Inside the fraud economy: 7 insights from account farmers
Account farming and identity marketplaces have matured into organised, service-driven ecosystems – and the language fraud enablers use offers rare insight into how these...
APP scams, instant payments and the future of SAR reporting
Rethinking SAR thresholds in 2026 has become unavoidable as APP scams surge alongside the rapid expansion of instant payments across Europe.
According to Flagright, as...
Why technology now underpins financial crime risk assessments
Technology has become the backbone of modern financial crime risk assessments. Where these assessments were once built on spreadsheets, word documents and email-driven workflows,...
Eight compliance risks emerging from a fractured world
A fragmented world shaped by geopolitical rivalry, diverging regulatory regimes, supply-chain realignment and weakening international cooperation is fundamentally altering the global financial crime risk...
How Arctic Intelligence automates and scales business-wide risk assessments
Arctic Intelligence was founded to address a persistent weakness in financial crime compliance: the reliance on fragmented, manual processes to deliver business-wide risk assessments....
SME Bank selects Flagright to enhance transaction monitoring and screening
SME Bank has partnered with Flagright to strengthen its real-time financial crime controls while maintaining operational speed and scalability.
The partnership follows a detailed evaluation of Flagright’s...
Financial crime risk assessments as a board-level tool
Not long ago, financial crime risk assessments were often approached as a box-ticking exercise. Many firms treated them as annual paperwork designed to satisfy...
Equifax unveils Credit Abuse Risk to combat first-party fraud
Equifax has announced the launch of Credit Abuse Risk, a new predictive model designed to help lenders identify and mitigate first-party fraud while supporting...
How can firms manage risk beyond their own walls in 2026?
Risk no longer halts at the edge of the organisation. As businesses rely more heavily on third-parties, cloud providers, data partners and complex supply...
Why prepaid gift cards are a growing financial crime risk
The idea that a Valentine’s Day gift could play a role in financial crime still feels counter-intuitive to many consumers. Yet prepaid vouchers and...













