Is my AML model effective in practice? And what’s the best way to answer that question? Research from PwC reveals why: 90-95% of AML alerts… Read More »Is PRAUC the gold standard for AML model performance?
Every day, thousands of reports flood regulator and FIU systems, yet only a small fraction contain intelligence that drives investigations forward. In 2024 alone, U.S.… Read More »Federated Learning is the AML breakthrough Regulators and FIUs have been waiting for
In regulated environments like AML, a model without transparency is a model without credibility. Executives won’t trust it. Regulators won’t approve it. Compliance teams are… Read More »Explaining AML AI models: Making performance metrics clear for Executives and Regulators
Fentanyl kills quickly. The money that fuels it moves quietly. And that’s what makes it so hard for banks to catch. Washington knows it. That’s… Read More »Spotting Fentanyl in the financial fog: Why Federated Learning matters
There’s something unsettling about how familiar this is. A fast-growing bank. Compliance controls that couldn’t keep up. A regulator forced to step in. Again. And… Read More »UK’s Monzo Bank £21m warning: scale without control is not success
Collaboration across financial service organizations exists today. Credit Reference Agencies (CRAs) gather credit payment information from multiple industries and share it for the purpose of… Read More »What’s really holding back AML collaboration and how to fix it
Criminals exploit gaps in both banks’ monitoring systems and also take advantage of jurisdictional gaps. Funds are routed through regulated entities with weak controls and… Read More »The gaps criminals exploit: Why global AML collaboration is closer than you think
Smaller financial institutions face structural disadvantages in meeting anti-money laundering (AML) compliance expectations, despite being held to the same regulatory standards as larger firms. Regulators… Read More »Why smaller FIs face structural disadvantages in AML compliance
The volume problem isn’t going away. But how you triage it can change. By the end of 2024, financial institutions were filing over 10,000 Suspicious… Read More »Smarter AML triage: How ranked scoring boosts risk prioritization
In many banks, aged alerts are reviewed in the order they were created, not based on the severity of the risk they represent. It’s a… Read More »Backlog = hidden risk: A ranking-based approach to AML case review prioritization
