Tag: financial crime
Why fraud monitoring rules are tightening for banks worldwide
Fraud monitoring has shifted from a discretionary control to a core prudential and conduct requirement across every major regulatory jurisdiction. Financial institutions that fail...
Why explainable AI is the key to AML compliance
As financial institutions expand their use of artificial intelligence, a persistent question keeps resurfacing in anti-money laundering (AML) circles: does the requirement for explainability...
Risk assessments are missing the channel problem
Financial services once moved through channels that were easy to watch: branches, telephone banking, card networks and conventional payment rails. Compliance teams could monitor...
The hidden price of AML failure goes far beyond fines
Regulatory heat is intensifying across South Africa's financial sector, and headline-grabbing AML fines are only part of the story. A multi-million-rand penalty makes for...
Thailand’s central bank moves to choke off digital fraud
The Bank of Thailand, the country's central monetary authority responsible for overseeing financial stability and payments infrastructure, is preparing to roll out a sector-wide...
The compliance blind spot lurking in PEP lists
Politically Exposed Person (PEP) screening is the process compliance teams use to determine whether a customer, counterparty or beneficial owner holds a public position...
Why static fraud rules are failing growing FinTechs
Static, rule-based fraud detection is becoming a liability for growing FinTechs, flagging legitimate customers as often as it catches genuine criminals.
According to SmartSearch,...
Ninety One turns to Fenergo to modernise compliance
Fenergo has been chosen by Ninety One, the global investment manager overseeing £184bn in assets under management, to underpin a major digital transformation of...
FinScan and Quantifind unite to sharpen AML risk view
FinScan, an Innovative Systems solution and provider of AML and sanctions compliance technology, and Quantifind, a provider of AI-powered financial crime and national security...
GenAI threatens investment firms from both sides
Investment firms have long sold trust as their core product, but generative AI is now testing that promise from every angle. According to ComplyAdvantage,...










