Brandon BontragerinSandbarFinCEN’s Push for Transparency: Impact on Investment Advisors, Real Estate, and the Corporate…Brandon Bontrager, Co-Founder and Chief Compliance Officer, Sandbar.ai Archana Bae, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Porta Strategies8 min read·Apr 5, 2024----
Brandon BontragerinSandbarEvent Monitoring for Modern Financial Crime PreventionTransaction monitoring isn’t just a regulatory mandate. It’s a crucial line of defense that safeguards financial institutions and their…5 min read·Nov 20, 2023----
Brandon BontragerinSandbarThe Rise of Defensive SAR Filings: Causes, Consequences, and CountermeasuresSuspicious Activity Reports (SARs) are a cornerstone of financial crime prevention. By uncovering money laundering, fraud, and other…6 min read·Sep 18, 2023----
Brandon BontragerinSandbarEffective Sanctions Screening OperationsFor many compliance professionals, openly discussing compliance-related subjects on social media is viewed as taboo. Concerns around…5 min read·Sep 6, 2023----
Brandon BontragerinSandbarCircumventing Rule-Based Transaction MonitoringIn the complex world of anti-money laundering, vigilance and proactive measures reign supreme.4 min read·Aug 16, 2023----
Brandon BontragerinSandbarSanctions: Tackling False Positives & Improving Operational EfficiencyMaintaining compliance with sanctions lists can require a lot of manual operations and cognitive overhead for Compliance and Risk Officers…4 min read·May 30, 2023----
Brandon BontragerinSandbarGetting Ahead of the Corporate Transparency ActThis article was co-authored by our friend James Philip; thanks, James!4 min read·Feb 22, 2023----
Brandon BontragerinSandbarGreat Monitoring Solutions: Not Just About Efficiency AnymoreThe impacts of great monitoring solutions are broad and diverse, ranging from client privacy, to better financial accountability.5 min read·Aug 29, 2022----
Brandon BontragerinSandbarSimple Monitoring StrategiesRisk continuously evolves. Learn about some uncomplicated, broad detection methods that can help small companies build a compliance team.4 min read·Jul 19, 2022----