GDPR

Here’s what to expect as Singapore and Australia begin negotiating their new cross-border FinTech...

The Australia-Singapore Digital Economy Agreement was announced in June as a bid to boost the two countries’ digital economies. Now they’ve begun the talks for real.

ESMA chair likens Brexit with “a well-written TV soap” and tells businesses to prepare...

With less than a month left before the UK is reportedly leaving the EU, the boss at the EU’s financial regulator had a few choice words to say.

Is it fear of automation or something else that keeps big banks from adopting...

Lots of huge financial institutions talk the talk about innovation, but few seem to walk the walk and actually implement RegTech solutions. That is according...

Less than one in three businesses believe they are compliant with GDPR

The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) has been enforced since May 2018. However, only 28% of business leaders think they are compliant with the EU’s data privacy law.

Banks warn there is no UK law in place to secure trade with the...

In case of a no-deal Brexit, bankers fear they will not have access to their biggest market.

ECB top: “Libra has undoubtedly been a wakeup call for central banks and policymakers”

Benoît Cœuré, executive board member of the European Central Bank, has told the German Bundestag that stablecoins like Facebook’s Libra initiative come with both risks and opportunities.

Financial services have been slammed by more GDPR fines than any other industry

The EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) has been enforced for over a year. During that time, financial services businesses have incurred the bulk of the fines from the law.

The biggest challenges giving the RegTech sector a headache right now

From getting accurate data to responding to new regulatory challenges, there are plenty of opportunities and obstacles to overcome for RegTech innovators.

Margrethe Vestager flags for potentially stricter EU data rules

Margrethe Vestager, the European commissioner for competition, is not slowing down and is now looking to create even stricter data rules.

52% of UK businesses are still not compliant with GDPR

New research from Egress, the compliance company, has revealed that more than half of British businesses are still not following the rules set out by the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

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AI compliance

How much of risk and compliance spending will go to AI?

Parker & Lawrence Research and RegTech Analyst have released the ‘AI in Risk & Compliance 2026’ report, providing deeper insights into where the financial...
Napier AI warns opaque AI could cost firms their licence

Napier AI warns opaque AI could cost firms their licence

As artificial intelligence spreads across financial services, a growing argument suggests that opacity is not only unavoidable but sometimes desirable, a way to protect...
LSEG warns cloud adoption can fragment data controls

LSEG warns cloud adoption can fragment data controls

Financial institutions moving data workflows into the cloud may be creating new control problems, even as they solve old access issues. According to LSEG...
Reco raises $55m to secure the agentic enterprise

Reco raises $55m to secure the agentic enterprise

Reco, an agentic security company that protects AI agents and the environments they operate in, has closed an additional $55m in funding, lifting its...
LSEG launches Active Intelligence to sharpen World-Check

LSEG launches Active Intelligence to sharpen World-Check

LSEG Risk Intelligence, the risk data and screening division of LSEG, has rolled out Active Intelligence, a new data engine underpinning its World-Check offering...

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