2017 Crime Trends & Technology

Brendan Brothers

Brendan Brothers is a co-founder of Verafin, a leading provider of cloud-based fraud detection and anti-money laundering software with more than 1700 financial institution customers across North America.

Brendan is a computer engineer with specialized knowledge and deep expertise in advanced analytics.

He is widely recognized as an anti-financial crime subject matter expert and is a frequent presenter at industry conferences and events. Brendan is also the principal presenter for Verafin’s thought leadership webinar series on emerging industry topics in the area of anti-money laundering and fraud detection.

Mauriceo Castanheiro

Mauriceo has over 15 years experience in fighting fraud. In his previous role at Royal Bank of Canada (RBC), one of Canada’s largest banks and one of the largest banks in the world based on market capitalization with operations in 41 countries, Mauriceo held key positions within Fraud Management including Operations, Analytics and National Office Strategy. He represented RBC on the Interac Risk Management Group which is Canada’s national debit card network. He was responsible for various portfolios at RBC including debit card and account fraud, loan fraud and insurance fraud. He led various initiatives that resulted in hundreds of millions in savings within RBC and across the industry. In his role at Verafin, Mauriceo is responsible for the overall Analytics strategy and assisting in bringing new solutions to market.