Tag: AML

In the financial services industry, robust AML frameworks are no longer optional. As financial crime becomes more sophisticated and regulatory scrutiny intensifies, firms across...

Ilkley-based digital compliance specialist SmartSearch has completed the acquisition of Credas Technologies. The acquisition brings together two complementary compliance technology providers with the shared goal...

The past year proved to be one of the most revealing yet for threat intelligence teams tracking the evolution of financial crime. Throughout 2025,...

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...

A more fractured global order is fundamentally changing how financial crime risk emerges, spreads and hides. Rising geopolitical rivalry, diverging regulatory regimes, fractured supply...

Global anti-money laundering enforcement intensified throughout 2025, with regulators across Europe, the Americas, APAC and the Middle East issuing record penalties, expanding supervisory powers...

Fraud losses continue to rise at an alarming pace. In 2024, consumers and businesses reported losing more than $12.5bn to fraud, marking a 25%...

Attitudes towards artificial intelligence in financial regulation appear to be shifting, according to new research examining how banking leaders expect regulatory approaches to evolve. A...

Agentic AI is emerging as a powerful force in financial crime prevention, aligning the goals of compliance teams and regulators in ways that would...

Fraud prevention and AML have operated as parallel disciplines — adjacent, but structurally separate, for a long time. Fraud teams focused on stopping unauthorised...