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FCA pulls ESG rating providers into UK regulatory net

FCA pulls ESG rating providers into UK regulatory net

ESG rating providers operating in the UK face a new compliance reality, as the FCA has finalised rules that place these firms under its...
Agentic fraud risk grows as consumer trust in AI lags

Agentic fraud risk grows as consumer trust in AI lags

SEON, the fraud prevention and AML compliance platform, has published new research suggesting that while US consumers are quickly folding AI agents into daily...
Why AMLA’s new CDD rules raise the stakes for compliance

Why AMLA’s new CDD rules raise the stakes for compliance

Europe’s new anti-money laundering authority has finalised its customer due diligence rulebook, shifting the focus for financial institutions from collecting extensive customer data to...
Cardamon wins Trading 212 as compliance complexity bites

Cardamon wins Trading 212 as compliance complexity bites

Trading 212, one of the UK’s leading savings and investment platforms, has teamed up with Cardamon, a Y Combinator-backed RegTech firm, to automate regulatory...
SpotOn bets on AiPrise to secure restaurant onboarding

SpotOn bets on AiPrise to secure restaurant onboarding

SpotOn, the US provider of restaurant software and payment services, has brought in AiPrise to verify the identities of the business owners joining its...
Prediction market insider trading puts compliance on notice

Prediction market insider trading puts compliance on notice

Prediction and digital markets are growing quickly, but a wave of enforcement cases suggests compliance teams may be underestimating the conduct risks building up...
Afin Bank picks ALMIS One ahead of Basel 3.1 deadline

Afin Bank picks ALMIS One ahead of Basel 3.1 deadline

UK challenger bank Afin Bank has appointed ALMIS International, a provider of cloud-based balance sheet management software for banks and building societies, to underpin...
Instant payments expose weaknesses in AML screening

Instant payments expose weaknesses in AML screening

A payment can pass through every routine check and still present a serious financial crime risk. A beneficiary name may resemble a sanctioned individual,...
Nagelmackers turns to Regnology to fix reporting gaps

Nagelmackers turns to Regnology to fix reporting gaps

Belgian private bank Banque Nagelmackers is overhauling how it manages financial data, as growing regulatory demands expose the weaknesses of traditional accounting and reporting...
FATF grey list exits put fresh AML strain on banks

FATF grey list exits put fresh AML strain on banks

The Financial Action Task Force (FATF), the global anti-money laundering watchdog, has taken Bulgaria, Monaco, Ivory Coast and the Democratic Republic of Congo off...

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Emirates NBD brings AI market insights into digital wealth

Emirates NBD brings AI market insights into digital wealth

Emirates NBD, a banking group operating across the Middle East, North Africa, Türkiye and South Asia, has partnered with Bridgewise, an embedded investment AI...
Is business verification failing to keep pace with financial crime?

Is business verification failing to keep pace with financial crime?

Business verification has become an increasingly important line of defence against financial crime, yet the complexity of modern corporate structures is exposing weaknesses in...
Banks face tougher data scrutiny as APAC reporting rules evolve

Banks face tougher data scrutiny as APAC reporting rules evolve

Submitting the correct reporting template on time is no longer enough to satisfy regulators. Across Asia-Pacific (APAC), supervisors are demanding more detailed data, greater...
Banks face growing fraud risks as criminal tactics converge

Banks face growing fraud risks as criminal tactics converge

Banking fraud is becoming harder to detect as criminals combine identity theft, payment manipulation and increasingly sophisticated digital attacks. Banking fraud is no longer limited...
Financial crime risk assessments have outgrown spreadsheets

Financial crime risk assessments have outgrown spreadsheets

For years, spreadsheets have been the default tool for financial crime risk assessments. They were familiar, flexible and easy to adapt, and for a...

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