Home Tags PEP Screening
Tag: PEP Screening
Key red flags that trigger a SAR under UK AML law
Money laundering and financial fraud remain a serious threat to the UK’s financial ecosystem, making strong AML processes essential for businesses. A key part...
Smarter screening with AI and multiconfiguration
AI has quickly become the default response to almost every challenge in financial crime compliance.
Whether teams are facing overwhelming volumes of alerts, rigid screening...
How AI is transforming AML operations forever
For decades, false positives have been seen as one of the biggest challenges in AML. Technology vendors and compliance teams alike have focused on...
AML compliance: Screening vs monitoring explained
In the global effort to tackle financial crime, two tools form the backbone of anti-money laundering (AML) strategies: transaction screening and transaction monitoring. These terms are often used interchangeably, yet they perform very different roles.
How to register with UK anti-money laundering bodies
The UK’s anti-money laundering (AML) framework places a clear responsibility on businesses to identify and report suspicious financial activity. To support this, companies in...
The rising importance of PEP screening in AML compliance
In 2025, the ability to effectively identify Politically Exposed Persons (PEPs) has become crucial in the financial sector's battle against money laundering and corruption. PEPs, due to their influential roles, are at higher risk of engaging in illicit activities.
Navigating the intricacies of PEP identification in FinTech compliance
Politically Exposed Persons (PEPs) represent a significant risk for money laundering and corruption within the financial sector. Alessa, a leading provider of Anti-Money Laundering...
Bolstering financial integrity through PEP screening in KYC processes
Moody's Analytics recently took the opportunity to explain how screening for politically exposed persons can strengthen KYC processes.
