Why traditional KYC no longer works
For decades, KYC has been a cornerstone of financial crime compliance. Verify a customer's identity, assess their risk and review them periodically. It is...
Why AI explainability is now a regulatory imperative
A striking paradox has emerged from ComplyAdvantage's annual compliance survey: whilst 94% of compliance leaders believe existing and upcoming AI regulations will prove effective,...
Why ongoing AML monitoring is now non-negotiable
Passing an onboarding check is not the finish line — for regulated businesses, it is arguably the starting gun. As financial crime becomes more...
Gray Swan raises $40m to make AI deployment secure
Gray Swan, an AI security company that originated from Carnegie Mellon University's AI safety research programme and is embedded in the safety evaluation processes...
Why your archive vendor may fail when regulators ask
Archive modernisation has quietly become one of the most fiercely contested categories in regulated communications. A year ago, "archive" was little more than a...
BIS and GLEIF use LEIs to ease cross-border banking
The BIS and the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF) have jointly demonstrated how the Legal Entity Identifier (LEI) can cut compliance costs and...
Co-operative Bank faces $1.4m AML penalty in NZ court
New Zealand's Reserve Bank – Te Pūtea Matua (RBNZ), the country's central bank and financial regulator, has launched civil proceedings in the Wellington High...
Zeidler’s MMR-Tool adds Japan amid tightening fund rules
Zeidler Group has rolled out a significant update to its AI-powered Marketing Material Review Tool (MMR-Tool), adding Japan to its list of supported jurisdictions.
The...
Geordie AI closes $30m Series A to secure AI agents
Geordie AI, a purpose-built security and governance platform for AI agents, has closed a $30m Series A funding round, bringing its total capital raised...
MokN lands $15m Series A to scale phish-back platform
MokN, a cybersecurity firm pioneering the emerging Active Identity Recovery category, has closed a $15m Series A funding round to accelerate the rollout of...