Tag: Sanctions screening
Why legacy fraud tools are failing UK FinTechs
The fraud landscape confronting UK FinTechs has transformed dramatically, with synthetic identity fraud, account takeover attacks, mule accounts and AI-generated documentation now commonplace.
Yet, according...
Why compliance teams can’t ignore Sherlocq’s AI leap
Compliance professionals are not short of tools, they are drowning in them. Screening platforms, sanctions portals, regulatory update feeds, case management systems and now...
How three regulatory shifts are rewriting EU payments compliance
European payments firms are confronting a rare convergence of regulatory pressures, and most compliance teams are being asked to absorb all three simultaneously. The...
How to cut analyst time lost to KYB false positives
False positives are an inescapable feature of know-your-business (KYB) screening. When a compliance team runs a company and its ultimate beneficial owners (UBOs) against...
The compliance bottleneck draining bank resources
Something quietly broken sits at the heart of financial crime compliance at most major banks: the screening systems are working perfectly, and that is...
Why agentic AI is KYC’s last best hope
Traditional know-your-customer compliance is no longer struggling to keep pace. It is collapsing under the weight of its own limitations. Rising regulatory demands, increasingly...
Why KYC fragmentation is costing firms more than they think
Client onboarding has long been viewed as a regulatory necessity, but leading firms are increasingly treating it as a competitive advantage. By combining KYC,...
Why fragmented AML tools are costing compliance teams
Compliance officers have long operated in a world of too many systems and too little time. Transaction monitoring sits in one platform, KYC data...
The compliance research crisis no one is fixing
Picture the scene: a financial institution is onboarding a new corporate client with operations spanning the UAE, the UK, and the EU. Before any...
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...










