Quantexa, a London-based fintech providing decision intelligence solutions to help banks, insurers and government organisations to make sound decisions, has been recognised as a category leader for trade-based anti-money laundering solutions (TBAML) in the Chartis RiskTech 100 report. Chartis, which… Read More ›

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Lessons from Venezuela’s illicit gold trade applicable to IFFs more widely says Brookings
Difficulties associated with tracing illicit gold flows and the large number of actors involved in gold smuggling have contributed to a crisis with limited chances to even engage in efforts to address the issue of illicit financial flows (IFFs) from… Read More ›
Supply chain visibility needed to see criminals using trade finance to launder money says ADB expert
We need to be able to see deep inside supply chains to know whether criminals are using trade finance to launder money says head of trade and supply-chain finance at the Asian Development Bank (ADB), Steven Beck. Replacing paper trails… Read More ›
TBML top of emerging financial crime risks in Asia-Pacific says LexisNexis
Trade-based money laundering (TBML) has ranked top of the list of emerging financial crime risks in the latest LexisNexis True Cost of Compliance Study – Asia-Pacific Edition. Crimes involving digital payments and cryptocurrency, third parties – including TBML, money mules,… Read More ›
Banks and financial regulators wasting time on AML compliance should consider AI techniques
A new policy brief published by the Brookings Centre on Regulation and Markets has a clear focus on anti-money laundering (AML) compliance and suggests that banks, regulators, and law enforcement authorities are spending time and money chasing down potential leads… Read More ›