Tag: financial crime
AUSTRAC flags growing complexity in illicit finance
Australia's financial intelligence agency AUSTRAC, the country's primary anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing regulator, has published three updated national risk assessments warning that money...
How criminal fronts are exploiting the verification gap
Organised crime has moved off the radar and onto the high street. A new report from Trading Standards reveals a troubling picture: in some...
Beyond compliance: The next frontier of AML detection
Anti-money laundering (AML) regulation is entering a new phase. Across jurisdictions, regulators are shifting away from simply checking whether institutions have controls in place,...
Rethinking inherent risk in modern financial crime
Inherent risk assessment sits at the heart of every financial crime risk framework. It answers the most fundamental question any organisation must ask: how...
MAS uses AI to fight financial crime in Singapore
The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), Singapore's financial regulatory authority, has announced a collaboration with the banking sector, the Government Technology Agency of Singapore,...
Who needs AML screening? A compliance guide
AML screening is far from the exclusive domain of large financial institutions. Regulatory obligations stretch across a surprisingly broad range of industries, and the...
FIS taps Anthropic to automate AML with AI agents
FIS has announced a partnership with AI company Anthropic to introduce agentic AI into banking, with its Financial Crimes AI Agent serving as the...
How one grad found purpose in financial crime fighting
For many graduates, the months following their final dissertation submission are defined not by relief but by uncertainty. One former philosophy and law student...
How businesses can detect sanctions evasion in 2026
Governments around the world deploy sanctions as a critical tool for limiting the access of financial criminals to global financial systems. Yet, as these...
The case for RegTech over internal compliance builds
Many organisations start out convinced that building a financial crime risk assessment platform internally will deliver better control, lower costs and the flexibility to...










