Flagright Press

Research for the next era of financial crime compliance.
AI governance
Enterprise readiness
Fincrime operations

Original reports, handbooks, benchmarks, white papers, and field guides for leaders modernizing AML, fraud, screening, investigations, and governance.

Editorial focus

Clarity for complex
fincrime operations

Flagright Press publishes research on how financial institutions modernize financial crime operations across AI, governance, auditability, and operating models.

Subscribe now

Built to be used, not merely read

Evidence-led research, practical frameworks, and operator guidance for fincrime decisions.

Original evidence

Research grounded in proprietary data, documented analysis, and substantive primary research.

Practitioner-informed

Publications draw on the experience of compliance, fraud, risk, and operations leaders.

Designed for action

Guidance for systems built to scale, withstand scrutiny, and earn confidence.

coming soon

The Global Handbook for AI in Financial Crime Compliance

Featured publication

A Glimpse inside

A practical guide to deploying explainable, governable AI across financial crime compliance operations. Read how AI can support transaction monitoring, screening, investigations, alert optimization, decision support, and audit-ready workflows without introducing black-box risk or weakening human oversight.

Where AI can improve FCC operations without sacrificing control

How to preserve explainability, governance, and auditability

How modern teams can move beyond fragmented AML and fraud stacks

What compliance leaders should demand from AI-native infrastructure

get notified
Available now

The Financial Crime Compliance Handbook

Read by 2000+ FCC professionals

A Glimpse inside

A trusted resource for teams staying aligned with evolving global regulations. 
A field guide to AML, CFT, sanctions, reporting regimes, due diligence, transaction monitoring, investigations, SAR/STR preparation, risk scoring, QA, documentation, and audit readiness.

Clear explanations of global FCC requirements

Region-by-region regulatory breakdowns

Practical workflows for investigations and reporting

Risk scoring templates and audit-ready examples

What readers say

What readers say

Elliot Lee
“Reading this book reminded me that leadership isn’t about managing parts, it’s about stewarding the whole. And when leaders think in systems, organizations don’t just comply; they thrive.”
Liam McCloud, Head of Financial Crime 
and MLRO at Banked
Liam McCloud
Group Head of AFC & MLRO, Banked
“The handbook is actually really useful for that. I can look at those examples, check where we sit, and use the tool to know whether the change would actually improve detection.”
Cassondra Shattuck
BSA Compliance Specialist
“If your in the BSA/AML/Compliance field it is definitely worth while ordering yourself a free copy! lots of good info in there and breaks it down into easy understandable steps.”
Hanis Nabiha Azri
Crypto Compliance & AML Investigator ,BLOX
“Reading The Financial Crime Compliance Handbook has been meaningful. So much of it reflects the way I already think about financial crime, but structured, articulated and validated by experts.”
Elliot Lee
“Reading this book reminded me that leadership isn’t about managing parts, it’s about stewarding the whole. And when leaders think in systems, organizations don’t just comply; they thrive.”
Liam McCloud, Head of Financial Crime 
and MLRO at Banked
Liam McCloud
Group Head of AFC & MLRO, Banked
“The handbook is actually really useful for that. I can look at those examples, check where we sit, and use the tool to know whether the change would actually improve detection.”
Cassondra Shattuck
BSA Compliance Specialist
“If your in the BSA/AML/Compliance field it is definitely worth while ordering yourself a free copy! lots of good info in there and breaks it down into easy understandable steps.”
Hanis Nabiha Azri
Crypto Compliance & AML Investigator ,BLOX
“Reading The Financial Crime Compliance Handbook has been meaningful. So much of it reflects the way I already think about financial crime, but structured, articulated and validated by experts.”

The Flagright Press archive

coming soon
Handbook
AI governance
The Global Handbook for AI in Financial Crime Compliance
A practical guide to applying explainable, governable AI across monitoring, screening, investigations, and audit-ready workflows.
Get Notified
coming soon
Handbook
AI governance
The Global Handbook for AI in Financial Crime Compliance
A practical guide to applying explainable, governable AI across monitoring, screening, investigations, and audit-ready workflows.
Get Notified

See the operating system behind the research

Flagright is the AI operating system for financial crime compliance, bringing transaction monitoring, watchlist screening, investigations, AI forensics, and governance into one audit-ready platform.