Tag: FATF

The FATF has published a new report warning that underground banking, hawala and other similar service providers (HOSSPs) are increasingly being exploited by professional...

Financial crime compliance is struggling to keep pace with the threats it was built to catch, according to new analysis from Napier AI. The Financial...

Two major financial crime institutions are putting greater emphasis on fragmented data and cross-border intelligence sharing, creating a growing challenge for banks exposed to...

Australian regulator AUSTRAC has compelled bet365 to sign a court-enforceable undertaking after uncovering serious gaps in how the online bookmaker assesses money laundering risk...

Giles Thomson, the new president of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), has unveiled a multi-year roadmap to tackle fraud losses he says amount...

Electronic Money Institutions (EMIs) are rethinking how they fight financial crime, moving away from stitched-together compliance stacks towards single, unified anti-money laundering (AML) platforms....

A politically exposed persons check (PEP check) sits among the most consequential controls in any AML compliance programme. Done well, it surfaces elevated risk...

Malaysia's anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing (AML/CTF) regime hit a defining moment in early 2026, when the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) upgraded the...

The Financial Action Task Force (FATF), the global money laundering and terrorist financing watchdog, has published a new report calling on governments and the...

Regulated businesses are under mounting pressure to prove that AML compliance is continuous, evidenced and proportionate to risk. Regulators worldwide, including the FCA and...