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Cross-Sector Data Platform Hopes to Revolutionise the Fight Against Financial Crime
Last week, a consortium of businesses, banks and the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) announced a pioneering new AI-driven data access platform set to launch in 2021, led by RegTech firm RegulAItion. The AIR Platform promises to transform the way in which data is accessed by regulated industries, providing a digital infrastructure for scalable, automated…
SmartSearch Launches US Operations
UK-based anti-money-laundering (AML) firm SmartSearch on July 14 launched operations in the US, following a period of sustained growth. According to CEO John Dobson: “We have developed a bespoke product for the American market so that US firms using SmartSearch have the same absolute confidence as those in the UK, that their AML checks are…
Dutch Banks to Share Data in Fight Against Financial Crime
Dutch banks ING, ABN Amro, and Rabobank plan to join forces to share transaction data in a bid to reduce money laundering. Along with Volksbank and Triodos Bank they intend to launch a new agency to monitor all transactions, making it easier to detect unusual patterns. According to Dutch banking association NVB, around €16 billion…
Recorded Webinar: The Transformation of Buy-Side Market Surveillance
Asset managers, hedge funds, insurance firms, and other buy-side firms globally are becoming more active in their approach to market surveillance, as regulatory pressure to up their game mounts. Buy-side firms are now building out their surveillance infrastructure as they seek to respond to the requirements posed by Dodd-Frank, MiFID II and the Market Abuse…
Delta Capita Claims Major Cost Savings with CLM Solution
Delta Capita, a global provider of Fintech solutions, managed services and consulting, claims that its latest client lifecycle management (CLM) platform could help financial institutions to cut their operational costs by up to 40%. With technology and operating costs typically running into the millions of pounds per year, banks have traditionally deployed thousands of people…
Commerzbank Fined £37.9m for Money Laundering Failures
The UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has issued its second-largest fine ever to Commerzbank London due to put anti-money laundering failures 2012 and 2017, which the regulator concluded had “created significant risk”. Although the FCA raised concerns three times during the period, the bank still failed to “take reasonable and effective steps to fix them.” “Commerzbank…
Santander Selects ThetaRay’s AML Solution to Boost Data Lineage Capabilities
Banco Santander has joined forces with ThetaRay, a provider of AI-based big data analytics, to utilise its AML solution for correspondent banking. The rules-free solution uses machine learning algorithms to identify anomalies in SWIFT and KYC data that point to money laundering, enabling early resolution. The system will analyse the bank’s SWIFT traffic, risk indicators…
Using Artificial Intelligence to Know Your Customers, not your Criminals
By Hugo Chamberlain, smartKYC. How can just searching for ‘adverse media’ on your customer mean you are getting to ‘know’ them at all? In this article we ask, are we really harnessing the full power of KYC technologies? With an abundance of mounting regulations, it is only natural that Know Your Customer screening has been…
Danish Regulator Reports Danske Bank for Market Abuse, Launches AML Enquiry
Denmark’s Financial Supervisory Authority (FSA) has reported the country’s largest lender, Danske Bank, for violating the prohibition on market manipulation. The regulator alleges that the bank facilitated “wash trades” (where the same entity both buys and sells securities) between 2016-19, as well as failing to properly monitor and report transactions. Danske’s chief compliance officer Philippe…
Quantifind and OpenCorporates Expand Partnership to Fight Financial Crime
Quantifind, a software company providing solutions that boost the effectiveness and efficiency of anti-money laundering (AML) and fraud investigations, has expanded its collaboration with OpenCorporates, the largest open database of companies in the world. Building on their existing partnership, Quantifind plans to integrate the complete OpenCorporates database of more than 180 million companies from over 130…