2+ day, 19+ hour ago   (1590+ words) Financial crime is becoming faster, more connected and increasingly difficult to detect through isolated compliance checks. As financial institutions add more AML, KYC, fraud and sanctions tools, experts warn that fragmented customer risk data could itself become vulnerable. The individual…...

3+ day, 11+ hour ago   (299+ words) Enterprise adoption of artificial intelligence is moving far faster than the governance structures meant to keep it in check, exposing organisations to risks that traditional oversight tools were never built to catch. According to Theta Lake, the widening gap between…...

3+ day, 11+ hour ago   (340+ words) Six degrees of separation, the idea popularised by Stanley Milgram’s 1967 experiment, holds that any two people are connected through a short chain of acquaintances. According to Leo RegTech, financial compliance officers are learning a similar lesson the hard way: client…...

3+ day, 23+ hour ago   (276+ words) ZeroRisk, the Dublin-headquartered cybersecurity firm that helps banks and payment providers manage cyber risk across their merchant portfolios, has closed a $10m Series A funding round. The round was led by MiddleGame Ventures, with existing backer Elkstone also participating. The fresh…...

4+ day, 18+ hour ago   (396+ words) Politically Exposed Person (PEP) screening is the process compliance teams use to determine whether a customer, counterparty or beneficial owner holds a public position that carries an elevated risk of bribery, corruption or money laundering. According to Opoint, being flagged…...

4+ day, 19+ hour ago   (164+ words) Static, rule-based fraud detection is becoming a liability for growing FinTechs, flagging legitimate customers as often as it catches genuine criminals. According to SmartSearch, rules built around fixed thresholds, such as transaction size or location, generate a flood of false…...

4+ day, 22+ hour ago   (199+ words) Fenergo has been chosen by Ninety One, the global investment manager overseeing £184bn in assets under management, to underpin a major digital transformation of its operating model. The partnership sees Ninety One adopt Fenergo’s unified platform to bring together Know Your…...

4+ day, 22+ hour ago   (320+ words) IT Smart Systems has entered a strategic partnership with Feedzai, an AI-native financial crime prevention specialist, to strengthen fraud protection across digital payment journeys. The tie-up sees ITSS add Feedzai’s RiskOps platform to its portfolio, bringing machine learning capabilities for…...

4+ day, 22+ hour ago   (225+ words) AI has moved from an emerging technology to a core part of the compliance conversation, and firms are now grappling with how to turn its potential into responsible, operational impact. That question anchored the first session of StarCompliance’s three-part 2026 Global…...