Francisco Mainez Vidal is a seasoned expert in Financial Crime, Compliance, and Regulatory Affairs with over 20 years of global experience across financial services, inteligence, and risk management. His career spans both public and private sectors—from NATO and the EU to leading roles at HSBC, Lucinity, Ecommpay, and now as Director of Financial Crime & Regulatory Advisory at NICE Actimize.
He also serves as a Financial Crime Expert for the Council of Europe, supporting FIUs through strategic capacity-building. Francisco has led major initiatives in AML, fraud detection, OSINT, crypto monitoring, and regulatory transformation, integrating emerging technologies like machine learning into compliance.
He holds certifications including CAMS, CFCI, SAFe Agile, PRINCE2, and ITIL, and earned degrees from LSE and in Information & Knowledge Management. A decorated former Spanish Marine, Francisco combines operational insight with deep regulatory and technical expertise to combat financial crime globaly.
Upcoming Event
This training course, is designed for compliance professionals and MLROs seeking to master the dual nature of AI in today’s risk landscape.
As criminals leverage Agentic AI and hyper-realistic deepfakes to bypass traditional controls, static, rule-based systems are no longer sufficient. This course provides a deep dive into how AI acts as both a threat multiplier— powering synthetic identity fraud and automated laundering and a strategic shield, enabling real-time anomaly detection and a 90% faster KYC process.
Participants wil move beyond the “black box” to explore practical implementation, from behavioural biometrics to meeting the strict explainability mandates of regulation like the EU AI Act. This training should equip your team to transition from reactive monitoring to proactive, AIdriven inteligence.
This 2-day training is designed to equip compliance professionals and MLROs with the knowledge and tools to navigate the rapidly evolving intersection of Artificial Inteligence and Anti-Money Laundering (AML). It addresses AI as both a threat and a defence tool in financial crime.
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