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FinScan Combines Data Quality Experience with Technological Expertise to Deliver Agile AML Solution
FinScan has combined experience in data quality with technological expertise in screening to provide an Anti-Money Laundering (AML) solution designed to help financial institutions develop more efficient AML programmes that generate fewer false positives and support better detection of true alerts. The company is part of Pittsburgh-based Innovative Systems, which was founded in 1968 and…
Recorded Webinar: Proactive RegTech approaches to fighting financial crime
Financial crime is a global problem that costs the economy trillions of dollars a year, despite best efforts by financial services firms, regulators, and governments to stem the flow. As criminals become more sophisticated in how they commit financial crime, so too must capital markets participants working to challenge criminality and secure the global financial…
Data Products: Transforming Fraud Detection in Financial Services
By Suki Dhuphar, Head of EMEA, Tamr. Cybercrime assumes many shapes and forms. As a result, it’s often challenging to identify fraudulent behaviour and subsequently address it. Traditional methods frequently fail to detect and combat illicit activities, leading to financial losses and eroded trust. Yet, even today, one of the most prevalent solutions to enhance…
The Potential and Practicalities of Implementing Generative AI for Compliance
While AI has been around for 20 years or so, its time has come in capital markets with Generative AI and large language models (LLMs) able to handle vast volumes of compliance data and achieve outcomes that cannot be reached by humans. GenAI apps are not, however, a silver bullet, and compliance teams are not…
Regulatory Data Handbook 2023 – Eleventh Edition
Welcome to the eleventh edition of A-Team Group’s Regulatory Data Handbook, a popular publication that covers new regulations in capital markets, tracks regulatory change, and provides advice on the data, data management and implementation requirements of more than 30 regulations across UK, European, US and Asia-Pacific capital markets. This edition of the handbook includes new…
GLEIF and Open Ownership Collaborate on Beneficial Ownership Data to Fight Financial Crime
The Global LEI Foundation (GLEIF) and Open Ownership, provider of a beneficial ownership database funded by donors including government agencies, have collaborated to integrate Legal Entity Identifiers (LEIs) into Open Ownership datasets produced in line with the Beneficial Ownership Data Standard (BODS), an open standard providing guidance on collecting, sharing and using high-quality data on…
Understanding the Value of Global Identifiers in the Fight Against Financial Crime
By Clare Rowley, Head of Business Operations, GLEIF. Money laundering and terrorist financing create significant systemic risks in the global financial system. The intricate webs spun by fraudsters and criminals to evade detection crisscross national borders and legal jurisdictions, commonly exploiting multiple financial institutions and legal entities. In today’s instant digital economy, this is exposing…
Regulatory Reporting Handbook – First Edition
Welcome to the inaugural edition of A-Team Group’s Regulatory Reporting Handbook, a comprehensive guide to reporting obligations that must be fulfilled by financial institutions on a global basis. The handbook reviews not only the current state of play within the regulatory reporting space, but also looks ahead to identify how institutions should be preparing for…
AML Controls in the UK, Challenges of Non-Fungible Tokens, Potential Solutions
Chris Bourne, compliance expert in AML, CTF, KYC and KYB, Northrow. The UK has long prided itself on its robust Anti-Money Laundering (AML) legislation and its commitment to combatting financial crime. However, as criminals continually evolve their tactics, it is crucial to assess the effectiveness of AML controls in the UK and their future suitability…
Moody’s Analytics Wins Contract to Fight Financial Crime in European Union
Moody’s Analytics has won a framework contract worth up to €34 million from the European Commission to strengthen its anti-fraud, money laundering and financial crime effort. The four-year contract will be managed by the Commission’s European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) and will use the Orbis database operated by Bueau van Dijk, a Moody’s Analytics subsidiary, to…