AI Readiness in the Caribbean: Leadership’s Guide to Getting it Right
Stuart Hylton
@ Symptai
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The main character of Netflix’s hit show, Ozark, is a quick-talking financial advisor named Marty Byrde.
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Cloud migration is the process of moving data, applications, and other business operations to a cloud-based environment.
Cloud migration is the process of moving data, applications, and other business operations to a cloud-based environment.
14 years ago, Symptai Consulting Limited set out to do it’s very first Anti-Money Laundering (AML) implementation in the Caribbean.
Imagine, your company has just been hit by a massive data breach compromising your employees, customers, partners and your own company’s information.
In a globalized economy where digitization and customer experience are the priority of the day, your organization cannot afford to short cut any forms of technological innovation.
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How to keep up with evolving cybersecurity threats?
Cybersecurity assessments and penetration tests conducted by Symptai over the past two years have identified 1,882 critical to medium security findings across organisations in these featured sectors.
When sensitive data ends up on the dark web, the damage extends far beyond technical disruption. It undermines confidence in institutions, exposes individuals to fraud, and erodes the credibility that our economies depend on.
Every breach begins with a lesson. Some are about oversight, others about timing. However, they all remind us that silence and complacency carry the highest cost.
Institutions that treat cyber as a pillar of AML can move faster, build trust with regulators, reassure correspondents, and attract younger, more digital-first customers. This is not just about compliance. It's about confidence.
AML teams need to be alerted the moment a suspicious device or session pattern emerges. The entire lifecycle of a financial crime event, from device compromise to transaction flow, must be understood as a single system.
With a score of 5.99 on the 2020 Basel AML Index, Jamaica is among the top ten countries in Latin America and the Caribbean, with the highest risk index of money laundering and terrorist financing.
For Caribbean leaders, embracing AI is not merely a technological upgrade; it is a strategic imperative for economic survival and societal advancement. The potential returns are immense.
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Cloud migration is the process of moving data, applications, and other business operations to a cloud-based environment.