About Marco Beranzoni
Marco Beranzoni is a financial crime prevention specialist and the founder of FinCrime Agent. He has spent around 20 years working in Anti-Money Laundering (AML), sanctions, KYC and broader financial crime compliance across large banks, technology providers and consulting roles. Throughout his career, he has focused on turning complex regulatory requirements into practical, workable controls.
Professional Background
Marco's experience covers a range of roles in financial institutions and in companies that provide AML and financial crime technology. He has worked on customer due diligence, transaction monitoring, sanctions screening, financial intelligence, and management information and reporting. This mix of operational, analytical and strategic work means he understands how financial crime frameworks function both at the front line and at senior management level.
He has also supported institutions in evaluating and implementing financial crime technology solutions, including AI-driven tools, and has helped explain their impact to stakeholders at different levels of seniority.
Marco's practical experience spans across banks, fintechs, crypto firms, insurance companies, and gambling operators, giving him a broad understanding of how financial crime controls work across different regulated sectors.
Industry Involvement and Speaking
Beyond his day-to-day roles, Marco is active in the wider financial crime prevention community. He runs the FinCrime Agent YouTube channel and related platforms, where he shares practical insights, interviews industry professionals, and discusses emerging trends in AML, sanctions and compliance.
Marco has also participated as a speaker and panellist at industry events, including international forums focused on illicit trade and financial crime. In these settings he brings the perspective of the private sector and highlights how policy and regulation affect real-world compliance work.
Why Marco Created FinCrime Agent
Marco created FinCrime Agent after seeing how many people in AML and compliance roles felt stuck and uncertain about their next steps. They had completed trainings and read the rules, but still lacked a clear understanding of how different financial crime roles operate and how to progress from one role to another.
FinCrime Agent exists to:
- Make financial crime roles and responsibilities easier to understand
- Provide practical, scenario-based learning instead of only high-level theory
- Help people build sustainable careers in AML, sanctions and FIU
- Connect professionals who are passionate about preventing financial crime
The FinCrime Career Accelerator course is the central way Marco delivers this mission, turning years of experience into a structured, accessible learning path.
Through FinCrime Agent, Marco covers practical topics including sanctions officer roles, group sanctions functions, Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) investigations, management information and reporting, quality assurance in AML and sanctions controls, KYC and CDD assurance, career progression planning, and professional networking in banks, fintechs, crypto firms, insurance companies, and gambling operators.