyperconnected World: FinTech for Positive Change, RefinitivSocial 100 New York Breakfast, New York, NY, USA.
January 8-9, 2020 – Workshop: Will Cryptocurrencies and Blockchains Require a New Supervisory Paradigm? An In-Depth Collaborative Exploration, Monetary Authority of Singapore, Singapore.
July 5, 2019 – Keynote: Opportunities and Challenges for Fintech Innovation in LatAm (and Elsewhere) [in Spanish], Blockchain Summit LatAm Colombia 2019, Mexico City, Mexico.
April 30-May 1, 2019 – Panel: Should Coins or Tokens Offered in an ICO Be Treated as Securities, Derivatives, Convertible Virtual Currencies, or Prepaid Access? Examining this Question, the Impact of Rising ICOs and How to Proceed Amidst Regulatory Uncertainty, with Chris Daniel, ACI’s 3rd FinTech and Emerging Payments Conference, New York, NY, USA.
October 3-4, 2018 – Panels: Financial Crime Trends: Sovereign Cryptocurrencies: Assessing Trends and AML Implications, and Digital Developments: New Kids on the Blockchain: Opportunities and Issues of Distributed Ledgers, ACAMS 17th Annual AML & Financial Crime Conference, Las Vegas, NV, USA.
July 11, 2018 – Panel: Blockchain and Financial Services: How does Blockchain fit within the regulatory environment?, London Fintech Week 2018, London, UK.
Jun 27-28, 2018 – Panel: Blockchain & Digital Disruption, 10th Plenary and High-Level Meeting of the OECD Initiative for Policy Dialogue on Global Value Chains, Production Transformation and Development, Paris, France.
Apr 9-11, 2018 – Panel: Digital Identity Solutions for KYC and AML, BlockFin Summit, organized by LendFintech USA 2018, San Francisco, CA, USA.
Mar 28-29, 2019 – Talk: Racing to Develop Blockchain Policy, Step Conference 2018, Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
Mar 16, 2018 – Workshop: Regulatory Approaches to Blockchain & Cryptocurrencies, II Meeting of FinTech Experts, organized by the Center for Latin American Monetary Studies, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Feb 21, 2018 – Workshop: Understanding the blockchain and its impact on financial services, Banking Innovation Day, and Keynote: Ten Lessons for Entrepreneurs, Digital Transformation Forum, Arabnet Beirut 2018, Beirut, Lebanon.
Feb 5-8, 2018 – Talks: Presenting Like a Pro: How to Design and Deliver Impactful Talks, and Reinventing Regulation for the 21st Century, ConsenSys Retreat, Faro, Portugal.
November 29, 2017 – Talks: Blockchain’s Transformative Potential in Financial Services and Regulators Working Alongside Banks to Develop Regulatory Frameworks, 3rd Anti Cyber Crime Forum, Beirut, Lebanon.
July 5-6, 2017 – Keynote: Banking on Blockchain: How blockchain technology is changing lending, payments, insurance, trade finance and regulatory compliance, 3er Congreso America Digital 2017, Santiago, Chile.
May 19, 2017 – Panel: Disrupt or Be Disrupted: New Business Models in a Decentralizing World, Ethereal Summit, organized by ConsenSys, Brooklyn, NY, USA.
December 5, 2016 – Panel: A Powerful Global Cyber Currency is on the Horizon. Is Canada Ready for It?, Financial and Risk Summit, organized by Thomson-Reuters, Toronto, Canada.
November 16, 2016 – Panel: Self-Sovereign Identity Solutions, Identity & KYC Summit, New York, NY, USA.
October 4, 6, 18 & 20, 2016 – Keynote: Virtual Currency Risk Management, FRAMLxpo, organized by Verafin, Grapevine, TX, Palm Springs, CA, Mashantucket, CT, Lincolnshire, IL, USA.
September 20-22, 2016 – Panel: Forcing the Virtual Currency Square Peg into the Round Hole of Regulation: Can It Be Done?, 22nd MTRA Annual Conference, Tucson, AZ, USA.
September 15-16, 2016 – Panel: Digital, Virtual, and Crypto Currencies: Assessing and Overcoming the Regulatory and Compliance Challenges Relating to Bitcoin and Its Brethren, and Evaluating the Long-Term Viability of Such Currencies, 13th National Forum on Emerging Payment Systems, organized by American Conference Institute, Washington, DC, USA.
September 13-14, 2016 – Panel: What will Regulatory Frameworks and Oversight Look Like in the Blockchain Era?, Blockchain World Congress, New York, NY, USA.
February 16, 2016 – Keynote: The Great Fintech Regulation Barrier Reef: Avoiding the Shipwreck, and Panel: Blockchain & Digital Identity: Changing the World of Finance in Latin America, Finnosummit, organized by Finnovista, Bogotá, Colombia.
December 9-12, 2015 – Working Group (Chair): Regulatory Oversight, Regulatory Roundtable: AML & CFT Profiling, and Panels: Regulatory challenges and today’s operational risks: understanding the legal framework for blockchain technologies and Today’s and tomorrow’s applications of blockchain technology, or, how will the blockchain impact our daily lives?, Sydney Blockchain Workshops, organized by COALA Global, Sydney, Australia.
November 9-12, 2015 – Panels: The Role of Governments and Industry, and Innovation in the Money Transfer Sector, International Money Transfer Conferences IMTC World 2015, Miami, FL, USA.
November 4, 2015 – Talk: Payments Disruption in the Age of Cryptocurrency. Crypto-currencies, International Remittances & Regulation, Digital Financial Services Deep Dive, organized by the Inter-American Development Bank, Washington, DC, USA.
October 29, 2015 – Talk: Hurdles in the Way of Success for Fintech & Blockchain Startups, BBVA Open Talent Mentoring, Mexico City, Mexico.
October 11-13, 2015 – Working Group (Chair): Law, Policy and Regulation on Blockchain Tech, and Panel: Financial regulations and policy for blockchain applications, organized by COALA Blockchain Workshops, Hong Kong, HK.
July 8-9, 2015 – Talk: Bitcoin & the Disruptive Potential of Blockchain Technology, Congreso Chile Digital 2015, Santiago, Chile.
June 14-16, 2015 – Working Group (Participant): Jurisdictional Issues and Financial Regulation, and Panel: From Financial Exclusion to Inclusion, organized by Blockchain Global Impact, London, UK.
April 23, 2015 – Talk: AML/CFT, Digital Identity, Privacy, Data & Security, Digital Currency Summit, Madrid, Spain.
April 20-21, 2015 – Workshops: Virtual Currencies, Emerging Payment Systems & Financial Risk and Financial Crime Lanscape for MSBs , ACFCS Financial Crime Conference & Exhibition, New York, NY, USA.
April 9-10, 2015 – Lecture: Evaluating the Risks of Virtual Currencies, Dark Markets & Anonymous Technologies (in Spanish), and Panel: AML Challenges of Financial Inclusion and Technology and How to Mitigate the Risks (in Spanish), Sexto Congreso Antilavado Bancamérica, organized by Banco de Ahorro y Crédito de las Américas, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.
November 22-23, 2014 – Talk: Bitcoin and Anti-Money Laundering Regulation: Strategies for Successful Compliance and Government Relations (in French), InsideBitcoins Paris, Paris, France.
November 5-6, 2014 – Panel: Regulating Money Transmission in a New Era: Where Does Cryptocurrency Fit?, 20th MTRA Annual Conference, Boston, MA, USA.
October 30, 2014 – Panel: Alternative Payments and Crypto Currencies, organized by Pine Brook Partners, New York, NY, USA.
October 23-24, 2014 – Lecture: Bitcoin and Virtual Currencies – Preparing for a Paradigm Change, 10th Annual AML/Compliance and Financial Crime Conference, organized by Global Compliance Solutions, George Town, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands.
October 6-7, 2014 – Workshop: Bitcoin and Anti-Money Laundering Regulation: Strategies for Successful Compliance and Government Relations, and Panel: Bitcoin, Remittances and the Developing World, InsideBitcoins Las Vegas, Las Vegas, NV, USA.
September 22-23, 2014 – Panel: Digital, Virtual and Crypto Currencies: Effects of the New Entrants and Technologies on Compliance, Identity Theft, Fraud Reduction, Monetization & Mobile Payments, American Conference Institute’s Emerging Payments Systems Conference, Washington, DC, USA.
September 15-16, 2014 – Panel: Bitcoin in Africa: What is Required for Mass Acceptance?, InsideBitcoins London, London, UK.
August 26, 2014 – Talk: How to Obtain Licenses, Land Bank Accounts & Build a World-Class Risk Management Program, Silicon Valley Bitcoin Meetup, Sunnyvale, CA, USA.
July 14-15, 2014 – Lecture: Virtual Currencies Compliance, Prepaid Compliance Conference organized by Apex-All Payments Expo, Atlanta, GA, USA.
July 9-10, 2014 – Talk: Bitcoin and Anti-Money Laundering Regulation: Strategies for Successful Compliance and Government Relations, InsideBitcoins Australia 2014, Melbourne, Australia.
April 10-11, 2014 – Workshop: AML and Compliance Challenges Facing Cryptocurrency Companies, AML Working Group, @DATAuthority ’s First Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, USA.
February 19, 2014 – Talk: Bitcoin & Crypto-currencies: Risks & Opportunities, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, Washington, DC, USA.
February 18, 2014 – Talk: Rethinking Money Transmitter Regulation in the Digital Age, International Symposium for Legislative Action, organized by the National Money Transmitters Association, Washington, DC, USA.
January 15, 2014 – Expert Roundtable: Bitcoin & Crypto-Currency Technology Investment Opportunities, organized by Wedbush Capital Research, New York, NY, USA.
October 3, 2013 – Webinar: Transactional Data Analysis in Electronic and Virtual Currency Payments (in Spanish), produced by MVC Risks and Universidad Católica de Uruguay, Montevideo, Uruguay.
August 27, 2013 – Webinar: Transactional Data Analysis in Electronic and Virtual Currency Payments (in Spanish), produced by MVC Risks and Forum Executive Information, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
August 14, 2013 – Lecture: Conducting a Risk Assessment and Designing a Compliance Program for Virtual Curriencies. Virtual Currencies Compliance Conference, organized by the National Money Transmitters Association, Manhattan, NY, USA.
July 8-10, 2013 – Full-Day Workshop: Applied Data Analysis Secrets for Compliance Professionals, and Lecture: Leveraging Transactional Analysis for Marketing Effectiveness, 5th Annual AML/CFT, Anti-Fraud & Financial Crimes Conference, organized by KAW Management Services Ltd., St. John’s, Antigua.
March 4, 2013 – Talk: Is US Regulation the Single Biggest Threat to Bitcoin? organized by New York City Bitcoins MeetUp, New York, NY, USA.
2012
August 20-21, 2012 – Lecture: Data Analysis Secrets for Compliance Professionals, 4th Annual AML/CFT, Anti-Fraud & Financial Crimes Conference, organized by KAW Management Services Ltd., St. John’s, Antigua.
July 18-20, 2012 – Lecture: Money Remittances: Risk and Compliance Management Models for a Profitable Business (in Spanish) and Panel: The Effect of International Regulation on Business Performance in Latin America (in Spanish), Séptimo Congreso de Prevención del Lavado de Activos, organized by CIPLAD, San José, Costa Rica.
April 12-13, 2012 – Lecture: Evaluating the vulnerabilities of Electronic and Mobile Products and Emerging Technologies (in Spanish), and Panel: Role and Responsibilities of the Board of Directors in AML/CFT (in Spanish), Tercer Congreso Antilavado enfocado en la Gestión Integral del Gobierno Corporativo y Cumplimiento, organized by Banco de Ahorro y Crédito de las Américas, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.
2011
August 30, 2011 – Lecture: The Nuts and Bolts of Prepaid Cards and Mobile Payments (in Spanish), Jornada Anual de Prevención de Lavado de Activos, organized by Banking Consulting Services S.A., Buenos Aires, Argentina.
August 15-16, 2011 – Lecture: Creating a Compliance-Supporting Culture – How to Embed Compliance Into the Organization’s DNA for Sustainable Results, 3rd Annual AML/CFT, Anti-Fraud & Financial Crimes Conference, organized by KAW Management Services Ltd., St. John’s, Antigua.
June 18, 2011 – Lectures: Best Practices for the Design of Internal Controls, and Advanced Excel for Compliance Professionals (in Spanish) organized by the Bolsa de Valores de la República Dominicana, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.
2010
October 14-15, 2010 – Lectures: a) The Nuts and Bolts of Prepaid and Mobile Payments – Understanding the Operational, Compliance and Business Challenges Posed by Prepaid Cards and b) Creating a Compliance-Supporting Culture, 6th Annual AML/Compliance and Financial Crime Conference, organized by Global Compliance Solutions, George Town, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands.
April 28-29, 2010 – Panels: a) Changes in MSB Regulation from the US Perspective, and b) A Decade of Crisis: Are Compliance and Ethics Programs Poised to Fail?, and Workshops: a) Advanced Excel for Compliance Professionals, and b) The Convergence Between Risk and Performance Management. How Compliance Can Become a Strategic Value-Creation Unit (in Spanish), Conferencia sobre Lavado de Activos, organized by Banco de Ahorro y Crédito de las Américas, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.
March 15, 2010 – Webcast: Advanced Excel for Compliance Professionals (in Spanish), produced by ACAMS.
2009
November 11-13, 2009 – Workshop: a) The Convergence Between Risk and Performance Management. How Compliance Can Become a Strategic Value-Creation Unit, and b) Advanced Excel for Compliance Professionals, and Panel: Practical Solutions to Challenges, Doubts and Issues Facing Compliance Officers (in Spanish), ACAMS´3rd Latin American Anti-Money Laundering Conference, Cancún, Mexico.
October 19-21, 2009 – Panel: Strategies for Complying with Changing Regulations for MSBs, and Roundtable Discussion on MSBs, Institute for International Research’s 18th Annual AMLAC, AML, Compliance, Audit & Fraud Forum, New York, NY, USA.
2008
November 10-12, 2008 – Panels: a) Managing the Convergence of Fraud and Money Laundering, Compliance with Regulations for MSBs and Prepaid Cards, and b) Tools and Techniques for Identifying Fraudulent Activity, Institute for International Research’s 17th Annual AMLAC, AML, Compliance, Audit & Fraud Forum, New York, NY, USA.
October 23, 2008 – Webcast: Lessons Learned from Recent Enforcement Actions (in Spanish), produced by ACAMS.
October 6-7, 2008 – Lecture: The Compliance-Performance Tug of War, Meeting the Challenge of Complying While Containing Costs and Enhancing Performance, 4th Anti Money Laundering and Compliance Conference, organized by Global Compliance Solutions, George Town, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands.
October 3, 2008 – Lecture: Regulatory Risk. A US and European Perspective. (in Spanish), Universidad de Palermo Business School, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
September 22-23, 2008 – Panels: a) Know Your Customer for MSBs and b) Cross-Border Prepaid Money Transmission Cards, 3rd Annual International Money Transmitters Convention, organized by the National Money Transmitters Association, Fort Lauderdale, FL, USA.
February 14, 2008 – Panel: Developing Successful Risk Mitigation Techniques for MSBs, Institute for International Research’s AMLAC Anti-Money Laundering and Compliance West Forum, San Francisco, CA, USA.
2007
November 15-16, 2007 – Seminar: Transaction Monitoring. Balancing Judgment with Technology, International Money Transmitters Convention, organized by the National Money Transmitters Association, Fort Lauderdale, FL, USA.
October 12, 2007 – Panels: a) The Looming Money Laundering Threat: Cyberlaundering and the Preventions in Place, and b) Using Stored-Value Cards as a Money Laundering Vehicle, AML USA Annual Conference, New York, NY, USA.
September 17-19, 2007 – Workshop: AML Compliance Strategies form Money Services Businesses, and Panel: Managing Risks with Credit Cards, Prepaid Cards and Remittance Firms, Institute for International Research’s 16th Annual AMLAC, AML, Compliance, Audit & Fraud Forum, New York, NY, USA.
February 27, 2007 – Panel: How MSBs are Mitigating Money Laundering Risk, Institute for International Research’s AMLAC Anti-Money Laundering and Compliance West Forum, San Francisco, CA, USA.
2006
December 6, 2006 – Conference Chairman: AMLUSA – Strategic Thinking and Tactical Solutions for AML, organized by IncisiveMedia, and panel (moderator): Money Services Businesses: A High-Risk Sector? Regaining Trust and Confidence from the Banking Industry, New York, NY, USA.
October 30-31, 2006 – Seminar: The Money Transmitter Compliance Program – A Quick Training for Compliance Officers; Panel: A Banker’s Dialogue, and Workshop: Data Analysis Secrets for Compliance Professionals, International Money Transmitters Convention, organized by the National Money Transmitters Association, Fort Lauderdale, FL, USA.
October 23-24, 2006 – Lecture: Know Your Employee Best Practices, 3rd Annual Conference organized by the Caribbean Regional Compliance Association and the International Compliance Association, Bridgetown, Barbados.
September 18-21, 2006 – Panel: How MSBs are Mitigating Money Laundering Risk, Institute for International Research’s 15th Annual Anti-Money Laundering and Compliance Forum, New York, NY, USA.
May 1, 2006 – Lecture: Money Laundering Regulation and Prevention, as part of Spring semester course on Informal and Illicit Economies offered by New School University, New York, NY, USA.
2005
December 2, 2005 – Webcast: Creating a Culture of Compliance, with Shirley A. Webb, CAMS, produced by Alert Global Media.
November 21, 2005 – Keynote: The Compliance-Performance Tug of War, Meeting the Challenge of Complying While Containing Costs and Enhancing Performance, 1st Annual Anti-Money Laundering and Compliance Conference, organized by Global Compliance Services, George Town, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands.
October 20, 2005 – Panel: Best Practices in AML and ATF Procedures, Anti-Money Laundering in the Securities and Investment Industries Conference, organized by Financial Markets World, New York, NY, USA.
September 23, 2005 – Seminar: Money Laundering Risks in Trans-border Money Transmitters, 1st Money Laundering Detection and Prevention Congress, organized by the Honduran Banking Association, Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
August 3-5, 2005 – Panels: a) MSBs-How to Manage the Problem of Bank Account Closings, and b) Suspicious Activity Monitoring: How to Maximize the Use Technology for Suspicion Detection, Money Laundering Alert´s 6th Latin American Money Laundering Conference, Mexico City, Mexico.
June 27-28, 2005 – Seminar: Risk management and AML Systems and Controls in the Remittances Industry, 1st Colombian AML Conference, organized by Milersen Consulting, LLC, Bogotá, Colombia.
May 6, 2005 – Webcast: Protecting your non-banking institution or business from money launderers. Risks, Safeguards, and Best Practices, with Jorge A. Guerrero, CAMS, produced by Alert Global Media.
March 8, 2005 – Testimony at Joint Meeting of the Non-Bank Financial Institutions and Examinations Subcommittees of the Bank Secrecy Act Advisory Group, Washington, D.C., USA
March 2-5, 2005 Panels: a) Basic Training in ML and the US Legal Requirements; b) MSBs-AML Programs, Best Practices and Bank Accounts, and c) The Potential Enemy Within-Selecting, Training and Keeping Good Employees, Money Laundering Alert´s 10th International Money Laundering Conference, Miami, FL, USA
August 11-13, 2004 – Panel: The Seven Key Elements of an AML Training Program for Financial Institutions (in Spanish), Money Laundering Alert’s 5th Latin American Money Laundering Conference, San José, Costa Rica.
February 4, 2012 – Started Contrarian Compliance, bilingual blog targeted to executives, entrepreneurs, ‘crypto-preneurs’, and business-savvy compliance professionals around the world.
June 27, 2006 – Article: Spanish Regulation Clashes with Implementation of 3rd EU Directive (in Spanish), Lavadodinero.com
February 2006 – LiveChat Transcript: Declassifying and Identifying MSBs: Exploring New Approaches in the Fight Against Account Closings, published on ACAMS.org
December 2005 – Article: Risk Management + Performance: the Business Challenge of the Day, published in The Cayman Islands Journal
September 9, 2005 – Article: AML Controls at Pay-Out Locations (in Spanish), published on lavadodinero.com website
June, 2005 – Articles: a) New Spanish law takes MSBs by storm and b) FATF study equips U.S. licensed remitters with tool to fight high-risk label, published in June 2005 issue of Money Laundering Alert’s monthly newsletter and website
May 18, 2005 – Pre-Conference Interview Transcript (in Spanish), published on lavadodinero.com website
May, 2005 – Article: Psychological Barriers Impede Training for MSB Staff (in English), published in May 2005 issue of Money Laundering Alert’s monthly newsletter and website
February, 2005 – Article: MSBs – Tips on Choosing AML Software (in English), published in February 2005 issue of Money Laundering Alert’s monthly newsletter and website
September, 2003 – Interview Transcript (in English), published in Vol. 2 Num. 5 issue of ACAMS Today, the official newsletter of the Association of Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialists
June 13-15, 2012 – Center of Financial Services Innovation’s 6th Annual Underbanked Financial Services Forum, San Francisco, CA, USA.
April 12-13, 2012 – Tercer Congreso Antilavado enfocado en la Gestión Integral del Gobierno Corporativo y Cumplimiento, organized by Banco de Ahorro y Crédito de las Américas, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.
2011
October 10-December 18, 2011 – Introduction to Artificial Intelligence (Advanced Track), taught by Sebastian Thrun (Stanford, Google) and Peter Norvig (Google), organized in association with Stanford Engineering.
October 3-6, 2011 – 21st MTRA Annual Conference, Jacksonville, FL, USA.
August 15-16, 2011 – 3rd Annual AML/CFT, Anti-Fraud & Financial Crimes Conference, organized by KAW Management Services Ltd., St. John’s, Antigua.
June 18, 2011 – Anti-Money Laundering Seminar, organized by the Bolsa de Valores de la República Dominicana, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.
June 8-10, 2011 – Center of Financial Services Innovation’s 6th Annual Underbanked Financial Services Forum, New Orleans, LA, USA.
April 13-15, 2011 – International Money Transmitters Convention West 2011 and First Money Transmitters Compliance Officers Summit, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
March 6-8, 2011 – 6th Prepaid Card Expo, Orlando, FL, USA.
February 8-9, 2011 – Visa Prepaid Forum, Scottsdale, AZ, USA.
2010
November 18, 2010 – Data Mining and Predictive Modeling Workshop, organized by IBM-SPSS, New York, NY, USA.
October 14-15, 2010 – 6th Caribbean AML Conference, George Town, organized by Global Compliance Services, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands.
September 14, 2010 – Introduction to Enterprise Business Intelligence with Microstrategy, organized by Microstrategy, New York, NY, USA
September 8, 2010 – 6th Annual Terrorism Financing and Money Laundering Forum, organized by SAS, Cary, NC, USA
June 6-8, 2010 – Center for Financial Services Innovation’s 5th Annual Underbanked Financial Services Forum, Miami, FL, USA.
March 22-24, 2010 – 5th Prepaid Card Expo, Las Vegas, NV, USA.
February 6-8, 2010 – Visa Prepaid Forum, Scottsdale, AZ, USA.
2009
November 11-13, 2009 – ACAMS´ 3rd Latin American Anti-Money Laundering Conference, Cancún, Mexico.
October 19-21, 2009 – 18th Annual Anti-Money Laundering, Fraud, Compliance and Audit Forum, organized by the Institute for International Research, New York, NY, USA.
October 3-6, 2009 – 4th Annual International Money Transmitters Convention, organized by the National Money Transmitters Association, Miami, FL, USA.
September 2-4, 2009 – 19th MTRA Annual Conference, Stowe, VT, USA.
March 9-11, 2009 – 4th Prepaid Card Expo, Orlando, FL, USA.
2008
November 10-12, 2008 – 17th Annual Anti-Money Laundering, Fraud, Compliance and Audit Forum, organized by the Institute for International Research, New York, NY, USA.
October 6-7, 2008 – 4th Caribbean AML Conference, organized by Global Compliance Services, George Town, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands.
September 22-23, 2008 – 3rd Annual International Money Transmitters Convention, organized by the National Money Transmitters Association, Fort Lauderdale, FL, USA.
September 8-10, 2008 – 7th Annual International Money Laundering Conference & Exhibition, organized by ACAMS, Las Vegas, NV, USA.
September 3-5, 2008 – 18th MTRA Annual Conference, Jackson Hole, WY, USA.
July 7, 2008 – Predictive Analytics Applied, with Eric Siegel, NY, USA.
April 11-May 9, 2008 – Introduction to Quantitative Risk Analysis, with Dr. Huybert Groenendaal.
March 17-19, 2008 – Money Laundering Alert´s 13th International Money Laundering Conference, Hollywood, FL, USA.
February, 12-15, 2008 – 2nd Annual Anti-Money Laundering and Compliance Forum West, organized by the Institute for International Research, San Francisco, CA, USA.
2007
November 15-16, 2007 – 2nd Annual International Money Transmitters Convention, organized by the National Money Transmitters Association, Fort Lauderdale, FL, USA.
October 12, 2007 – AML USA Conference – Strategic and Tactical Solutions for AML, organized by IncisiveMedia, New York, NY, USA.
October 9-11, 2007 – 17th MTRA Annual Conference, Charlotte, NC, USA.
September, 17-19. 2007 – 16th Annual Anti-Money Laundering and Compliance Forum, organized by the Institute for International Research, New York, NY, USA.
September 14-Oct 12, 2007 – Introduction to Data Mining with Dr. Anthony Babinec.
February, 27, 2007 – 1st Annual Anti-Money Laundering and Compliance Forum West, organized by the Institute for International Research, San Francisco, CA, USA.
2006
December 6, 2006 – AML USA Conference – Strategic and Tactical Solutions for AML, organized by IncisiveMedia, New York, NY, USA.
November 13-15, 2006 – 16th MTRA Annual Conference, Santa Fe, NM, USA.
October 30-31, 2006 – 1st International Money Transmitters Convention, organized by the National Money Transmitters Association, Fort Lauderdale, FL, USA.
October 23-24, 2006 – 3rd Annual Conference organized by the Caribbean Regional Compliance Association and the International Compliance Association, St. Michael, Barbados.
September, 18-21, 2006 – 15th Annual Anti-Money Laundering and Compliance Forum, organized by the Institute for International Research, New York, NY, USA.
August 2-4, 2006 – Money Laundering Alert´s 7th Latin American Money Laundering Conference, Mexico City, Mexico.
March 15-17, 2006 – Money Laundering Alert´s 11th International Money Laundering Conference, Hollywood, FL, USA.
2005
November 30, 2005 – Compliance 05 Risk Management Conference, New York City, NY, USA.
November 21, 2005 – 1st Annual Seminar and Panel Discussions, organized by Global Compliance Services, George Town, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands.
November 6-9, 2005 – 15th MTRA Annual Conference, Charleston, SC, USA.
September 23, 2005 – 1st Money Laundering Detection and Prevention Congress, organized by the Honduran Banking Association, Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
August 3-5, 2005 – Money Laundering Alert´s 6th Latin American Money Laundering Conference, Mexico City, Mexico.
June 27-28, 2005 – 1st Colombian AML Conference, organized by Milersen Consulting, LLC, Bogotá, Colombia.
March 2-5, 2005 – Money Laundering Alert´s 10th International Money Laundering Conference, Hollywood, FL, USA.
February 15, 2005 – ACAMSLearn Webcast Risk Scoring: Customers and Transactions, USA.
September 13, 2004 – 14th MTRA Annual Conference, Denver, CO, USA.
August 19, 2004 – ACAMSLearn Webcast: Money Laundering Through the Internet, Stored-Value Cards and ATMs: The Players, the Confusion and the Danger Zones.
August 11-13, 2004 – Money Laundering Alert’s 5th Latin American Money Laundering Conference, San José, Costa Rica.
April 22, 2004 – JPMorganChase Meeting with MSB Peers, New York, NY, USA.
February 4-6, 2004 – Money Laundering Alert´s 9th International Money Laundering Conference, Miami, FL, USA.
2003
October 20-22, 2003 – 13th MTRA Annual Conference, Orlando, FL, USA.
July 30, 2003 – ACAMSLearn Webcast: Detecting and Reporting Suspicious Activity: A Banking Scenario.
May 30, 2003 – CAMS Exam Preparation Seminar, New York, NY, USA.
May 20, 2003 – ACAMSLearn Webcast: Surviving Section 326: The New Final Customer Identification and Verification Requirements of the USA Patriot Act, USA.
April 16, 2003 – Automating Anti-Money Laundering to Fight Financial Crimes, Business Finance/Microsoft Webcast, USA.
March 26-28, 2003 – Money Laundering Alert´s 8th International Money Laundering Conference, Miami, FL, USA.
2002
October 4, 2002 – Michael McDonald Compliance Seminar, Quisqueyana headquarters, New York, NY, USA.
March, 4 2002 – ECOSystem Training Session, External Compliance Officer, Inc., Union City, NJ, USA.
February 20-22, 2002 – Money Laundering Alert´s 7th International Money Laundering Conference, Miami, FL, USA.
May 5, 2020 – By invitation, became member of the Joint Working Group on InterVASP Messaging Standards