In Focus: Fraud Impacting Veterans

Nick is HSBC’s US Head of Financial Crime Strategy & Framework, where he oversees HSBC’s external engagement and public-private partnership efforts in the US, amongst other responsibilities. He is also a US Army Reserve officer with multiple overseas deployments and serves as a leader for HSBC’s Employee Resource Group for veterans.

Before joining HSBC in 2015, Nick spent nearly seven years with the US Treasury’s Office of Terrorism and Financial Intelligence, where he supported the development of targeted financial measures against national security threats with a focus on Latin America and the Caribbean. While at Treasury, he served as the Senior US Treasury Representative to US Southern Command (Southcom) in Miami, FL where he helped establish their Counter-Threat Finance Branch.

He earned his MBA and BA (History) from the University of Florida, as well as a Graduate Certificate in Latin American and Caribbean Studies from Florida International University. He is CAMS certified, served as co-chair of the ACAMS South Florida Chapter (2022 – 2024), and was honored as the 2023 ACAMS AFC Professional of the Year.

Christian Hanson, CAMS, is the Head of Fraud Investigations at USAA, where he leads the investigations operations team and the Fraud SAR filing program.  With over 20 years of BSA/AML financial crimes experience within the banking sector, Christian specializes in program modernization and compliance with a focus on efficient process, workflows, tools, and outcomes.  In his free time, Christian enjoys spending time in the mountains with his family.