Faizal Mohamed Yacoob

Faizal is a Director in KPMG’s Financial Crimes group, bringing over 20 years of experience in banking operations, with seven years specializing in financial fraud prevention, detection, regulatory remediation, and operational transformation. His extensive career includes three years at leading FinTech firms, where he spearheaded fraud operations and managed regulatory responses, including CFPB remediation efforts. Faizal also has significant tenure with traditional financial services institutions and years of experience in financial services technology consulting. He has a proven track record of improving organizational effectiveness by aligning business processes with regulatory compliance and implementing innovative solutions to balance fraud prevention with customer experience. Faizal has extensive experience leading and executing projects within the financial services sector, focusing on fraud operations and risk management.

In his current role as Director, he leads strategic initiatives to enhance fraud defenses, streamline processes for financial institutions, manage large-scale cross-functional initiatives, develop banking regulation compliance strategies, and oversee operational management efforts.