Anti-money laundering (AML) stories

Spektr lands USD $20 million Series A from NEA as Copenhagen AI compliance platform targets manual checks at banks and fintechs.

Banks and multinationals trial tokens to slash cross-border settlement times, as clearer rules and backing bolster wider business use.

Wise posts higher transfer volumes and customer balances as it targets a Nasdaq primary listing in May 2026 while keeping London.

Oracle expands its financial crime platform with Lucinity's AI investigation tools, aiming to cut compliance workloads for banks and regulated firms.

World Cup guide urges banks to spot scams and trafficking as tournament travel, ticket demand and online activity heighten fraud risks.

Data quality gives banks a scalable route to digital trust, cutting fraud and false positives while speeding onboarding, KYB and AI-driven checks.

Thunes wins Juniper Research top-three nod for cross-border payments as network breadth, interoperability and stablecoin links reshape the market.

US banks and regulators are urged to adopt passkeys, mobile driving licences and tougher verification as generative AI fuels deepfake fraud.

Rhinebeck Bank turns to MANTL to speed business and retail account opening as the community lender pushes wider digital transformation.

UiPath rolls out agentic AI for banks to automate sanctions checks and loan origination, citing faster decisions and tighter audit controls.

Mobile money transactions topped USD $2 trillion in 2025 as global use surged, led by Sub-Saharan Africa but with growth across all regions.

WorkFusion's AI agent Tara has been named AML Solution of the Year by FinTech Breakthrough for streamlining sanctions screening workloads.

Thunes opens Swift banks to direct USDC and USDT payouts, linking 11,500 institutions with 500 million stablecoin wallets worldwide.

Austin Telco Federal Credit Union adopts Alkami's MANTL tech to slash account opening times and automate 85% of onboarding checks.

XConnect links its mobile network fraud signals into SONIO's identity platform to tighten onboarding and compliance for fintech and gambling.

AI-fuelled scams help push illicit finance to an estimated USD $4.4 trillion in 2025, with fraud losses hitting USD $579.4 billion.

RedotPay wins new Canada, US and Argentina licences as it builds a global crypto payments hub and expands stablecoin-based services.

Creditinfo launches fraud and AML platform in Uganda, targeting rising digital payment risks and bolstering banks' compliance tools.

Commerzbank taps Hawk's AI to cut false alerts and sharpen money-laundering detection, as regulators push banks to bolster AML controls.

Fintech integrators turn to Melissa's real-time, trusted data layer to sharpen KYB checks, slash onboarding friction and cut synthetic fraud.