Farah Pandith

On FINCast Episode 37, Juan Zarate sits down with Will Inboden, K2 Integrity’s Michele Malvesti, and Farah Pandith to discuss the upcoming book, Hand-Off: The Foreign Policy George W. Bush Passed to Barack Obama. Tune in for a look back at the foreign policy transition between the Bush and Obama administrations from a unique group of national security and foreign policy thinkers.

Ep 37- "Hand-Off" with Will Inboden, Michele Malvesti, and Farah Pandith

On FINCast Episode 36, Juan Zarate hosts a roundtable discussion with K2 Integrity’s Mariano Federici, Bryan Stirewalt, and Emma Walker to discuss what they are watching for 2023 in the financial crime and sanctions landscape. Tune in to hear what some of the most renowned senior regulators in the world are following in the regulatory and risk environment for the year ahead.

Ep 36- Regulators’ Roundtable to Forecast 2023

On FINCast Episode 35, Juan Zarate interviews K2 Integrity’s own Bryan Stirewalt, a renowned, global financial regulator with 35 years of U.S. and international experience. Juan and Bryan discuss the challenges for regulators and the financial system in a quickly evolving digital financial and commercial world. They explore how regulators should be managing the risks inherent in the crypto ecosystem, the complexities of sanctions implementation, and the growing regulatory attention on ESG. As a global regulatory thought leader, Bryan provides reflective insights as the financial system faces a myriad of challenges in a more fractious geopolitical environment.

Ep 35- A Conversation with Bryan Stirewalt: Challenges for Financial Regulation in a Digital World

Stuart Levey, the first ever Under Secretary of the US Treasury for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence, joins his former colleague Juan Zarate, Global Co-Managing Partner, for a one-on-one conversation about Levey’s career and insights on some of the most important financial integrity topics of the day – from Russia sanctions to the state of the crypto industry. Levey brings deep experience from his storied career and in holding critical positions at some of the leading financial institutions in the world, including as Chief Legal Officer for HSBC and CEO of Diem. He shares a lifetime of lessons in financial integrity in a wide-ranging conversation with Zarate in this episode of FINCast.

Ep 34-  A Storied Journey in the World of Financial Integrity: A Conversation with Stuart Levey

Amidst the fast-moving events with Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, FINCast recorded an episode on February 25, 2022, to examine developments and the role of sanctions in this seismic and complex geopolitical event. On FINCast Episode 33, Juan Zarate interviews Foundation for the Defense of Democracies’ Brad Bowman and K2 Integrity’s Katya Hazard about the situation on the ground, the weight and importance of sanctions as a principal tool in response, and what sanctions and financial measures against Russia mean for the ongoing conflict.With the international community now moving to isolate Russia from the financial and commercial system, this FINCast provides a snapshot of events and insights into how sanctions have been used as a tool of economic statecraft, whether to apply a maximalist sanctions approach to Russian aggression, and how the international community should respond next if sanctions cannot deter further aggression.

Amidst the fast-moving events with Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, FINCast recorded an episode on February 25, 2022, to examine developments and the role of sanctions in this seismic and complex geopolitical event. On FINCast Episode 33, Juan Zarate interviews Foundation for the Defense of Democracies’ Brad Bowman and K2 Integrity’s Katya Hazard about the situation on the ground, the weight and importance of sanctions as a principal tool in response, and what sanctions and financial measures against Russia mean for the ongoing conflict.<br><br>With the international community now moving to isolate Russia from the financial and commercial system, this FINCast provides a snapshot of events and insights into how sanctions have been used as a tool of economic statecraft, whether to apply a maximalist sanctions approach to Russian aggression, and how the international community should respond next if sanctions cannot deter further aggression.

Ep 33- Russian Invasion of Ukraine: The Role of Sanctions and the Rupture of the International Order

Dante Disparte

Circle

Few industries saw as much buzz as the world of cryptocurrency, stablecoins, and digital payments in 2021. Beyond the hype, what does the digital assets economy look like, and how are regulators and policymakers treating the crypto ecosystem? What does the future of the crypto economy, stablecoins and the financial system look like? On FINCast Episode 32, Juan Zarate interviews Circle’s Dante Disparte and Mandeep Walia about the state of the digital assets economy and regulation in the space, while also diving deep on the role of stablecoins like USDC and Circle’s place in the ecosystem. As new technology evolves and adoption grows, Juan, Dante, and Mandeep discuss how the risks of the digital assets economy need to be managed and how stablecoins and digital payments can help promote financial inclusion, transparency, and integrity. Tune in to this episode to hear more about the latest trends and insights on the ongoing public debate—and how the U.S. can maintain a competitive edge in the digital currency race.

Ep. 32-Future of the Digital Payment Ecosystem & Stablecoins: Circle’s Dante Disparte, Mandeep Walia

Greg Miller

The Pandora Papers: As the world absorbs the explosive revelations in the mass amounts of leaked financial documents, what do the Pandora Papers reveal about the way global elites move and hide money in the international financial system and how regulations and policies for financial transparency are working or overpowered? On this episode of FINCast, K2 Integrity’s Juan Zarate hosts Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Greg Miller from The Washington Post, discussing Greg’s in-depth reporting and analysis of the Pandora Papers’ exposure of the challenges to financial transparency, good governance, corruption, and national security. While the reaction to illicit activity and financial secrecy ripples throughout the world, fundamental questions remain: will these revelations prompt action to address high-level corruption and financial crimes, accelerate regulatory changes to ensure transparency and accountability, and spur action to address growing economic inequity and safeguard the integrity of the global financial system?

Ep. 31 – The Pandora Papers: A Conversation with Greg Miller, The Washington Post

The Taliban Takeover of Afghanistan: What does it mean for sanctions, the country’s economy, and emerging financial crimes risks? Join K2 Integrity’s counterterrorist financing and risk experts Danny Glaser, Eric Lorber, and Gail Fuller as they discuss with K2 Integrity’s Juan Zarate the fundamental questions and effects surrounding the application of sanctions to Afghanistan, tools and leverage the U.S. and other countries may have in the economic domain, and the broader financial and commercial risks attendant to the Taliban takeover of the Afghan economy.

Ep. 30 - The Taliban Takeover of Afghanistan

Jules Kroll

In this episode, K2 Integrity’s Juan Zarate conducts a fascinating conversation with K2 Integrity Chairman and Co-Founder Jules Kroll that links past and present challenges in the corporate security and business intelligence industries and looks to the future on the global dangers of cyber threats. Touching on topics such as the national security imperatives of asset recovery and weaponization of misleading and inaccurate information, Jules Kroll brings his 50 years of experience to bear in this prescient interview.

Ep. 29 - A Conversation with Jules Kroll

In this episode, K2 Integrity’s Juan Zarate is joined by his colleagues Danny Glaser and Chip Poncy to discuss fraud and cybercrime challenges related to COVID-19, expectations for sanctions policy, and the Anti-Money Laundering Reform Act of 2020.

Ep. 28 – The Outlook for Financial Integrity for 2021

FINCast is an exciting hub of conversation encompassing the world's most pressing financial integrity-related issues, including anti-money laundering/counter-terrorist financing (AML/CFT), anti-bribery and corruption, financial and cyber crime vulnerabilities, and fin-tech and new technologies.

In this episode, K2 Integrity's Juan Zarate moderates a lively discussion on the possibilities and excitement around the novel application of federated machine learning to combat illicit finance and redesign the AML/CFT system. The vision and technology come alive for the audience with guests Gary Shiffman, of Consilient, and Nikhil Deshpande and Parviz Peiravi, of Intel.

Ep. 27 - Revolutionizing AML Using Federated Machine Learning

In this episode, Juan Zarate, FIN Chairman and Co-Founder, speaks with K2-FIN Vice President Mariano Federici, a leading global expert in anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing (AML/CFT), about financial intelligence and the global anti-money laundering system.

Ep. 26 – A Conversation with Mariano Federici: Financial Intelligence and the Global AML System

Apolo Ohno

In this episode, Juan Zarate, FIN Chairman and Co-Founder, speaks with former Olympian Apolo Ohno about his interest in the rapid evolution of digital currencies and his own transformation from world-class athlete to entrepreneur, author and educator on unlocking the ‘gold-medal’ mindset to overcome challenges.

Ep. 25 - Conversation with Apolo Ohno: Identity, Reinvention, and the Global Digital Transformation

In this episode, Juan Zarate, FIN Chairman and Co-Founder, Senior Vice President Him Das, and K2 Intelligence Executive Vice President of the Americas, David Holley discuss investment, security, risk, and integrity in the COVID era.

Ep. 24 – Investment, Security, Risk, and Integrity in the COVID Era

In this episode, Juan Zarate, FIN Chairman and Co-Founder, Vice President Gail Fuller, and Vice President Eric Lorber discuss COVID-19 and the counter illicit finance regime, risks, policy tensions, and opportunities.

Ep. 23 – COVID-19 and The Counter Illicit Finance Regime: Risks, Policy Tensions & Opportunities

In this episode, Juan Zarate, Chairman and Co-Founder, and Chip Poncy, President and Co-Founder, are joined by the Sentry's John Prendergast and J.R. Mailey to discuss Kleptocracy, Financial Crime, and Instability.

FINCast Ep. 22 - Kleptocracy, Financial Crime and Instability

In this episode, FIN Chairman &amp; Co-Founder, Juan Zarate, is joined by FIN Senior Vice President, Danny McGlynn to discuss his background and what's in store for the Dedicated Online Financial Integrity Network (DOLFIN) platform.

Ep. 21 - Danny McGlynn & DOLFIN

In this episode, Juan Zarate, FIN Chairman and Co-Founder, is joined by FIN Vice Presidents Gail Fuller, Eric Lorber, and Thomas Iverson to discuss financial integrity trends to watch and monitor in 2020.

Ep. 20 - 2020 Financial Integrity Forecasts

In this episode, FIN Principal Daniel L. Glaser and  FIN Vice President David Murray focus on the North Korea Sanctions program. These experts discuss the program, its complexities, its challenges, and its importance in the geopolitical context.

Ep. 19 - The DPRK Sanctions Program

On September 26, 2019, FIN Co-hosted the Innovation in Countering Illicit Finance Conference: Exploring and Tackling Policy Tensions with the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI). On this podcast, RUSI highlights the events of the conference. Juan Zarate, FIN Chairman and Co-Founder, was interviewed by Isabella Chase on the RUSI podcast where they discussed the purpose of the conference and some of the conclusions coming out of it.

Ep. 18 -  FIN/RUSI 2019: New Tech and Emerging Policy Challenges

FINCast

FIN Chairman Juan Zarate is joined by FIN Senior Adviser Elaine Dezenski to discuss the latest in anti-corruption, bribery, and transparency, with a special focus on the recent Paradise Papers leaks.

Ep.10 - Anti-Corruption and the Paradise Papers

FIN Co-Founders Juan Zarate and Chip Poncy discuss an article they authored on designing a new AML system, to include why they wrote the article, the challenges they see in imagining a new AML system, and how this new system can be implemented. The article, Designing A New AML System, was released in the 2016 Q3 issue of Banking Perspectives, and can be found at this link: http://bit.ly/2mghVmq.

FIN Co-Founders Juan Zarate and Chip Poncy discuss an article they authored on designing a new AML system, to include why they wrote the article, the challenges they see in imagining a new AML system, and how this new system can be implemented. The article, Designing A New AML System, was released in the 2016 Q3 issue of Banking Perspectives, and can be found at this link: <a href="http://bit.ly/2mghVmq" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://bit.ly/2mghVmq</a>.

Ep. 3 - Designing a New AML System

FIN Chairman Juan Zarate is joined by FIN Vice President David Murray and Foundation for Defense of Democracies CSIF Director of Analysis Yaya Fanusie to discuss virtual currencies like Bitcoin, their adoptions, risks, and what may be to come for their future use.

Ep.13 - Virtual Currencies: Adoption, Risks, and Regulations; What's Next?

In this episode, FIN Chairman Juan Zarate is joined by FIN Vice President David Murray, and FIN Directors Gail Fuller and Eric Lorber to highlight the top illicit financing issues of 2019.

Ep. 15 - Looking Ahead: Top Illicit Financing Issues for 2019

In Episode #5, FIN Co-Founder Juan Zarate hosts a discussion with FIN Senior Associate Eric Lorber on the new report released by the Center on Sanctions and Illicit Finance, titled “Securing American Interests: A New Era of Economic Power”.Read the report: http://www.defenddemocracy.org/content/uploads/documents/CSIF_Securing_American_Interests.pdf

In Episode #5, FIN Co-Founder Juan Zarate hosts a discussion with FIN Senior Associate Eric Lorber on the new report released by the Center on Sanctions and Illicit Finance, titled “Securing American Interests: A New Era of Economic Power”.<br><br>Read the report: <a href="http://www.defenddemocracy.org/content/uploads/documents/CSIF_Securing_American_Interests.pdf" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.defenddemocracy.org/content/uploads/documents/CSIF_Securing_American_Interests.pdf</a>

Ep.5 - A Conversation on National Economic Security and Power

In a co-hosted podcast with the Center for Strategic and International Studies, FIN Chairman Juan Zarate moderates a discussion on the state of the sanctions regime on Venezuela. Juan is joined by the Associate Director for the CSIS Americas Program Moises Rendon, FIN Vice President for Latin America and the Caribbean José Luis Stein, and FIN Vice President for Product Development and Services David Murray.

Ep.11 - Are Sanctions on Venezuela Working?

In this episode FIN Principal, Daniel Glaser, and FIN Vice President, David Murray discuss the Russia sanctions program and the growing complexities and challenges as they relate to politics and an ever-changing geoeconomic environment.

Ep. 17 - The Russia Sanctions Program

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