Tag: financial crime

Hawk names Daniel Marshall as chief customer officer

Hawk, a global provider of AI-powered anti-money laundering (AML) and fraud prevention technology, has appointed Daniel Marshall as its new chief customer officer (CCO). Marshall...

FinCEN sounds the alarm on World Cup financial crime

The 2026 FIFA World Cup is on the horizon, and while the spotlight will fall on football pitches across the United States, Canada, and...

Sardine lands $25m as National Bank of Canada deepens bet

Sardine, an agentic risk platform focused on combating financial crime, has secured a $25m Series C extension led by National Bank of Canada, bringing...

Why AI overlays are failing AML compliance

Legacy AML platforms are creaking under the weight of modern financial crime pressures and Napier AI warns that bolting AI onto broken foundations will...

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...

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