Culture, not code, is sinking financial crime compliance
Financial institutions keep spending heavily on compliance technology, yet the most damaging control failures continue to trace back to something no software can fix.
According...
South Africa’s CDD bar rises after FATF greylist exit
Customer due diligence (CDD) has grown from a simple know your customer (KYC) exercise into one of the most demanding parts of the anti-money...
AI fatigue is reshaping how banks choose RegTech providers
Financial institutions have poured significant sums into technology meant to simplify complex operations. Sometimes it delivers. Often, however, the real difficulties only surface once...
A7 scandal exposes gaps in periodic compliance checks
Kremlin-backed FinTech A7 has funnelled more than $6.9bn through the international banking system despite sanctions on Russia, according to a Financial Times investigation.
UK...
Outerlimit raises $16m as agentic AI outpaces security
Outerlimit, a newly launched decentralised security and authorisation company built for agentic AI, has come out of stealth with $16m in pre-seed backing.
AlbionVC, Evolution...
Equifax targets bot-driven fraud with real-time trust scores
Equifax has introduced two new intelligence tools, Signal Score for Email and Signal Score for Device, as automated fraud networks increasingly outpace the conventional...
On-chain trading leaves compliance teams in the dark
An alleged insider trading case involving two former Robinhood engineers has put a spotlight on a problem many compliance teams have yet to solve:...
Numeral’s $100m Series C bets on sales tax complexity
Numeral, the AI-driven sales tax compliance platform, has closed a $100m Series C round as businesses face a widening set of tax obligations across...
EBA narrows third-party risk rules to critical functions
The European Banking Authority (EBA), the EU agency responsible for banking regulation and supervision, has released its final Guidelines on third-party risk management.
The framework...
AI can spot scams early, but humans must still decide
A payment can pass every check and still be the product of manipulation. The account name matches, the customer insists they know the recipient,...













