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As the Biden administration prioritizes the recently enacted Anti-Money Laundering Act of 2020 (2020 AMLA), the [..]

8 miles off the coast of Britain lies the Principality of Sealand, the world’s smallest self-proclaimed state. [..]

€6,500 billion. It is the amount of assets managed by sometimes secretive investment funds in Luxembourg, the [..]

What you should be paying attention to in 2021:

For ease of reading, we divide predictions between highly [..]

This week, as the Afghan peace deal went into effect, which includes the potential removal of economic [..]

With the SEC whistleblower program setting new records in 2020 and with a renewed focus on whistleblowers as a [..]

This week, the World Economic Forum kicked off its annual summit with the theme of "A Crucial Year to Rebuild [..]

The world has changed.  

Every day, millions of articles are published to the Internet across multiple platforms, languages and focal [..]

During a recent industry workshop, several leading institutions, including Goldman Sachs, HSBC and Citi, among [..]

This week, the WSJ rightly highlighted that the biggest impediment to the U.S. Treasury’s plans to implement a [..]

This week, the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) marked the 5^th anniversary of the [..]

As the Internet has come to play an increasingly central role in people’s lives across the globe, the [..]

This week, the outgoing U.S. administration has continued its “aggressive use of sanctions” with a flurry of [..]

Last month, David Lewis, the executive secretary of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), called for a change [..]

We are excited to announce a number of new features that are purpose built for the modern investigator as we [..]

Over the last decade, gender diversity on corporate boards has become one of the most talked about trends and [..]

We are excited to announce a host of new features that significantly improve the experience and ease of use for [..]

This week, the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), a global AML/CFT watchdog founded by the G7, published its [..]

“Two heads are better than one”, as the old saying goes. However, in anti-money laundering and risk review, [..]

It is that time of the year when Transparency International puts out its latest country ratings around the [..]

We are delighted to announce the release of our upgraded Sigma Open Search capabilities. This release is the [..]

The Association of Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialists (ACAMS) released the ‘ACAMS Compliance [..]

This week, the United States, EU, UK and Canada announced coordinated sanctions against key Chinese officials [..]

This week, as the United States’ Senate held the confirmation hearings on presidential nominations, Janet [..]

This week, the Tax Justice Network, a “group funded by donations and campaigning for transparency,” released the

Sigma expands Address Risk coverage, releases new matching algorithm and improves search speed by 5x

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Corruption and money laundering go hand-in-hand.  

This month, a new report titled the ‘True Cost of Financial Crime Compliance Global Report’ revealed that [..]

Last week, the U.S. Department of Commerce announced it added 7 Chinese companies in the supercomputer space to [..]

This week, the European Central Bank, in its push for supervisory technology, stated that “national bank [..]

This week, the Association of Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialists (ACAMS) released a report outlining [..]

At first glance, one may not think that NGOs are big players in the anti-money laundering (AML) space. One may [..]

Last week, following its latest plenary, the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), the global AML watchdog, [..]

This week, media reports alleged that both the U.S. Department of Justice and the FBI were investigating Danske [..]

Last week, Reuters reported that investor groups have asked for more ESG disclosures from the US Securities and [..]

So, an ex-banker’s wife walks into a British department store…

This week, the U.S. Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) released the inaugural national [..]

Sigma Ratings has reviewed the history of anti-money laundering legislation in the United States and [..]

Last month, the announcement of Germany’s arrest of a businessman suspected of purchasing “sophisticated [..]

Sigma releases API to detect and score financial crime risk at scale

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With the release of the FinCEN Files, what was a common denominator related to an international money [..]

In addition to unrivaled coverage and configurability, Sigma News is now further aligned to recent FATF, [..]

An alert in a bank’s transaction monitoring system notifies that there is a large amount of money being [..]

One might imagine the surprise a Customs Official has when viewing an invoice for toilet paper imported from [..]

This month, the European Union revealed its plan to set up a new agency, the Anti-Money Laundering Authority [..]

Throughout the last few years, export controls have taken heretofore unseen prominence in news media headlines. [..]

In the wake of the FinCEN Files , lawmakers and regulators around the world have reacted to the unprecedented [..]

For years shell companies have been at the heart of both legitimate business activity and money laundering [..]

This week, the share price of Wirecard fell more than 60%, less than 2 years after its debut on the prestigious [..]

This week, the Council of the European Union published its latest EU list of non-cooperative jurisdictions for [..]

Last week, following weeks of investigative reporting, The Washington Post compiled their various [..]

What if you need the latest about business developments in Mongolia or better continuous monitoring of an [..]

Open-source Intelligence (OSINT) is an incredibly powerful tool for both the public and private sectors alike. [..]

This week, reports emerged that JPMorgan, in an internal memo, stated they’re investigating their own employees [..]

First Fake News, Now Fake People

Alexa Altos operates a web design firm in California, has a number of [..]

Last week, the Basel Institute on Governance released its 2020 edition of the Basel AML Index. And what a [..]

Not to be outdone by Goldman Sachs’ AI-generated World Cup predictions (spoiler alert: Goldman Sachs predicts [..]

Early in the pandemic, the FT, in response to the UK regulator sanctioning a digital KYC process, highlighted [..]

Q & A with Mark Batts

Former Managing Director, Financial Institutions Group Head of Enhanced Due Diligence [..]

Mapping financial networks to the edge of the world.

On pushing forward broader adoption

According to KPMG, 1 in 3 business leaders don’t trust the information they use to make decisions. How can you [..]

Many of you were so kind as to fill out our poll on risk in the Middle East . As you’ll see below, perception [..]

Transparency Does Not Need to Be Hard 

 “To achieve an equitable, inclusive, and more prosperous future for [..]

Perception vs Data

In 2014 the Financial Stability Board (FSB) set up a standardized way to label and find the legal identity of [..]

A New Hub for Money Laundering

Last week the Wall Street Journal highlighted a new, burgeoning money laundering [..]

Norvik Banka Achieves BB+ Business Integrity Rating  

Sigma Ratings Inc. announces its first-ever Sigma Rating [..]

Why Sigma Ratings?

Nothing is more constant than change.

A problem with few solutions

During recent travel in the Middle East, we met with senior executives at leading banks, exchange houses and [..]

Compliance is Missing from the Equation

More than $22 trillion assets are now invested according to ESG [..]

In a few weeks, it will be the year of the pig, but I’m not so sure that its going to be that generous.  Much [..]