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The Payments Association
JULY 19, 2025
The UK government’s 2025 National Risk Assessment (NRA) , published this month, confirms that the risk classification for e-money institutions (EMIs) has been elevated for both money laundering (ML) and terrorist financing (TF). This marks a significant shift from the 2020 assessment, in which EMIs were rated as “medium” risk.
Finextra
JUNE 26, 2025
It also demands stronger verification steps before approving transactions. They want to know that their personal and financial data is secure. When you follow compliance rules, you reduce the risk of fraud, chargebacks, and penalties. It also shows regulators that you’re serious about safety. This adds a layer of protection to every payment.
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Finextra
AUGUST 4, 2025
Globally, fintechs and banks spend an estimated $206 billion per year on financial crime compliance. In 2023 alone, 98% of institutions reported their compliance costs increased over the prior year , with over one-third citing ever-escalating regulations as the primary driver. Yet, these visible price tags are only the tip of the iceberg.
The Payments Association
APRIL 23, 2025
Money mules: A real-time AML problem demanding a real-time solution However, money mule typologies present an opportunity to incorporate technology from fraud prevention, cyber threat intelligence, and AML to stop, investigate, and escalate illicit activity in real time. Network analytics identify connections to other mule accounts.
PYMNTS
SEPTEMBER 12, 2019
billion — 91 percent — of those penalties, while European regulators demanded $1.7 FinTechs could face these same financial pains as regulators increasingly demand that they follow the compliance rules to which FIs must adhere. A report found that the U.S. imposed a full $23.52 billion and the Middle East levied $9.5 million. .
PYMNTS
MARCH 17, 2020
But perhaps they’re not, in an age where past epidemics (SARs among them) may have steered insurance firms to narrowly define parameters of what they would — and wouldn’t cover — in the event new health crises threatened the economic well being of smaller companies. Communicable diseases? Perhaps they’re covered.
Finovate
MARCH 28, 2024
More specifically, DataVisor’s new AML solution provides: Comprehensive end-to-end functionality: including customer risk rating, CDD, EDD, sanction/watchlist screening, transaction monitoring, case management, and automated SAR filing. According to Crunchbase, DataVisor has raised more than $94 million in funding.
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