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State of Financial Crime 2023 Report

Adverse Media

Keywords in adverse media

The Problem with Keywords in Adverse Media and Negative News 1. The Problem with Keywords 2. Why Keywords Came About 3. The Keyword Approach 4. An Alternative Enabled by Machine Learning 5. How Do We Do It? 6. Conclusion The […]

Data is made up of qualitative and quantitative information updated every second of every day worldwide. But as data streams increase in size and complexity, the speed at which financial institutions utilize these insights has become just as vital as […]

Predicate offense for money laundering

The EU’s Sixth Money Laundering Directive (6AMLD) closes certain loopholes in member-states’ domestic legislation by harmonizing the definition of money laundering across the bloc. 6AMLD places a particular focus on ‘predicate offenses’. Introduced on 3 June 2021, 6AMLD expands its […]

adverse media regulations

Adverse Media: Regulations And Recommendations Running adverse media screening isn’t just a question of protecting your company from reputational damage, or building a helpful image of a client’s risk profile: it’s also a regulatory requirement of financial authorities around the world. […]

Types of Adverse Media

Why Understanding the Types of Adverse Media News Is Important to Reduce False Positives In an era when client risk profiles can change in a matter of hours, institutions must be able to react quickly to breaking news to maintain […]

Negative News Screening Best Practises

Identifying negative news should be an important part of a financial institution’s customer due diligence process. When breaking news reveals a client’s involvement with unethical or criminal activity like money laundering or financing terrorism, firms need to be able to […]

Adverse Media

Adverse media or negative news is defined as any kind of unfavorable information found across a wide variety of news sources – both ‘traditional’ news outlets and those from unstructured sources. The risks associated with conducting business with persons or […]