The Asian Bankers Association (ABA) is inviting members and friends to join the "Effective Transaction Monitoring & High Quality STR Reporting Workshop", organized in association with Fintelekt Advisory Services, an ABA knowledge Partner. This in-person event will take place on 17–18 September 2026 at the Aloft Hotel, Bangkok.
(1) Introduction
As financial crime grows increasingly sophisticated and cross-border in nature, the Financial Action Task Force (FATP) and by extension, regulators in each country, are shifting their focus from technical compliance to demonstrable effectiveness. It is no longer enough to have systems in place. Institutions must prove that their controls detect, disrupt, and report illicit activity in practice.
Fintelekt’s intensive two-day regional workshop aims to bring together AML/CFT compliance professionals from across the region to confront one of the most persistent challenges in the field: transforming transaction monitoring from a volume-driven, alert-clearing exercise into a genuinely intelligence-led capability that produces high-quality, actionable Suspicious Transaction Reports (STR).
Through a blend of expert-led sessions, practical case studies and peer discussions, participants will examine how to calibrate monitoring rules, reduce false positives, enrich alert investigations, and draft STRs that provide real value to Financial Intelligence Units. By convening professionals from different countries, the workshop creates a rare opportunity to compare typologies, regulatory expectations, and practical solutions, recognising that criminal networks operate across borders, and so too must our collective response.
(2) Objective
To calibrate monitoring rules, reduce false positives, enrich alert investigations, and prepare STRs that provide real value to Financial Intelligence Units.
(3) Agenda
DAY ONE: THURSDAY, 17 SEPTEMBER 2026
08:00 Registration
09:00 Welcome and Opening Remarks
09:15 The Evolving Financial Crime Landscape:
- Regional money laundering, fraud and terrorist financing trends.
- The global shift from technical compliance to AML effectiveness.
- Changes in regulatory expectations and emerging focus areas in the region.
09:45 Changing Regulatory Expectations:
- Regulatory focus on AML effectiveness.
- Expectations from transaction monitoring programmes.
- Common supervisory findings and recurring weaknesses.
- What makes an STR valuable to regulators and FIUs.
- Preparing for inspections and effectiveness assessments.
11:00 Refreshments and Networking
11:30 Building an Effective Transaction Monitoring Framework:
- Risk-based transaction monitoring.
- Designing meaningful scenarios and thresholds.
- Rules-based vs behaviour-based monitoring.
- Managing false positives and alert volumes.
- Customer risk, products and channels in scenario design.
- Governance, tuning and model validation.
13:00 Lunch
14:00 Case Study & Peer Discussion
15:00 Conducting Effective Alert Reviews & Investigations:
- Structured investigation methodology.
- Using customer profile and transactional behaviour together.
- Identifying red flags and linking activities.
- Documenting investigation rationale.
- Escalation and decision-making.
16:00 Refreshments and Networking
DAY TWO: FRIDAY, 18 SEPTEMBER 2026
09:00 Emerging AML Risks in the Region
10:00 Writing High-Quality Suspicious Transaction Reports:
- Elements of an effective STR.
- Telling the financial crime story.
- Linking facts, analysis and suspicion.
- Common reporting deficiencies.
- Practical tips for improving report quality.
- What happens after an STR is filed.
11:00Refreshments and Networking
11:30 Measuring and Demonstrating Effectiveness:
- Moving beyond alert and STR volumes.
- Quality metrics and meaningful KPIs.
- Feedback loops from investigations and FIUs.
- Leveraging data analytics and technology.
- Continuous improvement of monitoring programmes.
- Building an effectiveness-focused AML culture.
13:00 Lunch
14:00 Case Study & Peer Discussion
15:00 Key Takeaways and Workshop Wrap-up
15:30 pm Graduation with Refreshments & Networking
(4) Registration Fee:
Regular fee per participant: USD 425.
ABA member's special price: USD 350.
Registration deadline: 4 September 2026.
Seats are limited so please contact immediately Tanya Tanisha, Regional Sales Manager, Mobile / WhatsApp / Viber: +91 75459 49111 / +91 9370078917 at tanya@fintelekt.com
For more details about the Workshop, including registration, click HERE.
About Fintelekt Advisory Services Pvt. Ltd.:
Fintelekt Advisory Services Pvt. Ltd. is one of the Knowledge Partners of the ABA. It is a specialist in training and advisory in AML and CFT within banking and financial services sectors. It systematically invests its time and effort in building the skill level of professionals working in the banking and financial sector by assimilating and dispensing industry-reviewed best practices and knowledge.
