Capital Planning/Stress Testing

Regulators tighten grip as October deadlines loom

Regulators tighten grip as October deadlines loom

October brings a dense compliance calendar for financial institutions worldwide. Horizon Scanning’s Regulatory Deadlines Calendar tracks 66 deadlines this month. According to Vixio, of these,...
Could the Financial Services and Markets Bill reshape the UK RegTech market?

Could the Financial Services and Markets Bill reshape the UK RegTech market?

The UK’s financial regulatory framework is entering another period of change, with implications that could extend well beyond the rules firms must follow. The Financial...
FCA

Labels won’t save digital asset firms from FCA authorisation

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has released its final guidance on which cryptoasset activities will fall within the perimeter of the UK's new regulatory...
FCA

FCA sets out digital asset rulebook ahead of 2027 deadline

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has issued new guidance to help digtal asset firms interpret the legislation that will underpin the country's forthcoming digital...
ECB

ECB opens digital euro pilot to online merchants

The European Central Bank has opened a call for expression of interest for online and mobile commerce merchants wishing to join its ongoing digital...
digital markets

UK races to lead global digital markets push

UK Finance, working in partnership with Oliver Wyman, a global management consultancy, have set out a roadmap for how the UK can become a...
SEC

SEC digital asset rules could unlock billions in new capital

The Securities and Exchange Commission has put forward a proposal that would give digital asset issuers new, tailored routes to raise capital under federal...
Cash

Cash holds firm despite euro area’s digital payment push

The European Central Bank has published new research showing that cash remains the payment method most widely accepted by businesses across the currency bloc,...
AI

Seoul’s financial watchdog targets AI hallucinations

The Financial Security Institute has built a new evaluation system aimed at catching the hazards that come with financial firms deploying artificial intelligence, including...
EBA

EBA data shows EU banks’ climate risk exposure holds steady

The European Banking Authority has released its newest Environmental, Social and Governance risk dashboard, revealing that lenders across the bloc maintained steady transition and...

News Stories

Skyfire and Forter target fraud in AI agent checkout

Skyfire and Forter target fraud in AI agent checkout

Skyfire, an identity and payments infrastructure provider for AI agents, has expanded its partnership with Forter, a trust intelligence platform for digital commerce, to...
How Aveni is tackling customer risk across the AI lifecycle

How Aveni is tackling customer risk across the AI lifecycle

As financial institutions deploy AI to interact directly with customers, proving that these systems deliver appropriate outcomes is becoming a growing compliance challenge. Aveni...
Why AI makes insurance technology harder to own

Why AI makes insurance technology harder to own

Generative AI is making it faster and cheaper for insurers to develop their own technology, but Earnix warns that lower development barriers do not...
Curvestone AI brings automated oversight to Y3S mortgage cases

Curvestone AI brings automated oversight to Y3S mortgage cases

Specialist Mortgage Group, the Cardiff-based owner of Y3S Loans, Y3S Bridging and Commercial, and Chase Blue Loans, has deployed Curvestone AI across its advice...
Legacy systems threaten AI ambitions in compliance

Legacy systems threaten AI ambitions in compliance

Financial institutions are layering AI onto compliance operations that were never built to support it, and that mismatch could undermine the automation gains many...

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