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What an Actimize Sale Might Mean for Surveillance and FinCrime Technology
When news emerged that NICE is preparing to sell its Actimize division – long regarded as one of the most established full-stack platforms for financial crime, fraud, and surveillance – the immediate headlines focused on valuation. With reports suggesting a price in the range of US$1.5–2 billion, the deal would be one of the RegTech…
AI Everywhere at A-Team Group’s RegTech Summit (NYC) 2025
Artificial intelligence was the recurring theme this year’s A-Team Group RegTech Summit in New York. Across conversations on AI governance, agentic workflows, crypto compliance, surveillance, AML transformation and regulatory reporting, a single theme cut through: AI is becoming embedded in the regulatory fabric of financial services, but its adoption must remain grounded, explainable, and anchored…
A-Team Group Announces Winners of the 2025 RegTech Insight Awards (USA)
A-Team Group is delighted to announce the winners of the 2025 RegTech Insight Awards USA, recognising the leading providers of RegTech solutions, and consultancy services for capital markets across North America. Spanning more than 30 categories, the 2025 awards programme recognised excellence across a wide range of regulatory compliance solutions and services. A-Team Group also presented…
Complex Sanctions Environment Demands Powerful Screening Monitors: SIX Report
Sanctions screening technology has never been more important for financial institutions as new geopolitical and economic threats create the riskiest trading environment in recent history. That is the key finding of a new report, that highlights the need for greater resilience among organisations to the raised threat level faced by the global financial system. In…
FCA Takes Charge: UK Centralises AML Supervision Across Professional Services
The United Kingdom’s decision to centralise Anti-Money Laundering (AML) and Counter-Terrorism Financing (CTF) supervision under the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) marks a structural shift that brings professional services oversight in line with the rest of the financial sector. The move aligns the UK with a broader global trend toward consolidation, consistency, and intelligence-led supervision –…
Navigating the Complex New Sanctions Landscape: Webinar Preview
The criticality of sanctions to the armoury of international relations has been amplified over the past decade as geopolitical and trade tensions have intensified. Since Russia’s annexation of Crimea in 2014 and its attempted full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, governments around the world have increased sanctions on nations and entities by 700%, according to…
Monitoring a High-Risk World: Next-Generation Sanctions Screening
Sanctions remain a critical tool in international relations, influencing global finance, politics and security. In the past five years, global economic and financial sanctions have intensified amid rising geopolitical uncertainty, creating a complex landscape for financial institutions worldwide, the report states. The risk that institutions can inadvertently engage with sanctioned securities has never been higher,…
FinScan Expands AML Innovation Leadership with New Strategic Hires
FinScan has strengthened its leadership in anti-money laundering (AML) technology with two senior appointments aimed at advancing product innovation and regulatory alignment. Becki LaPorte joins as Principal, AML Strategy and Innovation, while Christopher Ostrowski becomes Product Management Leader – both bringing deep experience in financial crime prevention and compliance operations. LaPorte will focus on shaping…
From Batch to Real-Time: LSEG Reinvents AML Screening with World-Check On Demand
As financial institutions accelerate toward real-time payments and digital onboarding, compliance teams face mounting pressure to keep customer screening instant, accurate and demonstrable. In response, the London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) has introduced World-Check On Demand – a new cloud-based service designed to deliver “real-time risk intelligence” through API integration, allowing institutions to embed sanctions…
Quantexa Survey Reveals Confidence Gap in Community Bank AML Defences
On paper, mid-size and community banks in the United States should feel secure. A recent survey found that 94% of anti-money laundering (AML) professionals at these institutions are confident in their ability to spot criminal activity. But confidence can be deceptive. Nearly half of those same professionals admitted their investigations are slow, inefficient, and undermined…