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Field notes, engineering deep-dives, and regulatory commentary from the team building NNSFlow for Swiss financial institutions.
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Negative news screening for Swiss casinos: navigating AMLA and the Money Gaming Act
Swiss casinos sit under two laws and a different supervisor than banks. The AML expectations are not lighter and the documentation bar is just as high. Here is what gaming-board audits actually check.
FinIA expectations for Swiss asset managers: AML obligations under FINMA supervision
Since FinIA came into force, Swiss asset managers and trustees report directly to FINMA. The AML obligations did not get lighter, the audit bar got more explicit. Here is what FINMA actually checks.
Transaction monitoring vs negative news screening: where they meet, where they don't
Transaction monitoring watches payment flows; negative news screening investigates entities. Buyers conflate them. Here is what each system actually does and where they hand off to each other.
Managing false positives in AML screening: a Swiss-aligned disposition framework
Auditors do not measure how few alerts you generated. They measure whether each disposition is consistent, justified, and reproducible. Here is the disposition framework that survives a Swiss AML audit.
Vendor due diligence: what a Swiss bank's procurement team should be asking
A Swiss bank evaluating a software vendor is not running a generic procurement exercise. Specific FINMA circulars, the Banking Act's secrecy provisions, and SBA self-regulation set the floor for what has to be asked. Here is the version of the checklist that maps to the regulation.
Air-gapped deployment: what actually breaks
Most web apps that claim to run on-premise have not been tested with the network unplugged. The result is a long tail of things that silently fail, hang, or quietly phone home. Here is the audit checklist we run before every on-prem release.
Compliance
Regulatory commentary, FINMA updates, and practical guidance for AML programs.
Negative news screening for Swiss banks: the complete guide
Managing false positives in AML screening: a Swiss-aligned disposition framework
Risk-based approach to AML screening: how often, how deep, for whom
nFADP and AML files: what actually changed for Swiss FIs in 2023
Engineering
How we build NNSFlow: architecture deep-dives, performance, and security engineering.
Industry
Vendor comparisons, market analysis, and notes from working with Swiss financial institutions.
Negative news screening for Swiss casinos: navigating AMLA and the Money Gaming Act
FinIA expectations for Swiss asset managers: AML obligations under FINMA supervision
Transaction monitoring vs negative news screening: where they meet, where they don't
Vendor due diligence: what a Swiss bank's procurement team should be asking
Product
New capabilities, workflows, and field stories from real screening operations.
