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Financial Crime Matters

Hosted by Kieran Beer (ACAMS) · business · EN · 100 episodes

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About this Podcast:

In this podcast series, Kieran Beer (Chief Analyst at ACAMS) interviews the movers and shakers of the anti-financial crime world. Listen for fast-paced conversations about the latest financial scandal to hit newsstands, and insights on trending Financial Crime topics. Have something you’d like to hear covered? Email Kieran on podcasts@acams.org and tell us what matters to you. You can also follow Kieran on twitter www.twitter.com/kieranbeerSubscribe so you don’t miss a single episode!

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Selective

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What is Financial Crime Matters about?

In this podcast series, Kieran Beer (Chief Analyst at ACAMS) interviews the movers and shakers of the anti-financial crime world. Listen for fast-paced conversations about the latest financial scandal to hit newsstands, and insights on trending Financial Crime topics. Have something you’d like to hear covered?

Who hosts Financial Crime Matters?

Financial Crime Matters is hosted by Kieran Beer (ACAMS). The show has published 100 episodes to date.

What has Financial Crime Matters covered recently?

Recent episodes include "Exposing Online Scammers, with Operation Shamrock Founder Erin West" (12 October 2026, 30 minutes), "Fighting Money Laundering Past,Present & Future with Lisa Arquette,Donna Murphy and Suzanne Williams" (20 July 2026, 47 minutes), and "Utilizing AI to Reach and Free Victims of Violence, with Megs Shah" (17 June 2026, 23 minutes).

How often does Financial Crime Matters publish?

Financial Crime Matters publishes roughly monthly, with episodes averaging 26 minutes across 100 episodes.

How hard is it to get booked on Financial Crime Matters?

Booking probability for Financial Crime Matters is 46%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Financial Crime Matters requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Financial Crime Matters's contact route on record: public web form.

Who should pitch Financial Crime Matters?

The strongest fits for Financial Crime Matters are Investing & Wealth Management. Financial Crime Matters has a business audience.

About the host

Kieran Beer (ACAMS) hosts Financial Crime Matters, a business show with 100 episodes published.

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  • Financial Crime Matters

    Exposing Online Scammers, with Operation Shamrock Founder Erin West

    Oct 12, 202630 min

    In this episode of “Financial Crime Matters” Kieran talks with Erin West, the former Santa Clara County prosecutor who founded “Operation Shamrock,” a not-for-profit dedicated to fighting the explosion in cross border...

  • Financial Crime Matters

    Fighting Money Laundering Past,Present & Future with Lisa Arquette,Donna Murphy and Suzanne Williams

    Jul 20, 202647 min

    In this episode of "Financial Crime Matters," Kieran asks former senior banking regulators Lisa Arquette, Donna Murphy and Suzanne Williams to draw on their cumulative decades of insight related to US anti-financial...

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    Utilizing AI to Reach and Free Victims of Violence, with Megs Shah

    Jun 17, 202623 min

    In this episode of "Financial Crime Matters," Kieran talks with Megs Shah, the CEO and founder of The Parasol Cooperative, a not-for-profit that has created an AI tool to reach and serve the victims of domestic...

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    Digital Money's Anti-Financial Crime Future, with Coinbase's Joseph Salama

    May 28, 202626 minS0

    In this episode of “Financial Crime Matters,” Kieran talks with Joseph Salama, chief compliance officer at Coinbase, about mitigating financial crime risk associated with digital assets. Joe discusses current regulatory...

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    Disrupting Terror Finance, with the Middlebury Institute's Jason Blazakis

    Apr 27, 202627 minS0

    In this episode of “Financial Crime Matters,” Kieran talks with Jason Blazakis about his book, "Terror Disrupted: Countering the Financing of Terrorism." A professor at the Middlebury Institute and a former...

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    Figuring Out Why Money Laundering Wins, with Oliver Bullough

    Mar 20, 202627 minS0

    In this episode of “Financial Crime Matters,” Kieran talks with Oliver Bullough about his latest book, “Everybody Loves Our Dollars: How Money Laundering Won.” In their discussion, Oliver details how a well-intentioned...

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    Holding Court to Bring Kleptocrats to Account, with Richard Goldstone

    Feb 17, 202621 minS0

    In this episode of “Financial Crime Matters,” Kieran talks with former South African jurist Richard Goldstone about his current efforts as a board member at Integrity Initiatives International, to help create the...

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    Countering Canada’s Deadly Drug Trade, with Nick Souccar

    Dec 15, 202522 minS0

    In this episode of “Financial Crime Matters,” Kieran talks live from the ACAMS Assembly Canada with Inspector Nick Souccar, who is Officer in Charge of Federal Policing Criminal Operations, Serious and Organized Crime...

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    How the Big Banks Look at Stablecoin, Digital Assets and Modernization, with Ned Conway

    Nov 17, 202531 minS0

    In this episode of "Financial Crime Matters," Kieran talks live from The ACAMS Assembly Las Vegas with Ned Conway, Executive Secretary at the Wolfsberg Group, an association of 12 of the world's largest banks that...

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    How Sanctions Became a Way to Wage War and When They Actually Work, with Eddie Fishman.

    Nov 3, 202527 minS0

    In this episode of "Financial Crime Matters," Kieran talks with Eddie Fishman, author of “Chokepoints: How the Global Economy Became a Weapon of War," about the rapid growth in the use of financial sanctions in the 21st...

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    Embarking on a New Anti-Financial Crime Era, with AUSTRAC's Brendan Thomas

    Sep 29, 202528 minS0

    In this episode of "Financial Crime Matters," Kieran talks with AUSTRAC CEO Brendan Thomas about his agency's efforts to implement a vast extension of Australia's anti-money laundering regime to about 80,000 new...

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    Fighting identity theft and the financial exploitation of children, with Renata Furst Galvão

    Sep 2, 202527 minS0

    In this episode of "Financial Crime Matters," Kieran talks with Renata Furst Galvão about identity theft, focusing on the theft of children’s identities for financial exploitation. Renata recounts the theft of her own...

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    Uncovering Links to Chinese Underground Laundering and More:LatAm Conference Special with John Tobon

    Jul 15, 202513 minS0

    In this episode of "Financial Crime Matters" Kieran talks with John Tobon, former assistant director for the Department of Homeland Security Investigations' Countering Transnational Crime and Terrorism Division, to set...

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    Fighting Corruption at Home and Abroad, with TI France's Sara Brimbeuf

    Jul 7, 202521 minS0

    In this episode of “Financial Crime Matters,” Kieran talks with Sara Brimbeuf, head of the illicit financial flows program at Transparency International France. Sara and Kieran discuss TI France's efforts to fight...

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    Blockchain Forensics and Surviving Detention in Nigeria, with Tigran Gambaryan and Andy Greenberg.

    May 30, 202525 minS0

    In this episode of “Financial Crime Matters,” Kieran talks with Andy Greenberg, senior writer at WIRED and author of the blockchain forensic thriller “Tracers In The Dark.” Halfway into their conversation, they are...

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    Countering Violent Extremist Groups, with Hans-Jakob Schindler

    May 16, 202528 minS0

    In this episode of “Financial Crime Matters,” Kieran talks with Dr. Hans-Jakob Schindler, Senior Director of the Counter-Extremism Project about the current violent threats posed by Islamic radicals, and right-wing and...

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    Understanding North Korea’s $1.5 Billion Bybit Theft, with Geoff White

    Mar 18, 202531 minS0

    In this episode of “Financial Crime Matters,” Kieran talks with Geoff White, the author of three crucial books on financial crime, including “The Lazarus Heist: From Hollywood to High Finance: Inside North Korea's...

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    Neither Rain, Nor Snow: Fighting Financial Crime Threats to the US Postal Service, with Michael Bruno

    Jan 9, 202528 minS0

    In this episode of “Financial Crime Matters,” Kieran talks with the U.S. Postal Inspection Service’s Michael Bruno, who is anti-money laundering program manager at the service’s national headquarters. Mike details some...

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    Prosecuting Crypto Criminals, with the Justice Department’s Claudia Quiroz

    Dec 17, 202419 minS0

    In this episode of “Financial Crime Matters,” Kieran talks with Claudia Quiroz, Director of the National Cryptocurrency Enforcement Team, or NCET, at the U.S. Justice Department. Claudia and Kieran discuss the rise in...

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    Fighting the Online Exploitation of Children, with Adam Levine of the Child Rescue Coalition

    Dec 4, 202422 minS0

    In this episode of “Financial Crime Matters,” Kieran talks with Adam Levine, Director of Government Engagement for the Child Rescue Coalition (CRC). Adam and Kieran discuss CRC’s efforts to enable law enforcement to...

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