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fscom's Associate Director in Financial Crime, Fred McDowell discuses the first week of Sanctions and how firms should respond.

Chargebacks911, a post transaction fraud platform, is working with Microsoft to launch a new fraud protection solution for financial institutions that identifies and combats fraud with the use of integrated data and adaptive artificial intelligence (AI) technology.

2021 was a rollercoaster of a year for eCommerce merchants. With consumers increasingly turning to digital platforms, businesses need to strengthen their fraud security measures in the wake of increasingly frequent fraudulent attacks. Learn what eCommerce fraud trends your business should keep in mind this year.

All financial services firms in the UK are required to carry out risk assessments for Anti-Money Laundering (AML) and Countering Terrorist Financing (CTF). Yet a survey of AML audits reveals that some firms do not have risk assessments, and many that do, fail to record the rationale they adopted when arriving at their risk assessment.

In the following article, fscom's Senior Manager of Fincrime, Fred McDowell discusses best practice guidance to help you with Suspicious Activity Reporting (SAR).

The problem of online fraud has been around for decades, and has been steadily growing alongside the staggering growth of eCommerce. Combatting this problem requires a multi-faceted approach from merchants, the payments industry, law enforcement and ordinary people, and one recent development has been the launch of Strong Customer Authentication (SCA) across Europe as part of the Payment Services Directive 2 (PSD2) regulations.

James Richardson, Head of Market Development Risk and Fraud at Bottomline shares his thoughts on the importance of regulation when fighting fraud in financial institutions.

This paper will identify the lessons that can be learnt from continental Europe on Strong Customer Authentication (SCA), the best practices that can be followed in order to minimise customer friction as well as the early impact SCA is having on fraud levels.

fscom’s Senior Compliance Associate, Eoin Kearns discusses the leak of the Pandora Papers and the lessons learned for financial institutions.

fscom's Senior Manager of Fincrime, Fred McDowell shares what elements make up a valuable MLRO Report. He also gave valuable context and practical suggestions as to the content that you might consider under each section.