Beyond the Pilot: Deploying Governed, Audit-Ready AI in Financial Crime Compliance
AI pilots are easy to launch. Getting one into production in a way that Compliance, Model Risk, Internal Audit, Information Security, and regulators can actually stand behind is much harder.
What you will take away
- How to select the right AI use case and decide what should actually be automated.
- What governance, testing, validation, access controls and documentation to build into a pilot from day one.
- Where human oversight should sit, and how to phase a rollout before relying on AI outputs.
- What to retain so decisions can be reconstructed later, and when drift requires revalidation.
Overview
What this webinar is
A Coalition Against Financial Crime webinar, sponsored by Flagright, on deploying governed, audit-ready AI in financial crime compliance.
Not another high-level conversation about “responsible AI.” This panel gets into the practical decisions financial institutions face when moving AI from experimentation into real financial crime workflows.
- Who has access?
- What can the AI do?
- What gets documented?
- Who validates the output?
- When must a human intervene?
- Who is ultimately accountable?
This webinar helps institutions answer those questions before they go live.
Audience
Who it is for
If your organization is piloting AI, evaluating an AI vendor, or preparing to move an AI-enabled financial crime capability into production, this conversation is for you.
You should watch if you are
- A BSA/AML, sanctions or fraud compliance leader
- A model risk, validation or internal audit lead
- An information security lead responsible for AI access and controls
- A financial crime investigations manager
- A compliance technology or transformation owner
- Accountable for regulatory readiness of AI-supported processes
What this panel covers
- Use case selection and what should actually be automated
- Governance, testing, validation, access controls and documentation from day one
- Meaningful human oversight and phased or parallel rollout
- Evaluating vendor claims, and pilot versus production performance
- Decision records, drift and revalidation, and generative and agentic AI
Themes
Key focus areas
Contents
Discussion questions
The practical questions the panel works through when moving AI from pilot into production.
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Choosing the right use case
How do you select the right AI use case and know what should actually be automated?
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Controls from day one
What governance, testing, validation, access controls, and documentation need to be built into the pilot from day one?
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03
Meaningful human oversight
Where should human oversight sit, and when is human review actually meaningful?
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04
Evaluating vendor claims
How should institutions evaluate vendor claims before moving from pitch to production?
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05
Phased and parallel rollout
What does a phased or parallel rollout look like before fully relying on AI outputs?
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06
Pilot versus production reality
How do you identify discrepancies between pilot performance and the realities of production data?
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07
Reconstructing decisions
What should be retained so decisions can be reconstructed months or years later?
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08
Drift, retraining and revalidation
When does performance drift require retraining or revalidation?
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Generative and agentic AI
How should institutions approach generative and agentic AI where regulatory expectations are still evolving?
Speakers
Who you will hear from
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John Calderon
Founder and Chair, Coalition Against Financial Crime (Moderator)
Founder and Chair of the Coalition Against Financial Crime. Moderating this panel.
Chris Phillips
Director of Financial Crime Industry Engagement, Flagright
Crystal Hu
BSA Program Governance Director, Flagstar Bank
Nancy Boyle
Managing Director Compliance, Grant Thornton Advisors LLC
Event overview
At a glance
Coalition Against Financial Crime
Online
cafc.org
info@cafc.org
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Registration
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- Practitioner perspectives from Flagright, Flagstar Bank and financial crime internal audit
Logistics
Recording details
Runtime
- Tuesday, September 22, 2026
- 60 minutes
Venue and organiser
- Online
- Coalition Against Financial Crime
- info@cafc.org