AML SARS Volume 
Finextra
AUGUST 4, 2025
For instance, firms in EMEA spent $85 billion on AML efforts in 2023 and compliance can average ~19% of a financial firm’s annual revenue. Beneath the surface lie “hidden” costs of AML compliance that often go overlooked on the balance sheet but significantly drag down efficiency and growth. The toll on teams is severe.
PYMNTS
SEPTEMBER 21, 2020
The documents, officially known as suspicious activity reports (SARs for short) show that the banks had filed more than 2,000 reports across the past 17 years. And in PYMNTS’ own coverage, the twin external forces of regulatory scrutiny and market pressures are pushing FIs to retool and strengthen their anti-money laundering (AML) efforts.
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The Fintech Times
APRIL 29, 2024
In the last two decades, anti-money laundering (AML) regulatory framework, processes and mechanisms have not changed much. Alexandre Pinot , co-founder and head of innovation and strategy at Vilnius, Lithuania, headquartered AMLYZE , the AML/CFT compliance firm explains where the gaps in the current AML system are.
FICO
DECEMBER 12, 2018
is to the existing Bank Secrecy Act (BSA)/anti-money laundering (AML) regime. Among the key provisions is addressing the increasing burden on financial institutions required to file Suspicious Activity Reports (SARs) and the enormous amount of data flowing to Treasury’s Financial Crime Enforcement Network (FinCEN). In the U.S.,
PYMNTS
MARCH 4, 2020
His actions prevented the proper filing of many, many SARs, which hindered law enforcement’s ability to fully combat crimes and protect people,” said FinCEN Director Kenneth A. Bank $185 million for numerous offenses, including “willfully violating” BSA mandates for having an anti-money laundering (AML) procedure.
FICO
JUNE 9, 2022
FICO’s New AML Scores Use AI and Machine Learning to Detect More Money Laundering. New AML scores reduce false positive alerts by 50% while detecting 100% of known money laundering transactions, and discover new aberrant, potentially risky behaviors. AML Threat Score: Reducing False Positives Amid Defensive SAR Filings.
FICO
OCTOBER 25, 2021
In the global fight against money laundering, every bank shares the same top-line challenge and bottom-line reality; anti-money laundering (AML) operations are essential in combatting financial crime—and a costly compliance commitment. For context, here are some refresher facts on the scope of the global AML challenge.
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