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....










