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Rethinking Financial Crime Management in the Digital Era
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The Welcome Address · 09:40 – 09:50
Mr. Zaur Fatizada
Chairman of the Executive Board
Financial Monitoring Service of the Republic of Azerbaijan
The address
Azerbaijan’s national plans to combat financial crime, money laundering and corruption, focusing on strengthening its legal frameworks in line with international standards.
Delivered in the opening session, immediately after the VIP Exhibition Tour and the organiser’s opening remarks.
Biography
Zaur Fatizada was born in 1971 in Baku. He studied finance and credit, graduating in 1993 from the Azerbaijan State Institute of Economics. He began his career in 1987 and worked in various roles, including economist and accountant. Since 1994, he has held positions in tax authorities, advancing to senior roles from 2004. He led a key department at the Ministry of Taxes (2009–2015) and later held senior posts there until 2019. From 2019 to 2022, he headed departments at the State Tax Service. In 2022, he was appointed Chairman of the Financial Monitoring Service.
1971
Born in Baku
1987
Begins his career, serving as economist and accountant
1993
Graduates in Finance and Credit, Azerbaijan State Institute of Economics
1994
Joins the tax authorities
2004
Advances to senior roles
2009
Leads a key department at the Ministry of Taxes, to 2015
2019
Heads departments at the State Tax Service, to 2022
2022
Appointed Chairman of the Financial Monitoring Service
The Conclave
Where regulators, banks and technology meet on one agenda.
The Azerbaijan FCC & AML Conclave 2026 is a senior-level forum bringing together financial institutions, regulators, government authorities and selected industry stakeholders to examine the evolving financial-crime landscape and practical approaches to strengthening financial resilience.
The current market landscape, the national plan and international collaboration, toward a technology-enabled financial crime control framework aligned with global standards.
A VIP Exhibition Tour: an exclusive pre-conference preview in which senior government officials, VIPs and key delegates tour the exhibition area.
Capacity building, cross-border information sharing and public–private partnership to improve detection, investigation and enforcement outcomes.
Nine lines of discussion
- 01Financial crime, AML/CFT and evolving regulatory expectations
- 02Fraud prevention, scams and digital financial crime
- 03KYC, digital identity and customer authentication
- 04Sanctions, screening and transaction monitoring
- 05Artificial intelligence and technology in financial-crime prevention
- 06Cybercrime, threat intelligence and financial-sector resilience
- 07Payments fraud and real-time financial risk
- 08Cross-border intelligence sharing and public–private cooperation
- 09Building scalable financial-crime prevention capabilities
Programme · 16 December 2026
The day, in two sessions
Indicative and subject to final confirmation.
- 08:00to 09:00
Registration and networking coffee
- 09:00to 09:30
VIP Exhibition Tour
An exclusive pre-conference preview in which senior government officials, VIPs and key delegates tour the exhibition area.
Tour
- 09:30to 09:40
Opening remarks
DNY Communications LLC
Opening
- 09:40to 09:50
Azerbaijan’s national plans to combat financial crime, money laundering and corruption
Zaur Fatizada · Chairman of the Executive Board, Financial Monitoring Service
Focusing on strengthening its legal frameworks in line with international standards.
Welcome Address
- 09:50to 10:00
Opening address
Deputy Governor
Address
- 10:00to 10:20
Resilient financial crime defences: building organisational culture and a risk-based approach
Keynote
- 10:20to 10:40
The role of generative AI, predictive AI and machine learning in fighting financial crime
Keynote
- 10:40to 11:10
Networking coffee
- 11:10to 11:50
Cross-border collaboration and information sharing in fighting financial crime
Kanan Alisoy, Samir Taghiyev, Elvin Mammadov, Nathalie Goulet
Panel
- 11:50to 12:10
Keynote address (topic to be confirmed)
Rasim Khammadov
Keynote
- 12:10to 12:30
How does an AI model become a real, working system for detecting crime?
Shalala Aghalarova
Keynote
- 12:30to 12:50
AML, KYC and CDD: essential frameworks for identifying risks, verifying customers and ensuring compliance in high-stakes banking
Keynote
- 12:50to 13:50
Networking lunch
Confirmed speakers
The voices of the day
Senior banking, regulatory, government and financial-crime professionals. Further confirmations will be announced.
Government
Zaur Fatizada
Chairman of the Executive Board
Financial Monitoring Service of the Republic of Azerbaijan
Welcome Address · 09:40
Government
Deputy Governor
Central Bank of the Republic of Azerbaijan
Address · 09:50
International
Nathalie Goulet
Senator of Orne (Normandy)
French Senate
Panel · 11:10
International
Sophia Asanidze
Deputy Head of Anti-Money Laundering Inspection and Supervision Department
National Bank of Georgia
Panel · 14:10
Fintech
Rasim Khammadov
Board Member
Azerbaijan Fintech Association (AzFina)
Keynote · 11:50
Banking
Ramil Mammadov
Chief Compliance Officer, Member of the Board
Yapı Kredi Bank Azerbaijan CJSC
Panel · 16:20
Banking
Kanan Alisoy
Director of Compliance
Ziraat Bank Azerbaijan
Panel · 11:10
Banking
Nurlan Nasibov
Head of AML/CFT and Compliance
Bank Respublika OJSC
Panel · 14:10
Fintech
Elvin Mammadov
Chief Compliance Officer
PashaPay LLC
Panel · 11:10
Audience profile
160+ senior delegates, by invitation
Government & regulatory authorities
Government institutions · Central banks and financial-sector regulators · Financial Intelligence Units · State tax and enforcement authorities
Financial institutions
Banks and financial institutions · Insurance companies · Fintech and digital finance businesses · Regulated crypto-asset businesses
Technology & security providers
Participation through the partnership programme
International organisations & policy bodies
Senior officials from Azerbaijan, Türkiye, Georgia and Kazakhstan
The city
Baku, in December
The Conclave convenes in Azerbaijan’s capital on Wednesday, 16 December 2026. The venue will be announced shortly; travel guidance for international delegates is already available.
Delegations invited · Azerbaijan · Türkiye · Georgia · Kazakhstan
Patronage & partners
Convened with
Patronage & organiser
Under the patronage of
Organised by
Institutional partners
Official Supporting Partner
Association Partner
Sponsors
Silver Partner
Partnership programme
Exhibit to the delegates who set policy and budgets.
Technology providers, solution companies and professional services firms take part as sponsors, from Silver to Gold Partner. The VIP Exhibition Tour opens the day: senior government officials, VIPs and key delegates preview the exhibition area before the first session.
Sponsorship opportunities
An invitation to Baku
Delegate participation is by invitation, for senior decision-makers and practitioners from the financial, regulatory and government ecosystem. Send a request and the organisers will review it.