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FinCEN Files Show Banks’ ‘Whack-a-Mole’ Battle Against KYC/AML

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Department of Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) show that several of the largest global banks moved money on behalf of scores of individuals and enterprises involved in criminal financial activity. Risk factors include monitoring the volume/nature of the transactions and government responsibilities.

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US Treasury Warns Banks Of Twitter Crypto Scam

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FinCEN says financial institutions (FIs) should be on the lookout for “suspicious activity,” such as high volumes of payments deposited in accounts over short periods of time, from previously unaffiliated accounts or multiple originating CVC addresses.

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Cognitive Analytics for AML – Making SARs Count

FICO

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., A solution to this problem lies in the adoption of advanced analytics.

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Ex-US Bank Risk Officer Fined For AML Failure

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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. The bank had also neglected to submit suspicious activity reports (SARs) on time. The OCC also warned U.S.

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Using AI to Streamline Compliance Processes: The Future or Could Too Much go Wrong?

The Fintech Times

. “Currently, the adoption of AI centres around assisting with often mundane tasks: that is, for example, using a large language model to help speed up written tasks such as reports and filings; using AI to help score and prioritise surveillance alerts; and looking for patterns and relationships across large volumes of unstructured data.

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Deep Dive: How FinTechs, FIs Can Arm Up Against Fraud

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They must also ensure that they do not sweep up legitimate transactions in their fraud fighting efforts, as this may introduce customer frictions, and the resultant investigating and filing of suspicious activity reports (SARs) on false positives might drain . resources.

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

FICO

AML Threat Score: Reducing False Positives Amid Defensive SAR Filings. We continue to enrich the Threat Score model to detect suspicious transactions across payment channels and bi-directional fund flows, which is particularly important in today’s mobile-first, peer to peer (P2P)-heavy payment environment. .