Regulatory Expectation in 2023

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TCAE is excited to invite Jacqueline Shinfield to the very first session of the TCAE Knowledge Series for 2023. We will start off the year with her insights on Canada's regulatory trends and expectations in 2023 with a specific focus on the Retail Payments Activities Act (the "RPAA").

The RPAA was enacted in June 2021 and created a new regulatory regime for retail payment activities under the supervision of the Bank of Canada.

In this session, Jackie will walk us through:

What is the RPAA regim?
Who does the RPAA apply?
Requirements of the RPAA

Virtual Networking Session (New)

After Jackie's session, we are going to have a 30 mins virtual networking session where you could talk to your other colleagues around the world and get to know each other.

📆 Saturday: January 28th, 2023

⏰ Time: 10 am - 11:15 ET (TCAE Knowledge Series Session)

⏰ Time: 11:15 am - 11:45 ET (Virtual Networking)

Special thanks to our sponsors MNP for supporting us to bring this event to you complimentary.

See you all on January 28th!

Speakers

Jackie Shinfield

Partner at Blakes

Souzan Esmaili

Founder & CEO of TCAE

Jacqueline is co-lead of Blakes Financial Services Regulatory group. Her practice focuses on all aspects of regulatory compliance in the retail financial services and payments industry at both the federal and provincial levels.

She provides advice to regulated financial institutions and non-bank institutions, payday loan companies, money services businesses, foreign exchange dealers, mobile payments service providers, digital currency exchanges and others.

She has extensive experience providing advice in respect of Canada & anti-money laundering and anti-terrorism financing legislation as well as Canadian sanctions legislation.

Jacqueline also has particular expertise in the payment and card industry and provides advice to those involved in all aspects of these industries, including credit cards, stored value cards and virtual card issuers, issuers and exchangers of digital currency, e-wallet providers, payment solution providers, program managers,
payment processors, payment acquirers, payment networks and others involved in payment systems generally.

She also provides a wide range of advice on regulatory issues with respect to the development of new payment products and distribution networks and on regulatory compliance with respect to payment systems legislation and consumer protection legislation.

Jacqueline assists financial institutions in their dealings with the Financial Consumer Agency of Canada and assists regulated entities in their dealings with the Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada.

She also acts for businesses and institutions in providing advice on compliance with the rules and by-laws of the Canadian Payments Association and codes of conduct of the Canadian Bankers Association.

Souzan has over 17 years of international experience in consultancy and training with a focus on Regulatory Compliance, Anti-Money Laundering, Anti-Bribery and Corruption, and RegTech. She worked for various financial institutions and consultancies in Dubai and Toronto.

In 2019, when Souzan moved to Canada, she created TCAE with a passion to help, educate and empower Compliance & AML professionals around the world. She gained her first Canadian job experience by working as a subject matter expert on the Anti Bribery & Corruption Program for Wells Fargo’s Canada and Latin America regions. In March 2020, Souzan launched The Knowledge Series where she brings international industry experts and thought leaders to share their knowledge and experience with the AML and Compliance professionals around the world. As TCAE was expanding, Souzan decided to leave Banking in 2021 and enter the entrepreneurship world.

Prior to moving to Canada in 2019, Souzan worked for various financial institutions and consultancies where she assisted her clients to understand their compliance needs, advised on meeting regulatory requirements, and managed a multitude of remediation projects. She has acted as an Authorized Individual in the capacity of Compliance Officer and MLRO for a number of firms regulated by the Dubai Financial Services Authority (DFSA).
Souzan holds an MBA from the American University of Sharjah (UAE), a Post Graduate Diploma in GRC from Manchester Business School (UK), a Certified Anti Money Launder Specialist (CAMS), a FinTech Program certificate from Oxford University, and a Chainalysis Cryptocurrency Fundamentals Certification (CCFC).

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Regulatory Expectation in 2023

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