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FT Feature: Fitch invests in AI start-up to improve bank misconduct detection
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- 02/12/2021
The €6,500 billion Grand Duchy
€6,500 billion. It is the amount of assets managed by sometimes secretive investment funds in Luxembourg, the [..]
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- 01/08/2021
Reflections & Predictions
What you should be paying attention to in 2021:
For ease of reading, we divide predictions between highly [..]
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- 02/19/2021
The Three Silos of Defense
With the SEC whistleblower program setting new records in 2020 and with a renewed focus on whistleblowers as a [..]
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- 01/29/2021
From the Balance Sheet to the Value Sheet
This week, the World Economic Forum kicked off its annual summit with the theme of "A Crucial Year to Rebuild [..]
- Press & Events
- 11/17/2020
Sigma Ratings Wins ‘Best Data Analysis Tool’ Award at 2020 Benzinga Global Fintech Awards
Firm Recognized for Its Revolutionary Cloud-Based Data Intelligence Platform and Customizable Entity Risk [..]
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- 03/06/2020
Kabul via Khartoum
This week, as the Afghan peace deal went into effect, which includes the potential removal of economic [..]
The co-authored report titled “Governance Risk for Banks: Drawing on Experience and External Expertise to [..]
COVID-19’s rise has created significant shocks to the global financial and economic landscape. On April 9, [..]
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- 01/15/2021
Fire & Ice
This week, the outgoing U.S. administration has continued its “aggressive use of sanctions” with a flurry of [..]
We are excited to announce a number of new features that are purpose built for the modern investigator as we [..]
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- 02/05/2021
Rather Grim
It is that time of the year when Transparency International puts out its latest country ratings around the [..]
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- 04/09/2021
5 Years Ago...
This week, the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) marked the 5th anniversary of the [..]
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- 01/22/2021
Rome Wasn't Built In A Day
This week, as the United States’ Senate held the confirmation hearings on presidential nominations, Janet [..]
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- 03/05/2021
Too Big To Fail...Small Enough To Jail
The Association of Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialists (ACAMS) released the ‘ACAMS Compliance [..]
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- 01/19/2021
History of Anti-Money Laundering Laws
As the Biden administration prioritizes the recently enacted Anti-Money Laundering Act of 2020 (2020 AMLA), the [..]
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- 03/12/2021
No Representation Without Taxation
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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- 04/01/2021
The e-New Normal
This week, the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), a global AML/CFT watchdog founded by the G7, published its [..]
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- 03/26/2021
Sanctions Flex
This week, the United States, EU, UK and Canada announced coordinated sanctions against key Chinese officials [..]
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- 01/22/2021
FT Feature: Fitch invests in AI start-up to improve bank misconduct detection
Sigma asked executives at asset management firms and large financial institutions how they make investment [..]
We are excited to announce a host of new features that significantly improve the experience and ease of use for [..]
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- 12/18/2020
When The Feds Come Knocking
This week, media reports alleged that both the U.S. Department of Justice and the FBI were investigating Danske [..]
- White papers
- 08/07/2020
Take the Drama Out of Periodic Reviews With Perpetual Relationship Monitoring
The traditional approach to client reviews for KYC and AML purposes has been to invest in teams of people who [..]
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- 07/24/2020
From Macro to Micro
This week, global firms find themselves in the crosshairs of increasing geopolitical tensions between the [..]
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- 09/25/2020
Embracing A New Era of Transparency
The leak and subsequent investigation of the FinCEN Files hit the financial services industry hard this past [..]
- Industry Resources
- 03/10/2021
Politically Exposed Person
So, an ex-banker’s wife walks into a British department store…
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- 11/13/2020
More With Less
Sigma Ratings is thrilled to have been named the Best Data Analysis Tool at the 6th Annual Benzinga Global [..]
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- 09/21/2020
The FinCEN Files: Address Risk
With the release of the FinCEN Files, what was a common denominator related to an international money [..]
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- 12/11/2020
Shifting The Burden
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- 11/06/2020
Governance Gains Ground
Over the last 8 months, the pandemic has brought significant uncertainty in global markets and in short and [..]
Sigma releases API to detect and score financial crime risk at scale
Hello Sigma network!
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- 09/23/2020
FinCEN Files: SARs
Among the startling findings in the FinCEN files were details on the time it took financial institutions to [..]
- Regulations
- 03/31/2021
EU Export Control Modernization
Throughout the last few years, export controls have taken heretofore unseen prominence in news media headlines. [..]
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- 10/30/2020
Stronger Together!
After senior careers in the U.S. Treasury Department and in law and development finance, we founded Sigma in [..]
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- 09/04/2020
Watch Out!
This week, the WSJ reported that trade sanctions were placed on dozens of Chinese firms in the last week. [..]
At first glance, one may not think that NGOs are big players in the anti-money laundering (AML) space. One may [..]
- AML
- 12/01/2020
AML Act 2020
Sigma Ratings has reviewed the history of anti-money laundering legislation in the United States and [..]
- AML
- 02/24/2021
Shell Companies
For years shell companies have been at the heart of both legitimate business activity and money laundering [..]
As the Internet has come to play an increasingly central role in people’s lives across the globe, the [..]
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- 10/09/2020
Not So Cooperative!
This week, the Council of the European Union published its latest EU list of non-cooperative jurisdictions for [..]
- Press & Events
- 05/29/2020
Canada's money laundering problem in the 'hundreds of millions': Financial crimes expert
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- 06/20/2020
It All Came Crumbling Down
This week, the share price of Wirecard fell more than 60%, less than 2 years after its debut on the prestigious [..]
This week, the United States agreed to remove Sudan from its terror blacklist on the condition that the [..]
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- 09/11/2020
PPPerpetual Fraud
This week, reports emerged that JPMorgan, in an internal memo, stated they’re investigating their own employees [..]
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- 05/09/2020
A Pandemic of Corruption
Last week, following weeks of investigative reporting, The Washington Post compiled their various [..]
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- 08/29/2020
300+ Million Pages
This week, Greece’s anti-corruption prosecutor, Eleni Touloupaki, confirmed to the OCCRP that her home was [..]
- AML
- 02/04/2021
Challenges of OSINT
Open-source Intelligence (OSINT) is an incredibly powerful tool for both the public and private sectors alike. [..]
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- 10/02/2020
The United Nations of (Money Laundering)
In the wake of the FinCEN Files , lawmakers and regulators around the world have reacted to the unprecedented [..]
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- 07/31/2020
What's Wrong With This Picture?
Last week, the Basel Institute on Governance released its 2020 edition of the Basel AML Index. And what a [..]
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- 02/27/2019
Error: This Person Does Not Exist
First Fake News, Now Fake People
Alexa Altos operates a web design firm in California, has a number of [..]
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- 10/17/2020
Remote Controls
This week, the Wall Street Journal reported that many companies are experiencing “new risks or that existing [..]
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- 09/18/2020
The Blockchain of 2020
Early in the pandemic, the FT, in response to the UK regulator sanctioning a digital KYC process, highlighted [..]
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- 08/21/2020
It Takes Two
This week, the United States, in coordination with Panama, announced the formation of a new task force that [..]
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- 08/14/2020
Get on Board
Last week, the International Journal of Finance and Economics published a study that appears to indicate that [..]
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- 08/07/2020
Do I Really Know You?
Last week, we reported on the newly released 2020 Basel AML Index and the importance of a more dynamic [..]
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- 09/07/2018
What the experts are saying about the value of Sigma Ratings
Q & A with Mark Batts
Former Managing Director, Financial Institutions Group Head of Enhanced Due Diligence [..]
- Press & Events
- 10/29/2020
Stuart Jones Jr. explores global financial institutions’ perspectives on de-risking and the impact of de-risking on the region’s banking industry
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- 05/16/2018
Banking in Antarctica
Mapping financial networks to the edge of the world.
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- 05/29/2018
The Data Problem
According to KPMG, 1 in 3 business leaders don’t trust the information they use to make decisions. How can you [..]
- Press & Events
- 12/05/2019
Sigma Ratings Releases Breakthrough Features to Become the World's Most Comprehensive AI-Powered Business Risk Intelligence Platform
- Press & Events
- 04/09/2019
Stuart Jones, Jr. Presents at NYU's Volatility Conference on the Importance of Non-Credit Risk
- Press & Events
- 10/09/2018
Former U.S. Treasury official and compliance executive Robert Werner joins Sigma Ratings
- Press & Events
- 06/28/2018
Financial institutions in Middle East seem to be lower risk than others: CEO
- Press & Events
- 07/02/2018
Sigma Ratings, the world's first non-credit risk ratings agency, closes $2.4 million Series Seed funding
- Press & Events
- 07/23/2018
Sigma Rating’s emerging market expertise is featured in Brazil’s top newspaper Valor Econômico
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- 06/13/2018
Using Soccer to Explain Country Risk Mapping
Not to be outdone by Goldman Sachs’ AI-generated World Cup predictions (spoiler alert: Goldman Sachs predicts [..]
- Insights
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- 06/19/2018
Scoping LEI Data Availability
In 2014 the Financial Stability Board (FSB) set up a standardized way to label and find the legal identity of [..]
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- 08/13/2018
Inconvenient Truths
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 [..]
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- 12/08/2018
What Does Transparency Look Like?
Transparency Does Not Need to Be Hard
“To achieve an equitable, inclusive, and more prosperous future for [..]
- Press & Events
- 07/30/2020
Globally Focused Asset Management Firm Rated 'A' with Positive Outlook for its Governance and Control Effectiveness
- Press & Events
- 03/03/2020
Sigma's Gabrielle Haddad Presents at Innovate Finance in London on Future of Regtech
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- 05/15/2018
Holding Corporations (and Sovereigns) to Account
Why Sigma Ratings?
- Insights
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- 05/22/2018
The Search for an Updated Wolfsberg Questionnaire
On pushing forward broader adoption
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- 05/25/2018
72% De-Risk vs. Manage Risk
A problem with few solutions
- Insights
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- 06/05/2018
Sigma Middle East Poll Follow Up
Many of you were so kind as to fill out our poll on risk in the Middle East . As you’ll see below, perception [..]
- Insights
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- 07/13/2018
Perception & Reality
During recent travel in the Middle East, we met with senior executives at leading banks, exchange houses and [..]
- Insights
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- 11/27/2018
ESG’s Next Frontier
Compliance is Missing from the Equation
More than $22 trillion assets are now invested according to ESG [..]
- Insights
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- 01/18/2019
Predicting ‘19…
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 [..]