Rethinking the financial crime stack in the age of AI
AI is rapidly reshaping financial crime operations, but its impact is increasingly architectural rather than incremental. Rethinking the financial crime stack requires more than...
Experian acquires AtData to boost fraud defence
Experian has acquired AtData in a move designed to enhance digital identity and fraud prevention capabilities.
The acquisition is intended to expand Experian’s identity infrastructure...
Why real-life stories matter in financial crime compliance
The fight against financial crime is often framed as a regulatory obligation or a test of technical capability. In practice, it is far more...
Cutting fraud review times with AI automation
Fraud alert reviews just got a whole lot faster and easier for financial institutions. Financial institutions are facing a new wave of threats driven...
What the $1.7m OFAC case means for compliance
In late February 2026, a prominent US educational institution agreed to pay $1.72m to the US Treasury to settle allegations that it had processed...
Why fragmented KYC fails against synthetic fraud
Synthetic identity fraud is one of the most troubling blind spots in modern financial crime prevention. On paper, everything checks out.
A verification stack...
ECB fines J.P. Morgan €12.18m over capital errors
The ECB has imposed administrative penalties totalling €12.18m on J.P. Morgan SE after identifying significant misreporting of the bank’s RWAs a core metric used...
FCA clamps down on rogue social media finance ads
Seven social media influencers have been sentenced at Southwark Crown Court after admitting their involvement in promoting an unauthorised foreign exchange trading scheme, in...
Why economic shifts fuel UK financial crime
Economic uncertainty is once again reshaping the financial crime risk UK firms must manage. As macroeconomic pressures intensify, compliance teams face a difficult balancing...
Stopping scams in seconds with real-time AML
Real-time detection is no longer a technical enhancement reserved for high-growth FinTechs; it has become a core requirement for consumer protection in a world...
