While the $2.5 trillion trade finance gap, has dominated industry discourse in recent years, an equivalent crisis looms and threatens to destabilize the foundations of the sector itself: the expertise gap.

Regulatory and AML burdens are growing, and banks are expected to screen transactions more thoroughly than ever. But the trade operations teams are shrinking, aging, or overwhelmed, creating new risks and a new kind of crisis.

This article offers a regional breakdown of trade digitisation progress, focusing on the legal frameworks, and what it means for banks.

This article look at regulatory changes, region by region, and how it is prompting banks to change their AML compliance processes.

Global trade and finance are transforming amid geopolitics, tech advances, and financial crime, challenging institutions and practitioners.

Last week, we had the privilege of hosting Jeffrey Robinson, the renowned financial crime expert and author of the seminal book "The Laundry

Introduction “To be a jeweller, it’s all about having trust.”. These are the words of Nirav Modi, a man who once dreamt of creating...

A conversation between Ben Arber (CEO, Complidata) and Pamela Mar (Managing Director, ICC Digital Standards Initiative) at Sibos 2024

It has been a whirlwind of an event season for us this October, with our team representing Complidata across multiple cities—Bratislava,...

On the 1st of July, the Wolfsberg Group issued a Statement on Monitoring for Suspicious Activity . In line with the Wolfsberg Factors...

A few weeks ago, our CEO Ben Arber got together with our good friend and partner, Huron Consulting's Head of Anti-Financial Crimes and...

One of the most talked about fraud cases in the past few months is perhaps the case of Truong My Lan, a property tycoon who stole over...

In the first part of this article, we delved into the crucial field of MLOps and explained the significance of model monitoring,...

Money laundering is a global problem that has far-reaching consequences for both the financial industry and society as a whole. To combat...

Artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming various domains and industries, and transaction monitoring is no exception. Traditional TM...

On March 31st, Complidata, Huron, and Oracle hosted a successful networking lunch titled "FinCrime Busted: How AI/ML Fuel Financial Crime...

It is now around 19 months since another letter in the “Dear CEO” series was released by the Financial Conduct Authority (“FCA”) and the...

Getting your data digitized. “Data is the new gold”, is a phrase we hear often. But only if it’s in your systems. Still today, a large...

The biggest challenge in AML is presented by the number of alerts generated by transaction monitoring and fuzzy logic screening, in...

In the wake of the 2008 financial crisis and subsequent high-profile scandals, terror financing etc, global regulators are increasingly...