Tag: SARs

Why more AI alerts could mean better AML, not worse

Napier AI's Michael Joseph attended a recent ACAMS New Jersey chapter discussion on the shift from threshold-based transaction monitoring (TM) to AI-driven systems, alongside...

Napier AI: detection, not efficiency, is AML’s real test

Napier AI has weighed in on one of the thorniest debates in financial crime compliance: the gap between what artificial intelligence can theoretically do...

Why structuring remains AML’s hardest problem to spot

Large cash transactions are easy to spot. But a series of smaller transactions spread across days, branches or accounts can be far harder to...

Why Merrill Lynch’s $7.5m penalty should worry AML teams

The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has fined Bank of America's Merrill Lynch business $7.5m after finding the firm failed to file numerous...

Screening vs monitoring: stopping fraud in payments

Fraud no longer arrives as a single, obvious red flag. It travels through everyday payments, often disguised as legitimate activity, and that makes it...

How AI can boost AML typology detection

Artificial intelligence is quickly emerging as a priority investment area for financial crime teams, especially in anti-money laundering. Napier AI recently gathered industry practitioners...

Fighting fentanyl flows with federated AML models

Fentanyl is one of the most lethal narcotics in circulation, and the funds that sustain its trade often slip past traditional financial crime controls....

The role of UBO transparency in fighting tax crime

Tax evasion remains one of the most costly crimes in the global financial system, depriving governments of an estimated half a trillion dollars every...

Ranking AML alerts by risk, not time

In many banks, anti-money laundering (AML) alerts are handled in the order they’re received, not by the level of risk they represent. This outdated...

How machine learning boosts AML efficiency

As financial crime grows more complex and voluminous, traditional AML systems are struggling to keep up. In 2023 alone, financial institutions in the US...

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