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Criselda Basas

Criselda is an experienced Compliance professional with over eight years of experience in financial crime compliance, anti-money laundering (AML), KYC, transaction monitoring, and risk investigations across the banking and financial services sector. She specializes in Enhanced Due Diligence (EDD), suspicious activity investigations, customer risk profiling, and regulatory compliance, with strong expertise in identifying financial crime risks and strengthening AML controls.

Criselda has held key compliance and investigative roles in major financial institutions including Accenture, Citigroup, and Philippine National Bank. Throughout her career, she has supported financial crime prevention initiatives through risk-based investigations, transaction analysis, and compliance quality assurance while ensuring adherence to regulatory standards and internal controls.

Practise areas:

  • Financial Crime Investigation & AML Compliance – Conducting investigations into suspicious activities, preparing investigation summaries, and recommending appropriate risk mitigation actions.

  • Enhanced Due Diligence (EDD) & KYC Reviews – Performing deep-dive customer assessments and transaction monitoring for high-risk accounts.

  • Transaction Monitoring & Risk Analysis – Identifying anomalies, detecting potential fraud and money laundering risks, and enhancing customer risk profiling.

  • Regulatory Compliance & Quality Assurance – Ensuring adherence to AML frameworks, internal policies, and regulatory requirements through quality control and compliance assessments.

Prior employment experience:

Philippine National Bank – Financial Crime Risk Investigator – AM2 (2024–2026)

Accenture – Risk and Compliance Senior Analyst & QC Signatory (2023–2024)

Citigroup – US KYC Outreach and Transaction Monitoring Analyst (2018–2023)

Education and Qualifications:

Polytechnic University of the Philippines – Bachelor of Secondary Education, Major in English (2018, Cum Laude)
Licensure Examination for Teachers (LET) – Board Passer (2019)
Association of Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialists (ACAMS) – Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist (CAMS) (June 2024)