Crime-fighting blog
From time to time, we blog about our crime-fighting journey—our motivation, our path forward, and what we do to help you stop financial crime. Come join the discussion.
Reflections from Money20/20 Europe
Stiven Lipetski
Money20/20 Europe is a global event that brings together great fintech startups, investors, and established companies.
Good ol’ startup culture doesn’t last forever — does it?
Mallory Taulbee
Companies don’t really change for the better. But Salv’s unique startup culture sets us apart from others. What makes…
A guide to effective transaction monitoring
Taavi Tamkivi
You can turn transaction monitoring into a powerful tool to maintain compliance and fight financial crime. Learn how.
Screening alert search engine: a better way to access alerts
Tarmo Kalling
Follow the evolution of our screening alert backlog into a powerful screening alert search engine: search and access …
What is fincrime intelligence sharing?
Taavi Tamkivi
How can we better respond to the threats of terrorism and money laundering, and fight financial crime with cross-bord…
Biggest fintech events in Europe
Stiven Lipetski
Some of the biggest fintech events in Europe include Money20/20 Europe, MoneyLIVE Summit, and Fintech World Forum.
Public-private and private-private information sharing to combat financial crime
Taavi Tamkivi
We look into ways to detect and disrupt financial crime through public-private and private-private information sharing.
What is financial crime
Alesia Ivankova
The most common financial crimes are money laundering, terrorist financing, fraud, bribery, and corruption.
AML Bridge end-of-pilot write ups
Taavi Tamkivi
Salv’s AML Bridge opens a new chapter in collaborative investigations of fraud, money laundering, and sanctions.
Feature development at Salv: data upload case study
Priidu Kull
Feature development is a big part of product engineering at Salv. Now you can learn how it works.
Working at Salv: Stiven, business development wizard
Alesia Ivankova
Stiven shares his journey to a career in business development and sales. His philosophy is simple: take action.
How to ensure effectiveness of sanctions with sanctions screening
Alesia Ivankova
In the light of new sanctions imposed on Russia, we try to understand what sanctions are, and how Salv can help.
The next big trend in AML: counterparty monitoring
Taavi Tamkivi
Monitoring, detecting, and investigating money laundering and fraud just got easier with counterparty monitoring.
Working at Salv: Artjom, product engineer
Artjom Vassiljev
What does it mean to work for a startup? Artjom Vassiljev shares his experience of product engineering at Salv.
Top movies and TV shows about money laundering and fraud
Alesia Ivankova
We created a list of the top TV shows and movies to advance your knowledge of money laundering and fraud.
Best AML software in 2022
Stiven Lipetski
What software does AML use? Have a look at our selection of top AML software for banks and fintechs in 2022.
To hack or not to hack? Security hackathon at Salv
Artjom Vassiljev
Salv hosted a security hackathon based on OWASP Top Ten Web Application Security Risks.
100 million reasons to celebrate – AML Platform’s big 2021
Taavi Tamkivi
In 2021, our clients chose Salv’s KYC, sanctions screening, transaction monitoring and risk assessment functions.
AML Bridge: celebrating 100 investigative collaborations
Taavi Tamkivi
AML Bridge has enabled 100 investigative collaborations to stop financial crime. Banks report significant loss reduct…
The key to battling FinCrime? Collaboration and speed
Tiina Hiller
Tiina Hiller shares key takeaways from the FinCrime Experts Meetup that Salv hosted jointly with Lithuanian AML Centr…
Happy 3rd birthday, Salv!
Samuel Clennett
In just three years, Salv developed state-of-art screening, monitoring and customer risk assessment tools and launche…
Why haven’t we solved money laundering yet?
Taavi Tamkivi
Money laundering is a curse of the digital age. Criminals launder an estimated €4tn every year, much of which goes to…
Heading towards a new standard in AML/CTF
Taavi Tamkivi
AML Bridge white paper covers the pilot progress and key milestones, as well as detail the next even more ambitious s…
Salv engineering key principles
Sergei Rumjantsev
Salv’s engineering key principles, as outlined by our co-founder Sergei Rumjantsev.
AML Bridge pilot update - March 2021
Taavi Tamkivi
AML Bridge pilot is up and running. Our advisory bodies DPI, FIU, EFSA confirm that Salv is on the right track.
Data Protection Day. What does it mean for AML?
Javier Vergara
GDPR regulation can actively help us meet AML/CFT goals, and our AML Bridge project plays a major part too.
Best AML news from 2020
Diana Tomingas
Criminals, unfortunately, never stop, and during the biggest pandemic of our lifetime, they figured out new ways to c…
AML Bridge to improve data sharing between banks
Taavi Tamkivi
Salv launched AML Bridge pilot with the four largest banks in Estonia. How does it facilitate data sharing?
AML Bridge pilot update - December 2020
Taavi Tamkivi
Salv is building a decentralised network for sharing anti-money laundering (AML) intelligence between the banks.
19 surprising ways to help beat the winter blues
Mallory Taulbee
We live in a country renowned for its dark winters. Which is why we’ve developed a long list of coping mechanisms ove…
Best financial crime podcasts to strengthen your AML game
Tiina Hiller
Get a glimpse of the shady world of financial crime through the stories of seasoned crime-fighters.
Working at Salv: Rando, product engineer
Mallory Taulbee
Rando, how would others describe you?An enthusiast. A positive person. Someone with hobbies — at least that’s how the…
Salv celebrates 2nd birthday
Mallory Taulbee
Despite COVID-19 infections going up, our life moves at the same pace. Salv won a startup award and developed an ambi…
Our biggest customer is fake
Kaur Lumiste
We needed a dataset to test real-life transaction monitoring scenarios. Our team of data scientists had to get creative.
Part 3: Developing Salv’s brand identity
Jaanus Kase
Jaanus Kase, our head of design, describes his experience developing Salv’s brand identity.
Building Salv’s identity, Part 2: Producing the design
Jaanus Kase
Jaanus Kase talks about visual aspects, including logo design, that helped develop Salv’s unique brand identity.
Part 1: history, mission & name
Jaanus Kase
Our purpose at Salv is to stop financial crime. How did it help us develop our mission and identity?
Working at Salv: Raido, product engineer
Tiina Hiller
Meet Raido Türk, a product engineer at Salv. Read how Salv’s great company culture helps Raido grow and follow his dr…
5 ways to beat financial criminals at their own game
Taavi Tamkivi
To stay ahead of financial criminals, we must adjust our technology and stay on track with the mission.
Working towards a mission changes everything
Kristin Varm
Money laundering is a massive issue. Our dream at Salv is to stop it once and for all. What helps us stay focused on …
Creating the environment we want to work in
Kairi Pauskar
Salv’s company culture is built on our mission and values. We fight financial crime to make the world a better place….
Working at Salv: Tarmo, product engineer
Tiina Hiller
Meet Tarmo Kalling, a product engineer at Salv. Read how Salv’s great company culture helps Tarmo achieve new heights…
Should you dive into AML machine learning?
Jeff McClelland
Jeff McClelland answers popular questions about AI/ML in anti-money laundering (AML) to help you decide whether it’s …
6 things you probably didn’t know about AML machine learning
Jeff McClelland
We explain how you can use machine learning and AI for anti-money laundering (AML), and how Salv can help.
How AML crises can make our future brighter
Taavi Tamkivi
How Danske bank scandal strengthened the anti-money laundering (AML) community and what we can learn from it.
Pillar 4: How to measure your compliance effectiveness
Ester Eggert
Struggling to set your AML metrics, especially when it comes to how effective your compliance is? It’s not as hard as…
There’s a reason you can’t keep up with AML regulations
Taavi Tamkivi
Increasing regulations doesn’t reduce the number of anti-money laundering (AML) scandals. But we know what does.
Criminals are fast. Your AML must be faster
Jeff McClelland
Technology enables financial criminals to get ahead of the law. How can compliance teams keep up and beat the bad guys?
Pillar 3: How to measure your AML costs
Ester Eggert
Struggling to set your AML metrics, especially when it comes to how much your AML is costing your business? It’s not …
Can machine learning save AML?
Jeff McClelland
Machine learning and AI have been hailed as the saviors of anti-money laundering technology. But not so fast. It can …
Pillar 2: How to measure your customer impact
Ester Eggert
Struggling to set your AML metrics, especially when it comes to how your AML impacts your customers? It’s not as hard…
Surprisingly easy tips for working from home with kids
Jaanus Kase
Jaanus Kase developed his work from home technique long before the pandemic. Working from home with kids is easier th…
Why Salv will survive COVID-19
Taavi Tamkivi
It seems COVID-19 won’t leave any business unscathed. But it’ll take way more than a pandemic to stray us from our mi…
Pillar 1: How to measure your crime-fighting effectiveness
Ester Eggert
Struggling to set your AML metrics, especially when it comes to how well your company actually fights crime? It’s not…
Why we couldn’t ignore AML
Jeff McClelland
Compliance, at first, sounded both intimidating and dry. But when I began to learn about AML, I discovered it was any…
Why you should choose a job that makes a difference
Jeff McClelland
If you’re looking for a startup job, you might be tempted to choose the trendiest company. Instead, opt for one that …
Building your own AML compliance? This is what you can do differently
Taavi Tamkivi
Building your own Anti Money Laundering (AML) Compliance from the ground up isn’t easy. I know, because I’ve done it …