Tag: MLRO
The strategic case for RegTech over in-house builds
Money laundering reporting officers seldom need convincing of the merits of a specialised financial crime risk assessment platform. A short demonstration is usually enough...
The hidden cost of building financial crime tools
There is a familiar refrain that echoes through financial institutions when compliance teams request new tooling: "We can build this internally — it's just...
How hidden risk correlations undermine financial crime controls
Financial crime does not respect boundaries. Customer risk, product risk, channel risk, jurisdictional exposure, behavioural signals, data quality and control effectiveness are not discrete...
The hidden culture problem behind weak MLRO engagement
There is a pattern that most money laundering reporting officers (MLROs) will recognise immediately. A request goes out for inputs to the financial crime...
The board’s role in AML risk is no longer optional
In every regulated organisation, the board of directors carries ultimate responsibility for ensuring that the financial crime risk framework is fit for purpose, effective...
From rubber stamp to real challenge: the board’s risk duty
Across every major jurisdiction, a clear regulatory message has taken hold: boards are no longer passive recipients of financial crime risk assessments. They are...
How MLROs can win executive buy-in and investment
The role of the money laundering reporting officer has undergone a profound transformation. Where once it centred on regulatory expertise — understanding obligations, controls,...
Why EMIs must unify AML screening and monitoring now
For many Electronic Money Institutions (EMIs), the following scenario will ring uncomfortably true: a screening tool flags a customer; moments later, the monitoring engine...
How technology is transforming financial crime risk management
For decades, financial crime risk assessments operated on a deceptively simple premise: capture organisational risk once a year, consolidate it into a weighty report,...
Financial crime risk assessments: The new regulatory standard
Regulatory scrutiny of financial crime risk assessments has intensified dramatically in recent years, marking the end of an era in which these documents were...










