# Financial Crime Divide: Where DC Policy, Technology, and Compliance Collide ### Where Policy Meets Practice Washington writes the rules. Banks, fintechs, and compliance teams must make them work — often overnight. As sanctions expand, enforcement tightens, and initiatives like DARPA’s A3ML (Anticipatory and Adaptive Anti-Money Laundering) program emerge, the distance between policy goals and operational reality has never been more important to understand. Coercive Capital Podcast host and Head of the Center on Economic & Financial Power at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, Elaine Dezenski, sits down with Matt Van Buskirk – Founder & CEO, Regulatory at Hummingbird – for a candid conversation on how DC policy, technology, and compliance intersect — and what it means for the future of anti-money laundering (AML) and financial crimes compliance. ##### What you'll learn: - **Ripple Effect**: How Washington’s decisions translate into real-world compliance actions and systems - **Innovation Wave**: What DARPA A3ML and similar efforts signal for future compliance oversight and technology - **Both Sides**: A candid exchange between a DC policy insider and a RegTech CEO shaping the field - **Q&A:** Compliance leaders asked their best sanctions, AML, and compliance questions of two industry leaders ## Meet the speakers [**Elaine Dezenski** \ Host of the Coercive Capital Podcast and Head of the Center on Economic & Financial Power at FDD](https://www.linkedin.com/in/elainedezenski/) [**Matt Van Buskirk** \ Founder & CEO, Regulatory at Hummingbird](https://www.linkedin.com/in/mattvanbuskirk/)