South Africa Banking Survey 2019

For many years the banking industry in South Africa has talked about the fraud and AML compliance departments working together more closely. It’s widely discussed that convergence of the two functions will support more effective financial crime* management and improve operational efficiency. But it is difficult to gauge how far along the path to a single crime-fighting unit most banks are. To understand the banking sectors strategies, concerns, and plans for financial crime integration, FICO commissioned independent research.