Events
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ACAP BRAND LAUNCH EVENT
JANUARY 2027
NEW YORK CITY
Coming Soon!
Some of the most valuable professional learning happens when people have an opportunity to step outside their day-to-day responsibilities, hear different perspectives, ask questions, and exchange ideas with others who understand the challenges they face.
ACAP creates opportunities for members and guests to do just that.
Through educational programming, interactive discussions, and community events, ACAP provides a forum for professionals to learn from practitioners, industry leaders, regulators, subject-matter experts, and, just as importantly, one another.
Come for the knowledge. Stay for the conversation.
Past Events
Auditing AI in Financial Crime Compliance
July 21, 2026
An exclusive interactive executive roundtable exploring how artificial intelligence is reshaping financial crime compliance — and what that means for governance, model risk management, and internal audit.As financial institutions increasingly leverage AI to enhance transaction monitoring, sanctions screening, adverse media screening, and investigative processes, organizations must balance innovation with effective governance, model validation, and evolving regulatory expectations. This interactive discussion will bring together industry leaders to examine the opportunities, risks, and practical considerations associated with implementing and overseeing AI-enabled compliance programs.During the roundtable, participants will explore several key questions shaping the industry today.
Developments in Financial Crimes Regulation Webinar
June 7, 2026
Join AIBACP and Davis Polk for an executive discussion exploring the evolving financial crimes regulatory landscape and what may lie ahead for financial institutions, compliance leaders, and financial crime professionals. Taking a step back from any single rule making, this session will examine the broader forces shaping regulatory activity and enforcement trends, including FinCEN priorities, the future regulatory pipeline, evolving AML program expectations, fintech and digital asset developments, and the impact of technology on financial crimes risk management.Attendees will gain practical insights into key questions facing the industry today, including:What is driving the recent wave of FinCEN regulations and guidance?Where may regulators focus next?How are AML expectations evolving for financial institutions, fintechs, and digital assets?
Designed for compliance, audit, risk, and financial crime professionals, this webinar will provide practical perspectives and forward-looking insights from industry leaders.
Compliance and Internal Audit Forum
April 4 2026
The event will provide participants with insights on key topics impacting Banking Organizations from both the perspectives of the second and third lines, and notably:
Digital assets and Stablecoins – Regulatory update, Opportunities and Risks
Artificial Intelligence and its applicability to Internal Audit & Compliance
Regulatory Update
2026 Outlook on Managing Compliance Risk in an Era of Financial Modern
March 12 2026
The financial services landscape continues to evolve, bringing heightened expectations, new operating realities, and increased scrutiny of how compliance and audit programs are designed, tested, and sustained. This in-depth discussion with compliance and audit practitioners will explore expectations specifically in the areas of:
- Designing Leading AML and Sanctions Programs for Banking and Fintechs
- Bank Charter Models: Constraints and Implications
- PII Data Breaches and Operational Resilience
- Human Capital and Accountability in Compliance and Internal Audit
Unlocking Model Potential: Advanced Tuning, AI, and Auditing for Compliance
September 9 2025
Curious how advanced model optimization, artificial intelligence, and governance intersect to transform AML, sanctions, and regulatory compliance? Join us as Cygnus Compliance and leading voices from the international banking community convene for a dynamic, three-panel program tackling the most pressing opportunities and risks facing financial institutions today.
Panel I: Tuning with Precision: Advanced AML & Sanctions Model Optimization
Key Themes:
- Unlocking model potential through back-testing, threshold calibration, and intelligent tuning
- Continuous model monitoring: KPIs, false positive reduction, and regulatory defensibility
- Fulsome documentation, audit trails, and examiner-ready validation packages
- Integration of enriched data sources (i.e. ISO 20022 fields) into tuning frameworks
Takeaway: Actionable techniques to maintain AML effectiveness while enhancing efficiency and governance
Panel Il: Smarter Compliance: The Role of AI in AML, Sanctions, and Investigations (Speakers TBA)
Key Themes:
- Leveraging GenAI and LLMs for intelligent alert triage, SAR drafting, and investigator workflows
- Risks and controls: mitigating hallucinations, bias, and explainability issues / Black box problems
- AI model governance in regulated environments
Takeaway: Practical AI adoption strategies that reduce friction and boost accuracy across the compliance lifecycle
Panel lll: Auditing AI at Financial Institutions – Risk, Assurance & Governance (Speakers TBA)
Key Themes:
- Understanding hallucination and drift: how LLMs can produce misleading outputs and how auditors can assess robustness and reliability
- Evaluating governance and control frameworks: ensuring AI systems are designed and operated with accountability, transparency, and fairness
- Auditing data sourcing and model integrity: identifying risks related to bias, data lineage, and third-party AI tools
- Testing explainability and monitoring procedures: assessing whether internal AI systems support decision-useful, interpretable outcomes
- Benchmarking against emerging standards: comparing internal practices to leading frameworks and evolving regulatory expectations
Takeaway: Why internal audit functions must evolve to provide independent, evidence-based assurance over AI systems - and how doing so can build trust, mitigate risk, and support responsible innovation.
Learn Together. Lead Together.
Where Knowledge, Conversation and Community Come Together.
Financial services continue to evolve, creating new challenges, new questions, and new opportunities to learn from one another.
ACAP brings professionals together through educational programs, industry discussions, and networking opportunities designed to encourage the exchange of knowledge, perspectives, and ideas.
Building on a longstanding tradition of member education and peer exchange, ACAP programming will continue to evolve alongside the industry and the expanding community we serve.
How We Come Together
Different Experiences. Shared Opportunities to Learn and Connect.
ACAP programming takes different forms depending on the topic, audience, and opportunity.
Educational Programs
Stay Informed. Keep Learning.
Participate in educational programs and webinars addressing regulatory developments, industry issues, and topics relevant to ACAP members and the broader financial services community.
Programs are designed to provide timely perspectives, practical insights, and opportunities for continued learning.
Roundtables, Forums & Industry Conferences
From interactive roundtables and industry discussions to half- and full-day conferences, ACAP creates opportunities to explore timely issues, hear different perspectives, ask questions, and learn how others are navigating change across financial services.
Programs may bring together practitioners, industry leaders, regulators, advisors, and subject-matter experts in formats ranging from smaller, highly interactive conversations to broader conferences designed for deeper learning, expanded networking, and greater industry engagement.
As the ACAP community grows, we look forward to expanding these opportunities and bringing professionals together in new and engaging ways.
Networking & Community Events
Build Relationships That Extend Beyond the Event.
ACAP events also create opportunities to meet fellow members, reconnect with colleagues, make new connections, and become more engaged with the community.
Because sometimes the most valuable conversation of the day happens after the formal program ends.
See What’s Next.
Join a growing community of profJoin us at an upcoming ACAP event to learn, connect, exchange perspectives, and experience the community firsthand.