Event-Driven Architecture: How SOA Enables the Real-Time Enterprise

Chapter 8Case Study: Anti–Money Laundering

In the 1968 hit comedy, Take the Money and Run, Woody Allen tries to rob a bank by handing the teller a note that says, “Give me your money. I have a gun.” The problem is, the teller can’t read his writing, and thinks the note says, “I have a gub.” The teller asks Woody Allen to have a bank executive initial the note before he can complete his robbery. All joking aside, though, this scene offers a great take on the difficulties that banks face in developing and enforcing sound security rules that can weather the tension between large bureaucratic enterprises and rapidly changing business conditions. In the area of anti–money laundering, which has become a serious area of concern in the age of terrorism, ...