2025 Financial Crime Report

Executive Summary

From pivotal elections to advances in artificial intelligence (AI) to heightened geopolitical tensions, the events of the past year have only amplified the challenges of fighting financial crime. Our latest research—based on a survey of over 600 executives across the globe—can help leaders prepare for what's next.

With AI-powered cybercrime disrupting businesses across industries and regulators imposing billion-dollar penalties for compliance failures, more than 70% of executives expect financial crime risk to increase in 2025 (Q2)—compared to 67% in 2023—yet only 23% believe their organization's compliance program is "very effective" in combating it (Q5).