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AI Meets AML: How Smart Analytics Fight Money Laundering

FICO

One of the places where AI can make a huge difference today is in anti-money laundering (AML). As regulations become ever more demanding, the rules-based systems grow more and more complex with hundreds of rules driving know your customer (KYC) activity and Suspicious Activity Report (SAR) filing.

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How to Maintain Anti-Money Laundering Compliance as a PayFac

Stax

With the global economy moving online, corruption, fraud, trafficking, and other illicit activities continue to rise. According to a UN report, money laundering activities of about $1.6 As such, the Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) establishes certain AML program requirements for financial institutions in the US.

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FICO’s New AML Scores Use AI and Machine Learning to Detect More Money Laundering

FICO

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.

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APAC Faced the Most Regulatory Fines in H1’24 Reveals Fenergo in Latest Report

The Fintech Times

The US subsidiary of a Canadian bank was issued a fine of $65million for unsafe practices related to operational, compliance, and strategic risk management controls. The bank was ordered to pay the fine to resolve investigations by The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), an independent bureau of the US Department of the Treasury.

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The Nitty-Gritty Of Suspicious Activity Reporting

PYMNTS

A recent guest blog presented by G2 Web Services explores the obligations acquirers and third parties have when it comes to filing a Suspicious Activity Reporting (SAR) form if there is any suspicion of transaction laundering. According to the post , authored by Theodore F. Monroe and Bradley O.

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Top 5 Fraud & Security Posts: AI Meets AML (and Hackers)

FICO

One of the newer applications of artificial intelligence rose to the top of the Fraud & Security blog last year: anti-money laundering. AI Meets AML: How Smart Analytics Fight Money Laundering. Readers were also keenly interested in learning more about cybersecurity and ATM compromise trends.

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Financial Policy Predictions 2021: Meaningful Changes Ahead

FICO

Duguid before the end of June 2021, I believe the court will not only provide some clarity on what an ATDS is but, in doing so, will further facilitate the use by banks and other businesses of legitimate, non-marketing automated or prerecorded voice and text messages to the mobile phones of customers who have the provided requisite consent.

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