Join Ripjar and FINTRAIL for this 90-minute screening masterclass, designed to help compliance professionals get more value from their screening systems.
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From reducing false positives to improving workflows and leveraging AI for smarter alert handling, this session will equip you with practical strategies to turn screening outputs into actionable insights.
Experts from FINTRAIL and Ripjar will be joined by industry guest speakers to guide you through real-world examples, showing how to enhance decision-making, streamline and optimise processes, and ensure robust auditability.
The masterclass will cover topics including:
How outputs – not just alerts – are the true foundation of risk decisions
Techniques to reduce alert fatigue and maximise screening outputs
Practical steps to handle alerts more efficiently
Best practices for investigating screening alerts
How to use AI and technology to connect the dots
A live Q&A with industry experts
Schedule
Welcome & Introduction
2:00 pm
Why Screening Outputs Matter
2:05 pm
The role of screening in risk decisions
Benefits of accurate, auditable screening outputs
Regulatory expectations on alert handling
Emil Dall
Principal Consultant – Head of SanctionsFINTRAIL
Maximising Screening Outputs
2:15 pm
Understanding the source of false positives
Reducing alert fatigue through tuning and configuration
Delivering outcome-driven screening
Dan Saunders
Data Science Team LeadRipjar
Setting Your Screening System Up for Output Success
2:30 pm
Identifying and using the right data
Optimising your system to meet your risk appetite
Setting reviewers up for success
Mihir Vaidya
VP Senior Principal PM/BANomura
From Escalation to Reporting
2:45 pm
Streamlining alert triage, prioritisation and escalation
Ensuring consistency and auditability in alert handling
Aftermath of a true match alert
Sara Cerminara
Group Sanctions LeadWise
Using AI & Technology to Connect the Dots
3:00 pm
Finding hidden risks and connections with AI tools
When and where to use AI most effectively
How to reduce review time without sacrificing quality
Gabriel Hopkins
Chief Product OfficerRipjar
Live Q & A
3:15 pm
Your opportunity to put your questions to the experts
Emil is a Senior Consultant and Sanctions Lead at FINTRAIL. His experience spans roles in influential think tanks to key positions within leading FinTechs, including the Centre for Finance and Security at RUSI and Stripe. At RUSI, he chaired a private sector Brexit sanctions taskforce, gave evidence to parliamentary enquiries and worked with governments on sanctions design and implementation. In the private sector, he’s helped FinTechs navigate the rapid and complex imposition of sanctions following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022.
Mihir Vaidya
VP Senior Principal PM/BANomura
Bringing over 25 years of dedicated experience in Financial Services IT, Mihir has a proven track record of delivering complex IT solutions across Corporate Banking, Wholesale Banking and Asset Management. His career journey includes significant roles at Citibank and Lehman Brothers. Currently, as a Vice President at Nomura, he leads the EMEA Financial Crime Technology team, responsible for implementing global Name Screening and Transaction Monitoring solutions. Crucially, Mihir is also highly involved in driving business strategy and evolving the product roadmap for Financial Crime Technology. He is deeply passionate about leveraging the power of AI and cloud platforms to drive innovation and create measurable business value.
Sara Cerminara
Group Sanctions LeadWise
Sara is the Group Sanctions Lead at Wise, where she leads the development and execution of global sanctions compliance strategies. Anti-money Laundering and Sanctions professional with a background gained over eleven years across several sectors, including e-commerce, financial services, banking, payments and corporate. Prior to Wisde, Sara has been at GlaxoSmithKline for five years leading their sanctions compliance programme, a role that has allowed her to develop valuable experience in managing various stakeholder groups across the organisation, mastering resilience through the delivery of key sanctions compliance changes.
Gabriel Hopkins
Chief Product OfficerRipjar
As Chief Product Officer, Gabriel leads Ripjar’s product management with the responsibility for setting and delivering the company’s product strategy. With 20 years of product management and marketing experience, Gabriel understands the challenges of developing sophisticated software solutions while balancing innovation with customer needs. Prior to Ripjar, Gabriel was Vice President, Product Management at FICO overseeing the development of the company’s next generation fraud and financial crime solution. He has also served as Vice President, Product Management and Marketing at WorldPay (now FIS).
Dan Saunders
Data Science Team LeadRipjar
Heading up Ripjar’s data science team, Dan has extensive experience in both data science and product development across multiple industries, including crime intelligence, academia, and gaming. Dan’s expertise lies in applying advanced AI techniques to tackle complex challenges in data analysis, often working with immense data volumes and striving for peak efficacy. Prior to his roles in industry, he completed a PhD in Physics at CERN, where he worked on large-scale data experiments at the Large Hadron Collider, using AI to enhance statistical sensitivity in high-energy physics research.
