Risk Management

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...
IMTF

IMTF expands SironOne with AWS Marketplace listing

IMTF, a global RegTech provider specialising in anti-financial crime and regulatory compliance technology, has announced that its holistic compliance platform, SironOne, is now available...
crime

Who really owns financial crime risk in 2026?

Across many financial institutions, the Financial Crime Risk Assessment (FCRA) is still widely misunderstood. Whether it appears as an enterprise-wide ML/TF/PF assessment in Australia,...
FCA

FCA charges signal tougher stance on market abuse

The UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has issued a stark warning to financial services firms after bringing insider dealing charges against two individuals following...
ESMA

ESMA-RBI deal boosts EU access to India clearing

ESMA has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) aimed at strengthening supervisory cooperation and enabling the exchange...
Memcyco

Fraud protection FinTech Memcyco bags $37m funding

Memcyco, a real-time digital risk protection platform, focused on stopping brand impersonation scams and ATO fraud, has announced fresh funding of $37m. The firm said...
The rapid adoption of AI across financial services has created unprecedented opportunities, but also amplified risks. Solytics Partners is helping institutions harness these technologies responsibly, embedding governance directly into everyday operations while reducing operational friction and enhancing regulatory confidence. 

Turning AI governance into a competitive advantage

The rapid adoption of AI across financial services has created unprecedented opportunities, but also amplified risks. Solytics Partners is helping institutions harness these technologies responsibly, embedding...
risk

Financial crime risk assessments: from formality to strategy

Financial crime risk assessments used to be treated as box-ticking exercises — annual documents produced to keep regulators satisfied, then filed away until the...
AI

Ensembling AI models to improve compliance risk detection

Ensembling, or the practice of combining multiple AI techniques, is becoming a cornerstone of modern risk detection in financial services, as firms grapple with...
crime

The human factor behind stronger financial crime risk assessments

Technology, governance and methodology all play a part in shaping a financial crime risk assessment, but none of them determine whether it is truly...

News Stories

compliance

Who is the owner of compliance decisions in automated systems?

Automation is steadily moving from the margins of financial services into its operational core. Surveillance systems flag misconduct, onboarding platforms assess risk, and AI...

Weekly FinTech funding roundup: $955m raised as RegTech leads activity

Global FinTech firms raised $955m across 26 deals this week, marking a near 70% increase in funding from the figure raised over the previous...

How RegTech is solving the privacy compliance crisis

Privacy regulations are tightening, enforcement is accelerating, and the financial consequences of falling short have never been greater. For organisations scrambling to keep up, RegTech...
How agentic automation drives operational efficiency

How agentic automation drives operational efficiency

As organisations scale, a familiar problem tends to emerge: growth outpaces reliability. Processes that once ran smoothly become bogged down by complexity, handoffs stall, errors...
AI model governance: the gap holding back financial crime

Is model governance slowing AI in financial crime?

A new report from Hawk and Chartis has found that nine in ten financial institutions now actively encourage the use of artificial intelligence in...

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