Risk Management

Quensus targets £2.5m flood risk in vacant buildings

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 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

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

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

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

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 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...
Can water technology give insurers a better way to manage property risk?

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 Analysis examines AML compliance beyond registration

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

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...

News Stories

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...
Settle’s $100m forward flow signals blockchain credit shift

Settle’s $100m forward flow signals blockchain credit shift

Settle, an inventory financing provider for consumer and ecommerce brands, has agreed a forward-flow arrangement with structured credit platform 3Jane that could unlock up...
AIG expands Latin American reach with Everest deals

AIG expands Latin American reach with Everest deals

Global insurance group AIG has agreed to acquire Everest Group’s Chilean insurance subsidiary, following the completion of its purchase of Everest’s Colombian business as...

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