Tag: adverse media

List matching is failing sanctions teams as rules shift fast

Transaction screening still remains a cornerstone of sanctions compliance, but it only goes so far. According to RegTech firm Quantifind, truly understanding sanctions exposure means...

False positives threaten to overwhelm AML compliance

Financial crime is evolving at speed, and artificial intelligence is once again the driving force. Fraudsters are using AI to build ever more convincing...

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...

AI agents take aim at the compliance false-positive crisis

Financial crime compliance (FCC) teams face a problem that headcount alone can no longer solve. Alert volumes keep rising, investigations sprawl across disconnected systems,...

Duna: deterministic rules are the key to bank-grade AI

Financial institutions racing to embed AI into their compliance operations face a stubborn problem: the technology does not always give the same answer twice....

Can adverse media catch risk watchlists miss?

Financial crime does not wait to be listed. Money laundering, corruption, human trafficking and fraud can attach themselves to a customer, supplier or counterparty...

The compliance blind spot lurking in PEP lists

Politically Exposed Person (PEP) screening is the process compliance teams use to determine whether a customer, counterparty or beneficial owner holds a public position...

Compliance leaders bet on AI agents to cut false positives

AI agents have moved from conference buzzword to boardroom priority, but for financial crime compliance (FCC) leaders, turning that interest into measurable results remains...

Continuous KYC isn’t enough as risk moves in real time

For decades, financial institutions built their compliance programmes on one core assumption: risk could be assessed on a schedule. According to Saifr, customer due diligence...

Compliance without AI agents is a losing battle

Financial crime is not standing still. Criminal networks are exploiting increasingly sophisticated technology, transaction volumes keep climbing, and regulatory expectations are growing ever more...

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