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ESG & AML: Connecting Sustainability Risks with Financial Crime
Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) risk is no longer just an investor’s lens; it’s a frontline indicator of financial crime exposure. In 2025, regulators and…
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Decentralized Finance (DeFi): AML Controls in Anonymous Ecosystems
Decentralized Finance (DeFi) has fundamentally disrupted the financial landscape by offering global, open-access financial services without intermediaries. Its draw? Permissionless innovation, programmable smart contracts, low…
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AI Misuse: Can Criminals Outpace Detection Algorithms?
In 2025, the race between criminals leveraging artificial intelligence (AI) and the defenders building countermeasures is more intense and consequential than ever. Banks, fintechs, and…
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Proliferation Financing: How Banks Can Respond to Evolving Global Guidance
Proliferation financing (PF), the funding of weapons of mass destruction (WMD) programs, has risen dramatically up the risk agenda for banks in 2025. Sophisticated state…
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Transaction Monitoring in the ISO 20022 Era: What Banks Must Know
By November 2025, global banking will face a watershed moment: ISO 20022 will become the universal financial messaging standard, ending decades of reliance on outdated…
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SaaS Compliance Tools: What’s Next for Financial Institutions?
The compliance landscape for financial institutions is changing rapidly in 2025. As regulations grow in complexity and enforcement intensifies, banks and fintechs are under mounting…
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Emerging Threats: Terrorist Financing Typologies in 2025
Terrorist financing isn’t new, but in 2025, it’s more decentralized, covert, and complex than ever. Unlike traditional money laundering, which often focuses on concealing illicit…
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Payment Service Providers: Implementing Risk-Based Approaches to AML
Payment Service Providers (PSPs) are at the forefront of financial innovation. Whether powering e-commerce checkouts, embedded finance products, or peer-to-peer wallets, they enable high-speed, high-volume…
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Machine Learning & Watchlist Filtering: Reducing Operational Drag
Sanctions and watchlist screening are essential components of any AML compliance program. Yet traditional rule-based systems generate overwhelming volumes of false positives, up to 95%…
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Navigating PEP Risks in a Global Economy
Once considered a high-touch, low-volume compliance task, Politically Exposed Person (PEP) screening has now become a critical component of global AML frameworks. In today’s connected…
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