The Coalition Against Financial Crime (CAFC) will host its Agentic AI in Financial Crime Conference in New York on September 10, 2026, at St. John’s University’s Manhattan Campus, two days after the event’s first stop in Chicago. The New York program will feature leaders from Google, Meta, X, Capital One, and Morgan Stanley.
New York’s concentration of global banks, broker-dealers, and payments platforms places the city at the center of debates over how to govern agentic AI in anti‑financial crime work. Institutions there are racing to embed agentic AI into AML, fraud, sanctions, and transaction monitoring programs while governance, model risk, and audit functions work to keep pace. “New York’s financial institutions are among those operating closest to the front lines of agentic AI adoption, and that is where the governance questions become hardest to ignore. The institutions in this room are helping define a new standard before market pressure, regulatory scrutiny, or emerging threats define it for them,” said John C. Calderon, Founder and Chair of CAFC.
Agentic AI and the New York agenda
The New York program draws on institutions navigating agentic AI at scale, including a global custody bank’s chief audit executive, a major card network’s AML platform lead, and compliance officers from brokerages, payments companies, and Big Tech financial arms. Sessions will address where AI is delivering measurable value today and where the hype outpaces reality; what effective AI governance and model risk management should look like as systems become more autonomous; how institutions can evaluate, select, and implement AI vendors without creating new compliance, operational, or regulatory risk; and what it takes to build AI‑enabled financial crime programs that are explainable, auditable, defensible, and capable of withstanding regulatory scrutiny.
“In more than 20 years of attending anti-financial crime conferences, CAFC’s have been among the best I’ve experienced, and I expect September 10 to be no different. With AI rapidly reshaping financial crime compliance, these conversations have never been more important,” said Robert Williams, Sanctions Director.
The New York conference’s sponsor roster reflects the market’s scale. Flagright returns as Platinum sponsor; Gold sponsors include SRA Consulting, AML RightSource, Sumsub, ComplyAdvantage, Philo4Thought, Solytics Partners, and WorkFusion, a UiPath Company.
The New York meeting follows the Agentic AI in Financial Crime Conference in Chicago on September 8, 2026, which convened AML and compliance leaders from Block, Northern Trust, U.S. Bank, BMO, and Charles Schwab.
About CAFC
The Coalition Against Financial Crime connects financial institutions, compliance and risk professionals, law enforcement, and technology providers to strengthen the industry’s collective response to financial crime. Through certifications, events, and practitioner networks, including the Certified AI Practitioner in Financial Crime (CAPFC) credential, CAFC equips anti‑financial crime professionals with resources to respond to evolving threats. Learn more at cafc.org.
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