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Is ChatGPT your new best friend, or has Gemini become your favourite digital companion? Artificial intelligence has embedded itself into everyday life with remarkable speed, transforming how people work, communicate, and make decisions. Though, as reliance on these large language models continues to grow, an important question is emerging within financial crime compliance; can these same systems truly be trusted in our fight on financial crime? The promise of AI within AML is

As we move further through Q2 2026, regulators are reinforcing a consistent message: “financial crime frameworks alone are no longer enough”, and expectations are shifting towards effectiveness, evidence and accountability. Here are four developments shaping the landscape so far: 1. FCA penalty highlights market abuse surveillance failures Recent FCA enforcement action against a merchant bank reinforces growing scrutiny around surveillance controls. The message is increasin

As we enter the second quarter of 2026, financial crime is no longer defined by isolated incidents.In the UK, it is being reshaped into a global, data driven system, fuelled by artificial intelligence and operating with increasing speed, scale and sophistication. Financial crime in the UK is no longer a series of isolated risks. It has become a connected, fast moving system shaped by technology, geopolitics and culture. What was once reactive is now continuous, adaptive and i

Fraud is not exactly new. It has been hiding in plain sight for years, adapting faster than most of us can keep up and one thing is...

Financial Intelligence Units (FIUs) face a quiet but deep problem, the reporting systems are broken, and the problem isn’t under...

As of 31 July 2025, the UK raised the threshold for Defence Against Money Laundering (DAML) requests from £1,000 to £3,000. It was...

Imagine waking up to finding your PayPal drained or your business page locked, hijacked, or deleted. This is the new face of cybercrime,...

In December 2024, Andrejs Bradens, (a US sanctioned Latvian businessman based in London) was revealed to have secured a US $23.4 million...

CASE STUDY A recent client’s experience showed me just how risky relying on informal agreements can be. She agreed via emails to create...

Not as glamorous as the lifestyle influencer or as relatable as the food influencer, the finance influencer (FinFluencer) is aspirational...

Not as flashy as a data breach or as dramatic as ransomware, chargebacks remain the slow burn of the payments industry, and now they are...

Not mysterious like Money Laundering or dangerous like Terrorist Financing, Fraud has always been deceptive but lately has also been Mr....