Posts from this author on FCPA third-party vetting, EDD, sanctions screening, and onboarding international counterparties.
An evidence-based map of where due-diligence data is structured, where it is scraped, and where it is still dark. 128+ data sources across 37 jurisdictions, with predictions for 2027.
What the SDN list is, how OFAC screening actually works inside a fintech, where false positives come from, and the 7 mistakes that have cost firms eight-figure settlements since 2023.
The FATF definition, Tier-1 vs Tier-2 vs RCAs, where the data actually comes from, refresh cadence that holds up under audit, and the documentation pattern that has carried compliance teams through Mutual Evaluations.
Why traditional keyword adverse-media screening generates 70%+ false positives, where LLM classifiers actually help, multilingual challenges that vendors quietly fail at, and a 7-criterion evaluation framework for picking a vendor.
An illustrative case study modeled on a typical Israeli fintech compliance workload — 400 onboardings per month, 6 jurisdictions, $96K annual analyst spend on manual screening reduced to a four-minute autonomous report.