Banks risk missing mule networks beyond the first hop
Fraud proceeds rarely remain in the account where they first arrive. Money stolen through scams, account takeovers and payment fraud can be transferred through...
Why football clubs must govern like banks under the IFR
The Football Governance Act 2025 marks the most significant overhaul of English football's structure since the Premier League's creation in 1992.
According to Argus Pro,...
Label and Sovos join forces ahead of CARF deadline
Label, a compliance software provider, and Sovos, a tax compliance company, have partnered to provide an end-to-end reporting solution for digital asset platforms preparing for...
Spreadsheets are hiding your biggest financial crime risk
Many organisations believe their financial crime risk assessment is working simply because it gets done every year. The routine is well rehearsed. Spreadsheets are...
Why AML automation still needs human judgment
Anti-money laundering (AML) teams are under growing pressure to process more alerts and investigations without proportionally increasing headcount. Automation can help relieve that burden,...
How Fraud-as-a-Service is reshaping financial crime
Fraud is increasingly being organised as a service, with criminal groups able to buy data, infrastructure, tools and specialist expertise rather than developing every...
LSEG launches Active Intelligence to sharpen World-Check
LSEG Risk Intelligence, the risk data and screening division of LSEG, has rolled out Active Intelligence, a new data engine underpinning its World-Check offering...
Why fines won’t fix the culture behind audit exam cheating
Regulatory fines tend to flatten complicated stories into a single figure. A penalty is announced, headlines follow, firms issue statements and attention soon drifts...
Stale risk registers leave EU firms exposed to regulators
For EU-regulated firms, managing technology risk is no longer just sound practice. Under DORA, NIS2 and ISO 27001, it is a legal or contractual...
CRS 2.0 is changing what “compliance ready” means
Fund administrators are facing greater pressure from their own clients as CRS 2.0 shifts tax reporting from a periodic compliance exercise towards an ongoing...













