Insights

With money movement now measured in milliseconds rather than hours, financial institutions, fintechs, and payment processors can no longer rely on legacy screening tools.

FinScan’s Product Management Leader, Chris Ostrowski, breaks down one of the most urgent challenges in financial crime compliance today.

FinScan®, an Innovative Systems solution and a leading anti-money laundering (AML) compliance system, has been recognized as a Category Lead.er in Chartis’ KYC Data & Solutions 2025: Quadrant Update

A-Team Insight has named FinScan, an Innovative Systems solution, Best Financial Crime Soluti.on (including AML/Fraud) in its fifth annual RegTech Insight Awards USA.

FinTech Futures has named Innovative Systems’ FinScan Payments real-time transaction screening solution the winner of the 2025 PayTech Awards USA for “Best Regulations & Compliance in Payments Solution – Screening.”

Despite advances in compliance monitoring technology ISO 8583 remains a stubborn obstacle to effective anti-money laundering (AML) and risk screening.

With change comes uncertainty, as innovation advances on one side and regulatory ambiguity grows on the other. For financial institutions, the question is whether this shift represents freedom or fragility. 

This month’s regulatory updates underscore the challenges of navigating compliance amid shifting expectations. US Executive Order 14331 puts banks under scrutiny for “fair banking,” while the Tornado Cash case tests liability in digital assets.

For the second consecutive year, FinScan received accolades as a Best Sanction/Watchlist Screening Innovation in the 2025 Datos Insights Impact Awards in AML.

With the passage of the GENIUS Act and the CLARITY Act, the US has officially brought stablecoins and digital assets under the scope of traditional financial regulation.

This guide explores what FinTech leaders and compliance executives need to know, do, and build to avoid regulatory penalties, reputational fallout, and long-term damage from financial crime compliance failures. 

Following Innovative Systems’ 2025 TabbFORUM NOVA Award win for its excellence in innovative and industry impact, Steve Maul sat down with TABB Group CEO Bruce Morris to discuss the company’s role in building systems for banks and capital markets firms worldwide.