The ProSight Annual Risk, Compliance, and Fraud Virtual Conference brings together industry leaders and subject-matter experts to discuss what’s on the horizon for financial service professionals. Dissecting the disruptors and challenges elevating credit risk in loan portfolios is critical. So is addressing persistent fraud and cyber risk while managing changes in compliance standards.
We grabbed a few minutes with Laurie Foster, credit risk program director at ProSight and a key architect of the conference. It runs October 27–30 and is organized around the theme “Navigating the Future Twists and Turns of Risk, Fraud, and Compliance.”
What went into this year’s conference planning?
New challenges are emerging quickly for banking leaders at the same time familiar ones get thornier. Sessions will examine the threats banks encounter, and address opportunities for banks to bolster resiliency as they grow. Banks have always had to manage disruption; however, the increased intensity and frequency of disruptive developments add complexity for 2026 and beyond. Keeping watchful eyes on credit quality and risk across both commercial and consumer portfolios is key, as is balancing the need to give customers convenient and quick access to funds and the need to protect them from savvy fraudsters.
At the same time, technology and vendor relationships complicate risk profiles. In all, the sessions provide an overview of what occurs in a bank every day. It doesn’t matter if you are in consumer or commercial banking, operational or market risk, governance/compliance, IT, or fraud. With a variety of topics like talent board oversight, interest rates and inflation, geopolitics and tariffs, supply-chain strain, digital assets, and more, everyone will hear ideas to bring back to the office.
Can you share some conference highlights?
We have powerful sessions throughout the week, especially our keynote, “A CEO’s Perspective on the Future of Banking.” It features Darrel Hackett, U.S. president and CEO for the Bank of Montreal, and Debbie Bianucci, president and CEO of ProSight. Other highlights include an economic update from Moody’s Chief Economist Mark Zandi and six sessions that will help the conference audience understand and fight fraudulent behavior. I recommend our session “Inside the Mind of a Master Fraudster: Lessons Learned from Deception to Detection.” On the regulatory front, we are covering the latest developments regarding the CFPB, providing a view into the changes at other agencies as we move into 2026, and welcoming OCC Deputy Comptroller Jay Gallagher in a fireside chat session.
Any final thoughts?
All departments and functions connect and have an impact on each other. We’re looking at the interactions of the whole bank. For example, a market risk—interest-rate volatility—affects what borrowers pay, so it’s connected to credit risk. It is important our audience knows that everything is intertwined; many risks can cause a ripple effect throughout the whole bank, whether it is initially categorized as market risk, operational risk, IT, operations, or credit.
Haven’t registered yet? Save your spot for October 27–30.
