In our 2023 State of Financial Crime report, 99% of senior compliance professionals said they use AI to enhance transaction monitoring. Yet deficient technology is still contributing to inadequate financial crime risk management. For example, in August 2022, New York’s […]
The US real estate sector is one of the largest in the world, with an estimated value of $113.6 trillion in 2023. As such, its unsurprising that US authorities have expressed concerns about the role of illicit finance in high-end […]
Investment fraud has become the most expensive form of fraud in the US, according to a report by law office Carlson Law. The report states that a staggering $3.82 billion was stolen in 2022 – a significant increase from the […]
Business email compromise (BEC) scams are one of the top four major cybercrime threats to US networks, targeting a range of entities from small local businesses to large corporations, and personal transactions. Security vendor Abnormal Security’s H1 2023 threat analysis […]
Real estate fraud can take on a variety of forms, targeting different parts of the property buying or rental process. Title fraud is considered relatively rare compared to other property scams – such as mortgage fraud or business email compromise […]
Real estate is a highly lucrative target for fraudsters, with numerous transactions occurring worldwide on a daily basis. In 2022, US victims of real estate fraud suffered losses of almost $400 million, according to data from the FBI’s Internet Crime […]
Transaction screening is part of a robust anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing (AML/CFT) framework. Along with customer identification and verification, transaction monitoring, and regulatory reporting, transaction screening helps firms engage in sound due diligence and compliance processes. But what’s involved […]
With fraud on the rise, associated losses are estimated to reach over $41 billion by 2027, representing a 25 percent increase since 2020. Our 2023 tech and talent survey echoed this trend, with 62 percent of respondents saying they had […]
Credit unions’ operations put them in a similar financial crime risk category as banks. It is therefore of utmost importance that these firms fully understand their risks and associated obligations for anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing (AML/CFT) under federal law. […]
In the past, businesses created in the United States were not obliged to publicly disclose or maintain a record of the names of their shareholders or ultimate beneficial owners (UBOs). This lack of transparency meant it was possible for anonymous […]
A bootcamp series for financial institutions on managing and running a best-in-class transaction monitoring process. Covering process design, transaction analysis, OSINT research, and more.
Many firms believe risk-based transaction monitoring means stricter rules, more alerts – and more costs. Yet is this really true, or could this approach be costing firms in unexpected ways? At ComplyAdvantage, our implementation and customer success teams support our […]
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