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ComplyAdvantage FinTea Chats: Why Modern Compliance Teams Need AI at the Core, with Flagstone
Sophie Sanders, MLRO and Head of AML at Flagstone shares a practical and refreshingly honest view at the ComplyAdvantage Fintea Chats on the evolving role of compliance and the impact of technology on financial crime prevention.
Sanders begins by outlining her role at Flagstone, where she oversees AML and holds MLRO responsibility and confirms she’s firmly a coffee drinker, very much fitting the compliance stereotype.
Reflecting on the Catalyst event, Sanders highlights the strength of the sessions, with Lord Holmes’ talk standing out in particular. Her biggest takeaway, however, is clear: AI and compliance tooling can’t be treated as an afterthought and instead, they need to be embedded into workflows from the outset. She likens AI to the baking powder in a cake rather than the icing on top, essential to the structure, not something added at the end. This message, she says, has been a recurring theme across panels and reinforced by seeing ComplyAdvantage’s product strategy in action.
As a ComplyAdvantage customer, Sanders points to the value of the customer success team, especially as Flagstone prepares to migrate to Mesh; aligning with a provider that has a strong future focus, she notes, is key to supporting growth and scale.
Looking ahead, Sanders describes it as an exciting time to be in compliance, with advances in AI and regtech, compliance is increasingly being seen as a competitive advantage, not just protecting the business, but actively helping it grow.
The conversation closes on the challenge of board-level engagement and Sanders acknowledges that when compliance is working well, it can go unnoticed and to shift that perception, she uses a Formula One analogy: compliance is the brakes that allow the business to go faster. Strong compliance doesn’t slow growth, it enables it.
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