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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The Payments Association

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

MSB de-risking as a systemic risk: Insights from the UK National Risk Assessment The UK National Risk Assessment (NRA) has identified the de-risking of MSBs as a systemic risk. By undermining regulated channels, de-risking paradoxically amplifies the very threats it aims to mitigate.

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The Payments Association

JUNE 11, 2025

Additionally, the sharing of data, both internally and on a federated, industry-wide basis, will be key to winning the war on financial crime. Mark McMurtie Ambassador, TPA "As digital threats become increasingly complex, payment companies should shift from a reactive approach to fraud prevention to more intelligent, adaptive risk management.

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Neopay

JUNE 26, 2025

Firms should also take note of the European Commission’s high-risk third countries update, which was released just before the FATF Plenary.

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The Fintech Times

JULY 21, 2025

With PSD3 regulations now taking effect across Europe, we see fraud prevention teams moving towards a unified approach to fraud risk assessment. “The UK has long been a leader in deploying innovative fraud technology, and clearly the challenges are still growing,” added Roche.

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Finextra

JUNE 18, 2025

In parallel, Payabli is working with Nvidia to develop advanced risk and fraud detection models trained on proprietary customer data to deliver tailored risk assessments specific to each customer’s business and industry. Sponsored [On-Demand Webinar] The final countdown: What’s next for Verification Of Payee?

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Payment APIs and Integration Multi-Currency Fraud Detection Risk Assessment 52

Finextra

JULY 7, 2025

AI and Edge Computing: How to Power Data-Driven Finance Artificial Intelligence (AI) is revolutionising fintech through real-time fraud detection, automated trading and risk assessment. billion in the first half of 2024 , defying a global downturn. It expresses the views and opinions of the author.

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Finextra

JULY 7, 2025

Upstart (2024) AI Application: Loan underwriting and risk assessment Experience Impacted: CX - Banking Customer Experience AI Loan Underwriting Platform: The fintech Upstart has pioneered AI-based lending, and by 2024 its platform was adopted by 500+ banks and credit unions for personal and auto loans.

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Fintech Review

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

Operational efficiency with AI-powered risk assessment designed to reduce false positives and associated costs. About Feedzai Feedzai provides an end-to-end financial crime prevention platform, utilizing AI-driven solutions to support the detection and prevention of fraud and financial crime.

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The Fintech Times

APRIL 24, 2025

Versapay , an Accounts Receivable (AR) platform, has appointed Elizabeth Bramlage as chief marketing officer.With over 15 years of experience leading marketing for high-growth fintech and payments companies, Bramlage most recently served as CMO at ComplyAdvantage , a global provider of financial crime compliance technology.

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FinTech Cross-Border Payment APIs and Integration Multi-Currency 59

Finovate

JUNE 3, 2025

Financial crime compliance innovator ThetaRay announced a strategic partnership with cross-border payments platform Spayce. The collaboration will combine ThetaRay’s Cognitive AI Transaction Monitoring solution with Spayce’s payments infrastructure to enhance the platform’s financial crime detection capabilities.

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Finextra

JUNE 6, 2025

PayPal’s BNPL solution, Pay in 4, incorporates sophisticated fraud prevention technology and machine learning models to assess creditworthiness quickly. Among other things, Sezzle is using machine learning for customer risk assessment and to offer tailored financing options.

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The Payments Association

JULY 18, 2025

Next steps/action required: Conduct or update a fraud risk assessment, with documented outputs and regular review cycles. Both UK-based and overseas companies can be prosecuted if the fraud occurs in, or targets victims in, the UK. Applies to UK-based companies and overseas firms with UK operations or UK victims. Read More »

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Finextra

JUNE 15, 2025

The gambling industry’s experience with fraud detection and real-time risk assessment again becomes is valuable and available within cloud technology. This necessity has pushed cloud architecture toward true redundancy rather than theoretical compliance. Cloud also provides rapid recovery often near real time. Its a timing issue.

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Finovate

JUNE 3, 2025

Feedzai has launched Feedzai IQ , a fraud intelligence solution that uses anonymized, distributed data to deliver real-time risk assessments without compromising customer privacy. Key features include TrustScore and TrustSignals , which provide network-wide fraud risk scores and indicators to improve accuracy and payment acceptance.

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Finextra

JULY 23, 2025

Credibur replaces these with a modular API-and-AI-first infrastructure for more informed risk assessment and improved decision-making in the credit business. The majority of institutional capital providers continue to rely on manual processes or outdated systems.

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Finextra

JUNE 23, 2025

Approval rates also reflect fundamental flaws in risk assessment. These figures include businesses with solid revenues, clear growth plans, and healthy repayment histories. But the numbers only reveal part of the problem. Standard credit checks often fail fast-growing or young firms. That leaves founders in limbo.

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Finextra

JULY 8, 2025

Instead, firms can designate other suitably trained senior staff, provided that the MLRO retains oversight of the process and ensures compliance with the FCA’s standards and the firm’s internal risk framework. A Smarter Approach to Risk Assessment The FCA reiterates that not all PEPs pose the same level of risk.

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Money Laundering Due Diligence Risk Risk Assessment 52

The Fintech Times

JUNE 19, 2025

“It enables hyper-personalised, real-time quoting by analysing data like credit scores, claims history, car model, and local crime rates to build precise customer risk profiles. “In In claims, AI is accelerating resolution by automating triage – assessing who, what, when, and even recommending outcomes.

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Fintech News

MAY 29, 2024

Singapore has released an Environmental Crimes Money Laundering National Risk Assessment (NRA), highlighting the primary threats and vulnerabilities associated with it. Singapore’s role as an international financial centre and a major trading and transit hub makes it particularly vulnerable to these crimes.

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Fintech News

MARCH 31, 2024

This balance ensures the protection of legitimate customers’ interests while empowering FIs to effectively assess and mitigate risks associated with financial crimes. It complements the industry’s existing close collaboration with MAS and law enforcement authorities to combat financial crime.

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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. For larger enterprises and the consultants assisting them, Arctic Intelligence offers the Risk Assessment Platform.

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Financial Crimes Crime APACS Risk Assessment 105

The Payments Association

JANUARY 29, 2025

2024 brought significant regulatory action, highlighting persistent weaknesses in financial crime controls across the industry. As we enter 2025, we look back at five significant cases from 2024 and the lessons they provide for organisations aiming to strengthen their financial crime frameworks.

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Financial Crimes Crime Due Diligence Money Laundering 88

PYMNTS

JULY 24, 2020

PYMNTS’ July 2020 Preventing Financial Crimes Playbook , done in collaboration with NICE Actimize , examines the cybertheft menace from a variety of angles, with an eye on COVID-era scams. The COVID-19 pandemic is making the threat of financial crime worse,” states the new Playbook. So must good actors. Better Together.

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Financial Crimes Crime Cybersecurity Risk Assessment 75

Neopay

DECEMBER 20, 2023

In the case of customers identified as domestic PEPs or having close associations with domestic PEPs, the initial risk assessment will consider them to present a lower level of risk compared to non-domestic PEPs. For a comprehensive evaluation of your financial crime prevention measures, contact us today.

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Risk Assessment Money Laundering Assessments Regulations 52

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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Finovate

JUNE 4, 2024

AMLYZE , a regtech specializing in combating financial crime that made its Finovate debut at FinovateEurope earlier this year , has forged a strategic partnership with Aura Cloud. ” Govina added, “Together, we will empower financial institutions to stay ahead of the curve in the fight against financial crime.”

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Finovate

JULY 30, 2024

Financial crime detection technology company, ThetaRay, has acquired screening specialist, Screena. AI-powered financial crime detection technology company, ThetaRay , has acquired European screening company, Screena. “For too long, screening was siloed from other critical financial crime detection tools,” Iggiotti said.

Financial Crimes 59

Financial Crimes Crime Acquirers Payment APIs and Integration 59

The Fintech Times

APRIL 3, 2024

“It complements the industry’s existing close collaboration with MAS and law enforcement authorities to combat financial crime. The post Singapore Introduces COSMIC Platform to Combat Financial Crimes appeared first on The Fintech Times.

Financial Crimes 59

Financial Crimes Crime Money Laundering Law Enforcement 59

Neopay

MAY 7, 2024

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is proposing significant updates to its Financial Crime Guide. The FCA aims to assist firms in understanding regulatory expectations while empowering them to assess the adequacy of their financial crime systems and controls. However, the proposed changes don’t stop there.

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Financial Crimes Crime Risk Assessment Money Laundering 52

PYMNTS

JULY 21, 2020

Developments Around The Financial Crimes Space. Developments Around The Financial Crimes Space. The CRI aims to create cybersecurity standards and strategies by promoting a common language for cybersecurity risk assessments, and also plans to develop a new list of cybersecurity guidelines and best practices for FIs to follow.

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Fintech News

JUNE 23, 2024

Singapore has released its updated Money Laundering (ML) National Risk Assessment (NRA) , highlighting increased risks in the digital payment token (DPT) services sector. Consequently, Singapore is closely monitoring the sector.

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Neopay

DECEMBER 5, 2024

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has issued important updates to its Financial Crime Guide, following a public consultation on proposed changes. Proliferation Financing (PF) In response to the 2022 changes in the Money Laundering Regulations (MLRs), the Guide now explicitly addresses the need for firms to conduct PF risk assessments.

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Financial Crimes Crime Money Laundering Risk Assessment 52

PYMNTS

JANUARY 3, 2021

According to a risk assessment by the U.K., the new demand for some goods and services for the fighting of COVID-19 also posed increased risk of money laundering in this way. With the digital age, both the crime itself and the ways it's combatted or fought have moved onto the internet.

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Money Laundering White Collar Crime Crime Risk Assessment 97

The Payments Association

MARCH 25, 2025

Strict compliance with FCA, PSD2, and PCI DSS protects consumers and combats financial crime, but implementation demands resources and adaptation. AML compliance requires risk assessment, transaction monitoring, and reporting suspicious activity.

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Regulatory Compliance AML PCI DSS Compliance 136

Finovate

APRIL 24, 2024

Impact asset manager Finance in Motion has teamed up with financial crime compliance specialist Napier AI. Financial crime compliance company Napier AI announced a partnership with impact asset manager Finance in Motion this week. London-based Napier AI made its Finovate debut at FinovateEurope in 2018.

Financial Crimes 59

Financial Crimes Crime AI Finance 59

FICO

MARCH 17, 2021

In its simplest definition, trade-based money laundering is the process of disguising the proceeds of crime and moving value (i.e., and globally – because it facilitates and disguises the proceeds of crime, can alter markets, and have broader implications on financial systems. Efforts to Combat Trade-Based Money Laundering”.

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