Introducing 2022 Associate - Peter Müller
Peter is a young and motivated financial crime professional, who recently started a new position by working for UBS Europe SE as Financial Crime Officer within their Investment Bank division located in Frankfurt, Germany. Before this current role he worked as (Senior) AML Analyst at a German "BaaS"-Fintech called Solarisbank AG and before that for Deutsche Bank in Berlin.
His experience within the AML/CFT-field covers investigations, (PEP) screening, transaction monitoring, suspicious activity reporting, policy analysis, authority request handling etc. within digital retail, correspondence, investment and business banking. Furthermore he is knowledgeable and certified in regard to blockchain analysis and financial crime risks associated with digital assets.
He is a Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist (CAMS). He is most interested in financial crime and its relation to world politics and global governance, especially shown by money laundering within difficult regulatory environments like offshore banking and cryptocurrencies.
Peter holds a BA degree in General Linguistics and Political Science and a MA degree in "Contemporary East Asia Studies" (focusing on modern politics and economics of Greater China/Japan/Korea) from studying in Germany, China and Taiwan.