UK AML reforms in 2025: what financial firms must change
The UK has introduced a series of significant anti-money laundering reforms throughout 2025, marking a decisive shift towards tougher accountability, enhanced transparency and more...
Cross-border AML risks rise as payments go real time
Cross-border payments have become a cornerstone of modern financial services, driven by real-time commerce, digital banking, and the rapid expansion of borderless FinTech products.
According...
How SFDR 2.0 reshapes sustainability rules
Zeidler Group has published a new practical guide breaking down the European Commission’s proposed overhaul of the Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR), marking what...
Why KYC checks fail in 2025 and how to fix them
KYC failures are becoming a growing and costly issue across financial services and adjacent industries as fraud tactics continue to evolve. In 2024 alone,...
Best AML transaction monitoring tools ranked
Transaction monitoring has become one of the most decisive areas of modern Anti-Money Laundering (AML) programmes, particularly as financial crime evolves in sophistication.
In...
FRAML: The future of fraud and AML risk management
Financial institutions across Europe are seeing fraud and money laundering become increasingly interconnected issues, driven by digital payment transformation, new criminal typologies and a...
Peach Payments partners with RelyComply for KYC scale
Peach Payments, a leading African payment service provider, and RelyComply have formed a new partnership designed to strengthen compliance frameworks as Peach Payments scales across...
Why data lineage is key to regulatory reporting
Last year, the Bank of England (BoE) renewed its call for financial institutions to strengthen their data governance and reporting frameworks. In a communication...
The little-known factor that drives AI success
From the dawn of human civilisation to today, every tool we have used has thrived on the crucial attribute of discoverability. Tools succeed when...
What makes rules-based AML inadequate for insurers?
Static, rules-based monitoring has traditionally formed the backbone of insurance anti-money laundering (AML) programmes. For years, compliance teams have relied on fixed thresholds and...
