Agentic AI is moving from concept to practical application in financial crime compliance. Unlike traditional AI tools that respond to individual prompts, agentic systems can take an objective, plan and execute a multi-step investigation, adapt as new information emerges, and produce structured findings for analyst review.
In this webinar, Paola Battisti, Product Lead, Financial Crime at Sigma360, joins John T. DeNicola, Global Head of Sanctions and Enhanced Due Diligence at Rippling, and Danny Agosto, Director of Customer Monitoring at Rain. The panel discusses how compliance teams can evaluate and deploy AI agents responsibly while maintaining explainability, governance, human oversight, and defensible decision-making.
The session concludes with a live demonstration of Sigma360’s Enhanced Due Diligence (EDD) Agent, including configurable risk modules, automated research, network analysis, source citations, confidence scoring, and analyst feedback.
Key takeaways:
- Understand what makes agentic AI different from traditional generative AI and how it supports multi-step compliance investigations.
- Learn what to look for when selecting an AI vendor, including strong underlying data, transparent processes, configurable controls, and opportunities for ongoing collaboration.
- Explore how citations, versioned instructions, bounded execution, human review, and continuous feedback make AI-generated findings more explainable and auditable.
- See how Sigma360’s EDD Agent automates time-consuming research while keeping experienced investigators in control of risk decisions.
- Hear how Rippling reduced adverse media review time from approximately 50 minutes to five minutes while expanding its monitoring capabilities without adding headcount.
Key timestamps:
- 00:00 Introduction and Speaker Welcome
- 01:55 What Agentic AI Means for Financial Crime Compliance
- 06:10 How AI Works Alongside Compliance Analysts
- 09:47 Choosing AI Vendors and Building Effective Feedback Loops
- 14:35 Streamlining Customer Monitoring with AI
- 17:39 Designing AI Agents for Auditability and Explainability
- 21:27 Monitoring Agent Performance and Analyst Overrides
- 23:37 Regulatory Expectations and Model Validation
- 28:11 Live Demo: Configuring Sigma360’s EDD Agent
- 31:09 Live Demo: Automated EDD Investigation and Risk Analysis
- 38:35 Real-World Efficiency Gains with Sigma360 AI Agents
- 40:19 First Steps for Deploying Agentic AI
- 44:18 Q&A: Governance Controls and Ongoing Testing
- 46:15 How the Compliance Analyst’s Role Will Evolve
- 49:41 Closing Thoughts
Ready to see where agentic AI fits into your compliance workflow? Sigma360 helps compliance teams automate manual research, investigate risk more efficiently, and make faster, explainable decisions with human oversight.
