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Accuity is holding its third annual series of Client Summits. Taking place in Singapore on May 14-15 2019, this invitation-only, complimentary event is offered exclusively to our Firco Compliance Link and Firco Enterprise (comprising of Firco Trust and Continuity) clients.
We will focus on the opportunities and challenges you are facing, providing best practice in:
• Managing compliance and procedure
• Fighting financial crime – new innovations and technologies
• Understanding the challenges brought by current and future regulations
• Sharing our product developments and roadmaps
• Networking opportunities with other industry professionals like you
Become part of the community
Join other professionals like you to discuss the challenges you face and receive detailed insight on how to use our latest solutions and innovations.
Connect with other Fircosoft users to share experiences that will help you improve your account and transaction screening operations. Become part of a close-knit community and grow your network of like minded professionals.

Welcome to the APAC Client Summit 14-15th May 2019
If you would like to contribute, please don’t hesitate to contact us.
Day 1
Timing | Agenda |
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8:15 – 9:00 | Welcome Coffee and Registration |
9:00 – 9:20 | Opening Remarks
Speaker: Bharath Vellore, Managing Director, Asia-Pacific, Accuity |
9:20 – 10:00 | Opening Keynote Redefining Banking With AI Learn how Artificial intelligence (AI) will enable financial institutions to redefine how they work, how they create innovative products and services, and how they transform customer experiences.Speaker: Neela Das, Head of Innovation, Accuity |
10:00 – 10:30 | Fireside chat: In the world of real-time – Fintech vs risk management considerationsSpeakers: Prajit Nanu, Co-founder & CEO, Instarem Bharath Vellore, Managing Director APAC, Accuity |
10:30 – 11:00 | Refreshments and Networking |
11:00 – 11:50 | Financial Crime Compliance: Tackling the Challenges of Changing Regulation Staying ahead of regulatory change continues to present one of the greatest challenges to banks and others operating in the finance industry. The increasingly extra-territorial impact of legislation adds to the complexity. The session will focus on global regulatory trends with a local view of how they impact the APAC region.Key topics covered:
Speakers: |
11:50 – 12:30 | Financial Crime Screening : The Fircosoft vision for 2019 and beyond Fircosoft has been pioneering on financial crime screening for 25 years. As the world of compliance and technology continues to evolve with moving regulatory targets and the advent of instant and peer to peer payments, artificial intelligence, model validation, cryptocurrencies, sectorial sanctions and more, what will this mean for the Accuity product vision and mission to remain as the RegTech partner of choice in the years ahead?In this session, you’ll discover…
Speaker: Sophie Lagouanelle, VP Financial Crime Screening, Accuity |
12:30 – 13:30 | Lunch and Networking |
13:30 – 14:15 | Firco Enterprise session: The complete journey of the transaction: Firco Continuity V.6 Auditors and regulators tend to expect proofs that you are in control of your transaction screening system. Discover how Continuity V6 allows you to respond to any query – fast and easily – by allowing a full-history of all transactions at your fingertips.Topics include:
Speakers: Firco Compliance Link session: Speaker: Tom Kestler, Senior Product Manager, Risk, Accuity |
14:15 – 15:00 | Firco Enterprise session: Customer Engagement Initiatives: What’s new? From Customer Portal to UX Discovery As a customer driven organization, Accuity takes its customer feedback very seriously and uses that customer information to evolve. The session will cover feedback received from last year’s 2018 client summit sessions. We will focus on sharing your feedback and our progress towards providing you with increased visibility and insight.Topics include:
Speakers: Firco Compliance Link session: Speaker: David Pan, Director, Professional Services, APAC, Accuity |
15:00 – 15:30 | Refreshments and Networking |
15:30 – 16:05 | Firco Enterprise session: Advanced false positive reduction for transaction screening In this session, you will discover the unique approach that Accuity uses to reduce false positives. The meeting will cover how level 1 reviews can be automated through the accumulation of a series of mechanisms; the leveraging of structured transaction data, as well as a deep dive into the understanding of meta data.Key topics include:
Speakers: Firco Compliance Link session: Speakers: |
16:05 – 16:55 | Firco Enterprise session: Know-Your-Filter Know-Your-Filter is a new service launched by Accuity that allows you to perform in-depth testing on the filter and different settings.Key takeaways include:
Speakers: Firco Compliance Link session: Speakers: |
16:55 – 18:05 | Cocktail Reception and Networking |
Day 2
8:30 – 9:00 | Welcome Coffee and Networking |
9:00 – 9:10 | Opening Remarks
Speaker: Bharath Vellore, Managing Director, Asia-Pacific, Accuity |
9:10 – 9:50 | AML risks and opportunities in Asia – Moving away from de-risking
Speakers: |
9:50 – 10:10 | Refreshments and Networking |
10:10 – 11:00 | Firco Enterprise session: The importance of Strength Index and Exposure Index – reduce your false positives In this session you will discover how Accuity can support your business using Artificial Intelligence technology that reduces false positives and false negatives.We will cover:
Speaker: Sophie Lagouanelle, VP Financial Crime Screening, Accuity Firco Compliance Link session: Speaker: Saurabh Nagar, Regional Manager, Business Solutions Group, APAC, Accuity |
11:00 – 12:00 | Firco Enterprise session: Live Services: securing your screening policy and configuration Live Services is the control and command platform to help you drive your screening environment. Discover how its capabilities based on a mix of validation workflow and automated deployment will help you keep up with list and configuration changes in a secured and transparent mode.Key topics include:
Speaker: Sophie Lagouanelle, VP Financial Crime Screening, Accuity Firco Compliance Link session: As a working group session, attendees will have the opportunity to provide feedback into the ASM road map and clarify top priorities for this solution. Speakers: |
12:00 – 13:00 | Lunch and Networking |
13:00 – 13:45 | Firco Enterprise session: What are the latest developments available to help with model validations There is an existing challenge for banks & financial institutions around the globe to put mechanisms in place that robustly monitor inputs and outputs to their screening systems–and prove with the right level of granularity and regularity that the filtering itself is mastered.Speaker: Sophie Lagouanelle, VP Financial Crime Screening, Accuity Firco Compliance Link session: Speaker: Edgardo Yap, Project Director, Professional Services APAC, Accuity |
13:45 – 14:30 | Firco Enterprise session: Instant Screening In this session, we will discuss the Instant Payments landscape and how it differs from the traditional payments process.Speakers: Audrey Lamontagne, Senior Product Manager, Accuity David Davies, Senior Solution Architect Specialist, Accuity Firco Compliance Link session: Speakers: |
14:30 – 15:00 | Refreshments and Networking |
15:00 – 16:00 | Firco Enterprise session: Testing for Algorithms: a customer training course for Firco filter algorithms This algorithm training overview offers the most detailed and exhaustive set of information on the Firco Filter Algorithms ever compiled.Speakers: David Davies, Senior Solution Architect Specialist, Accuity Firco Compliance Link session: Speakers: |
16:00 – 17:00 | Firco Enterprise session: Fircosoft complete V6 architectural landscape – deep dive See how the new Continuity V6 gives you more control on the data you are screening. A review of the new capabilities of the components and the changes in the architecture. You will see the impacts on your IT environment and the benefits you will be able to get from this new version.Key topics include:
Speakers: |
17:00 – 17:30 | Firco Enterprise session: Training session: Ask the experts Small working sessions to answer questions, perform training or any other activities as needed by the attendees.Speakers: Audrey Lamontagne, Senior Product Manager, Accuity Masayo Abe, Product Manager, Accuity David Davies, Senior Solution Architect Specialist, Accuity Barthélemy Leconte, Professional Services Consultant, Fircosoft, Accuity |
17:30 – 18:00 | Closing Remarks
Speaker: Bharath Vellore, Managing Director, Asia-Pacific, Accuity |
Our product experts along with other industry experts will be leading the discussions at the client summit to share best practices and facilitate innovative discussions.
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Managing Director, Asia-Pacific, Accuity

Head of Innovation, Accuity

Regional Head Financial Crime Assurance (APAC), Barclays

Tax & Illicit Finance Lead at UK Government, British High Commission

Adviser, Association of Banks

Head – Financial Services Regulatory Practice, Herbert Smith Freehills

VP Finance Crime Screening, Accuity

Senior Product Manager, Accuity

Professional Services Consultant, Fircosoft, Accuity

Senior Product Manager, Risk, Accuity

Director, Professional Services, APAC, Accuity

Project Director, Professional Services APAC, Accuity

Product Manager, Accuity

Senior Solution Architect Specialist, Accuity

Regional Manager, Business Solutions Group, APAC, Accuity

Co-founder & CEO, Instarem

Executive staff at INTERPOL

Illicit Finance Policy Lead at UK Home Office

Director, Compliance & Regulatory Consulting at Duff & Phelps

Partner, Eversheds Harry Elias LLP

Professional Services Consultant, Accuity
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