Savings Innovation Meets Protection Roundtable

About

The Challenge is Real. The Solutions Are Here.

Financial crime never stops evolving. Customers’ expectations to be protected from economic crime continue to rise, and trust is instrumental to drive long-term savings engagements. Meanwhile, you're balancing regulatory demands with operational efficiency, often with limited resources and mounting pressure to deliver both security and seamless experiences.

You're not just managing risk: you're protecting savings communities whilst enabling growth.

Join Fellow Executives for Focused, Peer-Driven Discussion

Hosted by Jade ThirdEye and Vilja, this exclusive forum brings together senior banking leaders from building societies,and challenger banks.

What We'll Explore Together

Real-Time Financial Crime Innovation
How real-time monitoring, Cifas integration, and targeted fraud prevention create stronger defences. See how AI enhances human expertise, giving your teams more time to focus on genuine threats.

Enhanced customer experiences through seamless omnichannel, self-service and automation
How secure, compliant foundations boost customer confidence and drive savings growth. Build customer-centric products that adapt quickly to market changes, whilst maintaining robust protection.
Seamless Integration Strategies
How financial crime prevention and customer-facing solutions deliver both security and satisfaction. From omnichannel engagement to automated compliance, discover solutions that scale with your business.

Cloud-Native Technology That Delivers
How SaaS models reduce complexity whilst strengthening security. Get the flexibility you need to respond to emerging threats and market opportunities.

Why This Matters Now

In our research, we consistently hear from compliance professionals that you need more than technology: you need genuine partnership and practical solutions that understand your unique challenges. This roundtable connects you with peers facing similar pressures whilst exploring innovations that deliver results.

Secure Your Place

To secure your place please complete the form below. Places are limited to 20 senior professionals to ensure meaningful discussion and connection.

Attendance is complimentary. Includes roundtable participation, materials, and networking dinner.

Our Panel

Financial Crime Regulatory Specialist

Claire Rees

JADE THIRDEYE

Claire Rees is a Financial Crime Regulatory Specialist in the UK for Jade ThirdEye. Claire has over 21 year's experience working in Risk Management roles in financial services, 17 years of which were spent specialising in Financial Crime Prevention in a number of senior roles including most recently as Head of Fraud and AML with a mortgage lender and service provider.

Claire has participated in a number of regulatory and industry Financial Crime panels including a Government AML advisory panel and the CIFAS Insider Threat Advisory Board which explored ever-changing insider fraud threats.

Financial Crime SME

Ben Jones

ICA

With a background in Law, Ben has a wide range of compliance experience in the banking and commodity sectors.

During his time with several Tier 1 banks, he has been involved in many different types of economic crime investigations in particularly complex environments. Most recently he has been sharing his expertise with others in the industry by designing bespoke training for leading financial institutions.

Ben also has a keen interest in regulatory compliance and market conduct topics. Understanding that approaches are constantly evolving in compliance, he is interested in exploring how innovation through technology can bring new solutions.

Dir., Head of Transaction Monitoring

Edward So

Plenitude

Edward is a director and head of transaction monitoring with 17 years of expertise in delivering complex FCC programs across Tier 1 and Tier 2 banking institutions. He has a proven track record in designing and implementing Transaction Monitoring frameworks, KYC processes, Sanctions Screening, and Quality Assurance transformation initiatives.

Throughout his career, he has demonstrated a strong understanding of the regulatory landscape, including MLD, FATF, UK MLR 2015, US BSA, and Wolfsberg principles. His expertise is evidenced by the successful delivery of multiple UK and US regulatory remediation and Cease and Desist initiatives for leading financial institutions.

He specialises in areas such as:

Transaction Monitoring & Screening: Risk assessments, typology definitions and system tuning across various vendor systems
Structuring and executing regulatory finding remediations
Designing and implementing Target Operating Models (TOM) for TM and Sanctions

Expert Speakers

Claire Rees

JADE THIRDEYE

FINANCIAL CRIME REGULATORY SPECIALIST

Claire Rees is a Financial Crime Regulatory Specialist in the UK for Jade ThirdEye. Claire has over 25 year's experience working in Risk Management roles in financial services, 20 years of which were spent specialising in Financial Crime Prevention in a number of senior roles including as Nominated Officer, Deputy MLRO and Head of Fraud and AML.

Claire has participated in a number of regulatory and industry Financial Crime panels including a Government AML advisory panel and the CIFAS Insider Threat Advisory Board which explored ever-changing insider fraud threats.

Mats Nordgren

Vilja

CHIEF PRODUCT OFFICER

Mats, currently serving as the Chief Product Owner at Vilja, was among the first employees involved in building the company. Boasting over 20 years of experience in the international software industry Mats has accumulated invaluable insights and expertise in harnessing the latest technology to deliver superior customer value.

Prior to joining Vilja in 2009, Mats held senior consultant and chief architect roles at renowned companies such as Microsoft and CGI.