French-Austrian Collaboration on Fighting Cryptocurrency-Enabled and Financial Crime

Fintech NIGMA Conseil and AIT Austrian Institute of Technology are strengthening their collaboration on blockchain forensicsParis, France / Vienna, Austria –The FrenchBlockchain security company NIGMA Conseil and the AIT Austrian Institute of Technology — the largest and government-owned  research and technology organization in Austria — have signed  an agreement to strengthen their collaboration in the fight against cryptocurrency and financial crime. NIGMA and AIT have been working together for several months to enhance the e-NIGMA platform’s blockchain analytics and anti-money-laundering (AML) capacities, building on AIT’s open source cryptocurrency forensics platform GraphSense.e-NIGMA is an exhaustive blockchain forensics tool for know your customer (KYC)/AML compliance, transaction monitoring and due diligence investigations serving businesses exposed to digital assets as well as banks and government agencies.Fabien Tabarly, CEO of NIGMA Conseil: “The synergy between a leading European academic research institute and our team of developers has been instrumental in implementing the most innovative tools to fight financial crime in virtual currencies.”About NIGMA ConsultingNIGMA Conseil is a fintech startup based in France with the mission to propose and implement tailored solutions in the fields of business investigations and blockchain forensics. NIGMA has developed an exhaustive and affordable compliance platform for this purpose, called e-NIGMA. Some of e-NIGMA capabilities are:Risk scoringWallet clustering & Entity tagging of millions of addresses (exchanges, mixers, darknet marketplaces, terrorism, scams, hacks…)Identification of real-life entities through clear and Dark Web scraping & OSINTMonitoring of transactions with customizable AlertsDownloadable Suspicious Activity ReportsData visualization & customizable graphsDue Diligence investigationsRegulation and compliance live news feedTailored API integrationMore information on: https://e.nigma.global
About AIT Austrian Institute of TechnologyAs a leading European technological innovation node, the AIT regards itself as a highly specialised research and development partner for industry. AIT’s research activities into virtual currencies and blockchain technology are concentrated in the Data Science research group at the Center for Digital Safety & Security. An interdisciplinary team is focusing on gaining new insights from large data volumes by using quantitative methods and techniques on scalable data processing and analysis infrastructures. They cover the entire data lifecycle, from initial problem formulation to data collection, analysis, visualization and publication through to secure long-term storage and reproducibility. The AIT-led TITANIUM program for the Investigation of Transactions in Underground Markets has received a €5 million H2020 funding from the European Union to mitigate cryptocurrency crime. AIT’s GraphSense algorithmic solution for the real-time analysis of virtual currency transactions is used by NIGMA to track suspicious transaction activities.More information on https://www.ait.ac.at/dss/ as well as https://www.titanium-project.eu/.Contact:Mag. (FH) Michael W. Mürling
Marketing and Communications
AIT Austrian Institute of Technology
Center for Digital Safety & Security
T +43 (0)50550-4126
michael.muerling(at)ait.ac.at I www.ait.ac.at
Fabien Tabarly
CEO
NIGMA Conseil
+33 788446817
contact(at)nigma.globalAttachmente-NIGMA Saas platform