The hidden price of AML failure goes far beyond fines
Regulatory heat is intensifying across South Africa's financial sector, and headline-grabbing AML fines are only part of the story. A multi-million-rand penalty makes for...
SEON, Exist deepen Southeast Asia AML push
SEON has partnered with Exist Software Labs to extend its fraud prevention and anti-money laundering coverage across Southeast Asia.
The tie-up gives Exist's client base...
FinScan and Quantifind unite to sharpen AML risk view
FinScan, an Innovative Systems solution and provider of AML and sanctions compliance technology, and Quantifind, a provider of AI-powered financial crime and national security...
FATF exposes hawala networks fuelling money laundering
The FATF has published a new report warning that underground banking, hawala and other similar service providers (HOSSPs) are increasingly being exploited by professional...
Why FinTechs can’t relax once AMLA takes charge
The EU's new Authority for Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism (AMLA), passed by the European Parliament in 2024, is designed to...
Gold laundering puts banks on the AML front line
Two major financial crime institutions are putting greater emphasis on fragmented data and cross-border intelligence sharing, creating a growing challenge for banks exposed to...
How trafficking profits hide in everyday payments
Human trafficking generates an estimated $236bn in illegal profits each year, with much of that money moving through financial activity that can appear entirely...
Why bank-grade AI is compliance’s new competitive edge
Consumer banks such as Revolut and Trade Republic have reset expectations across financial services, making banking so seamless that traditional institutions have struggled to...
Static AML models are failing, adaptive scoring is the fix
Financial institutions have long treated fraud and anti-money laundering (AML) as separate disciplines, run on separate timelines by separate teams. Fraud detection demands split-second...
The compliance blind spot costing FinTechs millions
Financial crime is growing more sophisticated, and compliance teams that still rely on disconnected fraud and AML systems risk falling behind both fraudsters and...
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