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What you should be paying attention to in 2021:

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

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

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.  

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Q & A with Mark Batts

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

First Fake News, Now Fake People

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

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

Mapping financial networks to the edge of the world.

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

A New Hub for Money Laundering

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

Why Sigma Ratings?

Nothing is more constant than change.

Perception vs Data

On pushing forward broader adoption

A problem with few solutions

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

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

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

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

Norvik Banka Achieves BB+ Business Integrity Rating  

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

Compliance is Missing from the Equation

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

Transparency Does Not Need to Be Hard 

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

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 [..]