Upcoming Conferences and Events

The Lazarus Heist and Future of Financial Crime

4 March 2025 — Virtual

Join the FinCrime Book Club for a live Q&A session with The Lazarus Heist author and renowned investigative journalist Geoff White on cybercrime, crypto, sanctions and global financial security.

Fireside Chat: Sanctions Pen Testing

11 March 2025 — Virtual

Join compliance experts and former regulators from Lead Bank, Kraken and Arktouros on how to leverage Sanctions Penetration Testing (SPT) to identify hidden compliance risks in partner networks.

Compliance Trivia Night

27 February 2025 — Chelsea, NYC

Sanctions trivia is back! Join Castellum.AI, Hummingbird and ACSS New York for a night of friendly competition and networking with compliance executives. Space is limited, secure your spot!

On Demand Expert Insights

Fireside Chat: BaaS is Not in Crisis: Key Insights on Compliance and Risk Management

The Banking as a Service industry isn't in crisis, but it's facing increasing regulatory scrutiny. In this fireside chat, compliance experts from Palmera Consulting and FedFis discussed how BaaS players navigate new regulations and the importance of compliance automation.

Fireside Chat: Third Party Risk Management and Supply Chain Monitoring

Real-time monitoring against sanctions, PEPs, adverse media, beneficial ownership and other risk data is critical to ongoing compliance. Ask these five questions to assess whether your monitoring solution provides reliable, real-time risk updates.

Fireside Chat: Who and What are Regulators Eying Next in Banking as a Service?

Castellum.AI spoke with family banking app Crew’s CEO Gentry Davies and MVB Bank’s Head of Fintech Risk Nirvana Patel on how regulators balance innovation with compliance, effective bank-fintech relationships, and high-risk practices to avoid in BaaS.

Fireside Chat: Managing Fintech-Bank Relationships

How will regulator expectations change in BaaS under the incoming Trump Administration and what priorities should sponsor banks and fintechs set in terms of compliance? Our latest with experts from CFSB, Bates Group and Kobalt labs dives into bank-fintech relationships.

Fireside Chat: Assessing the Impact of OFAC’s new SPFS Restrictions

Russia’s SPFS system, intended to be an alternative to SWIFT, is being used for sanctions evasion. OFAC’s most recent alert signals that the US will take action against institutions using SPFS. How can institutions identify their exposure and what are appropriate controls?

Fireside Chat: Sanctions Trends in 2024 and What to Expect from Trump V2

Castellum.AI speaks with former OFAC regulators and compliance experts on top trends in sanctions in 2024, what to expect from Trump’s second administration and how to prepare compliance programs for a changing regulatory environment.

Fireside Chat: Navigating BaaS Compliance Risks in 2025 and Beyond

Compliance experts from sponsor banks, fintechs and RegTech discuss the growing challenges and potential solutions in the Banking-as-a-Services (BaaS) space as we look ahead to 2025.