Tag: Federal Reserve

Corporate lookalikes expose a costly AML compliance weakness

Corporate lookalikes are creating significant challenges for anti-money laundering (AML) and Know Your Business (KYB) checks, with similar company names, addresses and ownership details...

AI, risk and the Fed: Prometeia examines the rate gap

Financial markets and professional forecasters have rarely disagreed so sharply about where US interest rates are heading. According to new analysis from Prometeia, futures...

FinCEN clarifies use of mobile driver’s licences in bank onboarding

US banks and credit unions can now use qualifying mobile driver’s licences (mDLs) to verify new customers under clarified federal guidance, but integrating the...

American Express hit with $350m AML penalty

American Express has been ordered to pay a $350m penalty by US regulators after its AML safeguards allowed roughly $13bn in suspected illicit activity...

LSEG: Why persistent oil prices could keep rates higher for longer

The world's major central banks have shifted course in a matter of weeks, and according to analysis from LSEG Data & Analytics, the real...

Exante: hawkish Fed sends US yields soaring as bonds suffer

September proved another punishing month for fixed income investors, according to the latest Fixed Income Briefing from Exante, as a hawkish Federal Reserve, resilient...

Prometeia: Energy shock tests Italy’s economic resilience

Italy's economy continues to beat expectations, but according to Prometeia's latest Quarterly Economic Outlook for September 2026, that strength rests largely on temporary factors....

Prometeia: record yields expose deepening debt risks

Government bond markets endured a punishing summer, with long-term yields climbing to levels not seen in nearly two decades. According to analysis from Prometeia,...

Why account takeover fraud is harder to detect

Account takeover fraud is becoming harder for financial institutions to detect as criminals increasingly operate through legitimate customer credentials. A valid login, established account...

AI spending surge tests the Fed’s inflation fight

AI is no longer just a productivity story, it is fast becoming a demand story with real consequences for inflation, according to new analysis...

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