Fraud & Financial Crime Malaysia 2026
9 September 2026, Pullman, Kuala Lumpur
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Delivering Measurable Outcomes in an Era of Industrialised Financial Crime
Malaysia’s financial crime landscape has entered a new phase. Scam networks operate as organised enterprises. Mule recruitment has industrialised. Instant payments compress response windows to minutes. Digital assets and cross‑border corridors allow proceeds to fragment and migrate beyond traditional control points.
In 2025 alone, Malaysians lost RM2.77 billion to scams. The scale of loss — and the limited recovery — underscores a systemic challenge: funds move faster than intervention.
At the same time, Malaysia is in the implementation phase of its post-mutual-evaluation roadmap. The question facing regulators, enforcement agencies and financial institutions is no longer whether frameworks are in place — but whether they are producing visible, measurable disruption.
Fraud & Financial Crime Asia — Malaysia convenes the leaders responsible for turning compliance architecture into operational outcomes: stronger prosecution pipelines, effective mule suppression, real‑time payment safeguards, beneficial ownership transparency, sanctions resilience and cross‑border investigative coordination.
2026 Sponsors
Partners
Associate Partner
Supporting Organisations
Meet the Speakers 2026
Michael Clarson
Director, CRIU Complex Investigations Unit Head
Citibank
Nor Halimaton Sa’adiah Abdul Halim
Deputy Director, Payment Services Policy Department
Bank Negara Malaysia
Pamela Chua
Director, Anti Scam Centre of Excellence
Mastercard
Jai Prakash
Head of Fraud & Risk
Instapay Technologies
Jessica Chuah
GASA Ambassador
Global Anti-Scam Alliance (GASA)
Kartik Mathialaghan
Head of Compliance Advisory
Luno
Sajith Kumar
Head of Fraud Risk Strategy for Acquiring & Lending
Grab
Lolitta Suffian
Senior Vice President, Customer Experience
Bank Simpanan Nasional (BSN)
180+
Attendees
30+
Speakers
10
Sessions
1
Full day of networking
2026 Sponsors
Lead Partner
Partners
Exhibitors
Meet the Speakers 2026
Mitsutoshi Kajikawa
Co-Chair
Asia/Pacific Group on Money Laundering
Louise Taylor
Director, Observatory of Illicit Economies in Asia Pacific
Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime
Tom Wright
Co-Founder
Project Brazen
New York Times bestselling author and Pulitzer finalist
Anzar Mulyantoro
SVP & Group Head of Compliance & AML/CFT
Bank Mandiri
Through a combination of regulatory keynotes, cutting edge presentations through to engaging panel sessions and our exciting new in-depth workshops, this agenda brings together leaders across the industry together to explore how public and private policy makers from across APACs financial institutions are tackling the ever evolving threats.
- Regulatory Keynotes
- Presentations
- Breakout workshops
- Panels
- Fireside Chats
- Networking
2026 Agenda Highlights
- The industrialisation of fraud
- Cross-border proceeds and the recovery gap
- Instant payments, instant risk
- Identity as the first line of defence
- Gatekeepers and the extended compliance perimeter
- Machine-speed crime and the limits of transaction monitoring
Who attends?
Strictly by invitation only, this summit brings together an audience across the banking, legal, and policy-making landscape with participants to include experts, practitioners and thought leaders from fraud & financial crime prevention.
- Banks – Heads of Compliance, Compliance Directors, Heads of Fraud, AML Directors, Fraud Analysts, AML Directors, Heads of Onboarding, Heads of KYC, Heads of Audit, Heads of Surveillance, Forensic Directors, Heads of Client Lifecycle Management.
- Asset Management Firms – Heads of Compliance, Compliance Directors, Heads of Trading, Operations Directors, Director of Financial Crimes Compliance.
- Fintechs & Payments Providers – Chief Compliance Officers, Heads of Compliance, Financial Crime Compliance Managers, Head of AML/KYC, MLROs, Heads of Risk/CRO, Chief Regulatory Affairs Officers
- Exchanges – Heads of Compliance, Market Regulation Directors, Head of AML, Head of Regulation & Compliance, Heads of Operations, AML Head.
- Regulatory Bodies / FIUs – AML Policy Leads, Heads of Supervision, Criminal Intelligence Directors, Banking Supervisors, Anti-scam Leads
The agenda provides an invaluable opportunity to engage with thought leaders, hear from industry experts, and contribute to building a more resilient and secure financial sector.
Building a Resilient Financial Services Ecosystem
Learn how to fight financial crime, rather than just meeting compliance requirements.
Connecting Public & Private policy
Network with senior regulatory, policy and governmental officials from across APAC and work together to learn and combat sophisticated threats.
Sponsorship is now open!
This event will bring together APACs leading fraud & financial crime professionals from across the region. To raise your profile and drive sales opportunities, get in touch with our team to discuss options around sponsorship of the event.
