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Castellum.AI Raises Series A
We’re excited to announce our $8.5m Series A to accelerate AI agent and AML/KYC platform adoption. Our funding comes from investors representing the institutions we serve: credit unions, community banks and tier 1 financial institutions.
AI Agents in AML/KYC Compliance: Insights from Industry Experts
Industry experts explored the opportunities, risks, and best practices for implementing AI agents in compliance workflows.
Agentic AI: How Financial Compliance is Outgrowing Rules-Based Automation
Learn how Agentic AI adapts, scales, and outperforms traditional, rules-based automation in modern AML workflows.
Explainable AI: Compliance Without the Black Box
Explore how explainable AI transforms compliance, delivering transparency, defensibility, and better regulatory outcomes at scale.
Cartels, Terrorism, and US Enforcement: A Shift in Risk Classification
Impact of recent US terrorism designation of Mexican cartels and how financial institutions can mitigate enforcement risks while doing business with counterparties in Mexico.
Real-Time Compliance for Instant Payments: FedNow and SEPA
Explore why legacy tools can’t keep up with FedNow & SEPA and what compliance leaders must do now to enable real-time, risk-based screening.
Continuous Compliance Testing and How to Benchmark Screening Providers
Industry experts explain the risks of outdated screening systems and how continuous testing, model validation and benchmarking can strengthen sanctions screening.
Sanctions Penetration Testing and Exposing Hidden Risks in Partner Networks
Compliance experts explored the growing risk of hidden sanctions gaps and why independent Sanctions Penetration Testing (SPT) is essential for uncovering vulnerabilities.
A Conversation with Geoff White on Lazarus Group, the ByBit Hack and Money Laundering
Castellum.AI sits down with Geoff White, investigative journalist and author of The Lazarus Heist, to talk about the ByBit heist, North Korean state-sponsored cyber attacks and the future of financial crime in the DeFi space.
Navigating BaaS Compliance Risks in 2025 and Beyond
Compliance experts from sponsor banks, fintechs and RegTech discuss the growing challenges and potential solutions in the Banking-as-a-Services (BaaS) space as we look ahead to 2025.