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Fintelekt – Asian Bankers Association
Webinar: Crypto 2025: A Year in Review
February 6, 2026
1.30 pm to 2.30 pm Singapore/Hong Kong time
Join Arpita Bedekar, Chief Operating Officer, Fintelekt in a conversation with Calvin Koo, Special Counsel and Cross-Border Disputes and Investigations Lawyer at Kobre & Kim LLP as they take stock of the key regulatory developments, enforcement actions, and emerging financial crime risks that shaped the crypto ecosystem during 2025.
The webinar, brought to you jointly by Fintelekt and the Asian Bankers Association, aims to distil critical lessons for compliance and risk professionals and highlight what organisations should prepare for as crypto continues to intersect with mainstream finance in 2026.
Key Issues:
- How enforcement actions and penalties evolved.
- Lessons from major crypto failures, hacks, and market disruptions in 2025.
- The impact of stablecoins, tokenization, and DeFi on financial crime risks.
- Regulatory expectations around KYC, Travel Rule, and transaction monitoring.
- What compliance, risk, and leadership teams should prepare for in 2026.
Speakers:
Arpita Bedekar
Chief Operating Officer,
Fintelekt
(Session Host)
Calvin Koo
Special Counsel and
Cross-Border Disputes and Investigations Lawyer,
Kobre & Kim LLP
Past Webinars
FintelektNovember 26, 2025
Navigating the Complexities of Trade and Financial Crime Compliance
Speakers:
SHIRISH PATHAK, Managing Director, Fintelekt Advisory Services
ROHIT MITTAL, Director Market Planning - Financial Crime Compliance, LexisNexis® Risk Solutions
PRAVEEN MOHAN DAYAL, Trainer, Fintelekt
FintelektJuly 16, 2025
Fireside Chat with Mileidy Bernal Campos: The FATF Grey List - Dispelling Myths and Understanding Impact
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SHIRISH PATHAK, Managing Director, Fintelekt Advisory Services
MILEIDY BERNAL CAMPOS, Founder and CEO, Finintegra
FintelektJuly 7, 2025
Fireside Chat | The Hidden Cost of AML : A Contrarian View
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SHIRISH PATHAK, Managing Director, Fintelekt Advisory Services
VICTORIA IBEZIM-OHAERI, Executive Director at Spaces for Change
FintelektJune 11, 2025
Understanding RBI and FIU-IND Penalties for KYC/AML/CFT: Trends, Sectors and Compliance Lessons
Speakers:
ARPITA BEDEKAR, Chief Operating Officer, Fintelekt Advisory Services
PRAMOD KHANDELWAL, Trainer, Fintelekt Advisory Services
FintelektJune 4, 2025
Fireside Chat with Lia van Broekhoven and Sangeeta Goswami, Human Security Collective
Speakers:
SHIRISH PATHAK, Managing Director, Fintelekt Advisory Services
LIA VAN BROEKHOVEN, Executive Director, Human Security Collective
- SANGEETA GOSWAMI, Director - Policy & Advocacy, Human Security Collective
Fintelekt – Asian Bankers AssociationMay 6, 2025
Decoding the Basel AML Index
Speakers:
ARPITA BEDEKAR, Chief Operating Officer, Fintelekt Advisory Services
- KATERYNA BOGUSLAVSKA, PhD, Project Manager Basel AML Index, International Centre for Asset Recovery
Fintelekt – Asian Bankers Association February 14, 2025
2024 Crypto Review & Outlook for 2025
Speakers:
KARISHMA DATTANI, Vice President, Fintelekt Advisory Services
- CALVIN KOO, Crypto Expert and Cross-Border Disputes and Investigations Lawyer, Kobre & Kim LLP
FintelektNovember 20, 2024
Transforming AML/CTF Regulatory Compliance in the Philippines
Speakers:
SHIRISH PATHAK, Managing Director, Fintelekt Advisory Services
MILAGROSE MAGUIGAD, Head - Anti-Money Laundering Department, Land Bank of the Philippines
SHALINI VENKATESWARAN, Partner and Head of AML/FCC, Solytics Partners
ATTY. RONEL BUENAVENTURA, AML Head, G-Xchange, Inc. (GCash)
RYAN BAUTISTA, AML Compliance Head, Union Digital BankATTY. DARIUS IAN V. MANLAGNIT, Director, Anti-Money Laundering Compliance Office, Newport World Resorts
Fintelekt – Asian Bankers Association September 11, 2024
AML/CFT Compliance for DNFBPs
Speakers:
ARPITA BEDEKAR - Chief Operating Officer - Fintelekt Advisory Services
- DEBMALYA MAITRA, Trainer, Fintelekt
Fintelekt – Asian Bankers Association July 31, 2024
Cryptocurrency Developments in H1 2024
Speakers:
SHIRISH PATHAK - Managing Director - Fintelekt Advisory Services
- CALVIN KOO, Crypto Expert and Cross-Border Disputes and Investigations Lawyer, Kobre & Kim LLP
Fintelekt – Asian Bankers Association January 24, 2024
AML Compliance Priorities for 2024
Speakers:
SHIRISH PATHAK - Managing Director - Fintelekt Advisory Services
NAREN KORK - Head of Compliance, SBI LY Hour Bank, Cambodia
- ROOPA SUSHIL - MLRO, Anchorage Digital, Singapore
- LUKE RAVEN - Senior Partner FCC, Bank of Queensland, Australia
- SIV CHANVOLEAK - Head of Compliance, Woori Bank, Cambodia
Fintelekt November 22, 2023
Special Edition: The World of Crypto - 2023 in Review and What to Expect in 2024
Speakers:
SHIRISH PATHAK - Managing Director - Fintelekt Advisory Services
CALVIN KOO - Cross-Border Disputes and Investigations Lawyer - Kobre & Kim LLP
Fintelekt – Asian Bankers AssociationSeptember 13, 2023
Detection and Prevention of Money Mule Accounts
Speakers:
ARPITA BEDEKAR, Director – Strategy & Planning, Fintelekt Advisory Services
JULIA CHIN, Head of Compliance, Hugosave SG
TORSTEN KLEINE BUENING, Chief Risk and Compliance Officer, ABA Bank
HARI PARKAR, VP Program Management & Client Delivery, M2P
PAT LORDAN, Former Head – National Economic Crime Bureau and The Irish Financial Intelligence Unit
Fintelekt – Asian Bankers AssociationAugust 3, 2023
Driving More Effective Enterprise-Wide ML/TF Risk Assessments
Speakers:
SHIRISH PATHAK, Managing Director, Fintelekt
ANTHONY QUINN, Founder, Arctic Intelligence
EKTA SINGH, Regional Head of Compliance, ShuttleOne
Fintelekt – Asian Bankers AssociationJuly 5, 2023
Drug Trafficking Threat Assessment and AML/CFT Considerations
Speakers:
- SHIRISH PATHAK, Managing Director, Fintelekt Advisory Services
- FABRIZIO FIORONI, Advisor AML/CFT, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC)
- NABIL DIPATUAN, Financial Intelligence Lead, UnionDigital Bank Inc.
- ARUN AJAYAGOSH, Senior Manager, Financial Crime Compliance (AML & Sanctions), Wall Street Exchange
Fintelekt – Asian Bankers AssociationMay 3, 2023
Business Compliance
Speakers:
- SHIRISH PATHAK, Managing Director, Fintelekt Advisory Services
- BOREN KORK, Chief Legal & Compliance Officer, J Trust Royal Bank, Cambodia
- MD. ABDULLAH AL MAMUN, Deputy Managing Director, Dutch-Bangla Bank, Bangladesh
- NOEL CHRISTOPHER CASUNCAD, Chief Compliance Officer & Head of Legal, Starpay Corporation, Philippines
Fintelekt – Institute of Banking and Finance, CambodiaMarch 20, 2023
Building a Culture of Compliance, Cambodia
Speakers:
- SHIRISH PATHAK, Managing Director, Fintelekt Advisory Service
- VIKAS TANDON, Trainer, Fintelekt Advisory Services
Fintelekt – Asian Bankers Association March 14, 2023
A Financial Approach to Tackling Modern Slavery - Imperatives for Governments, Regulators, Banks and Financial Institutions
Speakers:
- SHIRISH PATHAK, Managing Director, Fintelekt Advisory Services
- ANDY SHEN, Government and Multilateral Organizations Lead, Finance Against Slavery and Trafficking Initiative, United Nations University Centre for Policy Research (UNU-CPR)
Fintelekt – Asian Bankers AssociationJanuary 13, 2023
Webinar on Crypto: 2022 in Review and a Look Ahead
Speakers:
- SHIRISH PATHAK, Managing Director, Fintelekt Advisory Services
- CALVIN KOO, Cross-Border Disputes and Investigations Lawyer, Kobre & Kim LLP
- STEVEN PETTIGROVE, Special Counsel, Piper Alderman
Fintelekt – Asian Bankers AssociationSeptember 23, 2022
Webinar on AML in Digital Payments: Trends, Tools & Technologies
Speakers:
- ARPITA BEDEKAR, Director – Strategy & Planning, Fintelekt Advisory Services
- JYOTHI MEKALA, Head – Compliance, BillDesk
- GUADA VERGEL DE DIOS, Head of Compliance and Government Relations, Xendit
- JULIA CHIN, Head of Compliance, Hugosave SG
- VIJAY BHARADWAJ, Manager, Ingenia Consultants
Fintelekt – Asian Bankers Association July 20, 2022
Webinar on The Cost of Financial Crime Compliance in APAC
Speakers:
- ARPITA BEDEKAR, Director – Strategy & Planning, Fintelekt Advisory Services
- SHARON PAMPLONA, Head of Financial Crime and MLRO, ANZ Hong Kong
- DAVID HAYNES, Vice President, Asia Pacific, LexisNexis Risk Solutions
- DAVID ZHUO, Market Planner, LexisNexis Risk Solutions
- RIKA ASTARI, AML/CTF Compliance Expert / Consultant
Fintelekt – Asian Bankers AssociationApril 12, 2022
Webinar on The Role of Video-KYC in Digital Onboarding and Ongoing Due Diligence
Speakers:
- ARPITA BEDEKAR, Director – Strategy & Planning, Fintelekt Advisory Services
- RAFI WISESA, AML-CFT Head, Bank OCBC NISP Indonesia
- SANJAY PANT, Chief Risk Officer and Head of Conduct, Financial Crime & Compliance, Standard Chartered Bank Nepal
- ARTI SHEKHAR, Chief Compliance Officer, Kotak Mahindra Prime Limited
- VIKAS GUPTA, Chief Compliance Officer, Canara HSBC Life Insurance
Fintelekt – Asian Bankers AssociationFebruary 22, 2022
Webinar on AML Enforcement Challenges
Speakers:
- SHIRISH PATHAK, Managing Director, Fintelekt Advisory Services
- STEPHEN CUTLER, Chief Enterprise Risk and AML Officer, OmniPay, Inc.
- NICHOLAS MCTAGGART, Founder, The Murinbin Group
- AVANEESH RAMAN, Consultant – Fiji & Pacific, Fintelekt Academy
Fintelekt – Asian Bankers AssociationDecember 15, 2021
Webinar on Crypto’s Evolution: Enforcement Risks, Asset Recovery and Best Practices
- Speakers:
ARPITA BEDEKAR, Director – Strategy & Planning, Fintelekt Advisory Services - VASU MUTHYALA, Partner, Kobre & Kim
- CALVIN KOO, Principal, Kobre & Kim
Fintelekt – Asian Bankers AssociationOctober 29, 2021
Webinar on The Impact of ISO 20022 on AML Screening Effectiveness
Speakers:
- ARPITA BEDEKAR, Director – Strategy & Planning, Fintelekt Advisory Services
- SHARAD NAIR, Senior Vice President and Principal Officer AML, Axis Bank
- ROHAN BANIA, Senior Business Solutions Consultant, Accuity
FintelektSeptember 14, 2021
Webinar on AML/CFT Compliance Priorities in the Pacific
Speakers:
- SHIRISH PATHAK, Managing Director, Fintelekt
- ARPITA BEDEKAR, Director – Strategy & Planning, Fintelekt
- AVANEESH RAMAN, Consultant – Fiji & Pacific, Fintelekt Academy, Fintelekt
- RUSSELL WILSON, Special Counsel at Maddocks and former General Counsel, AUSTRAC
- TEVITA TUPOU, Program Management officer, UNCTAD and Consultant, International Organisation for Migration
Fintelekt – Asian Bankers AssociationSeptember 1, 2021
Webinar on A Comprehensive Approach to Financial Crime Compliance Surveillance
Speakers:
- SHIRISH PATHAK, Managing Director, Fintelekt
- ZUBIN CHICHGAR, Head – Monitoring and Analytics, Standard Chartered Bank
- JOHN DALTON, Vice President & Global Head of Financial Services Product and Solutions Strategy, KX
- MADHU SINHA, Independent AML Compliance Professional, Former Head of AML, Citibank India
- CJ MHATRE, Business Head – South Asia & ASEAN, KX
Fintelekt – Asian Bankers AssociationJune 22, 2021
Webinar on Assessing the Impact of the FATF on Financial Inclusion
Speakers:
- SHIRISH PATHAK, Managing Director, Fintelekt Advisory Services
- F. CHRISTOPHER CALABIA, Senior Advisor, Supervisory & Regulatory Policy, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
- ISABELLA CHASE, Research Fellow, Centre for Financial Crime & Security Studies, RUSI
Fintelekt – Banking Association for Central and Eastern Europe May 27, 2021
Webinar on AML Challenges in Correspondent Banking
Speakers:
- SHIRISH PATHAK, Managing Director, Fintelekt Advisory Services
- DR ELENA SCHERSCHNEVA, Independent Trainer/Consultant & Former Head of Austria FIU
- CHARAN RAWAT, Head of Compliance, Rabobank
Fintelekt May 20, 2021
Webinar on Effective Implementation of Targeted Financial Sanctions in Zambia
- SHIRISH PATHAK, Managing Director, Fintelekt Advisory Services
- DIPHAT TEMBO, Director – Compliance and Prevention Department, Financial Intelligence Centre, Zambia
- NICHOLAS TURNER, Of Counsel, Steptoe & Johnson LLP
- BRENT ESTRELLA, Group Head & Chief Compliance Officer, Rizal Commercial Banking Corporation
Fintelekt – Asian Bankers Association May 5, 2021
Cultural Landscape of AML Compliance
Speakers:
- SHIRISH PATHAK, Managing Director, Fintelekt Advisory Services
- PATRICK KELLY, Co-founder and CEO, The Mizen Group
- PAUL MCCARTHY, Co-founder and Chief Technology Officer, The Mizen Group
- DR KATY DINEEN, Senior Associate, The Mizen Group
Fintelekt – Banking Association for Central and Eastern Europe April 7, 2021
Future-proofing your Financial Crime Compliance Screening
Speakers:
- SHIRISH PATHAK, Managing Director, Fintelekt Advisory Services
- SRINIVAS VAMAN GOLLAPUDI, Joint President and Business Head – Trade Finance and Commercial Operations, Kotak Mahindra Bank
- BRENT ESTRELLA, Group CCO, Rizal Commercial Banking Corporation
- DOUGLAS WOLFSON, Director – Market Planning, FCC & Payments, LexisNexis Risk Solutions
Fintelekt – Asian Bankers Association March 17, 2021
Modern Slavery: Is Your Bank Protected?
Speakers:
- SHIRISH PATHAK, Managing Director, Fintelekt Advisory Services
- MATT FRIEDMAN, CEO, The Mekong Club
- PHOEBE EWEN, Programme Director, The Mekong Club
Fintelekt – Asian Bankers AssociationMarch 3, 2021
Conducting Enterprise-wide AML/CFT Risk Assessment
Speakers:
- SHIRISH PATHAK, Managing Director, Fintelekt Advisory Services
- STEPHEN CUTLER, Chief Enterprise Risk and Compliance Officer, Omnipay
- MADHU SINHA, Independent AML Compliance Professional and Former Head of AML, Citi Bank India
Fintelekt – Asian Bankers AssociationFebruary 3, 2021
Prioritising AML/CFT Training
Speakers:
- ARPITA BEDEKAR, Director – Strategy & Planning, Fintelekt Advisory Services
- SHIRISH PATHAK, Managing Director, Fintelekt Advisory Services
- CHOWDHURY MAQ SARWAR, Independent Consultant, Bangladesh
- KEVIN GOMEZ, Head-AML/KYC and MLRO, IDFC First Bank
Fintelekt – Asian Bankers Association December 16, 2020
AML Governance
Speakers:
- ARPITA BEDEKAR, Director – Strategy & Planning, Fintelekt Advisory Services
- TANYA MCCARTNEY, CEO & Executive Director, The Bahamas Financial Services Board
- PRAMOD KHANDELWAL, Faculty Member, Fintelekt Advisory Services
Fintelekt – Asian Bankers AssociationNovember 18, 2020
Risk Sensing and Fraud Intelligence
Speakers:
- SHIRISH PATHAK, Managing Director, Fintelekt
- CHUA CHOON HONG, Head of Compliance Solutions – APAC, Bureau van Dijk, A Moody’s Analytics Company
- DEVENDRA RAGHAV, Head of Compliance and Internal Control, QNB (Qatar National Bank) Group
- BERNARD LAW, Head of FCC and MLRO, Airstar Bank
Fintelekt – Asian Bankers AssociationOctober 21, 2020
Illicit Gold Trade and TBML Policy Options
Speakers:
- ARPITA BEDEKAR, Director – Strategy & Planning, Fintelekt Advisory Services
- LAKSHMI KUMAR, Policy Director, Global Financial Integrity
Fintelekt – Asian Bankers Association October 14, 2020
Illicit Gold Trade and Using Trade Data and Financial Tools to Fight Money Laundering and Transnational Organized Crime
Speakers:
- ARPITA BEDEKAR, Director – Strategy & Planning, Fintelekt Advisory Services
- LAKSHMI KUMAR, Policy Director, Global Financial Integrity
Fintelekt – Asian Bankers AssociationSeptember 9, 2020
Optimizing AML Screening
Speakers:
- SHIRISH PATHAK, Managing Director, Fintelekt
- DOUGLAS WOLFSON, Director, Financial Crime Compliance – Asia, LexisNexis Risk Solutions
- VIJAY GOPALADESIKAN, Head – FCC Screening Product & List Management, Group Financial Crime Compliance, Standard Chartered Bank
- DAYANAND PRASAD, Principal Officer – AML & KYC Compliance, Emirates NBD Bank (P.J.S.C)
Fintelekt – Asian Bankers AssociationAugust 5, 2020
Fine-tuning AML Transaction Monitoring
Speakers:
- SHIRISH PATHAK, Managing Director, Fintelekt
- DOUGLAS WOLFSON, Director, Financial Crime Compliance – Asia, LexisNexis Risk Solutions
- ASYRAF RIFAEI ASSRANGKHUUN, Group Head – AML/CFT Transactions Monitoring and Investigation Operations, AmBank Malaysia
Fintelekt – Asian Bankers Association July 8, 2020
ML/TF Risks In Correspondent Banking
Speakers:
- SHIRISH PATHAK, Managing Director, Fintelekt
- DILANI SOORIYAARACHCHI, Head of Compliance, Seylan Bank
- THERESA KARUNAKARAN, Director Compliance – Regulatory Affairs, Deutsche Bank AG
- SAURABH NAGAR, Director, Business Solutions Group, APAC, Accuity
Fintelekt – Asian Bankers AssociationJune 10, 2020
Ultimate Beneficial Ownership Identification: Challenges and Best Practices
Speakers:
- SHIRISH PATHAK, Managing Director, Fintelekt
- DEBMALYA MAITRA, Senior Director – BFSI, Chokshi Group
- CHUA CHOON HONG, Head of Compliance Solutions – APAC, Bureau van Dijk, A Moody’s Analytics Company
Fintelekt – Asian Bankers AssociationMay 6, 2020
Sanctions
Speakers:
- SHIRISH PATHAK, Managing Director, Fintelekt
- HALA BOU ALWAN, Founder & CEO, Hala Bou Alwan Consultancy, UAE
- NICHOLAS TURNER, Of Counsel, Steptoe & Johnson, LLP
- SURENDRA THAPA, President & Founder, Global Intelligence Analysis Corporation, New York
- VINCENT GAUDEL, CGSS, Compliance Expert, Accuity
Fintelekt – Asian Bankers Association March 26, 2020
Managing AML Risk, Operations and Continuity During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Speakers:
- SHIRISH PATHAK, Managing Director, Fintelekt
- GUY SHEPPARD, Head of Asia-Pacific Financial Crime, Intelligence and Cyber, SWIFT
- SUVEER KHANNA, Partner – Forensic Practice, KPMG
Fintelekt March 12, 2020
Combatting Illegal Wildlife Trade – United for Wildlife Approach
Speakers:
- SHIRISH PATHAK, Managing Director, Fintelekt
- ROBERT CAMPBELL, Programme Manager, United for Wildlife
Fintelekt – Asian Bankers AssociationFebruary 5, 2020
Trade-Based Money Laundering – Emerging Risks & Mitigation Strategies
Speakers:
- ARPITA BEDEKAR, Director – Strategy & Planning, Fintelekt Advisory Services
- LAKSHMI KUMAR, Policy Director, Global Financial Integrity
- SHAFATH MUJAWAR, Faculty Member, Fintelekt Advisory Services
- JANE LEE, Business Solutions Specialist, Accuity
Fintelekt – Asian Bankers Association December 4, 2019
New Payment Systems and Inherent AML Risks
Speakers:
- ARPITA BEDEKAR, Director – Strategy & Planning, Fintelekt Advisory Services
- RUSSELL WILSON, Special Counsel, Maddocks and Non-executive Director – Transparency International Australia
- N. M. EFTAKHARUL ALAM BHUIYA, Head of Legal & Compliance and Company Secretary, Nagad, Bangladesh
Fintelekt – Asian Bankers Association July 10, 2019
Customer Due Diligence Challenges and Best Practices
Speakers:
- SHIRISH PATHAK, Managing Director, Fintelekt
- DR. SRINIVAS YANAMANDRA, Chief of Compliance, New Development Bank, China
- CATHERINE G. CHIONG, Deputy Head of Regional Compliance, Ascend Money, Thailand
- SAURABH NAGAR, Regional Manager, Business Solutions Group, APAC, Accuity
Fintelekt – Asian Bankers AssociationMay 8, 2019
Why Continuous Monitoring is Critical for Trade-Based Money Laundering
Speakers:
- SHIRISH PATHAK, Managing Director, Fintelekt
- PRAMOD KHANDELWAL, Former Chief Compliance Officer, IndusInd Bank & Faculty Member, Fintelekt Advisory Services
- SAMIR BHATANKAR, Vice-President, AML Compliance, RBL Bank
Fintelekt – Asian Bankers Association February 21, 2019
The Role of AML Compliance in Correspondent Banking
Speakers:
- SHIRISH PATHAK, Managing Director, Fintelekt
- CHARAN RAWAT, Head of Compliance, Rabobank, India