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Home / Modernizing AML Operations Through Model and Data Validation
Clients ranging from $20B regional banks to leading global payments organizations faced mounting pressure to modernize financial crime operations amid rising alert volumes, evolving fraud risks and heightened regulatory scrutiny. Our clients struggled with fragmented data environments, inconsistent monitoring processes, manual investigative workflows and limited scalability across AML and fraud operations. In several cases, outdated systems and disconnected source data made it difficult to validate monitoring models, optimize alert quality or maintain confidence in reporting accuracy and regulatory compliance.
SolomonEdwards delivered end-to-end AML and fraud transformation support that combined technology enablement, data governance and operational execution. Our teams led multi-phase FRAML implementations in the bank’s transaction monitoring software that included business requirements analysis, source-system data mapping, transaction monitoring optimization, sanctions and adverse media screening, model calibration and validation, testing frameworks and parallel validation exercises. We also embedded experienced investigators, analysts and quality control specialists to help clients manage alert backlogs, improve due diligence processes and strengthen operational consistency while internal teams scaled and matured.
Clients improved the effectiveness and scalability of their financial crime programs through stronger data integrity, enhanced model governance and more efficient investigative operations. The engagements helped organizations streamline monitoring workflows, improve alert accuracy, strengthen fraud and sanctions controls and establish more sustainable compliance frameworks capable of supporting future growth. By combining strategic advisory with hands-on execution support, SolomonEdwards enabled clients to modernize AML and fraud operations while improving operational resilience, regulatory readiness and long-term risk management capabilities.