Forecast 2026: One Financial Crime Risk with Many Channels
The Financial Crime Leaders’ Network brought together senior leaders in financial crime in New York on 09 October. While there was broad agreement that integration across AML, KYC fraud, and sanctions was both desirable and inevitable, participants consistently emphasised that progress had been incremental, uneven, and far more advanced at the data layer than at the organisational level. Many firms had moved towards integrated investigative teams across AML and sanctions, often supported by shared case management tools, but fraud typically remained anchored in the 1st line with its own investment priorities and technology stack
