K2 Integrity will open a permanent office in Abu Dhabi, UAE, and has named Bryan Stirewalt, formerly chief executive of the Dubai Financial Services Authority, as a senior managing director responsible for helping expand the footprint of the risk and financial crimes advisory firm in the country and the Gulf Region. Stirewalt will also focus […] More

Executive Mosaic has inducted Honorable Juan Zarate, global co-managing partner and chief strategy officer of K2 Integrity, into the 2022 edition of the Wash100 Award in recognition of his efforts focused on counterterrorism, financial integrity and cryptocurrency across the government, finance and government contracting sectors. He first received a Wash100 recognition in 2016 for supporting […] More

K2 Integrity announced on Thursday that the company has appointed Neelam Sharma, formerly a key executive of PwC, as its global head of Business Development and Sales. In the new role, Sharma will be responsible for creating and shaping K2 Integrity’s suite of products and services to deliver cutting-edge digital solutions for the firm’s growing global […] More

Thomas Pannell, formerly a partner at Ernst & Young's forensic and integrity services practice, has been appointed a managing director within the investigations and risk advisory group of K2 Integrity. He will work in K2 Integrity's New York office and brings more than two decades of industry experience to his new position.

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Juan Zarate, global co-managing partner of K2 Integrity, chairman of Consilient, and 2016 Wash100 Award winner recently spoke with ExecutiveBiz regarding the rebranding of K2 Intelligence FIN into K2 Integrity, the origin and continued development of Consilient, the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic as well as the potential plans for his companies heading into 2021. 

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K2 Intelligence Financial Integrity Network has changed its name to K2 Integrity to reinforce its efforts to assist customers in risk, compliance, investigations and monitoring. "The name K2 Integrity reinforces the principles the corporate investigations industry was founded on back in 1972: integrity and transparency," said K2 Integrity Chairman Jules Kroll.

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K2 Integrity, formerly K2 Intelligence Financial Integrity Network, and Giant Oak have formed a joint venture in an effort to provide financial institutions a new model for anti-money laundering and combating the financing of terrorism. "We are trying to revolutionize the AML/CFT regime through the use of federated data analytics and transfer learning," Juan Zarate, global co-managing partner and chief strategy officer of K2 Integrity, told ExecutiveBiz.

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K2 Intelligence Financial Integrity Network has appointed Sepideh Rowland as vice president of its financial crimes risk and compliance practice, the company reported on Wednesday. 

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Salman Banaei, head of public policy in North America for crypto data firm Chainalysis, and other experts shared their thoughts on a Federal Reserve discussion paper that explored the potential benefits, risks and policy considerations for a U.S. central bank digital currency, NextAdvisor reported Sunday. Banaei said he was surprised by how the Fed took […] More

The exponentially increasing use of digital currencies and cryptocurrencies worldwide has introduced a new kind of economic actor to the global stage. With hundreds of millions of users across the globe, this unregulated digital economy is rapidly expanding its footprint in the private sector, and the public sector is taking notice. Gurvais Grigg, chief technology […] More

Technology research company Gartner predicts that 20 percent of large enterprises will use digital currencies by 2024 for payments, collateral or stored value. “Increasing mainstream acceptance of cryptocurrencies on traditional payment platforms and the rise of central bank digital currencies will push many large enterprises to incorporate digital currencies into their applications in the coming […] More

More companies are offering to pay younger employees in cryptocurrency as part of efforts to attract talent, CNBC reported Monday. One of those companies is independent ratings agency SharpRank, which taps influential college students or “campus captains” to help build up the startup’s user base by serving as brand ambassadors. Chris Adams, founder and CEO […] More