In 2026, the gap between firms that use RegTech and those that don’t is becoming a chasm. Compliance used to be about staying out of trouble; now, it’s about moving faster than the competition. By letting automated systems handle the heavy lifting of monitoring and reporting, firms are freeing themselves to focus on growth. In …
The road ahead: What trends will dominate RegTech in 2026?
For years, RegTech was viewed as the quiet cousin of the FinTech revolution—a necessary, often invisible layer of digital defence. But as we move into 2026, the narrative has fundamentally shifted. We are no longer in an era of mere digitised compliance; we have entered the age of agentic compliance. How will the industry continue …
What propelled RegTech forward in 2025?
As 2025 comes to an end, RegTech is entering a period of renewed momentum — but with clearer eyes and higher expectations. Advances in automation and AI are opening the door to faster, more intelligent compliance, while firms become more selective about where technology genuinely adds value. The emphasis is shifting from promise to performance, …
The trends that drove RegTech forward in 2025
RegTech is leaving 2025 in a very different place to where it stood even a few years ago. What was once a niche layer of compliance tooling is now being pulled into the core of how firms manage regulatory change, risk and accountability. In the first of two parts, RegTech Analyst spoke to several key thought leaders …
Is the line between fraud and AML disappearing?
Fraud prevention and AML have operated as parallel disciplines — adjacent, but structurally separate, for a long time. Fraud teams focused on stopping unauthorised transactions in real time, while AML functions concentrated on detecting patterns of illicit behaviour after the fact. Today, that division is becoming harder to defend. As financial crime grows faster, more …
How are AI Agents transforming the future of compliance?
For decades, compliance has relied on static rules, watchlists and retrospective checks, creating growing volumes of noise while critical risks slip through the cracks. As regulatory complexity accelerates, a new generation of AI agents is beginning to transform the function by moving beyond automation to introduce reasoning, context and continuous intelligence. Acting more like digital …
Can data make sense of an ever-changing rulebook?
Regulation has never been a fixed destination; it’s a moving target shaped by new risks, political shifts and rapid technological change. For financial institutions, keeping pace is no longer about simply interpreting rules — it’s about anticipating them. As compliance teams grapple with increasing complexity and shrinking reaction times, data is emerging as the only …
Is RegTech entering its age of consolidation?
The RegTech sector has spent the past decade in a phase of rapid expansion, fuelled by regulatory complexity, investor enthusiasm and a constant stream of new compliance challenges. But after years of fast growth and a crowded field of specialist providers, signs point to a market shifting gears. Competitive overlap is widening, client expectations are …

How Behavox is helping its clients optimally leverage their data
Founded in 2014, Behavox is an AI company that transforms structured and unstructured corporate data into insights that safeguard and enhance businesses. The firm’s technology and industry-specific LLM enables users to ask and answer questions without becoming domain experts, technologists, or data scientists. According to Fahreen Kurji, Chief Customer Intelligence Officer at Behavox, the company …
Is transparency the final barrier to true AI compliance?
As AI becomes deeply embedded in compliance operations, one challenge continues to loom large: transparency. While machine-driven monitoring and decision-making promise speed and accuracy, many of these systems still operate as opaque black boxes — a problem for regulators and firms that must justify every outcome. The question now is whether greater transparency, powered by …
