Governance

Suspicious Activity Report (SAR)

A Suspicious Activity Report (SAR) is the regulator-mandated filing financial institutions submit when transactions match patterns of money laundering, fraud, or sanctions evasion. AI in SAR workflows is used for transaction triage, narrative drafting, and false-positive reduction — but the filing decision and signature remain with a human compliance officer. Pure-AI SAR generation is not regulator-acceptable.

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