Neopay

APRIL 22, 2025

In a show of force for cross-agency collaboration, the National Crime Agency (NCA) has spearheaded a widespread crackdown on high street crime with Operation Machinize, focusing on barbershops and other cash-incentive businesses that are suspected of being used for money laundering and modern slavery.

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Fintech News

MAY 22, 2024

Over the past years, financial crime tech has risen to prominence, driven by increasing complexity and frequency of financial crimes, stricter regulations and compliance requirements, and technological advancements. Today, we delve into these firms’ offerings, recent strides and contributions to the field.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

Jumio , known for its suite of artificial intelligence (AI)-powered identity verification and online know your customer (KYC) products, is beefing up its anti-money laundering (AML) powers. Another key component of the platform is helping companies manage various KYC and AML regulations in different jurisdictions across the world.

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Fintech News

OCTOBER 6, 2024

Singapore is enhancing its anti-money laundering (AML) framework with new recommendations from the Inter-Ministerial Committee (IMC). The IMC’s recommendations aim to adapt Singapore’s AML framework to counter increasingly sophisticated criminal methods.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 23, 2019

Financial crimes risk management software company Quantifind and Oracle Financial Services have teamed up to improve anti-money laundering (AML) compliance and to add intelligence and automation properties directly into the compliance workflows, according to a release.

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FICO

MARCH 6, 2020

In September 2019, Fico and Visma announced their partnership to Offer SaaS Anti Financial Crime Solutions in Western Europe. I also manage the partner channels and programs for our financial crime compliance solutions. In this excerpt from that article, Jürgen elaborates on the importance of compliance. .

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Stax

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

That’s a lot of money being exchanged—and also provides a huge amount of possibility for financial crime. Financial crime can take on several faces, including (cyber) fraud, cryptocurrency scams, and money laundering—and companies offering financial services can lose out on serious bucks. In the U.S., trillion a year. In the U.S.,

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The Paypers

JULY 23, 2021

Varo Bank has selected financial crime investigation firm Quantifind ’s Graphyte platform to optimise its adverse media screening and investigations automation performance.

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The Fintech Times

AUGUST 9, 2024

AU10TIX , the identity verification and management firm, has unveiled a new anti-money laundering (AML) solution, in a move to help businesses ensure a safer approach to risk mitigation. By providing a one-stop shop for all identity verification and AML compliance needs, AU10TIX ensures businesses can operate securely and efficiently.

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FICO

MAY 20, 2021

In my Financial Crimes Predictions 2021: More AI & Ransomware post , I talked about how banks will move to operationalize their Anti-Money Laundering (AML) compliance programs to achieve greater efficiencies and how robotic process automation (RPA) adoption will drive the paradigm shift. Collect data from internal and external sources.

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Finovate

DECEMBER 2, 2024

The acquisition will provide APPC clients with a broader range of tools to fight challenges ranging from anti-money laundering (AML) to counter-terrorism financing (CTF). This collaboration has yielded flexible, customized solutions to help FIs deal with challenges ranging from anti-money laundering (AML) to counter-terrorist financing (CTF).

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 4, 2019

FIs have made strides in establishing know your customer (KYC) and anti money laundering (AML) policies, but these changes are routinely challenged by emerging technology and cross-border transaction costs. A DIY Approach To AML/KYC. One of the problems that AML/KYC procedures face is lack of standardization.

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Neopay

MARCH 7, 2024

In a recent move, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has taken a significant step in addressing the prevalent anti-money laundering (AML) shortcomings among Annex 1 firms. Furthermore, financial crime controls have failed to keep pace with the rapid growth of these businesses. These must be addressed.”

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FICO

JULY 14, 2016

The sheer scope of financial crime—money laundering, evasion of sanctions, financing of terror and other transgressions—is shocking. All of these crimes were years in the making, which makes me think there are many more still out there, still gestating. The post Meet the New Financial Crime Sheriff: Analytics appeared first on FICO.

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FICO

JULY 25, 2016

Anti-money laundering (AML) is a good example. My FICO colleague TJ Horan recently blogged about the skyrocketing compliance costs that banks face in their fight against money laundering and other financial crimes. TJ wrote: In 2015 we acquired TONBELLER, an innovator in risk-based financial crime prevention and compliance.

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Stax

DECEMBER 4, 2023

The US, therefore, requires financial institutions as well as financial services firms to have anti-money laundering (or AML) compliance programs in place. In this article, we’ll discuss everything you need to know about ensuring AML compliance as a payment facilitator (or PayFac). Let’s get started.

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The Fintech Times

JULY 21, 2024

UK financial services firms currently spend over £21,000 per hour fighting financial crime and fraud through onboarding and compliance screening processes, according to the latest True Cost of Compliance report from LexisNexis Risk Solutions. In fact, levels of tech investment have grown at twice the rate of employee-related costs.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 20, 2019

But flipping through the latest edition of the PYMNTS AML/KYC Tracker, in collaboration with Trulioo , there is a lot of data to suggest that this is the situation in an awful lot of organizations. If the risk experts aren’t feeling confident — it is hard to know how anyone else in an organization is going to.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 17, 2020

million — “for failing to put adequate anti-money laundering (AML) systems and controls in place between October 2012 and September 2017,” Britain’s main bank regulator said in a news release on Wednesday (June 17). Firms should recognize that AML controls are vitally important to the integrity of the UK financial system.”.

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Neopay

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) recently levied a substantial £16,675,200 fine against Metro Bank PLC (Metro) for significant shortcomings in its financial crime prevention systems and controls. This deficiency persisted until December 2020, leaving over four and a half years with potential gaps in financial crime oversight.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 17, 2020

According to a report in ZDNet , Westpac said that “a mix of technology and human error” and “deficient financial crime processes” were behind the financial institution’s (FI’s) lack of compliance with anti-money laundering (AML) regulations. Crime, At Scale. Australian bank Westpac Banking Corp. may stand as Exhibit A here.

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Fintech News

JULY 17, 2024

The rapid ascent of cryptocurrency has ushered in a new era of financial innovation, but it has also created novel challenges in combating financial crime. This decrease suggests that the anti-money laundering (AML) programmes of centralised exchanges are becoming more effective at detecting and mitigating laundering activity.

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The Payments Association

MAY 9, 2025

As financial crime evolves, correspondent banks must prioritise wire transfer transparency to meet global regulations and safeguard the financial system. Yet the sector continues to face scrutiny over its vulnerability to financial crime. Yet the sector continues to face scrutiny over its vulnerability to financial crime.

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The Fintech Times

JANUARY 13, 2024

Fenergo has released their annual financial fines analysis, showcasing that penalties for failing to comply with anti-money laundering (AML), KYC, environmental, social, and governance (ESG), sanctions and customer due diligence (CDD) regulations totalled $6.6billion in 2023, up considerably from $4.2billion in 2022 and $5.4billion in 2021.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 5, 2019

As a result of the investigations, the agency found that Countrywide did not conduct proper due diligence, adding that it had broken rules concerning “proper record-keeping.” In addition, HMRC implemented a £68,595 fine for online estate agency Tepilo , which shut down in December.

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Seon

MAY 10, 2024

Anti-money laundering (AML) initiatives involve laws, regulations and procedures aimed at preventing criminals from masking illegally obtained funds as legitimate income. Since the global financial crisis, AML fines totaled $56 billion, with US-based financial institutions incurring $5 billion in fines for related infractions in 2022.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 10, 2019

In addition to the check issues, Deutsche Bank is looking into other “critical” and “significant” failings found by auditors, including client due-diligence name list screening practices in Hong Kong, Singapore and India, and staff sending sensitive information over WhatsApp or personal emails.

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Neopay

OCTOBER 3, 2024

The recent £29 million fine imposed on Starling Bank by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) for financial crime failings offers important lessons for businesses in the e-money and payments industry. Outdated or inadequate processes can quickly become a liability, exposing the company to financial crime risks and regulatory action.

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Seon

APRIL 11, 2024

As fraud gains in volume and velocity, so too will the need for fraudsters to launder their profits – and as cross-border financial crimes are here to stay, no institution or location is immune. Moving in the other direction, fraud teams can leverage traditional AML information to create more robust and refined risk rulings.

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FICO

JUNE 23, 2022

The Role of Data in Managing Fraud and Financial Crime Today. In case you missed it, FICO World 2022 was a very welcome return to in-person learning and networking for the global fraud detection and financial crime-fighting community. Fraud Detection and AML Collaboration. Tue, 07/02/2019 - 02:45. by TJ Horan. I asked Julie. “In

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Neopay

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

The digital revolution, spearheaded by digital banking, cryptocurrency, artificial intelligence (AI), and digital payment systems, has significantly contributed to the exponential rise in global financial crime compliance costs. As a result, the cumulative financial crime compliance costs have now exceeded an impressive $206 billion.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 14, 2019

More broadly, however, Blanco’s theme was the interconnectedness of the financial system – and how diligence and transparency is the key to combating money laundering and other financial crimes in the U.S. and around the world. This includes offering sports betting through a mobile app.”.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 7, 2018

Following scandals at European lenders, the European Central Bank (ECB) wants the European Union (EU) to step up enforcement of anti-money laundering (AML) rules. The news comes as financial crime is drawing scrutiny — and fines — at large financial institutions.

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Finovate

JUNE 20, 2024

.” Refine Intelligence’s Digital Customer Outreach platform helps financial crime and compliance teams tackle a range of fraud and financial crime issues. The platform gives banks the ability to automatically contact customers to resolve both AML and check fraud alerts, as well as to automate enhanced due diligence (EDD).

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FICO

FEBRUARY 14, 2017

In yesterday’s post, my colleague TJ Horan introduced the topic of artificial intelligence being applied to anti-money laundering (AML). Based on the categorization, the right level of due diligence is being applied, with riskier customers getting more due diligence. But it’s still too high.

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Seon

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

Compliance with anti-money laundering (AML) regulations is now a legal obligation. Payment screening helps ensure transactions comply with AML laws and international sanctions, protecting financial institutions, fintechs, payment providers, and igaming companies from fines and legal issues.

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FICO

JANUARY 18, 2019

Despite advances in customer due diligence, including the addition of advanced analytics to compliance officers’ toolkits, the scandals of 2018 confirmed that many banks are struggling to bring their operations up to regulators’ standards, to say nothing of best practices. Watch this space for more on financial crime compliance!

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