Beth Harris, Head of Department in the UK Financial Conduct Authority’s financial crime division, has been confirmed as a speaker at the International Anti-Financial Crime Summit 2026.
The London conference will be held on 7 October 2026 and will bring together leaders from financial services, regulation, law enforcement and technology, Public reporting indicates that .
Regulatory insight for a changing risk landscape
Harris will join speakers from organisations including Deutsche Bank, Citi and Wise. The programme is aimed at professionals responsible for AML, fraud, sanctions, compliance, risk and anti-financial crime transformation.
The event comes as firms face overlapping challenges from artificial intelligence, digital assets, sanctions evasion, online fraud and regulatory change. Direct discussion between supervisors and industry leaders can help compliance teams understand how policy priorities translate into operational expectations.
For practitioners, the summit also offers an opportunity to compare approaches to monitoring, governance and technology with peers across the sector.
Issues likely to shape the 2026 agenda
Financial crime teams are dealing with simultaneous changes in sanctions, fraud reimbursement, digital identity, artificial intelligence and crypto supervision. Supervisors are also asking firms to prove that remediation programmes work in practice rather than relying on policy updates.
For attendees, useful preparation includes identifying current control gaps and bringing measurable examples from their own institutions. Discussions with regulators and peers are most valuable when firms can compare alert volumes, investigation outcomes, customer harm and the operational cost of different approaches.
Who the programme is relevant to
The agenda is particularly relevant for money laundering reporting officers, fraud leaders, sanctions teams, investigators, risk executives and technology owners. Participants should consider how regulatory expectations affect staffing, data quality, alert governance and accountability for transformation programmes.
Preparation point: Attendees can review recent enforcement actions and list the control decisions on which they need regulatory clarity. This turns a broad conference programme into focused questions about governance, technology, customer risk and measurable outcomes.
