The hidden risk of Level 1 alert fatigue In banking and financial services, sanctions screening is reaching a critical inflection point. Level 1 (L1) teams face an overwhelming volume of alerts where, s. While often treated as a mere capacity constraint, chronic alert overlo…

When Russia invaded Ukraine in early 2022, it triggered what many described as a “sanctions storm.” Regulators rapidly expanded sanctions lists, designating thousands of individuals and entities within weeks. C…

Byline: Betsy Ford, Senior Consultant, Countoural Mergers and acquisitions are high-stakes undertakings, and much attention is rightly given to financial, operational, and structured IT system integration. Amid this flurry, one area often flies under the radar: unstructured data. These are the email…

If you’re looking for compliance direction only from the US Department of Justice, you’re missing the wider picture. There is a lot going on in Europe that companies operating in that geography need to be complying with. Dr. Tobias Kruis, Head of Corporate Compliance, Giesecke…