Any obligated firm faces a range of practical challenges in meeting compliance demands and addressing financial crime risks. For those operating in cross-border payments, these challenges are greater still; not only do regulators see cross-border activity as generally ‘riskier’ than […]
When it comes to the rapid expansion of financial technology (fintech), Asia-Pacific (APAC) is leading the way. As economic integration and private sector innovation increase, many countries throughout the region are experiencing growth and regulatory reform across various verticals of […]
By tailoring screening to their risk-based approach and safely whitelisting false alerts at onboarding, Holvi has cut the time they spend remediating false positives in half.
Would a greater focus on predicate offenses make the fight against money laundering more effective? Until recently, the focus for many financial institutions (FIs) has been on detecting money laundering and retrieving the proceeds of crime. And given that the […]
Before entering into a relationship with a new customer, financial institutions must establish what level of due diligence to perform. This decision will be determined by a number of factors that, combined, provide a customer risk score, highlighting whether they […]
I spend a lot of time on the road talking to senior compliance experts at financial institutions worldwide. Over the last few months, one of the most common questions I’ve been asked is: ‘I think financial crime will rise this […]
Our 2023 global compliance survey asked 800 C-suite and senior compliance decision-makers across North America, Europe, and Asia Pacific if they regularly consider the risk of and/or choose to incur anti-money laundering (AML) fines and violations with respect to their […]
To deliver an effective, compliant fraud and anti-money laundering (AML) program, many firms decide to partner with a regulatory technology (RegTech) vendor. The vendor evaluation process often focuses on factors like the scope and quality of their data, ease of […]
In our State of Financial Crime 2023 survey, more than one in three senior compliance professionals cited reputational risk as the factor most likely to drive change within their organization. This was a 6 percentage point rise from the previous year. Indeed, reputational risk was the only factor to see a year-on-year increase.
Protests across Ottawa and US-Canada border crossings in 2022 brought global awareness to the problem of crowdfunding platforms being used to finance extremist groups. Crowdfunding has also supported terrorist financing (TF) – notably, for Islamic State (IS) operatives in Syria.
In our 2022 survey of global compliance professionals, 45 percent of financial institutions said supply chain risk is the area their organization is most focused on improving. Much of this concern is likely driven by the intersection of complex supply chains with a volatile economic environment.
Our annual global compliance survey doesn’t just look at the anti-money laundering (AML) implications of hot topics like the uncertain global economy and Russia’s war in Ukraine, important though those are. It also takes an extended view, exploring the longer-term trends that shape how compliance professionals go about their work.
