Development of Financial Intelligence Technologies as FinTech Industry Element

Abstract

The article covers the key approaches to definition of such terms as financial and regulative technologies (FinTech and RegTech). Among them we can distinguish blockchain, cryptocurrencies and electronic payment services, methods of remote customer identification and elaboration of their financial behavior profiles. However, it should be noted that new technologies carry a number of financial risks primarily related to cybercrime. It complicates the financial monitoring experts’ work. One of the measures, designed to respond to emerging threats, the author considers the training system of highly qualified personnel and research in the AML/CFT area. The article gives a brief overview of this field’s evolution in the Eurasian region.