Quensus targets £2.5m flood risk in vacant buildings
Vacant new-build developments face mounting exposure to water damage during the UK winter, when freezing temperatures can cause pipes to burst and commissioning faults...
Brickwood expands AML checks with FinScan screening deal
Brickwood Asset Management, an independent UK value equities investment firm, has selected FinScan, the anti-money laundering (AML) compliance business of Innovative Systems, to continuously...
Fragmented workflows threaten financial crime risk credibility
A financial crime risk assessment can only be as reliable as the framework underpinning it. Firms that treat methodology, governance and workflow as administrative...
How Aveni is tackling customer risk across the AI lifecycle
As financial institutions deploy AI to interact directly with customers, proving that these systems deliver appropriate outcomes is becoming a growing compliance challenge. Aveni...
Bank simplification risks leaving responsibility behind
Simplification reads well in an annual report. Lower costs, quicker decisions, fewer systems and less friction all signal progress. Inside a global bank, however,...
Why the 2026 midterms could expose compliance blind spots
Political fundraising in the US keeps growing in scale and complexity, and the run-up to the 2026 midterm elections is accelerating that trend.
Candidates,...
Singapore expands COSMIC as financial crime risks evolve
Singapore is expanding its approach to financial crime detection through COSMIC, a collaborative information-sharing platform designed to help banks identify suspicious activity across institutional...
Quensus bets on prevention data to tackle costly water claims
Escape-of-water claims remain a major cost for UK property insurers, prompting greater scrutiny of technologies that can detect leaks, automatically stop water flow and...
ZIGRAM examines AML compliance beyond registration
For organisations operating in the Philippines, registration with the Anti-Money Laundering Council (AMLC) is more than an administrative requirement. It marks the beginning of...
Fear and groupthink are distorting your risk assessments
Firms invest heavily in scoring models, regulatory alignment and workflow design for their financial crime risk assessments. Yet the most influential variable in these...













