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Local LLMs for AML: do they work in practice in 2026?
Three years on from our initial LLM AI benchmark for Financial Economic Crime, we return with a more operationally grounded test. Using 55,000+ sanctions entries across 12 sources, we evaluate whether local LLMs can reliably handle sanctions and transaction monitoring alert work in 2026. Tested models show meaningful variation in accuracy (51–81%), conclusion quality (71–93%), and speed. With the right tuning, the industry-standard 95% accuracy threshold appears within reach. Prerequisites inclu…
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Crypto and Banking: Integrated Integrity Compliance
The integration of crypto rails into traditional finance is accelerating, bringing new AML, sanctions, and data-governance challenges. As stablecoins and blockchain-based payments become mainstream, traditional monitoring fails to detect cross-rail risks. Network analytics offers a scalable, privacy-aligned way to understand illicit behaviour across fiat and crypto, enabling institutions and CASPs…
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ESG Meets AML: Tracing Value-Chain Risks with Data
Money laundering doesn’t happen in a vacuum — it hides behind other crimes. With the EU tying ESG offences directly into AML rules, these once-separate compliance worlds are converging fast. This article explores how firms can move beyond box-ticking by linking ESG and AML through value-chain data. From batteries to furniture, supply chains reveal risks that impact both sustainability disclosures …
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Preparing for AMLR & AMLA: our callouts
The EU’s Anti-Money Laundering Regulation (AMLR) and the creation of the new Anti-Money Laundering Authority (AMLA) mark the largest overhaul of Europe’s financial crime compliance regime in two decades. For executives in banks, payment institutions and crypto-asset service providers (CASPs), the shift is not to be underestimated. In this article, we call out a number of areas where the AMLR bri…
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Counterparty FEC risks: open data, sanctions, and shell companies
Open-source data can provide valuable insights into counterparty financial economic crime (FEC) risks, complementing traditional methods for identifying FEC exposures. By analyzing company registries, sanctions lists, and geographic data, institutions can detect key risk indicators, such as shell companies and indirect links to sanctioned entities. This approach enhances the ability to uncover hid…
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