With indicators that the US government is both relaxing regulatory enforcement and open to innovative approaches to achieve compliance, financial institutions should view this potential reprieve as an opportunity to strategically assess their compliance programs and identify areas to gain efficiencies through optimization. As the volume of global financial transactions continues to expand and new asset classes such as cryptocurrency change the financial ecosystem, optimization and deployment of new technologies will be considered more a necessity than simply an advantage.
It is crucial to remain vigilant in developing robust programs to combat financial crimes. Despite the public-sector shift away from regulatory enforcement, financial institutions must be mindful not to make any efficien