OUR PUBLICATIONS

The founders of Vortex Risk are published authors who endeavour to ask the questions no one else wants to.

Vortex Risk opinion pieces and whitepapers can be found below.

AML: It will Get Worse Before it Gets Better

The time has come for a reality check.

(September 2024)

PART 1

An AML RegTech Ponzi Scheme?

(July 2024)

PART 2

Exposed: the AML RegTech Ponzi Scheme

(July 2024)

PART 3

The Human Element of an AML RegTech Ponzi Scheme

(July 2024)

The AML Blame Game Where The Economy is the Loser

Despite concerted efforts by public and private policing bodies to safeguard our economies from the negative consequences of dirty money, the opposite is happening – why?

(April 2024)

RBA the Goose That Laid the Golden Egg

An opinion piece on ‘RBA the Goose That Laid the Golden Egg’ How a Bank’s Failure to Adopt the RBA is Allowing Profit to Slip Through Their Accounts’ addressing whether or not poor RBA is likely lowering a banks profit.

(March 2024)

Risk Appetite: A Complete Failure of a System Meant to Protect Us

Vortex Risk has written an opinion piece which asks the question, do banks understand what dirty money actually is or are they only interested in ticking AML compliance boxes?

(March 2024)

The Unintended Risk-Averse Compliance Approach to TBML

Vortex Risk has produced a White Paper ‘The Unintended Risk-Averse Compliance Approach to Trade-Based Money Laundering’ which addresses the ‘crying wolf’ paradox.

(February 2024)

Defeating TBML Using Human Intelligence

Vortex Risk has produced a White Paper ‘Defeating Trade Based Money Laundering Rules Using Human Intelligence’ which further details their solution to address trade-based money laundering after decades of preventative failures.

(October 2023)