FICO

JUNE 9, 2022

FICO’s New AML Scores Use AI and Machine Learning to Detect More Money Laundering. New AML scores reduce false positive alerts by 50% while detecting 100% of known money laundering transactions, and discover new aberrant, potentially risky behaviors. AML Threat Score: Reducing False Positives Amid Defensive SAR Filings.

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Stax

DECEMBER 4, 2023

The US, therefore, requires financial institutions as well as financial services firms to have anti-money laundering (or AML) compliance programs in place. In this article, we’ll discuss everything you need to know about ensuring AML compliance as a payment facilitator (or PayFac). Let’s get started.

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FICO

NOVEMBER 2, 2017

A new report from LexisNexis on Future Financial Crime Risks (September 2017) highlights the stress felt by UK banks around financial crime compliance. Given the rapid change in financial compliance regulations, it’s easy to see why the 170 financial crime professionals surveyed felt overwhelmed.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 14, 2019

More broadly, however, Blanco’s theme was the interconnectedness of the financial system – and how diligence and transparency is the key to combating money laundering and other financial crimes in the U.S. and around the world. This includes offering sports betting through a mobile app.”.

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FICO

MARCH 4, 2021

For decades, anti-money laundering (AML) detection software has been rules-based, creating a problematic two-fold legacy: first, much true criminal activity goes undetected because criminals can learn the rules and then evade them. Let’s explore the data science magic that drives such a significant improvement in AML alert accuracy.

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FICO

APRIL 12, 2017

Now, FICO’s proven behavioral analytics can be applied by forward-thinking institutions to fight a wide range of financial crimes. The compliance solutions generate tens of thousands of alerts for every genuinely criminal transaction requiring a formal suspicious activity report (SAR).

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FICO

DECEMBER 12, 2018

is to the existing Bank Secrecy Act (BSA)/anti-money laundering (AML) regime. Among the key provisions is addressing the increasing burden on financial institutions required to file Suspicious Activity Reports (SARs) and the enormous amount of data flowing to Treasury’s Financial Crime Enforcement Network (FinCEN).

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FICO

JANUARY 8, 2018

Here were the top 5 posts of 2017 in the Fraud & Security category: AI Meets AML: How the Analytics Work. AI Meets AML: How Smart Analytics Fight Money Laundering. Powerful customer segmentation: “Traditional AML solutions resort to hard segmentation of customers based on the KYC data or sequence of behavior patterns.

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FICO

OCTOBER 17, 2019

Despite being early adopters of AI, now is not the time for fraud and financial crime specialists to rest on their laurels — they are involved in an ever-escalating arms race with criminals who also use such technology to launch their attacks on financial institutions. Financial Crime Is Fraud AND Money Laundering.

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The Fintech Times

AUGUST 17, 2024

From a global standpoint, financial regulators levied 80 fines in the first half of 2024, totalling $263,252,003 for non-compliance with anti-money laundering (AML) regulations. This includes know your customer (KYC), sanctions, suspicious activity reports (SARs), and transaction monitoring violations.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

To that end, and as reported by BuzzFeed , documents submitted by banks to the U.S. Department of Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) show that several of the largest global banks moved money on behalf of scores of individuals and enterprises involved in criminal financial activity.

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Neopay

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Starting 4 March 2024, the National Crime Agency (NCA) is rolling out a new system for Suspicious Activity Reports (SARs). The current SAR Online System will be replaced by the SAR Portal at 2:00pm GMT. At Neopay, we understand the complexities involved in financial crime reporting and compliance.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 30, 2017

is ramping up its fines for anti-money laundering (AML) infractions. s revenue and customs branch, the HMRC, has increased the average value of anti-money laundering fines levied against businesses by 166 percent, while the total value of financial crime fines issued jumped 105 percent year over year.

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PYMNTS

JULY 2, 2019

When reports last week in the Financial Times ( FT ) highlighted the thousands of offshore bank accounts frozen by Lloyds Banking Group , the news thrust the issue of anti-money laundering (AML) into the global spotlight, once again, as banks ramp up efforts to comply with more stringent regulations.

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FICO

DECEMBER 15, 2020

BSA/AML Reforms Are on their Way - Even With a Looming Presidential Veto. The legislation includes nearly 200 pages of the most significant reforms to the Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) and anti-money laundering (AML) laws since the USA PATRIOT Act of 2001. to report their beneficial owners to FinCEN.

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FICO

DECEMBER 19, 2018

AML/BSA Reform Talks Will Intensify but Meaningful Changes Will Have to Wait. Bank Secrecy Act/anti-money laundering (BSA/AML) regulatory reforms are top of mind for regulators and legislators. Members of Congress have also been focused on BSA/AML reforms. Where is BSA/AML reform headed in 2019?

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