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Solving key compliance challenges in AML Transaction Monitoring

07.22.2025 | Meghan Palanza

How AI helps overcome difficulties in financial crime prevention 

Meghan Palanza, Product Manager for AML Transaction Monitoring at SymphonyAI, discusses how vertical AI is transforming financial crime compliance 

From combating false positives to delivering faster suspicious activity report (SAR) filings, this deep dive spotlights how SymphonyAI empowers financial institutions with scalable, regulatory-ready AI that enhances investigations and surfaces hidden risk without adding operational drag. 

Topics covered: 

The compliance crisis in transaction monitoring: 

  • Legacy systems are inefficient and regulatory pressure is mounting globally  

AI-driven risk detection and investigator empowerment: 

  • Predictive and generative AI reduces false positives and uncovers hidden risk  
  • Enhanced UIs and smart automation accelerate analyst decision-making  

Real-time monitoring and self-service analytics: 

  • Real-time detection meets the pace of modern financial networks  
  • Institutions gain autonomy with model editing and in-house controls  

Streamlined SAR reporting and regulatory transparency: 

  • Auto-generated SARs and audit-ready logs simplify compliance workflows  
  • Electronic filing and narrative generation reduce manual workload  

Holistic customer risk understanding and scalable operations: 

  • Network analytics, Sensa Copilot, and multilingual summaries improve case accuracy 

 

Related resources: 

  • Interactive demo: Discover the benefits of a single-subject view for your investigations 
  • Sensa Copilot: AI assistant to summarize, search, and generate regulatory narratives 

See how AI transforms AML compliance

Accelerate SARs and uncover hidden risk.

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Meghan Palanza

AML and Investigation Hub Product Manager

Meghan Palanza has over two decades of experience in the financial crime sector, establishing herself as a seasoned professional adept at navigating the complex landscape of regulations and financial crime. She has dedicated the past two years to product development, where she successfully bridges the gap between customer feedback, regulatory requirements, and innovative financial products. Regularly working with global clients, Meghan has a nuanced understanding of diverse regulatory environments and the unique challenges faced by international financial entities. Prior to joining SymphonyAI, Meghan worked in corporate security at a leading broker-dealer firm. Her career is marked by a commitment to excellence, a proactive approach to emerging threats, and a relentless pursuit of innovation in financial crime prevention.

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