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FCA speech – Beyond the headlines: the unseen fight against financial crime

On 17 June 2026, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) published a speech delivered by Therese Chambers, joint executive director of enforcement and market oversight, regarding fin...

What Triggers a Federal Financial Crime Investigation?

If you’re being investigated for a financial crime, the federal government has already been investigating for quite some time. Crimes like wire fraud, money laundering, securities...

Shifting Financial Crime Compliance from “Match Fitness” to Strategic Advantage (Hytham Ahmad)

For many financial institutions, AML and fraud programs begin as reactive exercises — tactical respo...

Action plan to tackle financial crime, money laundering

The Government will launch an action plan to strengthen the State's response to financial crime, money laundering, and terrorist financing.

Police investigate €25m investment scam in Finland

Finnish police are investigating a suspected €25 million investment fraud after a private individual lost funds through what authorities believe was a fake online investment platfo...

At least £325bn of ‘dirty money’ flows through UK each year, says report

Call for crackdown as finance linked to corruption, tax evasion and money laundering is estimated at 10% of GDPAt least £325bn worth of dirty money is flowing through the UK every...

Machine Logic, Human Oversight: How AI Is Transforming AML and the Future of Financial Crime…

Artificial intelligence has moved from experimental tool to essential infrastructure in the financial sector, reshaping how institutions…Continue reading on Medium »

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Why Financial Crime Operations Are Breaking Under Real-Time Payments (Rajeew Vishvakarma)

Real-time payment systems are transforming banking, commerce, and consumer expectations by facilitat...

The NZ firm that helped high-risk clients move millions

A NZ company moved piles of money for multiple clients that were later convicted of financial crimes.

UK Finance ‘shocked but not surprised’ by rise in fraud as tech firms ‘profit’ from it

Two-thirds of authorised push payment scams begin on tech platforms, according to UK Finance annual report

CACEIS agrees to voluntary £31.7m payment as firm censured by FCA

Asset servicing bank CACEIS UK has been censured by the Financial Conduct Authority and will make a £31.7m voluntary payment to WealthTek clients for failing to act on information...

Application fraud: the fraud hiding in plain sight (Dave Rossi)

In 2025, more than 444,000 fraud cases were recorded on the National Fraud Database, the highest an...

Financial Markets Authority charge six people over alleged mortgage fraud

The six people face 61 charges under the Crimes, the Secret Commissions and Financial Markets Authority Acts.

Investment fraud in UK soared to more than £220m lost last year, trade body says

Scams involving gold, cryptocurrencies and wine rise as criminals use AI to increasingly carry out larger-scale fraudIncreasingly elaborate investment scams involving gold, cryptoc...

Brazilian Gang Terrorist Designations: What U.S. Financial Institutions Need to Know About the CV and PCC

On May 28, 2026, Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced that the U.S. Department of State designated Comando Vermelho (CV) and Primeiro Comando da Capital (PCC), Brazil’s two lar...

FCA opened single mortgage fraud investigation in 2025

The Financial Conduct Authority opened just one enforcement investigation into mortgage fraud in 2025, according to Freedom of Information data. The figure marks a significant decl...

The business of crime has just got broader

Firms must reassess risk with new Crime and Policing Act, says Sally Clark​

UAE Central Bank Fines Foreign Bank and Compliance Officer for Money Laundering Violations

AML Crackdown Continues with Closing of UK Payment Processor

Government regulators around the world continue to intensify efforts against money laundering. In a first-of-its-kind case, Britain’s Financial Conduct Authority has shut down paym...

Luxury shops urged to flag suspicious big spenders in state crackdown on money laundering

Justice Minister and Tánaiste to announce action plan to tackle financial crime

Fraud at financial institutions on the rise, police and FBI say

Area credit unions, Toledo police, the FBI, and the IRS are working to combat financial fraud and to prevent the public from falling victim to scams.

DOJ Announces $9.7 Million Resolution with Bank Over BSA/AML Compliance Failures

On June 30, the DOJ announced that a community bank entered into a non-prosecution agreement and agreed to pay more than $9.7 million to resolve an investigation into violations of...

Fintech Wise probed over AML concerns

A Belgian prosecutor is looking into “indications of non-compliance,” particularly from “a lack of proper identification of clients and their activities.”