Insights

Becki LaPorte, Principal - AML Strategy and Innovation at FinScan, examines how the escalating blockade in the Strait of Hormuz is exposing fundamental weaknesses in traditional AML frameworks.

Becki LaPorte, Principal – AML Strategy & Innovation at FinScan, shares expert insight on how escalating disruption in the Strait of Hormuz is reshaping risk across global trade, insurance, and financial crime compliance.

At the recent Dow Jones Risk Journal Summit in Dubai, Ibrahim Bennani Doubli of FinScan sat down to discuss a topic that's often overlooked in the rush toward artificial intelligence: data itself.

Compliance solutions expert Chris Ostrowski reviews how the rapid changes of 2025 exposed new and interconnected risks across global trade, real-time payments, and technology adoption.

Becki highlights the growing impact of tariff-driven financial risk—explaining how evolving tariff environments and tariff-evasion tactics pose emerging credit, fraud, and sanctions-adjacent challenges for financial institutions.

Financial institutions must bolster their anti-money laundering (AML) compliance programs, especially when facilitating international trade and payments.

The complexities of trade finance, data quality challenges, and the critical role of technology in addressing these issues in MENA.

Compliance teams face a constant barrage of challenges, particularly when it comes to trade finance.