AML

FinCEN

FinCEN’s new AML rule rewards banks that collaborate

FinCEN and the federal banking agencies have proposed a rule that could reshape how banks think about experimenting with new anti-money laundering technology, and...

Static KYC is failing FinTech’s fight against financial crime

Customer risk does not wait for a calendar. Between one scheduled KYC review and the next, a director can be replaced, a beneficial owner...
risk

Summa Tech, SmartSearch team up on AML compliance

Summa Tech, the company behind cloud-based client onboarding platform Onboarder, has introduced an anti-money laundering checking feature within the tool. The addition allows AML checks...
AML

Fragmented AML tools are costing EMIs dearly

Electronic Money Institutions (EMIs) are rethinking how they fight financial crime, moving away from stitched-together compliance stacks towards single, unified anti-money laundering (AML) platforms....
AML

Why weak data quietly breaks AML risk scoring models

When alert queues grow faster than compliance teams can handle, genuine financial crime risk can vanish into the noise. According to ComplyAdvantage, the root...
AML

Why structuring remains AML’s hardest problem to spot

Large cash transactions are easy to spot. But a series of smaller transactions spread across days, branches or accounts can be far harder to...
LSEG

FinScan validated for LSEG World-Check On Demand access

FinScan has cemented a first-mover advantage after becoming one of the earliest screening technology firms to complete LSEG Risk Intelligence's full technical validation for...
AMLR

EU AMLR: why firms can’t wait for 2027 to prepare

Financial institutions across Europe are facing a fundamental shift in how anti-money laundering compliance is designed, evidenced and supervised, as the EU's new AML...
Muinmos

Muinmos AI deal signals end of manual KYC at HACA

Luxembourg audit and consulting firm HACA Partners, which serves more than 500 clients across multiple countries, has chosen RegTech provider Muinmos to overhaul its...
AML

Why Merrill Lynch’s $7.5m penalty should worry AML teams

The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has fined Bank of America's Merrill Lynch business $7.5m after finding the firm failed to file numerous...

News Stories

financial crime

The real cost of building financial crime tools in-house

It is a familiar boardroom moment. A compliance team flags the need to modernise its financial crime risk assessment process, and someone from IT...
Sumsub

Sumsub overhauls flagship course as fraud tactics evolve

Sumsub Academy, the free training arm of identity verification and compliance platform Sumsub, has relaunched its flagship course as AML Transaction Monitoring 2.0. The programme...
UK payments infrastructure faces major redesign

UK payments infrastructure faces major redesign

The UK's retail payments infrastructure could be set for a major redesign, with the Retail Payments Infrastructure Board (RPIB) launching a consultation on how...
Vanguard to acquire Altruist in WealthTech push

Vanguard to acquire Altruist in WealthTech push

Vanguard is set to acquire Altruist, an AI-enabled WealthTech and custody platform for financial advisors, as the investment giant looks to expand access to...
RelyComply

RelyComply integrates LSEG World-Check On Demand for real-time financial crime risk management

RelyComply has agreed a partnership with LSEG Risk Intelligence to embed World-Check On Demand into its platform, giving banks and other regulated firms real-time...

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