AFB Sponsored Roundtable: Is Compliance Ready to Help Banks Execute their AI Strategy?

Emerging technology is moving quickly from experimentation into execution. Banks are considering how AI, automation, machine learning and agentic tools can support growth, improve control, increase capacity and manage cost.

AFB, in partnership with DCM, invites members to a sponsored roundtable to discuss how compliance functions at foreign banks can support emerging technology adoption, provide effective challenge, and help banks build confidence around governance, monitoring and accountability.

We are grateful to AFB member firm, British Arab Commercial Bank, for hosting this roundtable.

Why attend?

For compliance leaders, the discussion is no longer simply about whether these technologies should be adopted. It is about how Compliance departments can help the firm execute its strategy while understanding, challenging and managing the risks that come with it. This roundtable will discuss the key themes below:

• Where Compliance Departments should sit in the execution of emerging technology strategy
• How firms are thinking about the different risk profiles of machine learning, generative AI, automation and agentic AI
• Whether “support, influence and action” is a useful lens for assessing technology-enabled activity
• How Boards and senior management are approaching risk appetite for automation, human in the loop models and agentic AI
• What effective monitoring could look like once technology is embedded, including output testing, AI hallucination, model drift, reliance, accountability and escalation
• How Compliance Departments can help firms capture asymmetric gains by increasing capability, oversight and confidence without increasing cost or headcount at the same rate

AFB will circulate an agenda and series of questions to attendees in advance which will be used to aid discussions.

The Chatham House Rule will apply to this event to encourage open dialogue and discussion.

There will be breakfast and networking from 08:30 before the roundtable discussion commences at 09:00.

The capacity for this roundtable is limited to 20 members, one person per member bank.  This ensures as many firms as possible can benefit from the discussions.  Please book early to avoid disappointment.

Who should attend?

This event is aimed at Chief Compliance Officers, Heads and Deputy Heads of Compliance and MLROs.

Facilitator

Arthur Jiggins-Roffey, Managing Director, DCM

Arthur is a financial crime & compliance expert, with deep expertise across global banking groups, smaller banking subsidiaries and internationally connected firms.

As Managing Director at DCM, Arthur supports banks in managing financial crime and compliance risks, aligning to regulatory expectations and building proportionate, sustainable control frameworks. His work with firms operating across different jurisdictions gives him practical insight into the challenges faced by AFB members, including group-led technology strategies, local accountability, lean operating models and cross-border governance.

Logistics

Fee:         Included in AFB membership

Format:    In-person at British Arab Commercial Bank, 8-10 Mansion House Pl, London EC4N 8BJ

Date:        Tuesday 30 June 2026

Time:        09:00 – 10:30 (arrivals and breakfast from 08:30)                                                 

If you would like to submit a question or have any specific areas that you would like the session to address, please send them to AFB at secretariat@foreignbanks.org.uk You will receive details on how to join this session a week before the event.

Sponsored by

DCM

DCM provides specialist regulatory compliance support to firms navigating authorisation, growth, governance enhancement, and evolving supervisory expectations. Our team combines deep technical expertise with scalable delivery capability to strengthen frameworks, enhance controls, and provide confidence across AML, sanctions, fraud, and transaction monitoring.  We partner with clients to deliver high-quality outcomes. Our mix of FCA Skilled Person Oversight, deep regulatory expertise, and industry know-how all under one roof provides comprehensive coverage to our clients.

Learn more about DCM on their website.