Adverse Media

Iran Sanctions: Managing Connected Risk

Global financial institutions must raise their awareness around direct and indirect relationships of parties with whom they are doing business

By Tom Walsh

Human Trafficking Discussion at ACAMS St Louis Chapter Event

Join RDC at the St Louis ACAMS Chapter on Thursday, February 20 at 2:oo PM as we sponsor and participate in a discussion highlighting human trafficking and corresponding suspicious activity report statistics. This event, in partnership with the local St. Louis Chapter of the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE),…

By RDC

Elder Fraud Discussion at ACAMS Pittsburgh Chapter Event

Elder Fraud and Abuse are currently trending in the media as more and more individuals above the age of 60 are exploited by scammers, abusers, and criminals motivated by financial gain. Join RDC at the Pittsburgh ACAMS Chapter on Thursday, January 30 at 4:oo PM to discuss the definition of…

By RDC

Hatred’s Fertile Ground – The United States

Welcome to RDC Insider Insights. This monthly series covers a multitude of modern-day financial crimes. We’ve analyzed our global datasets to understand how certain types of crimes and risks are changing over time, both globally and in regional splits, to uncover trends and provide insights. By sharing these trends in…

By Colleen Dychdala and Katherine Conroy

Big Deal or Small Deal?

The puzzle of Brexit for risk managers and compliance beyond just the regulations

By Tom Walsh

12 Lessons from One Trillion Screens

As of January 2019 we’ve performed one trillion screens for financial, FinTech and Fortune 500 clients. Here we share the lessons learned along the way.

By RDC Insights

Adverse Media: No News Is Bad News

Adverse media – or negative news – screening is widely regarded as a critical component of today’s financial crime risk management process. Yet many financial institutions struggle to operate adverse media screening efficiently or they simply haven’t yet found the means to – citing challenges such as cost, resource and…

By RDC Insights

Ignorance Is No Defense

In his latest blog post, Tom Walsh, RDC’s CEO, explores the importance of managing reputational risk in an increasingly transparent global economy. When it comes to enterprise-wide risk management, most risks are relatively easy to define. If you’re in manufacturing and one of your key tools breaks down, it’s an operational…

By Tom Walsh

Making Negative News a Positive For Fintech Companies

Adverse media, or negative news, is an important component in the anti-money laundering (AML) programmes of many banks and large financial institutions, despite not being a regulatory requirement in the US, UK or EU. But can the same be said of fintech companies? And how successful have compliance teams found…

By RDC Insights

New FinTech Survey Report Reveals the Importance of Adverse Media Screening

64% of fintech compliance professionals say adverse media screening should be a regulatory requirement in report by the FinTech FinCrime Exchange (FFE) and Regulatory DataCorp (RDC). New York and London – December 4, 2018 – Regulatory Datacorp (RDC) and the FinTech FinCrime Exchange (FFE) revealed the findings of a new…

By RDC Insights