Latest Money Laundering News: Finextra Research

Napier Continuum for AML compliance now available as plug-and-play hosted service or headless API

Napier, the London-based global financial crime compliance RegTech, is pleased to announce that its award-winning Anti Money Laundering (AML) platform, Napier Continuum is now available through two new service offerings: Napier Continuum Live and Napier Continuum Flow. These new solutions deliver Napier’s experience in helping financial institutions transform their AML solutions with a compliance-first focus.

07 February 2024

News/regulation

BaFin increases focus on IT outsourcing risks

Cybersecurity and the outsourcing of IT services are among the greatest risks to the financial sector, warns a new report from German regulator BaFin.

24 January 2024

News/people

Hawk AI hires HSBC vet Shearer

German RegTech Hawk AI has brought in HSBC compliance veteran Michael Shearer as chief solution officer.

18 January 2024

News/crime

G20 faster payments roadmap could boost financial crime - report

The G20's plan to make cross-border payments faster, cheaper, more transparent and inclusive could increase fraud and money laundering, warns a new report.

08 January 2024

News/payments

Finextra's top impact study reports of 2023

With 2023 drawing to a close, we take a look back at our most downloaded impact study reports over the course of the past year. Our impact study reports are how-to, best practice guides that support those in the financial industry in their utilisation and optimisation of particular technologies, as well as providing an outlook at future trends to watch.

27 December 2023

Company update/regulation

Napier and KYC Portal CLM team on AML compliance

Napier, the London-based intelligent compliance technology company, and KYC Portal CLM (KYCP), a client lifecycle management platform, are pleased to announce their partnership to provide financial institutions an end-to-end compliance solution.

06 December 2023

News/payments

Denmark phases out old banknotes as cash usage declines

Denmark is withdrawing older banknotes from circulation because few people recognise them and feel confident about receiving them. In addition, the country is ditching its largest denomination note, the 1000-krone, citing lack of usage and money laundering concerns.

06 December 2023

Company update/regulation

SEB rolls out Blacksmith KYC platform

Blacksmith KYC and the leading Nordic corporate bank Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB (SEB) are pleased to announce that SEB is implementing Blacksmith’s KYC platform to automate and improve its data collection for financial institutions KYC. SEB and Blacksmith KYC embarked on a KYC improvement journey together one year ago.

22 November 2023

News/crypto

Binance pays $4.3bn and CEO pleads guilty to settle US AML charges

Binance has agreed to pay $4.3 billion to settle a long-running investigation by the US Department of Justice, with the crypto exchange's founder Changpeng "CZ" Zhao also stepping down as CEO and pleading guilty to violating anti-money laundering requirements.

21 November 2023

News/crime

Sam Bankman-Fried found guilty on seven counts for multi-billion dollar FTX fraud

Founder of the infamous crypto platform, FTX, Sam Bankman-Fried was found guilty on seven counts following a highly publicised trial in Manhattan federal court.

03 November 2023

Company update/payments

IFinancial rolls out Universal Payments Hub

International Financial Systems (iFinancial), the London-based author of financial software solutions, announces the Universal Payments Hub (UMH) as a replacement for its existing SWIFT Message Screening service that currently forms an integral part of its anti-money laundering solution, AMLtrac.

02 November 2023

Research/Money LaunderingWhite Paper

How can the future state of information technology combat fraud and money laundering?

02 November 2023 393 downloads

Company update/regulation

Generali Investments Holding deploys Fenergo CLM to bolster financial crime operations

Fenergo, the leading provider of digital solutions for Know Your Customer (KYC), Transaction Monitoring and Client Lifecycle Management (CLM), today announced that Generali Investments Holding – holding company of Generali Investments’ ecosystem of asset management firms, with more than €504bn in assets under management (AUM) – is deploying Fenergo’s software-as-a-service (SaaS) CLM to enhance its anti-money laundering (AML) compliance processes.

18 October 2023

News/payments

EU data protection watchdog calls for more privacy for digital euro

The European data protection watchdog has recommended changes to EU draft legislation for a digital euro in order to boost privacy standards.

18 October 2023

Company update/payments

AirPak selects ThetaRay to strengthen AML compliance

AirPak, a leader in remittance services across Central America, is proud to announce its partnership with ThetaRay, a pioneer in AI-powered transaction monitoring solutions.

17 October 2023

News/regulation

Paytm Payments Bank fined over KYC lapses

The Reserve Bank of India has fined Paytm Payments Bank about $650,000 for know your customer failings.

13 October 2023

Company update/regulation

Swarm launches EU-compliant KYC tech for tokenised securities

Swarm, a regulated DeFi platform, today launches its onboarding API, allowing institutions and enterprises who do not have a know-your-customer (KYC) and anti money laundering (AML) provider to offer regulatory-compliant tokenized securities and trading to their users under German law.

13 October 2023

Company update/identity

Birake Exchange selects IDVerse for identity verification

Birake Exchange, a cryptocurrency exchange specialising in Masternode coins, has partnered with world-leading digital ID verification company IDVerse (previously known as OCR Labs Global) for Know-Your-Customer (KYC) onboarding and secure digital identity verification (IDV).

11 October 2023

Company update/regulation

Napier creates new Centre of Excellence in Kuala Lumpur

Napier, the London-based intelligent compliance technology company, is pleased to announce the establishment of a centre of excellence in Kuala Lumpur, as part of its continued investment in the Asia Pacific (APAC) region.

09 October 2023

Company update/regulation

ADGM slaps $486K penalty on Pypl for AML violations

The Financial Services Regulatory Authority (FSRA) of Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM) has imposed a financial penalty of USD 486,000 (AED 1,784,835) on Pyypl Ltd (Pyypl), a licensed money service provider operating in ADGM, because, during the period from March 2021 to November 2022, Pyypl’s compliance with applicable Anti-Money Laundering (AML) requirements was inadequate and it acted outside the scope of its Financial Services Permission.

04 October 2023