Mule chains expose blind spots in single-account AML monitoring
For compliance teams, identifying the first account to receive fraud proceeds is only one part of the investigation. Money stolen through scams, account takeovers...
Why AML teams can’t rely on LLMs alone to fight fraud
Financial crime investigators are recruited for their analytical skills. Yet a large share of their working day is often spent on far less valuable...
Why AI agents are changing cyber insurance risk
AI agents are beginning to appear in real cyber incidents, creating questions for regulators over whether existing breach, data protection and governance frameworks are...
Refund abuse is becoming an AML compliance issue
Regulated firms are facing growing pressure to look beyond individual chargebacks and refunds and consider what these activities reveal about wider financial crime risk....
Weak culture could be undermining your AML risk assessments
Financial crime risk assessments are frequently treated as technical exercises built on scoring models, control inventories, residual risk calculations and data analysis. Beneath that...
Why Fraud-as-a-Service is putting AML under pressure
Fraud-as-a-Service (FaaS), in which criminal groups buy or rent data, tools, infrastructure and specialist capabilities, is creating a more fragmented financial crime environment for...
Jumio expands selfie-based identity verification across EMEA
Jumio, an AI-powered identity intelligence provider, has completed the global rollout of its reusable identity verification technology with an expansion into Europe, the Middle...
Marble raises €6.5m to expand AI-powered AML compliance
Marble, a Paris-based platform for fraud detection and anti-money laundering (AML) compliance, has raised €6.5m in a Series A round to expand its use...
Bad culture is quietly turning AML controls into theatre
Financial institutions are pouring money into sophisticated monitoring tools. According to Vinay Vyas, the real threat to compliance lies elsewhere: in a culture that...
Why 39% of law firm AML risk assessments fall short
For many law firms, anti-money laundering (AML) compliance has become a routine exercise. The client is identified, sanctions and PEP screening is carried out,...
