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The Tortoise Strategy: Avoiding the AI Shortcut in Financial Crime Compliance
AI-generated fable remix: the tortoise plays it safe, the robot hare bolts ahead, but who is the ultimate winner? Generative AI, once a...

Elizabeth Travis
12 hours ago6 min read
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Inside the Fraud Supply Chain: How Criminal Networks Industrialise Financial Crime
Fraud is no longer the work of lone actors exploiting isolated weaknesses. In today’s digital economy, financial crime has evolved into a...

Elizabeth Travis
Nov 214 min read
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The Age of Fakery: Financial Crime in an Era of Deception, Disruption & Deregulation
We are living through a profound transformation in the architecture of risk. The convergence of deepfake technologies, generative...

Elizabeth Travis
Nov 146 min read
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Financial Crime Oversight in Corporate Finance Firms Shows Gaps, Says FCA
A Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) survey has found that two-thirds of corporate finance firms not currently required to submit financial crime returns may be falling short of their obligations under the Money Laundering Regulations, raising concerns about weak oversight and inconsistent compliance practices. Corporate finance firms play a critical role in supporting the growth and success of the UK economy by helping businesses secure investment and lending. However, the FC

OpusDatum
Oct 192 min read
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Supervisors Should Learn from Crypto Cases to Strengthen Financial Crime Prevention, Says EBA
The European Banking Authority (EBA) has published a comprehensive report calling on supervisors across the EU to draw lessons from...

OpusDatum
Oct 82 min read
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The Vanishing Ladder: Rethinking Financial Crime Compliance in the Age of AI
Artificial Intelligence is rapidly reshaping the architecture of financial crime compliance. Once a heavily manual, document-intensive...

Elizabeth Travis
Oct 34 min read
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FCA Fines Sigma Broking £1.08 Million for MiFIR Transaction Reporting Failures Impacting Financial Crime Detection
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has fined Sigma Broking Limited  £1,087,300 after the firm failed to submit complete and accurate...

OpusDatum
Jul 312 min read
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Wolfsberg Group reinforces the centrality of a risk-based approach in financial crime compliance
The Wolfsberg Group has reaffirmed its longstanding position that the risk-based approach (RBA) remains fundamental to the design and...

OpusDatum
Jul 212 min read
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FCA fines Barclays £42 million for failures in financial crime controls
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has fined Barclays Bank UK PLC and Barclays Bank PLC a combined £42 million following two separate...

OpusDatum
Jul 152 min read
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FinTech, RegTech & SupTech: Transforming the Global Battle Against Financial Crime
The rise of digital financial services has lowered barriers to entry for consumers and firms alike. With mobile-first solutions,...

Elizabeth Travis
Jul 119 min read
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FCA closes 1,600 websites as it fights financial crime
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published its annual report, detailing a year of unprecedented action using data and technology...

OpusDatum
Jul 93 min read
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FCA fines Monzo £21 million for significant financial crime control failings
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has imposed a fine of £21,091,300 on Monzo Bank Ltd for serious weaknesses in its financial crime...

OpusDatum
Jul 72 min read
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