Tag: Sanctions screening

Smarter surveillance: Blending AI with human oversight

Compliance teams across the financial sector are grappling with overwhelming volumes of communications. From emails to messaging apps, the daily flood of interactions now...

Risk-based approach: getting AML basics right

Financial institutions worldwide continue to face hefty penalties for shortcomings in anti-money laundering (AML) procedures, with fines often reaching into the tens of millions. Napier...

Moody’s sanctions mapping highlights compliance challenges

Moody’s has released new research mapping the global landscape of sanctions regimes, offering insights into how governments and organisations deploy these measures and how...

Tackling AML risks with smarter customer screening

Compliance remains one of the most pressing challenges for financial institutions, payment providers, and cryptocurrency platforms. These organisations face a delicate balance: ensuring customer...

Why AI alone won’t fix compliance screening

Artificial intelligence has become the default answer to many financial crime compliance challenges. Alert volumes are too high, rules are too rigid, and compliance...

Ending the false positives problem in AML

For more than two decades, financial institutions have been preoccupied with the challenge of reducing false positives in anti-money laundering (AML) processes. But this...

AI boosts compliance, but human judgment stays critical

Compliance teams in financial services are facing unprecedented pressure as communication volumes soar across chat apps, messaging platforms, and traditional email. Regulatory scrutiny continues...

WorkFusion’s AI Agent Edward transforms EDD

Financial institutions are under mounting pressure to improve their enhanced due diligence (EDD) programmes, long regarded as one of the most resource-intensive areas of...

FCA enforcement shows AML gaps cost firms millions

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has put anti-money laundering (AML) failures firmly in its sights as part of its five-year strategy plan for 2025–2030....

UK AML registration rules every business must know

In the UK, the fight against money laundering is a shared responsibility across the economy, requiring all relevant businesses to recognise and report suspicious...

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