Financial Crime Compliance Resources

In this episode of AML Conversations, John Byrne sits down with Steve Gurdak, Group Supervisory of the Northern Virginia Financial Initiative, to discuss the work of his SAR Review team, the importance of law...

In the latest of our FinCrime Files interviews, we caught up with Caroline Kennedy, Head of Financial Crime Control Operation at Santander UK. She discusses the difficulties behind unstructured data for fighting...

In this episode of AML Conversations, John Byrne sits down with Gary Shiffman, Founder and CEO of Giant Oak and professor at Georgetown University, to discuss his recent publication, “The Economics of Violence.”...

The globe has been halted in its tracks for the past few months due to this ongoing pandemic. It has caused just as much disruption for businesses worldwide as past economic downturns, and still there are those that...

In 2016, illegal gold mining operations in Peru accounted for an estimated $2.6 billion in black market trading, surpassing cocaine as the country’s most valuable illicit export¹. The bulk of this illegal mining is...

Welcome to another installment of the AML Conversations video podcast series. In this episode Nicolas Burbidge, AMLRS Advisory Board member and former OSFI official, joins AML RightSource Vice Chairman, John Byrne, to...

“Cause you know sometimes words have two meanings” [i]

As the AML community clearly knows, the Federal Financial Examination Council (FFIEC) has been working for quite some time on the updates to the last iteration...

Continuously building out our source information, provided via theArachnys Data Gateway, we look to give our clients the confidence to perform onboarding, screening and investigations for companies and individuals they...

A mixture of government assistance, and exponential increase in need on behalf of customers, and the continuous need to remain compliant has left many financial institutions (FIs) stretched thin, and scrambling. As I...

In our continuing series of interviews, we attempt to uncover some of the challenges faced by those on the front line in fighting financial crime. We caught up with Matthew Tataryn, Head of Financial Crime atTide, who...

Welcome back to another episode of AML Conversations. With the recent upgrade to the US evaluation by FATF because of the 2018 CDD rule, there has been a debate on the appropriateness of the rating given other areas of...

Viruses are deadly because they are not easy to kill, let alone eradicate from nature. Slavery is a bit like a virus that refuses to die down in human society. As of 2020, virtually all nations on earth have abolished...

The world is currently facing a viral pandemic that threatens personal health, employment, and financial markets. Local and national news media are tasked with issuing public service warnings and updating citizens on...

• In times of crisis, we often see the best of people, with selfless and heroic individuals doing all they can to alleviate the suffering of others. Unfortunately, there are also people for whom crisis brings out the...

The operating landscape during the COVID-19 pandemic is constantly changing. The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN[1]) has issued guidance twice in the last three weeks. The first, issued on March 16, 2020[2]...

New QuantaVerse Features Help Financial Institutions Curtail AML Compliance Costs

A View to a Kill?[i]

I have said many times that AML professionals in today’s world need to evolve and change with the various ways criminals adjust their actions to fit technology, laws and policies. Part of that...

Where are things in the AML compliance space going?

As regulatory expectations change, Congress flirts with statutory reform, and new technologies emerge, the AML compliance landscape has never been so dynamic. With...

In this episode of AML Voices, you will learn:- The details of the new Strategy- The impact the Strategy may have on your program- Key things to consider in planning the roadmap for your program into the future.

What a Fool Believes[I]

Until recently, the AML community has seen only two major cases of personal liability. Frankly, many conferences and webinars have downplayed the impact of those rulings on how institutions...

As a cloud technology business, moving to remote-first has not been a big challenge for Arachnys. In fact, a lot of the team have fed back thatthey are perhaps more effectivethan they were in our big beautiful London...

Regardless of the reason for migrating to a new Anti-Money Laundering Automation System, (System) the conversion process will likely be; costly, complex, challenging, and unfortunately protracted. Here are some things...

In this episode of AML Conversations, John Byrne sits down with Amit Sharma, CEO of Finclusive to discuss the global problem of financial access from the standpoint of using technology as a tool to give support to the...