November 7, 2026
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Mosi Oa Tunya Zimbabwean gold piece: one among many money laundering methods

Top 5 Unusual Dark Web Money Laundering Methods

In the modern world, transferring value means moving money and the process has become less physical over time. People started out exchanging goods and services through bartering, trading physical goods for something of equal value; minted coins largely replaced the barter system. Banknotes then replaced coins and, today, most value is transferred by moving money […]

Revolut Risk

The Revolut Breach: One More Thought on Risk 

I am writing this in September, while everyone is still talking about the Revolut breach. By the time you read it, another scam, breach or AI tool may be dominating the conversation. So rather than write another postmortem, I want to use the case to think about something broader that has to do with risk. […]

Compliance debt

Compliance Debt And The Most Expensive Words in Fintech

I have spent much of my career in financial crime, compliance and investigations at fast-growing businesses. This has taught me a thing or two about what I’d like to call compliance debt and a “we’ll fix it later” attitude to compliance issues.  Years of investigations have taught me: people rarely wake up one morning and […]

AML Intelligence Lifecycle

The 5 Step AML Intelligence Cycle

Anti-money laundering (AML) professionals are often heard to lament filing piles of Suspicious Activity Reports (SAR) that go into a proverbial black hole, never to be seen or heard from again. I may have lent my voice to that chorus over the years as well. A SAR is the result of an AML investigation where […]

Los Angeles Fashion District flooded with piles of cash.

What Are the Career Prospects for an Anti-Money Laundering (AML) Investigator?

An anti-money laundering (AML) investigator is a person who decides if financial activity is suspicious or not. Typically, AML investigators work in a top-level department at financial institutions like banks, fintech companies, money remitters, and casinos. These individuals must review customer records, open-source information, and transaction activity to make a well-supported analytical decision.  When activity […]