566 Results from /crime
Alex Rees Information Technology at Facctum
The global adoption of real-time payments has transformed financial services. From the UK’s Faster Payments system to the EU’s Instant Payments Regulation, money now moves in seconds, around the clock. But financial crime does too. Legacy anti-money laundering (AML) systems weren’t built to operate at this speed. Static thresholds, delayed alerts...
08 July 2025 /regulation /crime RegTech
Steve Marshall Director of Advisory Services, at FinScan
Russian-related sanctions may have dominated the financial crime landscape over the last three years, but in the US, we’re seeing increasing regulatory focus on another threat category: transnational criminal organizations (TCOs) and cartels. As with Russian sanctions, not only do the TCOs and cartels themselves pose potential sanctions risks, bu...
02 July 2025 /regulation /crime Exposing Financial Crime
Tackling sanctions evasion can often be likened to patching a leaky boat. As one hole is patched, another opens. This is particularly the case when dealing with kleptocrats. Kleptocracy is when government officials and other powerful individuals exploit and steal a country’s wealth and resources from its citizens. Kleptocrats may be subject to san...
25 June 2025 /regulation /crime Exposing Financial Crime
Stephen Terry UK MD at Arctera
Regulatory rules may shift but one thing remains constant: the need to manage risk to operations, customers, and market confidence. As regulations in the financial services sector evolve so too must the systems and strategies that firms use to manage them. With new requirements, standards, and laws coming to the fore, these regulatory moments offer...
23 June 2025 /regulation /crime
Garima Chaudhary Global Head of Solution Eng, FinCrime & Compliance at Oracle
It is estimated that 1% of the European Union’s wealth—roughly €160 billion—is linked to suspicious activity (source). Despite various anti-money laundering (AML) directives over the years, the EU has lacked a centralized authority to consistently enforce and supervise AML efforts across Member States. While the European Central Bank’s Single Supe...
16 June 2025 /regulation /crime Banking Regulations
James Baston-Pitt Head of UK & EMEA at Alloy
UK Finance’s latest fraud report is out and, like any good read, there are highs and lows: moments of positivity mixed with sobering reasons for pause. £1.17 billion was stolen by fraudsters in 2024. This is the same figure UK Finance’s financial institution members reported in 2023. While we’d like to see that number decline, the fact that total ...
12 June 2025 /regulation /crime Exposing Financial Crime
Financial institutions are pouring record sums into financial crime compliance, yet the system remains riddled with inefficiencies. According to LexisNexis Risk Solutions, global financial crime compliance costs have surged to $206 billion annually, driven by more complex regulations, heightened enforcement expectations, and legacy technology lim...
04 June 2025 /regulation /crime RegTech
Roy Zur CEO at Charm Security
As scams become more advanced and personalized, the tactics used to manipulate individuals are increasingly rooted in behavioral psychology. What once required blunt deception now relies on nuance: fraudsters exploit victims' fears, biases, and emotional vulnerabilities with surgical precision. With fraudsters now equipped with generative AI tool...
27 May 2025 /security /crime Banking Strategy, Digital and Transformation
Regulatory compliance has traditionally been a slow-moving function—reactive, rules-based, and tethered to manual review cycles. But the pace of modern finance demands a fundamental rethinking. As financial crime becomes more sophisticated and real-time transactions dominate, the compliance function must operate at the speed of risk. Legacy compl
21 May 2025 /regulation /crime RegTech
Steve Carpenter Chief Operating Officer of North America at Creditsafe
Fraudsters are more creative than ever, and businesses are paying the price. With 41% of companies facing 7 or more fraud cases in just the first eight months of 2024 alone, the question isn't if your organization will be targeted—it's when. Yet, despite this growing threat, many organizations remain unprepared, relying on outdated or insufficient...
14 May 2025 /security /crime
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