Tag: FRAML

Digital hawala exposes gaps in AML detection

Digital hawala is creating new challenges for financial institutions seeking to detect money laundering and terrorist financing, according to analysis from financial crime technology...

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...

Refund fraud is exposing a new AML blind spot

Chargebacks and refunds have traditionally been treated as separate fraud and operational issues, but repeated payment reversals can reveal patterns that extend beyond individual...

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 account takeover fraud is harder to detect

Account takeover fraud is becoming harder for financial institutions to detect as criminals increasingly operate through legitimate customer credentials. A valid login, established account...

Static AML models are failing, adaptive scoring is the fix

Financial institutions have long treated fraud and anti-money laundering (AML) as separate disciplines, run on separate timelines by separate teams. Fraud detection demands split-second...

Static KYC is failing FinTech’s fight against financial crime

Customer risk does not wait for a calendar. Between one scheduled KYC review and the next, a director can be replaced, a beneficial owner...

FRAML convergence reshapes financial crime control

Europe’s financial sector is grappling with a perfect storm of interconnected risks. Fraud and money laundering are no longer discrete criminal threats — they...

The ROI of FRAML for mid-market banks

Mid-market US financial institutions are seeing major returns from merging fraud prevention and AML efforts into a unified approach known as FRAML. A report from...

AML in 2025: The challenges banks face

Banks around the world are struggling to keep up with growing anti-money laundering (AML) demands, according to a new report by Hawk and Celent....

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