Regulatory updates, compliance guidance, and typology analysis for financial crime professionals.
Virtual Assets & RegTechYou ve implemented Travel Rule controls, your VASP screening is active, and your supervisors signed off on your virtual asset risk assessment last quarter. But if you think that means your program is
Sanctions Lists & ScreeningOn August 24, 2026, the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) indefinitely suspended five Iran-related general licenses under its Iranian Transactions and Sanctions Regulations. If your fintech proc
Suspicious Activity ReportingU.S. financial regulators recently clarified that the Bank Secrecy Act doesn t stop financial institutions from discussing Suspicious Activity Reports (SARs) with the customers involved. This shifts a
Sanctions Lists & ScreeningThe UK s Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation fined Citibank s London branch £4.7 million for processing 970 payments worth £19.72 million that breached financial sanctions. The penalty reveal
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Suspicious Activity ReportingWhen your team closes a customer s account and your call center tells them we filed a suspicious activity report, you ve just violated 31 U.S.C. § 5318(g)(2) . This isn t a hypothetical situation. It
Virtual Assets & RegTechWhen the U.S. Justice Department seized $560,000 in cryptocurrency from Hamas-linked fundraising campaigns between March 2025 and August 2026, they didn t just disrupt one transaction. They mapped an
Suspicious Activity ReportingScope This guide helps you communicate with customers about account restrictions, transaction declines, and suspicious activity inquiries without violating SAR confidentiality requirements under 31 U.
Customer Due DiligenceWhat Happened Financial institutions worldwide have struggled to implement AI-driven KYC systems that satisfy regulatory scrutiny. These failures share a common pattern: banks introduced AI tools that
Virtual Assets & RegTechYou ve built a stablecoin compliance program, implemented transaction monitoring, and trained your team on sanctions screening. Now comes the hard part: deciding when to freeze an address on-chain. Th
Money Laundering TypologiesWhen fraud losses hit £1.28 billion in a single year, and criminals operate across interconnected networks, having separate fraud and AML teams can create exploitable gaps. This checklist guides you t
Suspicious Activity ReportingThe Challenge of Cross-Border Fraud Imagine you re in a compliance team meeting. Someone brings up a fraud case that started overseas, moved through multiple payment systems, and involved social media
Sanctions Lists & ScreeningThe conventional wisdom Most compliance teams see sanctions screening as a basic gatekeeping task. You screen customers at onboarding, check counterparties before transactions, and run periodic name c
Sanctions Lists & ScreeningThe European Union s Anti-Money Laundering Authority began operations in July 2025, and the single rulebook takes effect in July 2027. For insurers, this timeline highlights a critical issue: your ant
Money Laundering TypologiesYou re already monitoring transactions, scoring risk, and flagging suspicious patterns. But by the time fraud hits your detection rules, the criminal infrastructure that enabled it has been operating
Sanctions Lists & ScreeningScope This guide focuses on Know-Your-Business (KYB) verification for entities incorporated in Asian jurisdictions. It highlights the technical and compliance requirements for accessing corporate regi
Customer Due DiligenceThe question isn t whether financial crime crosses organizational boundaries. It does. The question is whether your institution s structure acknowledges that reality or fights it. Money laundering and
Money Laundering TypologiesYou re reviewing a wire transfer for $2.3 million. The beneficiary is a gallery. The originator is a shell company in a free trade zone. Your transaction monitoring system flagged it for structuring,
Virtual Assets & RegTechCanton Network s management of $6 trillion in institutional assets proves a vital point: privacy can be integrated into blockchain architecture without hindering oversight. However, this raises a crit
Risk AssessmentUnderstanding the Questions Compliance officers at life insurers, P C carriers, and reinsurance brokers often face urgent questions about sanctions screening. These queries arise when a claim adjuster
Compliance Program GovernanceCompliance teams are inundated with vendor pitches promising AI-powered transformation. You re told your transaction monitoring will catch every scheme, your alert volumes will plummet, and your false
