Banks & Art Lending

Does your art collateral
survive a compliance audit?

85% of AML activities in financial services are still manual. Art-backed lending adds another layer of complexity — provenance, sanctions, cultural property laws. MIRAS automates the entire compliance chain in one platform.

European Union
AMLAR 2024/1624
AMLA operational · May 2025
United States
Art Market Integrity Act (S.2400)
Bipartisan bill · FinCEN oversight
United Kingdom
MLR 2017 / HMRC AMP
New GBP 10,000 threshold · 2026

The Problem

Art-secured lending is a
compliance minefield

KYC costs are unsustainable

Each counterparty review costs €1,500–3,500 and takes 31–60 days. For a portfolio of 50 art-backed loans, manual KYC alone can exceed €175,000 per year.

AML is 85% manual

McKinsey (2025) reports that 85% of AML activities in financial institutions remain manual. The global AML compliance spend now exceeds $274 billion per year. Automation is no longer optional.

No art-specific risk scoring exists

Generic AML/KYC tools were built for banking, not art. They cannot evaluate provenance depth, cultural property risk, wartime exposure, or artwork-specific transaction patterns. MIRAS can.

The Cost of Manual Compliance

What art-backed lending
costs you today

Status Quo — Manual Process

Per-transaction compliance

KYC per counterparty€1,500 – 3,500
AML screening (manual)€1,000 – 5,000
Provenance research€2,000 – 10,000
Sanctions / ALR checks€350 – 1,500
STR preparation (if needed)€2,000 – 5,000
Timeline per transaction31 – 60 days
Sources: Fenergo 2024 (KYC), McKinsey 2025 (AML), LexisNexis 2024 ($274B global AML), artloss.com (ALR)
With MIRAS — Automated

Subscription-based compliance

AML Risk Score (26 variables)Included
KYC / counterparty screeningIncluded
Provenance Depth ScoreIncluded
Sanctions + ALR + InterpolIncluded
goAML STR auto-generationIncluded
TimelineMinutes
All capabilities under annual subscription. Contact us for institutional pricing.
85%
AML activities still manual
$274B
Global AML spend / year
26
Risk variables scored
3
Jurisdictions pre-built

How MIRAS Works for Banks

From loan application to
audit-ready in four steps

1

Verify Collateral Identity

Visual DNA generates a biometric fingerprint from the artwork’s physical surface. Proves the collateral is the specific physical object claimed — not a copy, reproduction, or substitution.

Patent #1 · 18 claims
2

Score Compliance Risk

Three independent engines (Client, Artwork, Transaction) evaluate 26 risk variables with dynamic weighting. Output: composite score (0–100) mapped to four risk bands (Green / Yellow / Orange / Red).

Patent #2 · 17 claims
3

Screen All Counterparties

Automated KYC against OFAC, EU/UN sanctions, PEP databases, and corporate registries. Art Loss Register and Interpol checks on the artwork itself. Every gap flagged, every match documented.

4

Generate STR & Compliance Report

goAML-format Suspicious Transaction Reports generated automatically when thresholds are breached. Full audit trail on blockchain. Machine-readable API output (JSON-LD) for integration with your risk systems.

Portfolio Scenario

50 art-backed loans per year

A private bank managing 50 art-secured lending relationships annually. Manual compliance costs based on verified industry benchmarks.

Compliance activity Manual / year With MIRAS
KYC reviews (50 × €2,500 avg.) €125,000 Included
AML screening (50 × €3,000) €150,000 Included
Provenance research (50 × €3,000) €150,000 Included
Sanctions & ALR checks (50 × €500) €25,000 Included
Estimated annual savings €50K – 400K+

Savings depend on portfolio complexity and existing compliance infrastructure. MIRAS subscription replaces all four cost lines. Contact us for a tailored comparison.

Built for Compliance Officers

Everything your auditor
will ask for

goAML STR Generation

Suspicious Transaction Reports in goAML XML format, generated automatically when risk thresholds are breached. Ready to submit directly to your FIU.

Patented

Provenance Depth Score

Quantifies what percentage of an artwork’s ownership history is documented. Automatically flags temporal gaps and sensitive periods (1933–1945).

Cross-Layer Anomaly Detection

Correlates authentication signals with financial risk indicators. Published in peer-reviewed research on SSRN (Paper #6584859).

Patented

Immutable Audit Trail

Every action recorded on blockchain. Private ledger for confidential data, public anchoring for independent verification. GDPR by Architecture.

RESTful API (JSON-LD / LIDO)

Machine-readable output in international standards. Integrate MIRAS risk scores directly into your existing risk management and loan origination systems.

Multi-Jurisdiction Ready

Pre-built compliance workstation covering EU AMLAR, US AMIA, and UK MLR 2017. No regulatory mapping required — it is done for you.

Compliance that computes,
not just checks boxes

Join our founding network of banking partners. See how MIRAS automates your art-secured lending compliance.