Transaction Monitoring

Aresbank taps AI to strengthen trade finance AML controls

Aresbank taps AI to strengthen trade finance AML controls

Madrid-based corporate and trade finance bank Aresbank has selected SymphonyAI’s financial crime compliance technology to strengthen transaction monitoring across its trade finance and correspondent...
Banks risk missing mule networks beyond the first hop

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...
Refund fraud is exposing a new AML blind spot

Refund fraud is exposing a new AML blind spot

Chargebacks and refunds have traditionally been treated as separate fraud and operational issues, but repeated payment reversals can reveal patterns that extend beyond individual...
UK AML strategy puts data and intelligence at centre of financial crime fight

UK AML strategy puts data and intelligence at centre of financial crime fight

The UK is set to reshape its approach to anti-money laundering (AML) over the next three years, with a new government strategy calling for...
Marble lands €6.5m to automate fraud and AML compliance

Marble lands €6.5m to automate fraud and AML compliance

Marble, a Paris-based fraud detection and anti-money laundering (AML) compliance platform, has secured €6.5m in Series A funding as it looks to make AI-driven...
CleverChain brings AI due diligence to MENA markets

CleverChain brings AI due diligence to MENA markets

CleverChain, the RegTech firm behind AI agents for due diligence and anti-money laundering, has partnered with Cedar Rose, a Coface company, to automate due...
tax

Why unclaimed dividend tax is costing US investors dearly

US investors continue to hold vast and growing portfolios of foreign equities, with international diversification remaining a cornerstone of institutional investment strategy. Yet almost...
How trafficking profits hide in everyday payments

How trafficking profits hide in everyday payments

Human trafficking generates an estimated $236bn in illegal profits each year, with much of that money moving through financial activity that can appear entirely...
Eventus

Eventus wins surveillance mandate at fast-growing Rothera

Rothera, the US-based event contract exchange regulated by the CFTC, has gone live with the Validus platform from trade surveillance specialist Eventus to monitor...

Media intelligence is only as good as its data layer

Media monitoring and media intelligence are frequently conflated, yet the distinction carries real consequences for anyone building or buying in the space. According to Opoint,...

News Stories

Over $600m was raised across 14 deals this week

It was another slow week for FinTech deals as the end of 2026 edges closer.  A total of $602m was raised across 14 FinTech deals...
KYCP adds API4ALL to sharpen corporate due diligence

KYCP adds API4ALL to sharpen corporate due diligence

Compliance teams facing growing pressure to uncover who really sits behind a corporate client now have another tool at their disposal. According to KYCP,...
Compliance gets faster but firms trust it less, CUBE finds

Compliance gets faster but firms trust it less, CUBE finds

Financial institutions are processing regulatory change at a much faster pace than a year ago, but their belief that this work is actually effective...

Zing365: Insurance broking must map out career paths

Zing365, an InsurTech-focused learning and development specialist, has called on insurance brokers to set out defined career routes, organised training and mentoring if they...
Agentcard secures $8m to let AI agents shop online

Agentcard secures $8m to let AI agents shop online

Agentcard, a payments firm that lets AI agents make purchases using their users’ own cards, has closed an $8m seed funding round to help...

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