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Cognitive Analytics for AML – Making SARs Count

FICO

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). FinCEN received 2,034,406 SARs in 2017 and volume is growing at a double-digit rate annually.

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Challenges in Countering Trade-Based Money Laundering

FICO

Financial Intelligence Units (FIUs) can play a critical role in producing sophisticated analysis on TBML schemes – including reporting entities (SAR/STR data). The graph below shows the trend of TBML-related SARs filed with FinCEN between 2014 and 2018. million SARs filed overall during the same period.

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FinCEN Files Show Banks’ ‘Whack-a-Mole’ Battle Against KYC/AML

PYMNTS

The documents, officially known as suspicious activity reports (SARs for short) show that the banks had filed more than 2,000 reports across the past 17 years. Risk factors include monitoring the volume/nature of the transactions and government responsibilities.

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13 Fintech Giants Back Programme Sirius to Promote MSME Sustainability in APAC

Fintech News

These partners include: AlipayHK (Hong Kong SAR, China), ANEXT Bank (Singapore), BigPay (Malaysia), bKash (Bangladesh), DANA (Indonesia), GCash (the Philippines), Hipay (Mongolia), Kakao Pay (Republic of Korea), MPay (Macao SAR, China), TNG Digital (Malaysia), TossPay (Republic of Korea), TrueMoney (Thailand), and Zalopay (Vietnam).

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South Africa Government Losing Billions To Trade Mis-Invoicing

PYMNTS

Analysts estimate the South African government has lost a total of about $37 billion as a result of misinvoicing in its global trade operations. Reports this week in South African publication the Daily Maverick said think tank Global Financial Integrity (GFI) has calculated the South African government lost about $7.4

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Taiwan’s Fintech Push: Harnessing Innovation and Expanding Global Ties

The Fintech Times

With a strong foundation in semiconductors and information technology, alongside government initiatives and a developing fintech ecosystem, Taiwan is steadily integrating digital innovation into its financial services. In fact, the majority are produced by a single company: the Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Corporation ( TSMC ).

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AMLYZE: Is the Global Anti-Money Laundering (AML) System Broken?

The Fintech Times

If that is not the case, and you observe unusual and/or suspicious activity, submit a report (via a suspicious activity or transaction report – SAR or STR) to your local financial intelligence unit (FIU) for investigation, if necessary, escalate matters to the relevant law enforcement authorities. million SARs to the U.S.