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“There’s always a way out for those clever enough to find it.” — Commander Adama, Battlestar Galactica(1978) Had a fantastic time speaking at the SCF CryptoShield Masterclass 2026 Singapore on the topic of adversarial AI and the rapidly evolving threat landscape surrounding financial crime, fraud and digital assets. A huge thank you to Mastercard along with Danny and Jessica (our main MC!) for the invitation and hospitality throughout the event. The discussions throughout the day were incredibly timely. As AI capabilities continue to accelerate, so too does the sophistication of the bad actors attempting to exploit them. The conversation is no longer just about AI adoption. It is increasingly about AI resilience, governance and defense. My session focused on adversarial AI techniques, how these attacks are beginning to manifest in the real world and what organizations can practically do today to strengthen their defenses before the problem scales further. I was proud to be representing Confide alongside my colleague Claire . It was great having her there as part of the event and catching up with so many people across the ecosystem throughout the day. One particularly cool touch from the event was receiving the commemorative coin featured in one of the photos along with a plaque from the organizers. Both were genuinely appreciated and made the experience even more memorable. What also made the event especially enjoyable was reconnecting with so many friends across the industry. Some familiar faces I have known for years alongside many new connections from across the ecosystem. One of the things I genuinely enjoy most about this space is how collaborative and engaged the community continues to be despite how quickly the technology evolves. Looking forward to continuing the conversations. #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #AdversarialAI #Crypto #FinancialCrime #Fraud #Compliance #AIGovernance #RegTech #Confide #Mastercard #CryptoShield Pav Ryan Luis Mira Adam Aaron May May Archan Jessica Steve Suran Sandhya Venkat Penghui Richard Jolyn Mark Rana Christopher Agnes Steven Nizam Tarini Moira Martin Andrew Ty Aman Debra Carsten Carmen Mechelle Global Alms Incorporated

I really enjoyed the ACAMS conference in Frankfurt this week. The sessions are always good, but the highlight for me was the hours I spent at our Hawk booth, talking to customers and prospects. Like any founder, I personally spent a lot of time on booths in the early years at Hawk. More recently, I've missed the opportunity to have lots and lots of conversations with so many interesting people over a two-day event. This year I've had the chance to get back out on the road and the insights have been fantastic. Two of the sessions did get my attention, however: 1. Our Chief Data Scientist, Dr. Felix Berkhahn , joined experts from ING and Santander to explain how Agentic AI can help financial crime and compliance teams. His explanation of the different use cases for Agentic AI and his advice to see Agentic as a route to better investigation quality (as well as reducing cost) definitely resonated with the compliance leaders I spoke with afterward. 2. Seeing Erica Brackman, CAMS , our Head of Product Marketing, give a live demo of the Hawk Agentic solution live on stage was a proud moment for me. It was standing room only, with huge interest, and generated lots of follow-up conversation. If you didn't get a chance to see the tech in action at the booth or during her session, please reach out - I’d love to show you how we’re turning these concepts into reality. The Hawk dinner at the Main Tower was also a great success. Thank you to everyone that joined us, with special thanks to Viktor Kraus from Commerzbank AG for sharing his perspective on our work together. It’s collaborations like these that push the entire industry forward. I'm heading home with plenty of inspiration - and I look forward to the next event. #ACAMS #ACAMSAssembly #ProductLeadership #FinCrime #AgenticAI #AML #Fraud #BankingInnovation

Great couple of days at ACAMS Assembly Europe 2026 in Frankfurt. It was fantastic to connect and reconnect with so many brilliant people across the AML and financial crime community, it is always inspiring to exchange perspectives at such an important time for the industry. Proud to have been part of it with the NICE Actimize team and to see the depth of conversations around crypto regulation, AI, and the future of compliance. If we did not get the chance to connect (or didn’t have enough time during the event), feel free to reach out, I am always happy to continue the conversation. Already looking forward to the next one. #AML #FinancialCrime #Compliance #RegTech #AI

Looking forward to represent Hawk alongside my colleague Edric L, CAMS at Fraud & Financial Crime Asia 2026 in Singapore organised by Regulation Asia . The financial crime landscape across APAC continues to evolve rapidly. Events like this are always valuable for bringing together banks, fintechs, regulators and technology providers to exchange perspectives on what’s changing across the industry. I’ll be happy to connect with anyone attending to discuss: ✅ Transaction monitoring & AML transformation ✅AI in financial crime compliance ✅Challenges facing financial institutions across APAC If you’ll be there, feel free to reach out and let’s catch up. And yes — there may be a Lego Hawk waiting for you too 👀 #FraudPrevention #FinancialCrime #AML #Compliance #RegTech #FinTech #APAC #AI #TransactionMonitoring #Singapore

Always good to see where this shows up. Great catching up with Lynette Lee . We first met at an industry association event and recently crossed paths again through Patrycja . Lynette has built a reputation as a venture leader and someone who is always pushing new ideas forward. Nice to spend some time together and see her pick up a copy of the book Adam and I wrote. These are the kinds of conversations that sit right at the intersection of innovation and governance, something we spend a lot of time thinking about at Confide . [All author proceeds from the book go to Global Alms Incorporated , led by Mechelle B.J. Moore , supporting their work in Southeast Asia.] #FullStackAIEthicist #AIGovernance #Innovation #Venture

It was great to welcome the ACAMS Assembly back to Frankfurt this week. The Hawk team got to spend extended time with many customers, as well as meeting with other friends, old and new. Two highlights of the event for me: The panel on "Using AI Agents to Fight Fraud & Money Laundering" featuring Dr Felix Berkhahn , our Chief Data Scientist here at Hawk, was excellent. Felix did a spectacular job - as he always does - at succinctly summarizing complex ideas. He is also deeply passionate about what Agentic AI can do for financial crime investigations, and that passion was clear to see. A few points that Felix raised are worth repeating here: 💡While compliance efficiency is definitely a huge benefit of Agentic AI, it's also very much about effectiveness. Agents can detect things that humans have overlooked because agents can cover so much more information in the same timeframe. 💡Agentic can be used for many other use cases, including training traditional AI models, highlighting compliance gaps, and tuning systems. It's not good for transaction monitoring detection - it's too expensive. Agentic AI and traditional AI must work together. 💡Testing agents requires blind tests and sample tests that compare the agent with past or current human decisions. It's important to continuously document and learn from agent mistakes, retuning the system over time. 💡Strategies for combating hallucination include providing information so the system has context and doesn't need to invent it, plus having guardrails in place, such as workflow steps to ensure a path is followed. His fellow panelists also provided really useful insights - Usman Iftikhar from ING and Elena Mokretsova from Santander . Our Head of Product Marketing, Erica Brackman, CAMS , then took to the stage to give a live demonstration of the Hawk Agentic solution - if you missed it, get in touch and we can arrange a call. My second highlight was our Hawk dinner at the Main Tower. Thank you to everyone who joined us on Tuesday night for a truly enjoyable and memorable evening. It was full of great conversation - we ran much later than expected, which is always a good sign. Special thanks to Viktor Kraus from Commerzbank for sharing some thoughts on their work with Hawk and on AI in anti-financial crime. Thank you to ACAMS for another great Assembly. We're already looking forward to next year. #ACAMS #ACAMSAssembly #compliance #aml #fraud #fincrime #banking #payments

“I am the law.” — Judge Dredd, Dredd Attended the Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer seminar on Corporate Crime Investigations in South-East Asia: Risk, Response and Reality last week. Strong panel featuring Marcus Lim , Jarrod Baker , Debby Sulaiman, Yanguang Ker , Rachata Champathong and moderated brilliantly by Samyata Ravindran discussing the realities organisations are facing across the region today. What stood out was how practical the conversation was. Less theory, more real-world discussion around investigative response, crypto exposure, cross-border challenges and how technology is reshaping both risk and enforcement. Also a great opportunity to reconnect with peers and continue some important conversations around where the industry is heading. Was there representing Confide with Pav and Claire where we’re seeing many of these same themes emerge around governance, investigations and the growing intersection between compliance and technology. Ryan Michelle Luis Mira Aaron May May Archan Jessica Steve Suran Sandhya Venkat Penghui Richard Jolyn Mark Christopher Agnes Steven Nizam Tarini Moira Martin Ty Aman Debra Carsten Carmen Mechelle Global Alms Incorporated #CorporateCrime #Investigations #Compliance #RegTech #Confide #Legal

A strong commitment to #DigitalFinance and #European #Sovereignty . 🇪🇺 At the latest #FintechForum , thanks to State Secretary Schwamberger and the Bundesministerium der Finanzen -Team, we focused on two critical enablers: ➡️ #FinancialLiteracy : Empowering users to adopt innovation safely ➡️ #DLT : Building a more efficient, transparent, and resilient financial infrastructure Both are key to ensure innovation in Europe doesn’t just emerge, but scales. Globally. But let’s be clear: The defining topic of our time is #AI . 👉 #MyTake : European lawmakers and regulators European Parliament , European Commission , #AMLA , BaFin , etc.) need to recalibrate their approch to AI. Regulatory clarity must meet #geopolitical and #technological ambition, and the willingness to breed #GlobalChampions in Europe. Yes, AI needs governance. But overemphasizing risks means missing the opportunity. From #AML and #RiskManagement to #Payments and #CustomerService , AI can fundamentally improve effectiveness and efficiency across financial services. If we want global #competitiveness , we must enable AI-driven innovation ( Hawk ) in and from Europe, not slow it down. Germany and the EU have the expertise. Now it’s about execution. #FinTech #AI #DLT #Innovation #DigitalFinance #FinancialEducation House of Finance & Tech Berlin Berlin Finance Initiative Finanzplatz Deutschland Daniel Thelesklaf Bundesministerium für Forschung, Technologie und Raumfahrt Marcus Pleyer Bundesministerium für Verkehr und digitale Infrastruktur Bundesministerium für Digitales und Staatsmodernisierung Karsten Wildberger