the United States’s
regtech and fraud prevention industry,
in focus.

Payment fraud and security

36.2% of this theme group

Researchers highlight vulnerabilities in digital payments and credit card transactions, emphasizing the need for stronger computer security measures.

Payment (9) · Financial transaction (6) · Credit card fraud (6) · Computer security (9)

AI and Machine Learning In Fraud Detection : Securing Digital Payments and Economic Stability

AI driven fraud detection in digital payments using big data and machine learning

Money‑laundering compliance challenges

33.1% of this theme group

Studies point to gaps in anti‑money‑laundering risk analysis and the tension between enforcement and financial privacy.

Money laundering (22) · Compliance (12) · Risk analysis (7) · Terrorism (5)

Anti-Money Laundering Compliance and Financial Inclusion: A Technical Analysis of Sub-Saharan Africa

The Sixth Pillar of Anti-Money Laundering Compliance: Balancing Effective Enforcement with Financial Privacy

Forensic accounting in healthcare

24.6% of this theme group

Papers discuss audit difficulties and fraud detection obstacles within health‑care accounting and forensic practices.

Health care (7) · Audit (9) · Forensic accounting (6) · Accounting (7)

Forensic Accounting: Public Acceptance towards Occurrence of Fraud Detection

Forensic accounting in financial fraud detection: Trends and challenges

Product‑level identity verification

6.2% of this theme group

Works examine KYC and blockchain‑based identity checks for product‑focused financial services.

Product (3)

KYC认证是什么?区块链与加密货币行业的身份验证全解析

KYC认证是什么?区块链与加密货币时代的身份验证全解析

Credit‑card fraud detection limits

40.5% of this theme group

Authors caution that current machine‑learning approaches may struggle with evolving fraud patterns and privacy concerns.

Credit card fraud (4) · Credit card (4) · Internet privacy (2) · Corporate governance (2)

Integrating Machine Learning Algorithms With Quantum Annealing Solvers for Online Fraud Detection

Evaluating Machine Learning Algorithms for Effective Credit Card Fraud Detection

Security and risk management gaps

28.6% of this theme group

Research warns of incomplete coverage in financial fraud detection systems and the need for broader risk controls.

Computer security (6) · Financial fraud (4) · Accounting (3) · Risk management (2)

A Review on Financial Fraud Detection using AI and Machine Learning

AI-powered fraud detection in digital banking: Enhancing security through machine learning

Unintended AML policy effects

16.7% of this theme group

Studies highlight how anti‑money‑laundering measures can impact profitability and create audit complexities.

Money laundering (6) · Financial system (2) · Profitability index (2) · Audit (2)

Drug Money and Bank Lending: The Unintended Consequences of Anti-Money Laundering Policies

Unintended Consequences of Anti-Money Laundering and Combating the Financing of Terrorism (AML/CFT)

Technology development mismatches

14.3% of this theme group

Papers note misalignment between regulatory technology plans and practical implementation in unrelated sectors.

Technology development (2) · Plan (2) · Petroleum (2) · Modular design (2)

Effects of narasin (Skycis) on live performance and carcass traits of finishing pigs sold in a three-phase marketing system

Advanced Reactor Technology -- Regulatory Technology Development Plan (RTDP)

Identity and forensic analytics

18.1% of this theme group

Opportunities arise from applying advanced identity verification and forensic accounting techniques to improve fraud detection.

Identity (11) · Audit (16) · Preprint (6) · Forensic accounting (6)

Intelligent Credit Fraud Detection with Meta-Learning: Addressing Sample Scarcity and Evolving Patterns

Scalable and Robust Fraud Detection in Distributed Systems

Transaction data privacy solutions

17.6% of this theme group

Research explores secure database transaction methods that protect payment information while enabling effective fraud monitoring.

Database transaction (29) · Financial transaction (9) · Payment (12) · Information privacy (5)

Fraud Detection using Machine Learning

Machine Learning-Based Real-Time Fraud Detection in Financial Transactions

Credit‑card security enhancements

15.3% of this theme group

Works propose new machine‑learning frameworks to strengthen credit‑card fraud defenses across web platforms.

Credit card (96) · Credit card fraud (102) · Computer security (31) · World Wide Web (10)

An improved machine learning technique for credit card fraud detection

Enhancing Credit Card Fraud Detection: A Machine Learning Framework

Anomaly detection in cloud payments

15.2% of this theme group

Studies focus on scalable cloud‑based models that identify anomalous financial activities in real time.

Computer security (35) · Payment (20) · Anomaly detection (19) · Cloud computing (14)

Advancing Financial Security with Scalable AI: Explainable Machine Learning Models for Transaction Fraud Detection

AI in Financial Services: Fraud Detection and Risk Management

Graph‑based fraud modeling

12.5% of this theme group

Researchers develop graph neural networks to capture complex transaction relationships for more accurate fraud detection.

Graph (57) · Database transaction (42) · Theoretical computer science (7) · Discriminative model (6)

ASA-GNN: Adaptive Sampling and Aggregation-Based Graph Neural Network for Transaction Fraud Detection

Graph Neural Network for Credit Card Fraud Detection

Healthcare insurance fraud analytics

11.0% of this theme group

Papers demonstrate machine‑learning pipelines that select key features to uncover insurance fraud in medical contexts.

Random forest (26) · Health care (18) · Insurance fraud (8) · Feature selection (12)

Healthcare Fraud Detection Using Machine Learning

A Machine Learning-based System for Financial Fraud Detection

Automated AML compliance tools

10.2% of this theme group

Works highlight RegTech platforms that automate compliance checks and enforcement for illicit financial activities.

Money laundering (15) · Automation (9) · Compliance (10) · Enforcement (6)

Illicit Social Accounts? Anti-Money Laundering for Transactional Blockchains

RegTech Solutions: Enhancing compliance and risk management in the financial industry

New York City

36.8% across the displayed hubs

26 companies hiring · $3.3B disclosed funding

San Francisco

24.7% across the displayed hubs

16 companies hiring · $2.5B disclosed funding

Austin

9.2% across the displayed hubs

6 companies hiring · $544.0M disclosed funding

Chicago

7.9% across the displayed hubs

5 companies hiring · $189.1M disclosed funding

Los Angeles

7.1% across the displayed hubs

3 companies hiring · $226.4M disclosed funding

Boston

5.2% across the displayed hubs

2 companies hiring · $225.9M disclosed funding

Palo Alto

4.6% across the displayed hubs

1 companies hiring · $801.5M disclosed funding

Miami

4.6% across the displayed hubs

1 companies hiring · $65.3M disclosed funding