Hawk launches AML investigative agent to cut costs
Hawk, a provider of AI-powered anti-money laundering (AML), screening and fraud prevention solutions, has launched its AML Investigative Agent, designed to help financial institutions...
How AI agents are cutting costs in AML operations
AI agents have been quietly reshaping the economics of AML operations at banks, FinTechs, payment providers, and other FIs for several years now —...
How financial crime enables child exploitation networks
AML professionals spend their careers following financial signals — alerts, suspicious activity reports (SARs), transaction patterns. But how often do those professionals pause to...
Palantir wins FCA deal to mine UK financial crime data
US tech firm Palantir has secured a contract with the UK's Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) to analyse sensitive financial data as part of a...
Steward raises $5m to automate AML/KYC onboarding
Steward, an AI-first compliance platform trusted with $100bn in investor assets, has raised $5m in a funding round to automate AML/KYC processes for complex...
Hidden AML risks in South Africa’s informal gambling sector
While responsible gambling messaging floods sports broadcasts and social media feeds, South Africa's sprawling informal gambling market continues to operate largely unchecked.
According to RelyComply,...
How DORA fines could impact financial institutions
DORA has introduced a unified framework for digital operational resilience across the EU, but enforcement remains far from uniform.
According to Copla, while the regulation...
Why English-only AML monitoring misses critical risks
Financial crime rarely announces itself in English. Yet many anti-money laundering (AML) monitoring programmes are still structured as though it does. This mismatch between...
OPBAS report exposes persistent AML compliance gaps
The latest assessment from the Office for Professional Body Anti-Money Laundering Supervision (OPBAS) has highlighted improvements in the way money laundering risks are monitored...
Four benefits of consolidating AML compliance systems
Financial institutions are increasingly struggling with what many compliance teams describe as “solution sprawl” — a fragmented environment of tools designed to tackle financial...
