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Now available: The State of Financial Crime 2025

AML Compliance

Over the last decade, US authorities have expressed concerns about the role played by illicit finance in high-end residential purchases. International bodies such as the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) have also expressed concern. In particular, FATF highlighted real estate agents’ lack of regulatory coverage in the Bank Secrecy Act (BSA), the country’s main AML/CFT legislation.

Credit unions’ operations put them in a similar financial crime risk category as banks. It is therefore of utmost importance that these firms fully understand their risks and associated obligations for anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing (AML/CFT) under federal law. […]

If you’ve found this guide, there’s a good chance you’re looking for a payment screening solution that: Accurately detects risks and explains why alerts were generated. Integrates across your compliance tech stack. Provides up-to-date sanctions and politically exposed person (PEP) […]

Transaction screening and transaction monitoring are both key elements of anti-money laundering and countering the financing of terrorism (AML/CFT) and fraud risk management. Although they differ, they’re complementary: screening is part of the risk process before a transaction is approved, […]