Aml news and trends

Venezuelan Opposition Politician Warns of Crypto Use for Money Laundering
Cryptocurrency // April 29, 2024

Venezuela is reportedly expected to increase its use of cryptocurrency when the United States reimposes oil sanctions on the country beginning June 1. A Venezuelan opposition politician, Leopoldo Lopez, and a national security leader at New York-based blockchain data firm Chainalysis, Kristofer Doucette, released a report Monday (April...

Banks Need ‘Change Management Checklist’ in Battle Against Fraud
Fraud Prevention // April 26, 2024

Artificial intelligence (AI) holds the promise to transform all manner of industries — helping banks, in particular, improve their anti-money laundering (AML) efforts. But as Chris Caruana, VP of Strategy at Hawk:AI, Ramon Ramirez, director of AML/KYC Operations at Western Alliance Bancorporation, and Miguel Navarro,...

Verafin Adds AI Copilot to Financial Crime Management Solutions
artificial intelligence // April 22, 2024

Verafin has added an artificial intelligence (AI) copilot to its suite of financial crime management solutions. The new Entity Research Copilot is being rolled out to the firm’s customer base of more than 2,500 financial institutions, the Nasdaq company said in a Monday (April 22) press release. “As financial...

Commerzbank Fined for Money Laundering Compliance Failure
AML // April 22, 2024

A German financial regulator has reportedly fined Commerzbank $1.5 million for anti-money laundering violations. BaFin said Monday (April 11) that the bank failed to update customer data on time and did not provide sufficient security measures, Reuters reported. This, the report added, led to inadequate due diligence in three cases,...

Interviews & Exclusives
Banks Need ‘Change Management Checklist’ in Battle Against Fraud

April 26, 2024
Artificial intelligence (AI) holds the promise to transform all manner of industries — helping banks, in particular, improve their anti-money laundering (AML) efforts. But as Chris Caruana, VP of Strategy at Hawk:AI, Ramon Ramirez, director of AML/KYC Operations at Western Alliance Bancorporation, and Miguel Navarro, head of Client Identity Verification and Authentication at KeyBank, told […]

Tale of 2 Crypto Exchanges: Binance’s Money Laundering vs FTX’s Misappropriation

November 22, 2023
Cryptocurrency exchanges play a vital role in the digital asset ecosystem. They facilitate the buying, selling, trading, transferring, and storing of both individual and institutional holdings of the more than...

B2B Payments Go Digital — or Go to Die

March 02, 2023
Once businesses go digital, they don’t go back. After all, the future only moves in one direction. That’s according to Luke Trayfoot, chief revenue officer of online marketplace payment technology...

Payments Vaults Evolving as Retailers Prioritize a Secure Consumer Experience

February 16, 2023
Payments vaults are moving to the forefront of many businesses’ customer experience strategies. Joseph Meuse, vice president of product management at Spreedly, told PYMNTS in a recent interview that vaulting...

Quick Reads
Binance Founder Changpeng Zhao Sentenced to 4 Months in Prison

April 30, 2024
Changpeng Zhao, the founder of cryptocurrency exchange Binance, was sentenced to four months in prison on Tuesday (April 30). The sentencing came after Zhao pleaded guilty to charges of enabling money laundering at Binance, CNBC reported Tuesday. The verdict was delivered in a federal court in Seattle by U.S. District Judge Richard Jones, who told Zhao, “You had […]

Venezuelan Opposition Politician Warns of Crypto Use for Money Laundering

April 29, 2024
Venezuela is reportedly expected to increase its use of cryptocurrency when the United States reimposes oil sanctions on the country beginning June 1. A Venezuelan opposition politician, Leopoldo Lopez, and a...

Verafin Adds AI Copilot to Financial Crime Management Solutions

April 22, 2024
Verafin has added an artificial intelligence (AI) copilot to its suite of financial crime management solutions. The new Entity Research Copilot is being rolled out to the firm’s customer base of...

Commerzbank Fined for Money Laundering Compliance Failure

April 22, 2024
A German financial regulator has reportedly fined Commerzbank $1.5 million for anti-money laundering violations. BaFin said Monday (April 11) that the bank failed to update customer data on time and did not provide sufficient security...