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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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

As AI reshapes financial services, a paradox is emerging.RegTech, built to manage regulatory compliance, now struggles to regulate AI itself. The tools designed to ensure oversight are falling behind the very technology they’re meant to monitor. AI models driving credit decisions and fraud detection carry risks—bias, opacity, data drift—that traditional compliance frameworks can’t capture. A …

As financial services evolve amid digital transformation and stringent regulatory demands, embedded compliance emerges as a pivotal strategy, weaving regulatory adherence directly into the fabric of business processes and technologies. By automating compliance within apps, platforms, and transactions, it aims to minimize errors, enhance efficiency, and foster trust. However, with the rise of complex global …

In the fast-paced realm of financial services, where innovation clashes with ever-tightening regulations, embedded compliance is gaining traction as a seamless integration of regulatory checks into core operations. This approach leverages technology to automate and embed compliance directly into products, workflows, and customer interactions, potentially reducing risks and costs. Yet, as fintech disrupts traditional models, …