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Return on Investment
March 3, 2025

Turn fraud prevention into a boardroom priority

To secure investment, fraud leaders must speak the language of ROI. This article shows how to build a compelling business case by linking fraud prevention to measurable outcomes like cost savings, revenue protection, and strategic goals. It’s about proving value, aligning with business priorities, and making fraud prevention a clear investment priority.

Karthik Tadinada

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Data Analysis
July 12, 2026

Why your AFC team needs a data strategy before software

Most AFC programmes hit their limits at the data layer, well before the platform is the real issue. Screening, monitoring and investigations all depend on data that is complete, consistent, owned and traceable. This article sets out the five things a data strategy for AFC needs to cover, and why that work belongs before platform selection rather than during implementation.

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AFC Risk
July 10, 2026

AML red flags: 10 patterns every compliance team should know

This article walks through 10 AML patterns analysts come across regularly. For each one, it sets out the behaviour, why it may point to financial crime, the most common legitimate explanation, the data to pull and the questions worth asking. It follows how analysts actually work a case, so the thinking holds up case after case.

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AI
July 8, 2026

The Next Generation of AFC Needs Workflow Intelligence, Not Just Another AI Tool

AI is changing how financial crime teams search, investigate and act on risk signals. The practical question for AFC leaders is where analyst effort gets lost today, and whether AI can reduce it without breaking auditability. This piece looks at how copilots, agents and natural-language search work inside governed, human-led workflows, and where the line sits between what AI can suggest and what a human must decide.

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AML
May 19, 2026

Why AFC Programmes Fail Audit: Five Gaps Between Work Done and Work Evidenced

Many AFC programmes are busy and active - yet still struggle under audit scrutiny. The gap isn't missing activity; it's missing evidence. From undocumented decisions to weak risk-to-control links, audit failures often stem from work that was done but never properly captured. Defensibility is built daily, not during pre-audit prep.

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AML
May 18, 2026

From Rules to Outcomes: The Practical Meaning of Wolfsberg MSA Statements

The financial industry is shifting from measuring monitoring activity to proving outcomes. The Wolfsberg Group's guidance on suspicious activity monitoring challenges firms to move beyond rule libraries and alert volumes, asking instead: does your programme actually detect meaningful risk? Effective monitoring demands risk-led design, quality data, and measurable results.

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AML
May 12, 2026

AMLA Readiness: The Regulatory Shift Has Already Started

AMLA is already operational – and firms waiting for final guidance before acting are running out of time. The supervisory shift from activity to effectiveness is underway. Data lineage, control mapping and MI frameworks need attention now. The firms best placed in 2028 will be the ones that started building credibility today.

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