Communications Monitoring

After a strong 2021, many RegTech companies are looking ahead to the new year with optimism for another year of advancement and greater innovation. With the pandemic still raging on, 2022 could be another year for RegTech companies to further ingrain themselves into the system. What trends should the industry look out for this year?

When Covid-19 swept the world at the start of 2020, no one had any idea how much the pandemic would change the way we live and work. As in-person restrictions continue to fester two years on, how has the opportunities provided the pandemic impacted the RegTech industry?

The chairwoman of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Jessica Rosenworcel has called for new policies around telecom providers’ reporting of data breaches.

Shield, an intelligence platform for compliance, has closed a $15m Series A round, which was led by Macquarie Capital and OurCrowd.

Europol has been ordered by the European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) to remove any information related to people with no link to crime.

Taiwan’s Financial Supervisory Commission (FSC) has introduced new data sharing guidelines.

Identity verification firm iDenfy has unveiled an enhanced version of a phone verification product.

Leveraging Communications Data as an Enterprise Strategic Asset

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has fined JPMorgan $125m due to ‘widespread and longstanding failures’ by the bank to maintain and preserve written communications.

RegTech firm Theta Lake has revealed its partnership with Zoom Video Communications will be expanded to provide a free version of Theta’s archive to Zoom customers.