How to drive an impactful AML compliance culture
How to drive an impactful AML compliance culture.
Category: AML Compliance
How to unlock 2026 budgets to secure RegTech ROI
November is fully underway, and budgeting season begins. In order to truly get ahead of 2026, budgets must be allocated accordingly to enhance systems and create operational wins across the board; something valuable compliance tools can achieve with buy-in from the Chief Financial Officer and other key stakeholders. Naturally the discourse around compliance revolves around … Continued
Building a sustainable KYB compliance ecosystem
There’s no beating around the bush: the financial world may feel connected, but the regulatory gaps between players paint a very different picture. Achieving a worldwide standard for anti-money laundering (AML) is tough given jurisdictional cultural differences, market competition and levels of risk attached to regions. However, without shared expertise and experience in implementing RegTech, … Continued
A guide to managing financial crime risk amid UK regulatory shifts
Executive summary: navigating the convergence of strategy, policy, and enforcement The landscape of financial crime regulation in the UK is fundamentally transforming in 2025. This is not a period of piecemeal adjustments but a strategic realignment where a reactive, volume-based compliance model is replaced by a proactive, data-driven, and judgment-based one. The core of this … Continued
Synthetic identities: addressing the silent epidemic
Knowing that your very identity is being transferred right now across the dark web is highly discomforting. Unfortunately, it’s also highly likely. The fraudulent use of passport photos, addresses and phone numbers has been around for a long time, and in the public eye, but the newer incarnation – synthetic identity fraud – is a … Continued
Enhancing customer onboarding at scale
Despite it being the norm, the thought of interval-led know your customer (KYC) every few years seems extremely outdated. Crime never sleeps and customers transact around the world at any time of day. Illicit payments and people can infiltrate the system at any point. Presiding over the comings-and-goings continuously is paramount to every modern financial … Continued
UBO risks: The hidden link between tax crime
Tax evasion is a drastic action often well beyond mere ‘avoidance’. The illegal dodging of tax payments costs countries half a trillion dollars a year, all because individuals and companies preemptively exploit tax loopholes for financial gain. While tax evasion is already a crime, the veiling of identities or payments often covers other areas of … Continued
Managing multi-jurisdictional AML compliance at scale 2025
Given today’s globalisation, it can be easy to forget how disconnected finance once was. You do not have to go far back to remember the difficulties in wiring transfers across borders. Today, for e-commerce, investing or otherwise, international finance is instant for the modern customer. And with that, there are plenty of holes for criminals … Continued
The role of technology in scaling AML compliance successfully
A rise in customers is always welcome. It’s a shame that it can cause more problems than success for some financial institutions (FIs). With greater power comes greater responsibility. In this case, meeting customer demand with more complex and costly compliance requirements is necessary to protect the identities of legitimate clients and spot wrongdoing consistently … Continued
Post-greylisting progress: is South Africa ready for FATF’s on-site visit?
Since being greylisted by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) for quite some time, South Africa is close to an audit of its well-deserved delisting effort. The operative term here is ‘audit’; the first step toward greylisting removal is an inspection to deem the effectiveness of anti-money laundering (AML) and counter-terrorist financing (CTF) measures – … Continued