Workshop B – Trade Finance and Payment Processing: Managing Financial Crime Risks to Support Your Business

Apr 29, 2025 1:30 pm – 5:00 pm

Pierre Gouarin
Head of Sanctions Advisory
BNP Paribas

Anthony Rapa
Partner
Blank Rome

Registration opens at 1:00 pm

This interactive workshop will delve into the complexities of navigating domestic and international working capital finance transactions. These deals will be viewed from a 360 lens to discuss how to stay compliant in a rapidly changing regulatory environment. Topics to be covered include:

  • Determining transactions vulnerable to fraud, money laundering and sanctions circumvention
  • What are the key typologies of sanctions circumvention to look for
  • What does the BIS’s October 2025 guidance mean for trade finance compliance? What controls and due diligence measures should be integrated into trade finance compliance programs?
  • Discuss how to create a cross-functional approach (KYC/AML/Sanctions)
  • How can institutions assess the effectiveness of their current compliance controls? When to turn away business