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With Anti Money Laundering (AML)-related fines now reaching the billions, outdated systems and delayed reporting continue exposing organisations to criminal actors and regulatory scrutiny.

Matt Russell considers what lessons can be learned from the Wolfsberg Group to help inform business-wide risk assessments.

After significant regulatory fines on challenger banks for weak financial crime controls, Kate Robinson of Avyse Partners identifies the top problems and potential solutions for such firms.

Amidst the hype around AI for know your customer (KYC) and ultimate beneficial ownership (UBO) checks, one important question simmers: can you really trust AI to make your compliance decisions for you?

Priscilla Gaudoin from Ruleguard explores the growing trend of financial influencers, and key actions being taken by regulators and firms in response.

Matt Russell considers what lessons can be learned from the Wolfsberg Group to help inform business-wide risk assessments.

Rezaul Karim delves into how criminals are exploiting digital assets, and the evolving challenge it poses to regulators.

Terrorism is effective because it is unpredictable. The uncertainty and fear terror attacks generate is dependent on their being difficult, sometimes almost impossible, to anticipate and prevent.

By understanding the variety of ways in which terrorist attacks are supported, compliance professionals play a central role in making them that much more difficult to plan and execute.

There’s a lot of noise in the industry on the use of AI in financial crime compliance, most notably concerns about explainability, bias and governance. These are legitimate considerations. But we need to be honest with ourselves and ask: are we holding AI to a far higher standard than we hold human analysts? And if we are, how do we reconfigure our expectations?

After significant regulatory fines on challenger banks for weak financial crime controls, Kate Robinson of Avyse Partners identifies the top problems and potential solutions for such firms.

As the compliance landscape evolves, the line between ESG and traditional financial crime frameworks is increasingly blurred. Nowhere is this convergence more apparent than in the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD), a landmark EU regulation that places on companies a legal obligation to identify and mitigate adverse human rights and environmental impacts across their supply chains.

The opportunities and risks of integrating AI into due diligence processes are explored by global intelligence and cyber security consultants S-RM.

Provision 29 of the UK Corporate Governance Code requires boards to declare the effectiveness of internal controls. Understanding your organisation’s readiness is the first step.

Only 1.6% of firms have ‘fully integrated’ AI into governance, risk and compliance (GRC) processes despite more than half (51%) viewing ‘advancements in AI and technology’ as the biggest driver for change in GRC over the next five years, according to a new report from the International Compliance Association

The International Compliance Association (ICA) announced the winners of the 2025 ICA Compliance Awards Europe during a star-studded ceremony held at the Westminster Park Plaza, London last evening.