EUROMONEY - Regulation: For AML, FinTech is both problem and answer

Set against a number of high profile money laundering scandals in the sector, FINTRAIL Co Founder, Robert Evans was interviewed by Dominic O’Neill, EUROMONEY, along with some key industry leaders to discuss AML and FinTech and how technology, particularly RegTech, can help support financial institutions in upholding their regulatory requirements in the global fight against financial crime.

Rob discussing the negative press around FinTech:

“Because of the online nature of the communities they serve, they can be vulnerable to pressure applied by legitimate customers with legitimate complaints and vulnerable to misinformation,” says Evans, discussing the neobanks. “Fraudsters have learnt that applying pressure via social media is a way to release funds that have been frozen for good reasons.”