Aaron Steinitz has been in Fraud and Financial Crimes for over 20 years, holding multiple positions of various responsibility throughout the enterprise regarding the fraud landscape. Spending most of his tenure in fraud strategy and operations, where he managed several core fraud detection teams, Aaron currently is the SVP, Director of Enterprise Fraud Policy and Governance at M&T Bank. In this role, Aaron leads multiple teams of Business Analysts and Project Owners and is responsible for leading the Fraud Agile methodology for the bank. He most recently he has been charged with building out the newly formed Fraud Technology department focused on fraud, authentication, and identity vertices, and developing stronger enterprise policies.
Aaron is considered a fraud expert in the industry, understanding both the first and second line risks associated with Financial Crimes, becoming the liaison to external and internal audit/regulators while implementing enterprise strategies to reduce losses, streamline reporting, and continue to balance the blurring line of customer experience and fraud prevention.