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About
Deciding whether to build or buy a financial crime platform is rarely straightforward. Building can give institutions more control and a closer fit with internal systems, especially where teams have the architecture, resources and long-term ownership model to support it.

On the other hand, buying can offer a faster route to established capability and make it easier to adapt as requirements change. But it still comes with important questions around integration, governance, configuration and how much control teams are prepared to manage differently.

In practice, many institutions sit somewhere between the two. They keep control where it matters, while using external platform capability to support expansion, integration and ongoing change.

Join us as we explore how these decisions play out in practice. Drawing on independent research and practitioner insight, the webinar will examine where different approaches can work well, how institutions combine internal and external capability, and what to consider before committing to a platform strategy and operating model.
When
Monday, June 22, 2026 · 3:00 p.m. London (GMT +1:00)
Presenters
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Ed Metzger
Vice President, Market Planning, Payments Efficiency and Platforms, LexisNexis® Risk Solutions
Ed Metzger leads Market Planning for Payments Efficiency and Platforms at LexisNexis® Risk Solutions. He brings more than 20 years’ experience across financial services and technology, including previous roles with Banco Santander, Barclays and Accenture. His background includes direct experience with strategic platform delivery decisions, including where to build, where to partner and how to support long-term operating model fit.
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Lindsay Gustafsson
Head of Risk, Novuna
Lindsay Gustafsson is Head of Risk at Novuna, where she leads risk activity across consumer finance. Her experience spans retail banking, consumer finance, consultancy and non-executive leadership, with a focus on risk management, operational transformation and platform adoption. Lindsay brings a practitioner’s view of how risk teams assess platform decisions in practice, including what to retain control over, where technology can support operations and what needs to be in place to deliver transformation effectively.
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Sean O’Malley
Research Director, Financial Crime & Control, Chartis Research
Sean O’Malley is Research Director for Financial Crime & Control at Chartis Research, with deep expertise across compliance, fraud and risk management. His background spans analyst research, consulting and senior financial services roles, including Citi, IDC, Santander, State Street, Morgan Stanley, AIG and Deloitte. Sean adds an independent market perspective to the discussion, supported by recent research into build and buy decisions for financial crime platforms.