Peter Morcos

Chief Compliance Officer
Compliance
Toronto, Canada
Core Skills

Compliance, AML/CFT/CDD, & Canada and US Markets

Peter Morcos

Chief Compliance Officer
Compliance
Toronto, Canada
Bio

Peter has 13 years of experience in the financial crime sector ranging from Fraud, AML, Risk management and Compliance. He is a finance professional, graduating with a Masters in Science focusing on counter fraud and counter corruption. He also holds a Bachelor of Finance and he is CAMS, CFCS, CFE, CFI and PMP certified. In his previous roles, Peter was responsible for overseeing independent audit reviews over AML programs and FINTRAC regulatory exams, adjusting policies and procedures in accordance with regulatory recommendations.

His leadership roles have spanned major organisations including Neo Financial as Chief AML Officer, WorldRemit as Country Head of Fraud, AML & Compliance - North America, DC Bank and Scotiabank.

Peter is experienced with managing and maintaining regulatory compliance teams, program monitoring, analytical functions involved with PCMLTFA, Sanctions screening, training, relationship & wealth management, Anti-money laundering (AML) investigations, financial fraud investigations and KYC/CDD in international, domestic and local banks as well as in money remittance fintechs and payment service providers in the MSB sector.

Key Achievements

EZO is a revolutionary fintech acting as a one-stop shop for all the money movement needs, whether it's remittance, fiat to crypto exchange or payment solutions. Utilizing technology in the financial sector is our vision and offering such services to markets in need is our mission."