Banks and financial regulators wasting time on AML compliance should consider AI techniques
A new policy brief published by the Brookings Centre on Regulation and Markets has a clear focus on anti-money laundering (AML) compliance and suggests that banks, regulators, and law enforcement authorities are spending time and money chasing down potential leads but not really curbing illicit…
US government lost US$640 billion in a year through trade-based tax evasion and money laundering
Trade-based tax evasion and money laundering cost the US government more than US$640 billion in taxable income during 2021 according to a new report commissioned by Sēk Strategies, a Washington-based consultancy firm focused on transparency, accountability, human rights and the environment. The report is based…
Screena and ThetaRay AI partnership promises faster identification of sanctioned entities and individuals
Cyber security and big data analytics company ThetaRay has entered into a partnership with Screena, a fintech that screens individuals and verifies entities against designated sanction lists. Aimed at financial institutions and governments, the ThetaRay system is designed to identify sophisticated attempts to circumvent economic…
IHS Markit and TradeSun partner to use data and AI to combat trade-based financial crime
TradeSun, a trade finance platform that features artificial intelligence (AI) technology that augments human behaviour by learning how employees interact with trade finance documents, has partnered with maritime and trade information, analytics and solutions provider IHS Markit, to offer an integrated trade solution that enhances…
Egmont Group and FATF publish digital transformation report for FIUs and other operational agencies
The Egmont Group of Financial Intelligence Units and the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) have jointly published a report on digital tools used by financial intelligence units (FIUs) and other operational agencies. Digital Transformation of AML/CFT for Operational Agencies: Detection of Suspicious Activities and Analysis…
IHS Markit allies with Complidata to provide financial crime due diligence frameworks for trade finance
Veteran information, analytics and solutions provider to the maritime and trade sector, IHS Markit has announced a partnership with and Complidata, which offers a data driven anti-money laundering (AML) trade finance platform. The partnership will offer customers in trade finance a series of risk and…
Surecomp integrates ThetaRay to mitigate TBML and ATM risks for banks and corporates
Canadian fintech Surecomp, which specialises in global trade finance solutions for banks and corporates, has announced a partnership with cyber security and big data analytics company ThetaRay for its detection platform to be live on the Surecomp Marketplace platform. Fully integrated with Surecomp’s back-office trade…
Majority of UK firms hardly halfway through implementation plans for 5MLD
Regulated firms in the UK’s banking, lending, wealth management and estate agents sectors are only 55 per cent of the way through their implementation plans for the European Union’s Fifth Money Laundering Directive (5MLD) according to new research from global data and analytics provider LexisNexis…
Expect sharper focus on TBML in financial cybercrime says expert
The head of a cyber security and big data analytics company that specialises in artificial intelligence driven machine learning solutions says he expects trade-based money laundering (TBML) to be a key focus area in 2020 for high-tech developers. In a survey of anticipated trends in…
HSBC reveals new AML system for trade finance
HSBC has rolled out a new anti-money laundering (AML) system and an automated sanctions checking system to detect and disrupt financial crime in international trade. The systems are part of the bank’s ongoing efforts to improve financial crime detection and HSBC claims they represent an…
