Redefining Compliance: How Agentic AI Is Transforming Financial Crime Prevention

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Redefining Compliance: How Agentic AI Is Transforming Financial Crime Prevention – Timo Purkott, KPMG

Mittwoch, 17. Juni 2026 | 7 Aufrufe

Redefining Compliance: How Agentic AI is transforming financial crime prevention in banks – and why trust, explainability and regulatory readiness decide who wins.

Financial crime compliance is hitting its limits. Case volumes are rising, regulatory expectations are increasing, and investigation teams in banks and other obliged entities are already overloaded. At the same time, a new generation of Artificial Intelligence is fundamentally changing what "compliance operations" can look like.

In this video, Timo Purkott, Partner at KPMG AG Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft in Frankfurt, Global Fraud & Financial Crime Transformation Lead at KPMG International and Co-Lead of the KPMG AMLA Office, shares his perspective on the shift from AI as a supporting tool to AI as an operator – and what Agentic AI means for banks, compliance functions and regulators.

Key takeaways:

Financial crime compliance is reaching its capacity limits: more cases, higher expectations, overloaded teams.
The role of AI is changing: from a tool that assists analysts to an operator that executes end-to-end.
Agentic AI can gather evidence, analyze transactions and prepare investigations – while humans stay fully in control.
The results: faster decisions, better outcomes and fully auditable processes.
Trust is the currency of the AI era: applications must be explainable, traceable and regulatory-ready.
KPMG's strength lies in connecting technology with real regulatory and operational reality.
Done right, this is not just improvement – this is Redefining Compliance.

Who should watch this video? Board members, Chief Compliance Officers, MLROs, Heads of Financial Crime, Heads of Transaction Monitoring, Risk, Compliance and Technology leaders in banks, insurers, asset managers and other obliged entities in Europe and globally.

About Timo Purkott Timo Purkott leads KPMG's Global Fraud and Financial Crime Transformation Program, which develops tangible, technology-enabled and expertise-led solutions to help clients combat fraud and financial crime. He also serves as Co-Lead of the KPMG AMLA Office. With more than 20 years of experience, he supports financial institutions in analyzing and managing regulatory change and in identifying the real impact and opportunities for business and operating models through cutting-edge technology and RegTech.

Contact and further information

Timo Purkott contact profile on kpmg.com (International/EN): https://kpmg.com/xx/en/contacts/p/timo-purkott.html
Timo Purkott contact profile on kpmg.com (Germany): https://kpmg.com/de/de/kontakte/p/timo-purkott.html
KPMG AMLA Office – overview: https://kpmg.com/xx/en/our-insights/risk-and-regulation/kpmg-anti-money-laundering-authority-office-advisory-services.html
Meet the KPMG AMLA Office team: https://kpmg.com/xx/en/our-insights/risk-and-regulation/kpmg-anti-money-laundering-authority-office-advisory-services/meet-kpmg-amla-office-team.html

Want to discuss how Agentic AI can be applied responsibly in your financial crime compliance function? Reach out to Timo Purkott directly via his contact profile on kpmg.com: https://kpmg.com/xx/en/contacts/p/timo-purkott.html

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