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title: "Fintech – Elucidate"
description: "Posts tagged Fintech"
url: https://elucidate.co/tags/fintech
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# Fintech

[Compliance](https://elucidate.co/category/compliance)

[Beyond the BIC: why we built one directory for banks and regulated payment firms](https://elucidate.co/blog/beyond-the-bic-bank-and-firm-directory)

The data behind the Elucidate Bank & Firm Directory—Swift's BIC directory, GLEIF and 22 regulator registers—how we standardise and link it, what it does not show, and why an identification layer is only useful if it is current.

[Elucidate team](https://elucidate.co/blog/beyond-the-bic-bank-and-firm-directory)

Sep 28, 2026

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[Financial Crime](https://elucidate.co/category/financial-crime)

[A probabilistic approach to outcomes in the anti-financial crime](https://elucidate.co/blog/a-probabilistic-approach-to-outcomes-in-the-anti-financial-crime)

When it comes to preventing financial crime, today’s banking industry is stuck in a cycle of endless investments, and limited returns.

[Elucidate team](https://elucidate.co/blog/a-probabilistic-approach-to-outcomes-in-the-anti-financial-crime)

Nov 9, 2024

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[Financial Crime](https://elucidate.co/category/financial-crime)

[Correspondent banking: how transparent benchmarking can avoid unnecessary de-risking and maximise opportunities](https://elucidate.co/blog/correspondent-banking-how-transparent-benchmarking-can-avoid-unnecessary-de-risking-and-maximise-opportunities)

De-risking can often be one of the first responses to working with banks in high risk categories. But does it have to be?

[Elucidate team](https://elucidate.co/blog/correspondent-banking-how-transparent-benchmarking-can-avoid-unnecessary-de-risking-and-maximise-opportunities)

Nov 9, 2024

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[Network management](https://elucidate.co/category/network-management)

[Empowering respondent banks in the fight against financial crime](https://elucidate.co/blog/empowering-respondent-banks-in-the-fight-against-financial-crime)

All too often, highly capable respondent banks are left disempowered by the industry's commonplace top-down financial crime risk management practices.

[Elucidate team](https://elucidate.co/blog/empowering-respondent-banks-in-the-fight-against-financial-crime)

Nov 9, 2024

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[Financial Crime](https://elucidate.co/category/financial-crime)

[Financial Crime is Financial Risk. Why is it not managed as such?](https://elucidate.co/blog/fincrime-is-a-financial-risk)

Banks don't view the work of compliance departments as providing financial value but rather as a “cost center”. This view can be a big mistake.

[Elucidate team](https://elucidate.co/blog/fincrime-is-a-financial-risk)

Nov 9, 2024

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[Financial Crime](https://elucidate.co/category/financial-crime)

[How poor financial crime risk management can be a career killer](https://elucidate.co/blog/how-poor-financial-crime-risk-management-can-have-career-ending-consequences)

Without a right strategy and technology to support it, executives and Board Members put themselves at risk of being found liable for financial crime.

[Elucidate team](https://elucidate.co/blog/how-poor-financial-crime-risk-management-can-have-career-ending-consequences)

Nov 9, 2024

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[Financial Crime](https://elucidate.co/category/financial-crime)

[How financial crime scandals reveal the need for risk monitoring tech](https://elucidate.co/blog/learning-from-data-leaks)

Leaks and whistleblowers have become a usual method by which many large-scale financial crime events are uncovered. What can we learn from this?

[Elucidate team](https://elucidate.co/blog/learning-from-data-leaks)

Nov 9, 2024

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[FinTech](https://elucidate.co/category/fintech)

[Preventing financial crime with a data-driven approach](https://elucidate.co/blog/preventing-financial-crime-with-a-data-driven-approach)

Information sharing and collaboration across all concerned parties within the financial system is critical to successfully combating financial crime.

[Elucidate team](https://elucidate.co/blog/preventing-financial-crime-with-a-data-driven-approach)

Nov 9, 2024

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[Financial Crime](https://elucidate.co/category/financial-crime)

[Sanctions risks: KYC challenges and how to overcome them](https://elucidate.co/blog/sanctions-risks-kyc-challenges-and-how-to-overcome-them)

From tech and operational challenges, to manual KYC and AML processes - here's how to tackle these challenges when evaluating sanctions risk.

[Elucidate team](https://elucidate.co/blog/sanctions-risks-kyc-challenges-and-how-to-overcome-them)

Nov 9, 2024

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[Financial Crime](https://elucidate.co/category/financial-crime)

[Shane Riedel and Filipe Garcia: An interview with Elucidate's founders](https://elucidate.co/blog/shane-riedel-and-filipe-garcia-an-interview-with-elucidates-founders)

The startup founders share their perspective on Elucidate's genesis, evolution and vision

[Elucidate team](https://elucidate.co/blog/shane-riedel-and-filipe-garcia-an-interview-with-elucidates-founders)

Nov 9, 2024

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[Compliance](https://elucidate.co/category/compliance)

[Why a de-risking strategy increases your institution's risk](https://elucidate.co/blog/why-de-risking-increases-risk)

De-risking emerged as an unintended result of banks with limited alternatives to new regulations. Technology is the strongest ally to fix this.

[Elucidate team](https://elucidate.co/blog/why-de-risking-increases-risk)

Nov 9, 2024

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