To comply with the FCPA and other anti-corruption laws, companies operating multi-nationally must closely monitor the actions of their employees, agents and third-party partners for indications of potential bribery.  This is a costly proposition for any company, but especially for smaller companies that lack the human resources necessary to perform comprehensive anti-corruption reviews.  Enter technology.  Relatively recent software innovations allow companies to perform automated FCPA transaction monitoring, thereby enabling companies to track substantially the same number of transactions with fewer people and equal or greater effectiveness.  The Anti-Corruption Report recently had an extensive conversation regarding automated transaction monitoring with Patrick Taylor, CEO of Oversight Systems, a company that provides automated transaction monitoring solutions.  In our interview, Taylor explained the fundamentals of automated transaction monitoring; outlined what types of companies should consider transaction monitoring; and explained the benefits of implementing an automated system.