8:00AM - 8:30AM
Registration
8:30AM – 8:45AM
Welcome
Speakers
Francisco Rodriguez, CDCS
Officer/Client Services Consultant
Wells Fargo Bank NA
Steven Bash
Senior Vice President and Manager,
International Banking & Trade Finance
City National Bank
8:45AM – 9:15AM
Global Trade Issues
Recent modifications the traditional Supply Chain Management, and its effect on international trade.
Dan Gardner
President
Trade Facilitators, Inc.
9:15AM – 10:15AM
Hot Button Issues in BSA/AML and Trade Finance
This session will focus on addressing the latest regulatory expectations.
Moderator
Walter J. Mix III
Managing Director and Financial Services Practice Group Leader
Berkeley Research Group
Panelists
Barbara Mendelson, Esq.
Partner
Morrison & Foerster LLP
Noor Menai
President and CEO
CTBC Bank USA
Chuck Taylor
Senior Vice President
BSA and OFAC Officer
City National Bank
Bryan Wampler
Case Manager, Special Activities
FDIC - Division of Risk Management Supervision
10:15AM – 10:30AM
Networking Coffee Break
10:30AM – 11:15AM
Case Study on Compliance
Moderator
Donald Kurtz
VP Trade Finance
City National Bank
Speaker
Chuck Taylor
Senior Vice President
BSA and OFAC Officer
City National Bank
11:15AM - 12:15PM
Single Issue Questions
A mix of questions on Standby LCs, Commercial LCs, and Documentary Collections
Speakers
Francisco Rodriguez, CDCS
Officer/Client Services Consultant
Wells Fargo Bank NA
Yasmin Kermalli, CDCS
Assistant Vice President
Bank of America Merrill Lynch
12:15PM – 1:30PM
Networking Lunch
BAFT Combatting Trade Based Money Laundering: Rethinking the Approach
Review of BAFT’s recently released paper that proposes alternative, collaborative approaches to solving the problem of trade based money laundering by increasing the public and private sector partnership.
Stacey Facter
Senior Vice President, Trade Products
BAFT
1:30PM – 2:30PM
Exporter Panel
New issues exporters are facing, including the impact of changes by SWIFT
Moderator
Donald Kurtz
VP Trade Finance
City National Bank
Speaker
Dave Clements
President
Quality Letters of Credit Incorporated
2:30 PM– 3:15PM
ICC Opinions update
Moderator
Agnes Martinez
Vice President and Department Manager
City National Bank
Speaker
Normand Girard, CDCS
Director, Global Trade Operations
BMO Financial Group
Paula Greaves, CDCS
SVP & Global Trade Operations Control - Technical Consultant
Bank of America Merrill Lynch
3:15PM -3:30PM
Networking Coffee Break
3:30PM – 4:15PM
OFAC
Which parties to a transaction is a bank responsible to KYC and to what extent?
Vanessa Derenoncourt
Sanctions Compliance and Evaluation, Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC)
US Department of Treasury
4:15PM – 5:30PM
Mock Court
Always a favorite – hear real cases argued by legal counsel and learn their outcomes.
Moderator
Carolina Sityar
Vice President, US Trade Services
Wells Fargo Bank NA
Judge
Michael Baker
Professor
University of California, Los Angeles
Lawyers
David J. Habib
International Trade Attorney
Law Office of David J. Habib
Nikolas Edward Takacs
Counsel
Wells Fargo Bank, NA
Law Department
5:30PM
Workshop Wrap Up
Speaker
Yasmin Kermalli, CDCS
Assistant Vice President
Bank of America Merrill Lynch
5:30PM – 6:30PM
Networking & Cocktail Reception
8:00AM - 8:30AM
Registration
8:30AM – 8:35AM
Welcome
Speaker
Yasmin Kermalli, CDCS
Assistant Vice President
Bank of America Merrill Lynch
8:35AM – 9:20AM
The Trump Effect on Trade
Legal trends in the U.S. Court system. An analysis of what has changed in view of the current imposition of tariffs, and its effect in global trade banking and other industries. Are banks winners or losers in the current environment?
Speaker
Cameron Roberts
Partner
Roberts & Kehagiaras LLP
9:20AM – 10:20AM
Using Artificial Intelligence (AI) and other Technology Solutions
Hear the latest trends in developing and implementing AI for your bank.
Moderator
Walter J. Mix III
Managing Director and Financial Services Practice Group Leader
Berkeley Research Group
Panelists
Shirish Netke
President and CEO
Amberoon
Doug Krause
Chief Risk Officer and General Counsel
East West Bank
Mina Rizkalla
FVP & BSA Officer
CTCB Bank USA
David Abshier
Managing Director
Berkeley Research Group
10:20AM – 10:30AM
Networking Coffee Break
10:30AM – 11:30AM
SWIFT Updates
Hear a SWIFT update on the state of BPO, standards, financial crime and the SWIFT Registry
Speakers
Chetan Cariappa
Senior Manager
Financial Crime Compliance
Swift Pan-Americas Inc.
Keith Gilroy
Head of Business Development, North America
SWIFT
11:30AM – 12:15PM
External Threats to Letters of Credit
Speaker
Vincent Correia
Vice President and Senior Operations Manager
Bank of America Merrill Lynch
Paula Greaves, CDCS
SVP & Global Trade Operations Control - Technical Consultant
Bank of America Merrill Lynch
12:15PM – 1:15PM
Lunch Guest speaker: Digitizing Trade and Supply Chain Finance
Speaker
David Hennah
Head of Trade and Supply Chain Finance Product
Finastra
1:15PM – 2:00PM
Single Issue Questions
A mix of questions on Standby LCs, Commercial LCs, and Documentary Collections
Speakers
Francisco Rodriguez, CDCS
Officer/Client Services Consultant
Wells Fargo Bank NA
Raja Hafeez
Vice President, Global Trade Services Division
Frost Bank
2:00PM – 2:30 PM
Updates on E-UCP and the Documentary Collections Reference Manual
Speaker
Normand Girard, CDCS
Director, Global Trade Operations
BMO Financial Group
2:30PM – 3:30PM
Game Questions
Presenters
Agnes Martinez
Vice President and Department Manager
City National Bank
Carolina Sityar
Vice President, US Trade Services
Wells Fargo Bank NA
3:30PM
Workshop Wrap-Up
Speaker
Francisco Rodriguez, CDCS
Officer and Client Services Consultant
Wells Fargo Bank NA