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

KYCP’s COT 2.1.7 targets friction in client onboarding

KYCP’s COT 2.1.7 targets friction in client onboarding

Client onboarding remains one of the most stubborn pain points in financial services, where unclear instructions, messy document collection and cluttered data views can...
AI financing fears trigger equity rotation, EXANTE finds

AI financing fears trigger equity rotation, EXANTE finds

Strong corporate earnings are no longer enough to move markets, according to EXANTE’s October equity review. The investment firm describes a growing disconnect between...
fincite brings AI and tokenisation debate to Swiss banking

fincite brings AI and tokenisation debate to Swiss banking

What will AI and WealthTech actually leave behind for Swiss banks? According to fincite, that was the central question drawing more than 150 decision-makers...
PremFina and boom team up on premium finance

PremFina and boom team up on premium finance

PremFina, a UK-based premium finance provider, has entered a long-term strategic partnership with boom, the digital insurance brand run by Abacai Technologies Limited, to...
Amdocs moves into InsurTech with $340m EIS acquisition

Amdocs moves into InsurTech with $340m EIS acquisition

Amdocs, a provider of mission-critical systems for communications firms, has agreed to buy EIS, a San Francisco-based InsurTech platform provider, for roughly $340m in...

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