AI in FCC Conclave Johannesburg 2026 – Panel: AI-Driven, Regulator-Defensible Investigations

Practitioners from Nedbank, Absa Group, Old Mutual and the Public Investment Corporation discuss how to deploy GenAI and Agentic AI in financial crime investigations with human oversight, governance and auditability.

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As financial institutions explore GenAI and Agentic AI across financial crime compliance, one question keeps coming up: what would have to be true for a bank to let AI make decisions? At Solytics Partners' AI in FCC Conclave – Johannesburg 2026, a panel of senior AML, forensic and financial crime practitioners shared how they are applying AI in investigations today, how they test and govern it, and where human judgment must remain firmly in control.

• Where AI Helps, and Where It Shouldn't – Use cases such as CDD and onboarding queries, policy agents, alerts and adverse media, and the situations that still need human judgment: complex structures, intent and credibility.

• How to Know an AI Model Is Working – Continuous testing, stress-testing before deployment, independent validation, and outcome-based measurement, including false negatives.

• The Role of the Human – Intuition, ethics, bias checks and accountability. AI outputs are recommendations subject to human oversight.

• Governance and Audit Trails – Governance across people, processes and systems, combined assurance between AML, IT, risk and audit, clear human ownership, and time-stamped evidence.

• Process, Customers and Regulators – Streamlining processes before adding AI, involving compliance early, reducing customer friction without weakening controls, and exploring how institutions and regulators can work together on AI.

At Solytics Partners, we help financial institutions strengthen financial crime compliance with AI that is governed, explainable and defensible.

• FCC Ecosystem – Holistic financial crime risk management: https://www.solytics-partners.com/products/fcc-ecosystem

• Agentic FCC/AML – AI-powered financial crime operations: https://www.solytics-partners.com/agentic-fcc

• SAMS – Award-winning AML screening platform: https://www.solytics-partners.com/products/sams

• EMoT – Integrated transaction and fraud monitoring: https://www.solytics-partners.com/products/emot

For more information on how Solytics Partners can support your FCC programme, contact us today: Solytics Partners - Contact Us