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FinCEN’s Push for Transparency: Impact on Investment Advisors, Real Estate, and the Corporate…
FinCEN’s Push for Transparency: Impact on Investment Advisors, Real Estate, and the Corporate…
Brandon Bontrager, Co-Founder and Chief Compliance Officer, Sandbar.ai Archana Bae, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Porta Strategies
Brandon Bontrager
Apr 5
Event Monitoring for Modern Financial Crime Prevention
Event Monitoring for Modern Financial Crime Prevention
Transaction monitoring isn’t just a regulatory mandate. It’s a crucial line of defense that safeguards financial institutions and their…
Brandon Bontrager
Nov 20, 2023
The Rise of Defensive SAR Filings: Causes, Consequences, and Countermeasures
The Rise of Defensive SAR Filings: Causes, Consequences, and Countermeasures
Suspicious Activity Reports (SARs) are a cornerstone of financial crime prevention. By uncovering money laundering, fraud, and other…
Brandon Bontrager
Sep 18, 2023
Effective Sanctions Screening Operations
Effective Sanctions Screening Operations
For many compliance professionals, openly discussing compliance-related subjects on social media is viewed as taboo. Concerns around…
Brandon Bontrager
Sep 6, 2023
Circumventing Rule-Based Transaction Monitoring
Circumventing Rule-Based Transaction Monitoring
In the complex world of anti-money laundering, vigilance and proactive measures reign supreme.
Brandon Bontrager
Aug 16, 2023
Partnering with Middesk
Partnering with Middesk
Together we can help banks & fintechs form a more complete picture of customer risk.
Brock Bontrager
Aug 10, 2023
Breaking Down the OCC Guidance on Bank-Fintech Partnerships
Breaking Down the OCC Guidance on Bank-Fintech Partnerships
Bank-fintech partnerships stand at the forefront of financial evolution, delivering unprecedented innovations driven by ever-evolving…
Brock Bontrager
Jul 18, 2023
Sanctions: Tackling False Positives & Improving Operational Efficiency
Sanctions: Tackling False Positives & Improving Operational Efficiency
Maintaining compliance with sanctions lists can require a lot of manual operations and cognitive overhead for Compliance and Risk Officers…
Brandon Bontrager
May 30, 2023
Countering Corruption
Countering Corruption
Introduction
Brandon Bontrager
Apr 6, 2023
Getting Ahead of the Corporate Transparency Act
Getting Ahead of the Corporate Transparency Act
This article was co-authored by our friend James Philip; thanks, James!
Brandon Bontrager
Feb 22, 2023
Sandbar raises $4.8M to build better AML software.
Sandbar raises $4.8M to build better AML software.
Sandbar is thrilled to announce our $4.8 million seed round. The round was led by Lachy Groom and Abstract Ventures, with participation…
Brock Bontrager
Jan 24, 2023
Great Monitoring Solutions: Not Just About Efficiency Anymore
Great Monitoring Solutions: Not Just About Efficiency Anymore
The impacts of great monitoring solutions are broad and diverse, ranging from client privacy, to better financial accountability.
Brandon Bontrager
Aug 29, 2022
Simple Monitoring Strategies
Simple Monitoring Strategies
Risk continuously evolves. Learn about some uncomplicated, broad detection methods that can help small companies build a compliance team.
Brandon Bontrager
Jul 19, 2022
Unregistered Money Service Businesses
Unregistered Money Service Businesses
Are you banking any unregistered money service businesses (MSBs)? Education and vigilance can help you find and report these bad actors.
Brandon Bontrager
Jun 14, 2022
Human Trafficking and Sporting Events
Human Trafficking and Sporting Events
Learn more about how human trafficking activity gravitates towards some of the biggest events each year.
Brandon Bontrager
May 4, 2022
Sanctions Rundown
Sanctions Rundown
We know how important it is to stay on top of changing climates. Here’s a resource we believe will be helpful to compliance professionals…
Brandon Bontrager
Mar 8, 2022
Credit Suisse Leaks
Credit Suisse Leaks
The recent Credit Suisse leak revealed shortcomings in their due diligence policies, account closure procedures, and rotten culture.
Brandon Bontrager
Mar 3, 2022
It’s Tax (fraud) Season
It’s Tax (fraud) Season
Learn how private companies can be a friend to the IRS when it comes to catching tax cheats.
Brandon Bontrager
Feb 9, 2022
Geographic Targeting Orders: Partially on Target
Geographic Targeting Orders: Partially on Target
As FinCEN re-examines how it finds money laundering in the housing market, learn more about their current strategies, and what comes next.
Brandon Bontrager
Jan 14, 2022
The First Step to Laundering Money: Pass KYC
The First Step to Laundering Money: Pass KYC
Learn how KYC and eIDV checks work together with transaction monitoring to create a strong AML program.
Brandon Bontrager
Dec 10, 2021
How Simple Rules and Rigid Systems Hinder Effective Detection
How Simple Rules and Rigid Systems Hinder Effective Detection
Learn how existing industry practices have harmed our ability to catch financial criminals.
Brandon Bontrager
Dec 10, 2021
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