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Join the Onboarding & KYC Deep Dive & Annual Report

Onboarding clients is becoming increasingly complex and recent global fines highlight that KYC remains both a critical first line of defence and a potential point of vulnerability. As regulators and auditors increasingly request viable risk-based outcomes, banks must rethink their frameworks, processes, and infrastructure.

KYC teams need to shift towards a single view of each client in real-time, which is no easy task. Legacy systems and manual workflows remain the biggest blockers to KYC innovation, creating a gap between slow processes and continuously changing client risk indicators. KYC is also no longer a single function: it is central to strengthening broader financial crime prevention. The success depends on integrating accurate KYC intelligence, as well as closer collaboration across all three lines of defence and functions.

The 2026 Onboarding & KYC Deep Dive will explore these challenges, providing practical insights into implementing risk-based approaches, operationalising perpetual KYC, and updating operating models. Attendees will gain strategic insights to address bottlenecks, move towards real-time monitoring, and future-proof their KYC frameworks in an increasingly complex and interconnected risk landscape.

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Agenda

What to Expect

Understand the impact of AMLA and FinCEN’s updates on your compliance frameworks and risk approach.
Move beyond periodic reviews and learn how to operationalise pKYC to monitor client activity in real-time.
Gain insights into the data architecture and logic required to implement successful perpetual KYC.
Learn from real-world AI implementation case studies to reduce manual workloads.
Optimise human capital by focusing expertise on high-judgment tasks and complex client scenarios.
Define the roles and responsibilities between the three lines of defence to improve accountability.
Enhance client experience by streamlining verification and onboarding without compromising compliance.
Facilitate seamless data sharing between financial crime teams to overcome silos and improve financial crime prevention outcomes.
Increase operational efficiencies and reduce costs across the KYC and onboarding lifecycle.

Debates

Sessions where four or five Managing Director-level practitioners discuss and debate a particular topic or issue. Panel debates are a great way to explore complex topics and get multiple perspectives on a subject.

Implementing a Viable Risk-Based Approach (RBA) in Onboarding and KYC Processes
Operationalising Perpetual Know Your Customer (pKYC) in a Real-Time Environment Across the Client Lifecycle
Incorporating KYC Risk Intelligence into the Financial Crime Operating Model

Roundtable Discussions

Private, off the record roundtables are moderated by leading practitioners in the field of culture and conduct and are designed to promote dialogue and collaboration among the attendees.

Improving the Client Experience in KYC Without Compromising Effectiveness
Balancing KYC Quality and Speed Across the Client Lifecycle
Lessons Learned from AI Adoption in KYC Functions

HOW TO MAKE KYC A STRATEGIC RISK FUNCTION, AND NOT AN OPERATIONAL BURDEN

1LoD’s Onboarding and KYC Deep Dive kicked off with two keynotes from both industry and regulatory bodies. The keynotes explored developments to helps firms manage the long-standing inefficiencies of onboarding clients through industry standardisation, and the changing role of supervisory expectations in supporting risk management.

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Who Should Attend

Managing Directors, Directors, and Head of Functions from Banks, Asset Managers and other Financial Institutions working within:

Anti-Money Laundering (AML) / Anti-Financial Crime / Client Lifecyle Management (CLM) / Controls Office / Financial Crimes Advisory / Financial Crimes Compliance (FCC) / Financial Crimes Unit (FCU) / Financial Investigations Unit (FIU) / Know Your Customer (KYC) / KYC Onboarding / KYC Operations / Onboarding / Internal Audit / Wholesale Client Services

Networking

Deep Dives offer virtual interaction through an intra-delegate messaging system, opportunities to pose questions to speakers in real time, and interactive roundtable discussions.

Chatham House Rule applies, creating a safe environment for a free discussion and no press attend.

Annual Report

Deep Dives are 1LoD's annual update on a non-financial risk function or topic. Content is presented in a 6- or 8-page report which summarises 4 hours of debate between 16 practitioners at Managing Director level who are leaders for their functions, often joined by the relevant regulators

Roundtables

Private, off the record roundtables are moderated by 1LoD, and attended by delegates from financial institutions who have booked their place in advance. They take place on Zoom. Delegates are sent discussion topics, and an overall structure of the debate in advance to assist the flow of the discussion.