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Matthew Hobbs

Matthew Hobbs

Head of FCC Strategy, Swift

Matt has spent most of his 25+ year career working in large transaction banks, predominantly in the payments domain, focusing on transformation and financial crime compliance (FCC) activity. Over the last ten years he has been specifically focused on financial crime. He ran transaction screening from a first-line-of-defence perspective for a large global transaction bank, focused on IT/filter management and operations. This also involved heavy engagement with regulatory bodies as the institution was under enforcement action. In this role Matt initiated some industry leading innovation, and optimised the transaction screening operation, ensuring it met regulatory requirements, yet with improved efficiency to support business demands. Since moving to Swift, Matt has managed the FCC Strategy team, where it has been assessing the role Swift should play in the industry. This is alongside working with the industry on opportunities to improve the current model. In addition, within the Swift strategy team, Matt he has responsibility for approaches to environmental, social and governance and data/artificial intelligence.

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