A New Era for Financial Sanctions Compliance 

Overview

This webinar will explore the evolving financial sanctions landscape and what it means for firms’ governance, risk, and control frameworks.

Bringing together legal, operational, and technology perspectives, the speakers will discuss how compliance requirements are evolving, the challenges for organisations in embedding proportionate processes, and how modern tooling can be leveraged to monitor, detect, and respond to sanctions risk effectively.

Who Should Attend

This session is designed for compliance officers, in-house counsel, MLROs, heads of financial crime, sanctions specialists, operations leaders, internal audit, and risk professionals across financial services and other regulated sectors.

Session Overview

The webinar will open with a briefing on current regulatory requirements and supervisory expectations concerning financial sanctions, including;

  1. The EBA Restrictive Measures Guidelines;

  2. The upcoming EU AML Regulation; and

  3. The CBI's December 2025 Financial Crime Bulletin.

An industry practitioner will then discuss day-to-day operational issues regarding due diligence, circumvention risks and funds transfers.

Finally, a technology provider will demonstrate how modern solutions (including the use of AI) can enhance sanctions screening to improve effectiveness while reducing operational burden.

The session will conclude with a moderated Q&A.

Meet our Speakers

Niclas-Andreas Mueller

Risk & Regulatory Director, KPMG

Chair of Compliance Institute's Financial Crime Compliance Working Group 

Shane Martin

Partner, Walkers (Ireland) LLP

Vice-Chair of Compliance Institute's Financial Crime Compliance Working Group 

Mel Mimnagh

Head of Sanctions

Bank of Ireland

Hera Smith

Director, Financial Crime Compliance

Moody's