Financial Crime Trends and Hot Topics in 2026

Troy La Huis, Clayton Mitchell, Tom Lazard, Tamara Kolb, Ralph Wright
1/21/2026

In our annual financial crime trends webinar, a panel of Crowe professionals explores the fast-moving developments reshaping the risk landscape in 2026. This session unpacks the growing influence of AI in both criminal innovation and financial crime prevention, the evolving regulatory landscape, and the accelerating risks tied to digital assets and decentralized finance. We also examine how the continued growth of banking as a service (BaaS), embedded finance, and fintech partnerships is creating new exposure points and oversight challenges.

Viewers gain a clear view of the emerging threats defining the year ahead, along with practical guidance for strengthening their strategies, technologies, and controls to prepare for increasingly complex financial crime risks.

After watching this webinar recording, you should be able to:

  • Describe how AI, digital assets, and regulatory changes are influencing financial crime trends and organizational risk exposure
  • Identify governance and detection practices that can support effective mitigation of increasingly complex and tech-enabled threats
  • Evaluate how BaaS, embedded finance, and fintech partnerships introduce new risk dimensions, and explore strategies to oversee distributed ecosystems effectively

Note: Only attendees of the live webinar are eligible for CPE or CLE credit for qualifying webinars. If you view the webinar recording on this page you may not be eligible for CPE or CLE. For questions about CPE, contact [email protected].

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Troy La Huis
Principal, Regulatory Compliance and Financial Crime Leader
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Ralph D. Wright
Principal, Risk Consulting