AML hiring for iGaming: why banking AML CVs do not transfer

# AML hiring for iGaming: why banking AML CVs do not transfer

Hiring AML talent for a licensed EU iGaming operator (MGA, UKGC, GRA, Spelinspektionen, GlüStV) is not the same as hiring AML talent for a bank. The typologies, velocities and intersection with Responsible Gambling create a discipline of its own.

Why banking AML CVs fall short

A banking AML analyst has spent their career on: - Wire transfers and SWIFT messages - Trade finance and correspondent banking - Traditional structuring patterns

iGaming AML lives in a different physics: - High-velocity, low-ticket deposits / withdrawals - Bonus abuse and arbitrage typologies - Crypto deposits with mixer / chain-hopping concerns - Source-of-funds triggers on player accounts - Self-exclusion and Responsible Gambling overlap

If your candidate has only seen banking AML, the false positives will buried the team in week one.

What we look for at KICKFIND

1. **iGaming AML production experience.** Not a "transferable skills" CV. 2. **Typology shutdowns.** Bonus abuse, mule networks, structuring, layering — specific cases they've worked. 3. **Vendor depth.** ComplyAdvantage, Napier, Featurespace, Sumsub, iSignthis - opinions, not lists. 4. **Cross-functional comfort.** They've worked with RG, fraud, payments and customer-ops in the same queue. 5. **Regulator interactions.** MGA / UKGC audits, real ones.

Three screening questions that filter fast

• *"Describe how you tuned a transaction-monitoring system in iGaming. What was your false-positive rate trajectory?"*
• *"Walk us through a real bonus-abuse typology you investigated and shut down."*
• *"How do you balance AML alerts against RG / source-of-funds triggers on the same account?"*

Hiring iGaming AML

KICKFIND only submits AML candidates with real EU iGaming production exposure. [Submit a hiring brief](/submit-hiring-brief) and we'll calibrate within one business day.