Tag: transaction monitoring

Fragmented AML tools are costing EMIs dearly

Electronic Money Institutions (EMIs) are rethinking how they fight financial crime, moving away from stitched-together compliance stacks towards single, unified anti-money laundering (AML) platforms....

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 weak data quietly breaks AML risk scoring models

When alert queues grow faster than compliance teams can handle, genuine financial crime risk can vanish into the noise. According to ComplyAdvantage, the root...

Flagright deal signals Tipalti’s compliance push

Tipalti has selected Flagright as one of the tools underpinning its compliance infrastructure, a move designed to bolster AML capabilities across its payment operations. Flagright...

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...

Compliance without AI agents is a losing battle

Financial crime is not standing still. Criminal networks are exploiting increasingly sophisticated technology, transaction volumes keep climbing, and regulatory expectations are growing ever more...

PEP screening pitfalls that expose FinTech compliance teams

A politically exposed persons check (PEP check) sits among the most consequential controls in any AML compliance programme. Done well, it surfaces elevated risk...

Malaysia’s FATF upgrade puts AML effectiveness on trial

Malaysia's anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing (AML/CTF) regime hit a defining moment in early 2026, when the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) upgraded the...

How banks are winning the digital wallet fraud war

Phishing and fraud targeting digital wallets are surging globally, creating a growing challenge for banks and customers alike. Tieto Banktech recently delved into how...

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...

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