One year of The Briefing: Highlights from the last 12 months

This week marks a special milestone for The Briefing – its first anniversary! 

Over the past 12 months, it’s been a privilege to share my FinCrime insights and regulatory updates with you. Here’s to another year of tackling financial crime together!

For now, enjoy a roundup of some of our most popular content from the past year and a sneak preview of what’s coming soon...

Highlights from the past year: 

1. ComplyAdvantage x Detected: Fixing KYB 

A reliance on manual processes, siloed tools, and high customer drop-off rates: The current KYB model is broken, which is why ComplyAdvantage is partnering with Detected to offer an integrated KYC/KYB process on one platform. 

Learn more about the partnership here. 

2. PEP screening: Everything you need to know 

With the latest data updates, on-demand webinars, and essential explanatory reading, our interactive hub for all things PEPs teaches firms how to build, optimize, and scale their screening program. 

Check it out here. 

3. A Guide to Financial Crime and SEPA Instant Payments

The European payments landscape continues to be driven by innovation, with SEPA Instant Payments a big driver in the move towards open banking. Our complete guide explores all the compliance challenges and opportunities firms face. 

Download the guide here. 

4. ComplyAdvantage acquires Golden to enhance AI financial crime insights 

In April, we announced our acquisition of Golden, a San Francisco-based innovator automating the construction of one of the world’s largest knowledge graphs, allowing us to continue to enhance our market-leading financial crime risk intelligence. 

Learn more here. 

5. ComplyAdvantage customers drive growth with enhanced screening 

We are passionate about sharing the stories of our customers. This year, e-money firm Monex and auction house Phillips sat down with us to highlight the strength of our partnerships and our shared goal of making smarter decisions to combat financial crime effectively.

Watch the full playlist here. 

What’s next: 

1. Webinar: Trump, GenAI, and the changing face of financial crime: What’s coming in 2025?

Exploring the developments set to shape financial crime in 2025 and beyond, our expert-led webinar will be of interest to firms looking to plan their roadmap for the year ahead. 

Sign up here. 

2. The State of Financial Crime 2025. 

The latest installment of our annual state-of-the-industry report is based on a global survey of financial crime leaders and is packed with expert analysis of key trends. Want to get ahead? Sign up to be the first to read it. 

Pre-register to download here. 

In the news this week: 

• The NCA has uncovered a multi-billion dollar Russian money laundering network with ties to global organized crime.  
• The 2024 Basel AML Index has been published, ranking Myanmar as the world’s highest-risk country. 
• The FCA has toned down its controversial plans to “name and shame” firms under investigation. 
• The Australian parliament has passed a bill modernizing the country’s AML/CFT regime. 

Until next week,

Andrew Davies, Global Head of Regulatory Affairs.