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...
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...
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....
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...
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...
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...
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 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...
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...













