Insights Archive

Weekly Round-Up

03 Feb 2022 • 2 min read

Weekly Round-Up, 31 Jan – 4 Feb, 22

In the “Weekly Round-Up” we summarise and give extra reading suggestions for some of the past weeks financial crime news headlines, powered by Acuminor’s crime universe ThreatView® .

Weekly Round-Up

27 Jan 2022 • 2 min read

Weekly Round-Up, 24 – 28 January – 22

In the “Weekly Round-Up” we summarise and give extra reading suggestions for some of the past weeks financial crime news headlines, powered by Acuminor’s crime universe ThreatView® .

Weekly Round-Up

13 Jan 2022 • 2 min read

Weekly Round-Up, January 14 – 22

In the “Weekly Round-Up” we summarise and give extra reading suggestions for some of the past weeks financial crime news headlines, powered by Acuminor’s crime universe ThreatView® .

Fraud

Cybercrime

Weekly Round-Up

16 Dec 2021 • 4 min read

Weekly Round-Up, December 17 – 21

In the “Weekly Round-Up” we summarise and give extra reading suggestions for some of the past weeks financial crime news headlines, powered by Acuminor’s crime universe ThreatView2® .

Gambling

Cybercrime

Weekly Round-Up

09 Dec 2021 • 2 min read

Weekly Round-Up, December 10 – 21

In the “Weekly Round-Up” we summarise and give extra reading suggestions for some of the past weeks financial crime news headlines, powered by Acuminor’s crime universe ThreatView® .

Money Laundering

Weekly Round-Up

02 Dec 2021 • 2 min read

Weekly Round-Up, December 3 – 21

In the “Weekly Round-Up” we summarise and give extra reading suggestions for some of the past weeks financial crime news headlines, powered by Acuminor’s crime universe ThreatView® .

Fraud

Weekly Round-Up

25 Nov 2021 • 3 min read

Weekly Round-Up, November 26 – 21

In the “Weekly Round-Up” we summarise and give extra reading suggestions for some of the past weeks financial crime news headlines, powered by Acuminor’s crime universe ThreatView® .

Fraud

Weekly Round-Up

18 Nov 2021 • 3 min read

Weekly Round-Up, 19 November – 21

In the “Weekly Round-Up” we summarise and give extra reading suggestions for some of the past weeks financial crime news headlines, powered by Acuminor’s crime universe ThreatView® .

Money Laundering

Fraud

Weekly Round-Up

11 Nov 2021 • 2 min read

Weekly Round-Up, 12 October – 21

In the “Weekly Round-Up” we summarise and give extra reading suggestions for some of the past weeks financial crime news headlines, powered by Acuminor’s crime universe ThreatView® .

Weekly Round-Up

28 Oct 2021 • 3 min read

Weekly Round-Up, 29 October – 21

In the “Weekly Round-Up” we summarise and give extra reading suggestions for some of the past weeks financial crime news headlines, powered by Acuminor’s crime universe ThreatView® .

Weekly Round-Up

21 Oct 2021 • 3 min read

Weekly Round-Up, 22 October – 21

In the “Weekly Round-Up” we summarise and give extra reading suggestions for some of the past weeks financial crime news headlines, powered by Acuminor’s crime universe ThreatView® .

Cybercrime

Blog post

14 Oct 2021 • 2 min read

Over-the-counter (OTC) brokers

This week our weekly round-up is replaced with an article about over-the-counter broker, in order to highlight and raise awareness around cybercrime and the cybersecurity awareness month.

Money Laundering

Acuminor News

11 Oct 2021 • 1 min read

TangoPay x Acuminor

Acuminor is excited to announce a new relationship with TangoPay , a digital payments provider based in the United Kingdom.

Cybercrime

Blog post

07 Oct 2021 • 2 min read

Cyber Laundry Specialists – QQAAZZ

October is the month of Cybersecurity awareness, initiated by the European Union in order to promote cybersecurity among EU citizens . Read our CISO Johan Landströms text about QQAAZZ and get an...

Money Laundering

Sanction Violations

Cybercrime

Weekly Round-Up

30 Sep 2021 • 2 min read

Weekly Round-Up, 1 October – 21

In the “Weekly Round-Up” we summarise and give extra reading suggestions for some of the past weeks financial crime news headlines, powered by Acuminor’s crime universe ThreatView® .

Acuminor Reports

26 Sep 2021 • 6 min read

Case Study – JAK Members Bank

Using Risk Assessment Pro to help a small Bank improve their risk-based approach Introduction JAK Medlemsbank, a small Swedish member’s bank with a targeted product offering took the decision in 2020...

Money Laundering

Cybercrime

Weekly Round-Up

23 Sep 2021 • 3 min read

Weekly Round-Up, 24 September – 21

In the “Weekly Round-Up” we summarise and give extra reading suggestions for some of the past weeks financial crime news headlines, powered by Acuminor’s crime universe ThreatView® .

Acuminor News

19 Sep 2021 • 1 min read

Acuminor expands partnership with leading international gambling firm

Acuminor is delighted to announce it has entered into a multi-year agreement with a major gambling firm to roll-out Risk Assessment Professional platform across its operations around the world....

Weekly Round-Up

16 Sep 2021 • 2 min read

Weekly round-up, 17 September 2021

In the “Weekly Round-Up” we summarise and give extra reading suggestions for some of the past weeks financial crime news headlines, powered by Acuminor’s crime universe ThreatView®.

Weekly Round-Up

09 Sep 2021 • 3 min read

Weekly Round-Up, 10 September – 21

In the “Weekly Round-Up” we summarise and give extra reading suggestions for some of the past weeks financial crime news headlines, powered by Acuminor’s crime universe ThreatView®.

Money Laundering

Latin America

Weekly Round-Up

02 Sep 2021 • 2 min read

Weekly Round-Up, 3 September – 21

In the “Weekly Round-Up” we summarise and give extra reading suggestions for some of the past weeks financial crime news headlines, powered by Acuminor’s crime universe ThreatView®.

Money Laundering

Terrorist Financing

Sanction Violations

Blog post

02 Sep 2021 • 5 min read

The rise and fall of the national risk assessment

Let’s start with the summary: The 6th EU Anti-Money Laundering Directive poses a potential threat towards EU’s fight against money laundering, terrorist financing and sanction violations. Worrying?...

Weekly Round-Up

26 Aug 2021 • 2 min read

Weekly Round-Up, 27 August-21

We are back!!! We have had a fantastic summer and some well-deserved time off to re-charge our batteries for a very exciting autumn. I really look forward to meeting our new customers and partners....

Money Laundering

Compliance

Terrorist Financing

Sanction Violations

Acuminor News

25 Aug 2021 • 2 min read

Another tier 1 bank places its trust in Acuminor

Acuminor is delighted to announce it has engaged in a new collaboration with another international financial institution to provide its financial crime threat intelligence database, ThreatView.

Money Laundering

Terrorist Financing

Sanction Violations

Blog post

11 Aug 2021 • 4 min read

We all know our high-risk countries, don’t we?

North Korea. Iran. Myanmar. Because it’s easy – Just take the FATF grey list, the EU high-risk third countries and top up with Transparency International’s Corruption Perception Index and we’re home...

Money Laundering

Terrorist Financing

Sanction Violations

Blog post

27 Jun 2021 • 5 min read

The Map: How to create effective Business-wide financial crime risk assessments

Imagine that you are in a vast forest. It’s getting darker and you have no idea how to find your way back home. Without a map you’ll probably end up even more lost. Best case, you’ll find your way...

Terrorist Financing

Tax Crimes

Europe

Narcotics

China

Smuggling

Weekly Round-Up

23 Jun 2021 • 3 min read

Weekly Round-Up June 24, 2021

It’s Midsummer! Here in Sweden, it’s an old (really old) national holiday, somewhat like the Christmas of the summer, with a bit of the same food but with no gifts. Some of you might be tired this...

Money Laundering

Weekly Round-Up

17 Jun 2021 • 3 min read

Weekly Round-Up, June 18, 2021

Summer is at the doorstep, and you may feel that the days soon will have a slower pace giving you time to catch your breath and charge your batteries. Crime, however, does not seem to slow down. This...

Money Laundering

Weekly Round-Up

10 Jun 2021 • 1 min read

Weekly Round-up June 11, 2021

Operation Trojan Shield This week has been fantastic! Working most of our time, as many do, remotely, we finally got a chance to meet up and hang out (in a secure configuration), an absolute joy! It...

Human Trafficking

Acuminor News

10 Jun 2021 • 3 min read

World Day Against Child Labour

World Day Against Child Labour June 12th is “World Day Against Child Labour” and 2021 marks the year of the “International Year for the Elimination of Child Labour”. This day and year are being...

Cybercrime

Weekly Round-Up

03 Jun 2021 • 2 min read

Weekly Round-up June 4, 2021

Supply chain risks and ransomware The week is nearing the end. Two topics have stood out to me the past week: Supply chain risks and ransomware.

Money Laundering

Iran

Sanctions

Cryptocurrency

Weekly Round-Up

27 May 2021 • 2 min read

Weekly Round-Up May 28, 2021

Cryptocurrency and sanctions This week has contained quite a lot of cryptocurrency-related news and sanctions. The think tank, Rusi, released a commentary about central bank digital currencies...

Money Laundering

United Kingdom

Malta

Sweden

Italy

Weekly Round-Up

20 May 2021 • 4 min read

Weekly Round-Up May 21, 2021

Criminal infiltration of companies It is nearing the end of yet another fast-paced week. A Swedish story started the week, which connects to a reoccurring, growing, and worrying problem of organised...

Money Laundering

Compliance

Terrorist Financing

Canada

Netherlands

Philippines

Australia

Sanction Violations

Cybercrime

USA

Sweden

Germany

Weekly Round-Up

06 May 2021 • 4 min read

Weekly Round-Up May 7, 2021

Child sexual abuse networks taken down by law enforcement On Monday, Europol came out with a press release about a joint police operation. Law enforcement in Germany, The Netherlands, Sweden,...

Money Laundering

Compliance

Terrorist Financing

Spain

Sanction Violations

Sweden

Weekly Round-Up

02 May 2021 • 3 min read

Weekly Round-up May 3, 2021

The week has gone by fast. When doing a brief retrospect, we want to pass on a few pieces of information for your weekend reading. Our week started off with the OCCRPs article relating to the Italian...

Money Laundering

Compliance

Terrorist Financing

Netherlands

Denmark

United Kingdom

Norway

Sanction Violations

Weekly Round-Up

29 Apr 2021 • 3 min read

Weekly Round-up April 30, 2021

To branch out a bit on our regular story reporting, we wanted to share a bit on what is happening @Acuminor. Things are moving fast!

Risk Assessment

Money Laundering

Compliance

Terrorist Financing

Acuminor News

25 Apr 2021 • 1 min read

Leading global car leasing company signs agreement with Acuminor

We are delighted to announce we have signed an agreement with one of the foremost global car leasing companies, who have partnered with us to help support their financial crime risk management.

Money Laundering

Europe

Weekly Round-Up

15 Apr 2021 • 3 min read

Weekly Round Up April 16, 2021

During the week, a lot of attention has been related to the insights that Europol released with their strategic product, the Serious and Organised Crime Threat Assessment (SOCTA) 2021. Much has...

Money Laundering

Acuminor News

07 Apr 2021 • 1 min read

Increasing problem with money laundering through high-value dealers

The Swedish public broadcasting network SVT had an exciting episode on money laundering, describing how criminals use high-value dealers to launder criminal proceeds in cash. Sweden is a cash-less...

Sweden

Acuminor News

07 Mar 2021 • 1 min read

International Women’s Day – a day to highlight women in FinTech

International Women’s day, a day to celebrate social, economic, cultural, and political achievements of women around the world. But it’s also a day that highlights the inequality for women in all...