Tag: financial crime prevention

AI boosts compliance, but human judgment stays critical

Compliance teams in financial services are facing unprecedented pressure as communication volumes soar across chat apps, messaging platforms, and traditional email. Regulatory scrutiny continues...

Scaling AML compliance with AI and RegTech innovation

As financial institutions (FIs) see an influx of new customers, they are confronted with the dual challenge of growing their operations while maintaining strict...

How to boost AI fraud detection effectiveness

AI-powered fraud prevention is rapidly transforming the financial services sector. Yet, despite the industry pouring billions into defences, global fraud losses exceeded $1tn last...

New compliance era for scams and AML across Asia-Pacific

Financial crime regulation in Southeast Asia and Australia is becoming stricter, with regulators introducing clearer frameworks and stronger enforcement. Authorities are responding to threats...

The lesson behind Monzo’s £21m compliance failure

Monzo’s £21m fine by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has become a stark reminder for the banking sector: scale without control is not success....

UK ramps up fraud fight with tech and partnerships

Fraud prevention is becoming increasingly urgent as criminals employ more sophisticated tactics, forcing businesses, governments, and technology providers to rethink their defences. In the...

84% of consumers would leave banks over crime links

A new report from ThetaRay has revealed the extent to which financial crime can damage a bank’s reputation and erode customer trust. The U.S....

Red flags, real risk: Smarter AML tools in action

In today’s rapidly evolving regulatory environment, financial institutions can no longer afford to treat compliance as a routine check-box exercise. A single overlooked red...

Alviere boosts AML with Hawk’s AI-driven platform

Alviere, a leading provider of embedded finance and Banking-as-a-Service (BaaS) solutions, has strengthened its anti-money laundering (AML) and screening capabilities by partnering with RegTech...

Stopping payment fraud with behavioural analytics

As digital payments continue to expand, financial institutions face the urgent challenge of preventing fraud before it occurs while maintaining seamless customer experiences. Traditional fraud detection methods, whether rules-based systems or machine learning models, are often too rigid or slow to identify today’s rapidly evolving fraud tactics, leading to either missed threats or excessive false positives that inconvenience genuine customers.

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