Zenoo Compliance Brief
GAFA flags real-time monitoring as 2026 AML baseline
Plus, BSI Bank hit with $394m fine for 1MDB exposure, State Street pays OFAC $7.5m over Russia sanctions slip, and AIA International copped HK$23m penalty for PEP failures.
3 April 2026 · 4 min read
Real-time transaction monitoring stops being optional next year. GAFA's 2026 research makes clear compliance teams need to move beyond batch processing and manual review cycles, particularly for digital banking and crypto platforms. Mandatory KYC for exchanges and continuous biometric-backed monitoring throughout the customer lifecycle are now table stakes. Enforcement hasn't slowed either: BSI Bank's $394m settlement, State Street's OFAC breach, and AIA's Hong Kong fine show regulators are still digging through legacy gaps. Read on for the detail.
In today's brief
- 1 Is your transaction monitoring system set up for real-time alerts, or are you still running overnight batch processes?
- 2 How did BSI Bank become the poster child for 1MDB compliance failure?
- 3 Did State Street's Russia sanctions screening fail at transaction monitoring or list-matching level?
- 4 Did AIA's onboarding systems fail to flag politically exposed persons at the intake stage?
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