Tag: FinCEN

Check fraud has stubbornly refused to die. Despite decades of predictions that paper cheques were heading for obsolescence, the crime now accounts for 30%...

Community banks in 2026 find themselves navigating an AML landscape that is pulling in two directions at once. Regulators have made genuine efforts to...

Australia's sweeping anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing (AML/CTF) reforms are just months away from taking effect, and financial crime leaders are being urged to...

There is a fundamental shift is under way in how regulators view financial crime risk assessments. Where once they focused primarily on customer onboarding, screening,...

Financial crime compliance is shifting gear globally, according to SymphonyAI's inaugural Risk Radar briefing. Regulators across North America, EMEA and APAC are not only...

Healthcare payments are rapidly emerging as a new battleground in the fight against financial crime. Traditionally viewed as systems vulnerable to billing fraud or...

Economic uncertainty is once again reshaping the financial crime risk UK firms must manage. As macroeconomic pressures intensify, compliance teams face a difficult balancing...

Anti-money laundering compliance is no longer a back-office obligation that can be handled with static rules and periodic reviews. Financial crime rarely signals its...

In January 2026, the FinCEN confirmed that the long-anticipated Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism (AML/CFT) requirements for investment advisers will not come...

Financial institutions can expect regulators to zoom in on how they handle high-risk customers, unusual transactions and complex ownership structures, especially when controls have...