Sanction Scanner Blog

FinCEN's 8 National AML/CFT Priorities are becoming a program requirement under the April 2026 NPRM. A complete guide to each Priority and how to integrate them into your risk assessment. 

The BSA officer is one of the few roles where getting it wrong means personal liability, from six-figure penalties to prohibition orders to criminal charges. Learn the full scope of duties, the independence the role legally requires, and how to protect yourself.

Elder financial exploitation generated $27B in reported suspicious activity in one year. A complete guide to EFE red flags, FinCEN's 2022 Advisory, monitoring, and SAR filing.

FedNow settles in seconds and can't be reversed, collapsing the fraud detection window from hours to milliseconds. Learn how instant payments change fraud risk, the fraud types targeting these rails, and the pre-settlement controls every US institution now needs.

Application fraud happens before any customer history exists, making it one of the hardest fraud types to catch. Learn how synthetic identities, first-party fraud, and bust-out schemes slip through onboarding and the detection stack that stops them.

Use Sanction Scanner directly in Claude to review screening cases, check matches, and manage risk decisions through a secure connector.

APP fraud tricks victims into authorizing their own fraudulent payments, making it harder to detect and recover than traditional fraud. Learn the common scam types, why real-time payment rails make it worse, and how to detect APP fraud before funds disappear.

A clear guide to the AML alert investigation workflow, from triage to SAR filing, with the documentation and decision standards examiners expect to see. When does an AML alert become a SAR? Learn more about the investigation documentation standard, common investigation pitfalls, and case management tooling in “AML Alert Investigation Workflow: From Alert to SAR Decision” article. 

With Nacha's 2026 fraud monitoring rule live and US cybercrime losses at $16.6B, fraud monitoring has changed. A complete guide for banks, fintechs, and payment institutions.