Tag: FinCEN

Zigram: Why siloed checks miss trade-based money laundering

Trade-based money laundering (TBML) remains one of the hardest threats to detect across the global financial system. Criminal networks manipulate cross-border trade to move...

Why explainable AI will decide the AML compliance race

Artificial intelligence in anti-money laundering (AML) has reached a decisive moment, according to Napier AI. Regulators, banks and vendors are no longer debating whether...

Why Form 8300 is a hidden AML risk for businesses

Anti-money laundering (AML) compliance is usually seen as a concern for banks, but a little-known federal obligation is catching out businesses far beyond the...

Pig butchering scams put compliance teams on high alert

Pig butchering scams are now among the largest drivers of scam-related reporting in the US financial system, and regulators want institutions to act. According to...

FinCEN clarifies use of mobile driver’s licences in bank onboarding

US banks and credit unions can now use qualifying mobile driver’s licences (mDLs) to verify new customers under clarified federal guidance, but integrating the...

How Fraud-as-a-Service is reshaping financial crime

Fraud is increasingly being organised as a service, with criminal groups able to buy data, infrastructure, tools and specialist expertise rather than developing every...

Why KYB is getting harder to ignore in 2026

Know Your Business (KYB) is the process of confirming that a company is legally registered, genuinely exists, and is controlled by people who are...

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...

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,...

FinCEN’s new AML rule rewards banks that collaborate

FinCEN and the federal banking agencies have proposed a rule that could reshape how banks think about experimenting with new anti-money laundering technology, and...

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