Nasdaq Verafin, a leading provider of cloud-based, AI-driven financial crime management solutions, has launched its latest innovation, the Agentic AI Workforce.
Headquartered in the US and operating as a subsidiary of Nasdaq, the company serves over 1,300 financial institutions globally.
The introduction of the Agentic AI Workforce addresses growing concerns within the financial sector around compliance burdens and resource constraints. Despite a significant uptick in headcount investment among banks—75% of surveyed professionals reported an increase last year—many still face insufficient access to the tools and technology needed to effectively combat financial crime.
Nasdaq Verafin’s platform leverages artificial intelligence and machine learning to provide end-to-end AML solutions, including fraud detection, sanctions compliance, and risk assessments. Its mission is to support financial institutions in meeting complex regulatory demands while streamlining compliance processes.
The new Agentic AI Workforce builds on the success of Nasdaq Verafin’s GenAI Entity Research Copilot. It consists of digital workers designed to handle high-volume, low-value compliance tasks autonomously, including complex decision-making processes. These AI-powered workers allow banks to redeploy staff toward more sophisticated investigative functions and critical risk analysis.
The first digital workers in the suite are focused on two resource-heavy areas: Sanctions Screening and Enhanced Due Diligence (EDD) reviews. The Digital Sanctions Analyst can automatically disposition, document, and act on false positive alerts, reducing alert review workloads by over 80%. The Digital EDD Analyst streamlines periodic reviews by resolving low-risk cases without manual intervention, allowing for greater regulatory compliance and cost savings.
Currently in beta testing, these tools are set to become available to Nasdaq Verafin clients by the end of the year. The launch signifies a major leap forward in automation for the financial crime sector and is expected to deliver transformational efficiency gains for banks of all sizes.
This rollout follows the successful deployment of the Entity Research Copilot earlier this year, which has since been used in tens of thousands of cases. Nasdaq Verafin reports that over 1,300 clients have already benefited from GenAI-powered features embedded across its platform.
Nasdaq Verafin senior vice president and head of product Rob Norris said, “In today’s operating environment, banks are tasked with navigating a growing number of compliance challenges from evolving regulatory requirements to the shortcomings of legacy technology and impact of resource constraints on compliance teams. Our Agentic AI Workforce will transform the way banks of all sizes approach AML compliance, delivering a step change in efficiency gains that allows compliance teams to shift efforts and focus on the important work of tackling serious financial crimes such as human trafficking, drug trafficking, and other facets of organized crime.”
Datos Insights fraud & AML practice director Chuck Subrt said, “The financial services industry is grappling with mounting pressure to enhance operational efficiency while maintaining robust compliance operations amid increasingly sophisticated threats. We are witnessing a transformative shift as institutions seek to automate resource-intensive workflows that traditionally consume the vast majority of analysts’ time on data collection and processing. Digital workforce solutions like Nasdaq Verafin’s Agentic AI Workforce flip the investigator time equation to enable human experts to focus on high-value decision-making and critical analysis.”
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