There is a useful moment, around the middle of any year, when the noise starts to separate from the signal.
For RegTech, the first six months of 2026 have brought no shortage of either. New products have arrived, investment has continued to flow, regulatory demands have evolved and firms have continued to rethink how technology fits into their compliance operations. Some ideas have gathered real momentum, whilst others remain works in progress.
What matters, then, is not simply what has been new, but what has begun to stick. Across regulatory change, financial crime, identity, data, automation, governance and the wider compliance technology stack, the first half of the year has offered some revealing clues about where the market is heading, and where the industry still has work to do.
We asked RegTech leaders to look back at the first six months of 2026 and identify the developments, shifts and emerging priorities that have mattered most.
Watch the second part of a two-part series to get key insights from RegTech companies including:
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