Remarks by Acting Under Secretary for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence Brad Smith at a Roundtable with the Pacific Banking Forum and the Government of Australia

*As Prepared for Delivery *Good afternoon, it is great to be here with you today, and I am pleased that all of you were able to join us. For those who do not know me, I am Brad Smith, the U.S. Treasury’s Acting Under Secretary for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence. My predecessor, Brian Nelson, attended the Pacific Banking Forum in Brisbane in early July. The offices I lead deploy the United States’ financial intelligence, regulatory, enforcement, and accountability tools to combat terrorist financing, money laundering, and other urgent illicit finance threats. This work is critical to safeguarding the U.S. and international financial systems from those who misuse it and undermine U.S.