Chief Compliance Officer, Payoneer Global
Search every verified Micheal Sheehy interview, podcast appearance, and on-the-record quote — each transcript cross-checked by AI and human review to confirm speaker identity. Micheal Sheehy, Chief Compliance Officer at Payoneer Global, stated in a 2022 testimonial for ThetaRay that the company operates as a regulated financial services institution in multiple jurisdictions. He said that Payoneer has over 220 banking partners and operates in a non-face-to-face environment, which he described as challenging for mitigating risks. Sheehy noted that the company has adapted its compliance program to address new typologies, including spikes in COVID-related scams, PPE scams, and loan scams, as well as further exposure to financial crime from the war in Ukraine. Sheehy said that Payoneer selected ThetaRay's Sonar product after a proof of concept in which the company sent manipulated customer data to test detection capabilities. He described machine learning as an important element in the vendor assessment process and stated that the technology allows the company to move away from static, threshold-based rules toward analyzing whether transactions fit a customer's risk profile. Sheehy added that ThetaRay set itself apart through a collaborative partnership approach rather than a vendor relationship, and that the system enables Payoneer to adapt quickly to business and product team needs.
“2022 is a whole different world. Human trafficking, counterfeit goods, drug smuggling, you know, general money laundering. Recently we've seen spikes in, as an industry, related to COVID scams, PPE scams, loan scams where people are defrauding finance institutions to get COVID loans, or selling PPE equipment that doesn...”
“We are a regulated financial services institution, regulated in multiple jurisdictions all over the world. So, we've really had to adapt our compliance program to look at those new typologies.”
“Coming with COVID and the war in the Ukraine, we see further exposure to financial crime. We operate in what we call a non-face-to-face environment. It's a lot more challenging to mitigate those risks associated with those products.”
“We have over 220 banking partners. So, we have to have a top-class compliance program.”
ThetaRay: Payoneer's testimonial video – with Micheal Sheehy, Chief Compliance Officer.
Payoneer's Chief Compliance Officer Micheal Sheehy knows that when you work in over 190 countries and territories, serving ...
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