Poor adverse media screening is fuelling AML false positives

Why adverse media screening remains AML's wasted asset

Adverse media screening is treated by most financial institutions as a box-ticking obligation rather than a genuine line of defence, and that mindset is undermining the wider anti-money laundering (AML) process from the outset. According to RelyComply, compliance teams are already drowning in alerts, many of which amount to little more than noise. That volume […]

Poor adverse media screening is fuelling AML false positives

Adverse media screening is too often treated as a box-ticking obligation rather than a genuine early-warning system, and that mindset is leaving financial institutions (FIs) exposed. According to RelyComply, with alert volumes climbing and signal-to-noise ratios worsening, teams are increasingly questioning the validity of adverse media sources, reviewing them inconsistently or ignoring them outright. The […]