AML

AI

Why AI collaboration is key to fighting fraud

AI is no longer a pilot project in financial services. That was the clear message from the 2026 BAFT International Trade & Payment Conference,...
FCA

AML failures drive record FCA fines in 2025

The UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has delivered a stark warning to regulated firms in 2025, imposing more than £124m in fines by year-end,...
SARs

Rethinking SARs in the fight against financial crime

Suspicious Activity Reports (SARs) sit at the heart of AML frameworks worldwide. Without them, efforts to identify laundering, trafficking and terrorist financing would be...
AML

Agentic AI drives next phase of AML innovation

AI is moving from experimentation to operational reality across banking, financial services, and insurance. After a year in which real-world AI deployments accelerated, 2026...
Financial crime has always been a moving target. What has changed is the speed at which it now learns, adapts and scales. Money laundering is no longer the blunt, high-volume activity that many control frameworks were built to catch. It is coordinated, technical and increasingly designed to slip between systems that were never meant to talk to each other.

How can AML stay ahead of evolving financial crime?

Financial crime has always been a moving target. What has changed is the speed at which it now learns, adapts and scales. Money laundering...
AI

AI-powered complaints management for compliance

AI is rapidly reshaping how organisations manage customer complaints, turning what was once a reactive administrative function into a strategic pillar of compliance and...
AML

Turning AML into advantage in African FinTech

African FinTech has long been associated with financial inclusion, mobile-first innovation and rapid digital adoption. Across a continent where smartphone penetration is rising and...
AI

How collaboration and AI are redefining financial crime defence

The fight against financial crime is entering a new phase, shaped by rising fraud threats, accelerating AI adoption and a growing political focus on...
AML

Monzo AML fine signals scalable compliance era

In July 2025, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) fined Monzo Bank £21m for serious anti-money laundering (AML) control failings, marking one of the most...
MOZN

The inside story of MOZN’s unified approach to fraud and AML

Founded in 2017, Saudi Arabia-headquartered MOZN was created at a time when AI was still in its early stages. MOZN recognised a gap early...

News Stories

How the UAE's exit from the FATF grey list boosts international business

Sumsub expands UAE compliance through Innovation City partnership

Sumsub, a RegTech company providing identity verification and compliance technology, has partnered with Innovation City, a UAE free zone for AI, Web3 and digital...
payments

How three regulatory shifts are rewriting EU payments compliance

European payments firms are confronting a rare convergence of regulatory pressures, and most compliance teams are being asked to absorb all three simultaneously. The...
Experian

Experian launches single-API identity verification tool

Experian, the global information services company, has launched Identity Connect, a new identity verification solution designed to help organisations authenticate customers while meeting the...
RiskSmart

RiskSmart, Evolution Group unite on governance gaps

RiskSmart has entered a strategic partnership with The Evolution Group Ltd (TEG), an advisory and transformation delivery firm, aiming to help organisations tackle the...
SRB

Why banks face a 24-hour reckoning under new SRB liquidity rules

The Single Resolution Board's (SRB) consultation on its updated Operational Guidance on Liquidity and Funding in Resolution goes well beyond a tidying-up exercise. It...

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