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BlogCollaboration and Collective Action in the Face of a $4.4 Trillion Financial Crime CrisisApril 10, 2026 by Stephanie Champion The global financial crime landscape has entered a new era, defined by speed, scale, and sophistication unlike anything we have seen before. Financial crime is not a future threat — it is the reality financial institutions, governments, businesses, and communities... |
BlogThe Agentic AI Workforce Tour: 5 Moments That Have Attendees TalkingOctober 15, 2026 by Scott Peddle After more than a decade of fighting financial crime, I’ve learned to recognize and lean in when a topic garners the attention of professionals on the front lines. Anti-financial crime professionals are smart, motivated and when something is worth their... |
BlogWhy AFC Leaders Are Embracing AI and Looking Beyond ItOctober 14, 2026 by Chuck Taylor I’ve spent most of my career working in and alongside financial institutions as they’ve adapted to changes in the landscape. New regulations, technologies, financial crime typologies and expectations have continually reshaped how our industry operates. Often these shifts are gradual.... |
BlogProtecting Europe’s Financial System in the Age of AI-Enabled ThreatsOctober 9, 2026 by Stephanie Champion Originally published in Views The Eurofi Magazine – September 2026 According to Nasdaq Verafin’s Global Financial Crime Report, financial crime continues to reach new highs. The amount of illicit funds flowing through the financial system grew by more than a... |
BlogHuman Smuggling, Human Trafficking, and Organized CrimeOctober 8, 2026 by Cheryl Friedenbach Human smuggling and human trafficking are distinct crimes. While human smuggling involves the illegal transportation of people across borders, typically with the consent of those being smuggled, human trafficking involves force, fraud, or coercion for purposes of exploitation. But the... |
BlogFollowing the Money Behind Human SmugglingOctober 1, 2026 by Cheryl Friedenbach In August 2026, FinCEN released a Financial Trend Analysis (FTA) on suspected human smuggling activity. The analysis reviewed 67,540 Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) reports filed between 1 January 2023 and 31 December 2025, representing more than $4.9 billion in suspicious... |
BlogSAR Confidentiality and Customer Communication:September 24, 2026 by Chuck Taylor It’s a simple question with genuinely high stakes. On one side is the Bank Secrecy Act’s (BSA) strict prohibition on disclosing a Suspicious Activity Report (SAR), or any information that would reveal that a SAR exists to the subject of... |
BlogAgentic AI Workforce Tour: 3 Key Questions, One Industry ShiftSeptember 21, 2026 by Scott Peddle Agentic AI for financial crime management has moved from promise to practice. With Agentic AI Workforce now producing results across more than 800 financial institutions, the technology is proven in production as an operational capability. What now separates the institutions... |
BlogBehind Enemy Lines: What Financial Institutions Can Learn From the Mind of a ScammerSeptember 9, 2026 by Sune Gabelgård & Sanne Fahnøe This piece is based on a three-hour recorded interview with a former fraudster and insider in the telemarketing business, later edited into two podcast episodes of the Danish podcast ‘Deceived by a Scammer’ sponsored by Nasdaq Verafin. In the financial... |
BlogBusiness Onboarding: The New Frontline in Fraud PreventionAugust 20, 2026 by Nasdaq Verafin Fraud prevention has traditionally focused on identifying suspicious activity after an account is opened and money begins moving. But as financial institutions continue to modernize business onboarding, attention is increasingly shifting to an earlier point in the customer lifecycle: the... |
BlogMailbox to Marketplace: Stolen Checks Fuel an Underground Fraud EconomyAugust 7, 2026 by Nasdaq Verafin In today’s digital world, financial data is increasingly bought and sold within dark web networks. This includes stolen checks — introducing a new dimension to a traditionally pen-and-paper fraud problem. Stolen check fraud is increasingly a problem of data proliferation.... |
