Tag: financial crime

Shield hires ex-HSBC surveillance chief to shape AI strategy

RegTech firm Shield has appointed Michelle Clark, formerly global head of communications surveillance capability at HSBC, as global communications surveillance expert, as financial institutions...

When compliance instincts cost you money at home

Years spent hunting for red flags can rewire the way compliance professionals see the world. Unusual transactions, oddly phrased emails and businesses that never...

ZIGRAM examines AML compliance beyond registration

For organisations operating in the Philippines, registration with the Anti-Money Laundering Council (AMLC) is more than an administrative requirement. It marks the beginning of...

Fear and groupthink are distorting your risk assessments

Firms invest heavily in scoring models, regulatory alignment and workflow design for their financial crime risk assessments. Yet the most influential variable in these...

Why toxic culture is now a financial crime risk

When banks fail to stop money laundering, fraud or sanctions evasion, the coverage usually centres on penalties, technology gaps and broken processes. What rarely...

Agentic payments expose blind spots in fraud controls

As AI agents begin making purchases for customers, the financial crime controls built around human behaviour may be looking in the wrong place. According...

Banks risk missing mule networks beyond the first hop

Fraud proceeds rarely remain in the account where they first arrive. Money stolen through scams, account takeovers and payment fraud can be transferred through...

Is your compliance function really ready for AI?

Banks and financial institutions are rushing to layer AI onto compliance operations that were never built to support it, according to identity verification and...

Spreadsheets are hiding your biggest financial crime risk

Many organisations believe their financial crime risk assessment is working simply because it gets done every year. The routine is well rehearsed. Spreadsheets are...

Life insurers’ AML blind spots leave door open to launderers

Banks have long borne the brunt of regulatory scrutiny over anti-money laundering (AML) controls, but life insurers handling large premiums are increasingly attracting the...

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