Ramon Ramirez
Director of AML Operations (Senior Vice President), Western Alliance Bank
Ramon Ramirez is listed as Director of AML Operations (Senior Vice President), Western Alliance Bank. Ramon is scheduled to speak at NextGen Payments & RegTech Forum 2026 - Austin on 10 November 2026.
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Ramon Ramirez is Director of AML Operations at Western Alliance Bank, where he developed the institution's anti-money laundering program as it scaled from a $17 billion to a $100 billion bank. A Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist who has worked in financial crimes since 2015, he specializes in money laundering and digital currency monitoring, building the transaction monitoring, enhanced due diligence, and investigations programs that safeguard faster payments and digital channels across cryptocurrency, digital assets, and other high-risk sectors. He engages directly with federal regulators and law enforcement on complex AML matters.. His frontline perspective is grounded in earlier service as an investigative analyst for the DEA and as a highly decorated U.S. Army law enforcement leader across U.S. and NATO installations. He holds a master's degree from Webster University and is based in Phoenix, Arizona.