Where TradFi Meets Digital Assets: Evolving AML & Financial Crime Controls

Where TradFi Meets Digital Assets: Evolving AML & Financial Crime Controls

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Where TradFi Meets Digital Assets: Evolving AML & Financial Crime Controls

09 Mar 2026

Convergence & Control

  • What does a workable financial crime framework look like when TradFi services digital asset firms?
  • What does “effective collaboration” between TradFi and DeFi actually look like?
  • Are traditional bank AML models fit for purpose in an on-chain environment — or do they need redesign?

Risk Appetite & Governance

  • How do institutions define and defend their risk appetite for digital assets?
  • Where should banks draw the line when engaging with permissionless protocols?

Technology, Monitoring & Intelligence

  • How are firms using blockchain analytics in real-world financial crime monitoring?
  • How is blockchain analytics genuinely enhancing financial crime detection — beyond marketing claims?

  • What does effective SAR reporting look like in an on-chain context for MLRO?

Due Diligence & Institutional Standards for Digital Assets

  • What does “good” institutional due diligence look like for digital asset firms today?

  • What governance standards should tokenisation and digital asset infrastructure meet to gain institutional trust?
  • How do we balance innovation, consumer protection, and regulatory expectations in practice?

 Forward-Looking

  • What must change internally — people, policy, or technology — for TradFi and DeFi to truly coexist?

  • What is the biggest financial crime risk the industry is still underestimating?

Chairperson
Noor Ali, Senior Partner & Head of Middle East - BitCompli
Speakers
Oleksandra Sokolova, Institutional Due Diligence Specialist - Uphold
Claire Conby, Head of Compliance & MLRO - ClearToken
Dhanush Lodhia, EMEA MLRO & Head of Compliance - Wirex