Our team are currently planning a new series of webinars for 2017 and beyond, working with our information partners and industry advisors to keep you up to date with the latest developments in compliance, regulation and technology within banking, finance, legal and accountancy.
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On Demand Webinars
Webinar: AML Regulation Update for Financial Services
In this free webinar with special guest, Anti-Money Laundering (AML) consultant Martin Allen, gain new insight into the impact of new AML regulations and learn actionable changes that your firm can understand and implement swiftly.
During the webinar you will learn:
- what Anti-Money Laundering is and its history within financial services
- what the new regulations say and how they are changing
- how your procedural practices should evolve to keep up with the new regulations
- how other firms are implementing swift changes to their practice management and staff training agendas
Webinar: Transforming Know Your Customer Operations
This free 30 minute webinar investigates the KYC process to offer a way forward for financial services and other firms looking to improve outcomes for all involved in KYC processing and customer onboarding. During the webinar you will learn about:
- What challenges the financial services sector face today
- The specific regulatory demands on firms throughout the due diligence checks
- The maturation of the three step onboarding process: Assess, Plan, Do
- The new opportunities for growth and scale through the use of digital systems and automation
Webinar: AML Regulation Update for Legal & Accountancy
In this informative 30 minute webinar, encompass VP Operations, Alex Ford, covers the main points you and your compliance teams need to know about the new changes to Anti-Money Laundering (AML) and Counter Terrorism Financing (CTF) regulation for professional service firms. Walk away with knowledge of:
- Key Know Your Customer (KYC) challenges firms face today
- Implications of AML/CTF regulations on KYC processes
- Manual, outsourced, automated: solutions available
- Best practice KYC in professional services
- Where you can go to find out more
Webinar: Introduction to KYC
You know your firm needs to do it, you know we all have responsibility for it, but where has KYC come from and why is it important?
In this free 20 minutes webinar, we explore the background of KYC for legal and accountancy, explore the regulations currently in place to help combat money laundering and terrorism financing, and the KYC solutions being used by firms today.
Webinar: AML & KYC Best Practice for the New Era
encompass VP Marketing & Operations, Alex Ford, is joined by Denisse Rudich of FireDrake to discuss changes to the best practice for AML and KYC in the new era of compliance and security.
In this free 60 minutes webinar hosted by BrightTalk, they discuss:
- How to better handle performing client due diligence on an ongoing basis?
- What are the challenges of the traditional AML/KYC procedures?
- What can we expect from the AML Directive that comes into force in June of this year?
- What are the common mistakes FIs make when managing their data?
- How can Machine Learning and automation help?
Webinar: The Open Data Question - A Double Edged Sword?
Data is all the hype and open data is the new cool kid on the block. But does it really unlock value for business or is it a fad that will go away?
Presented in association with Open Corporates, in this free 25 minute webinar learn more about how open data is helping businesses and governments improve data, products, and policy-making, and how it contributes to the wider social good.
Webinar: What is RegTech?
With an increase in regulatory compliance, innovation in technology has become increasingly prevalent throughout the professional and financial services. With the birth of RegTech, we ask, what is it, and how can it be effectively utilised by firms across sectors
In this free 25 mins webinar, Susie Kinsella takes you through what the past and present of RegTech, and how technology can help improve efficiency across any business.
Webinar: Top Tips to Kick Start Your Insolvency Investigation
Ian Schofield, insolvency industry advisor to Encompass who has over 36 years experience in restructuring and insolvency, and Wayne Parker, current Head of Business Recovery & Restructuring at Gordons LLP, take you through an in-depth insolvency case study and recover a substantial hidden asset.
From the outset there appeared to be no funds in this case but after revealing a disposition of assets and pursuing a claim the investigation ultimately resulted in recovering funds in excess of £1.5m.
Webinar: Monitoring Fraud in Asset Based Finance
In this webinar, Kate Sharp, former chief executive of ABFA, outlines a typical case of fraud, highlights many of the common factors of fraud, and explores solutions and mechanisms which can be put in place to combat it.
What you will learn from this webinar:
- What is the size of the problem?
- A typical portrait of fraud
- Exploring the solutions
- Techniques to highlight potential issues sooner
Webinar: Cutting Through the Buzz - A Rough Guide to Legal Analytics
Legal industry advisor Chris Bull and Encompass Product Manager Natasha Miller demonstrate how modern law firms use technology, data and analytics to secure client loyalty.
Walk away with practical insights into:
- The evolution of Legal Analytics
- How Visual Analytics can transform your firm
- The pragmatic approach: deciphering AI & the ‘Four As’: Analytics, Automation, Aggregation & Augmentation.
- Best practice use of Business Intelligence
Webinar: Information to Impact
Legal industry advisor Chris Bull presents the six stage model that enables firms to take hugely topical but too-often obscure and technology-centric issues like Big Data, Analytics, Management Information, Metrics, Client Insight and Business Intelligence and understand how they can deliver real business improvement in a professional firm environment.
Webinar: Finding & Recovering Assets in Insolvency
In this free 25 minute webinar, Chris Jones, partner at gunnercooke, presents his three stage model focussing on the fundamentals of asset recovery; Investigation, Action, and Enforcement.
Webinar: How do professional services firms use Fame?
In this 30 minute webinar, Joel Brandon, Account Director at Bureau van Dijk as he as he demonstrates how professional services can get the most from Fame from BvD. Joel advises BvD clients on their challenges in credit risk, business acceptance, KYC, AML and CDD, among other key areas such as M&A research, business development and supply chain management.
Frequently Asked Questions
I can't make any of the available dates for your webinar, can I choose another time?
Yes, of course. We know that finding the time in a busy working day can be tough, and your schedule could change quickly, which is why we have set up our on demand webinar service. We can also provide the slides for our webinars – simply email webinars@encompasscorporation.com and our team will get back to you. We don’t currently have on demand versions of our product overview webinars, but we can arrange a personalised overview by contacting us at the address above.
How do I login to your webinar?
Once you’ve registered for a webinar you will receive a confirmation email. Closer to the time we’ll send you another email with the details on how to join. We use GoToWebinar and all you need is access to the internet – no need to download any additional software.
Do I need to mute myself?
Don’t worry, we will take care of all the webinar settings. You can either call in to hear the audio, or use your computer speakers, whichever is easiest for you.
Do I have to watch the webinar live, or can I view it later?
We have set up our on demand webinar service so you can fit the webinars in to your schedule and watch at a time that suits you. If you would like any of slides from the webinars, email webinars@encompasscorporation.com and our team will get back to you.
The webinar page is blocked on my computer?
If you cannot view the webinar webpage from your computer then you will need to speak to your IT team to allow access. If you use a mobile device or tablet, why not try the GotoMeeting App? Alternatively contact our team at webinars@encompasscorporation.com and we can try an alternative method for you.
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