Compliance Management

RelyComply

Purple Group strengthens compliance with RelyComply platform

Purple Group, a JSE-listed digital financial services and investment technology business behind platforms such as EasyEquities and EasyProperties, has chosen RelyComply as its AML...
Sherlocq

Sherlocq launches AI regulatory intelligence platform

Sherlocq, an AI-native regulatory intelligence platform built for the global financial services industry, has officially launched to the public, marking what it describes as...
RegTech

The hidden cost of compliance explanation — and the fix

The compliance function has changed — and the tools used to support it are struggling to keep pace. According to StarCompliance, firms operating across multiple...
brokerage

Why brokerage back-end neglect is a growing liability

For much of the brokerage industry's recent history, investment followed visibility. Trading platforms became the defining battleground — sleek multi-asset interfaces, mobile-first dashboards, and...
CCO

Five things every CCO must know in 2026

The compliance landscape is shifting faster than it has in years. At ACA Group's recent spring media roundtable, ACA experts gathered to discuss the...

StarCompliance embeds AI into compliance workflows

StarCompliance, a leading provider of employee and firm compliance technology, has unveiled StarAssist, a new AI-powered capability designed to deliver greater clarity, speed, and...
Eventus

Cameron Routh takes the helm at Eventus

Eventus, a global trade surveillance and financial risk solutions provider, has appointed Cameron Routh as its new CEO, succeeding founder Travis Schwab. Routh brings more...
One

One Identity names Randy Menon as CPMO

One Identity, a unified identity security provider, has named Randy Menon as its new chief product and marketing officer (CPMO), bringing over 20 years...

Making crypto compliance bank-ready with Cense

Banks are no longer able to treat cryptocurrency as a peripheral concern. Even institutions that do not actively offer digital asset services are increasingly...
DORA

DORA compliance: closing the gap between contract and exit

Most financial institutions assume their exit obligations under the Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA) are satisfied the moment a contract contains termination rights and...

News Stories

AI

What’s holding back AI adoption in financial services?

AI has moved from experiment to expectation across financial services. Banks, insurers and investment firms are investing heavily in the technology, yet widespread adoption...
China

China’s 2030 finance plan targets risk and reform

China, the world's second-largest economy and a country pursuing sweeping domestic reform of its banking, securities and insurance sectors, has issued a five-year plan...
media screening

Adverse media screening becomes a 2026 compliance must

Regulated firms are being forced to treat adverse media screening as a frontline compliance control rather than a secondary check, as a wave of...
AML

Poor adverse media screening is fuelling AML false positives

Adverse media screening is too often treated as a box-ticking obligation rather than a genuine early-warning system, and that mindset is leaving financial institutions...
data

FinTech launches don’t fail on compliance, they fail on data

Neobanks, digital payment providers and wider FinTech players are under constant pressure to move quickly. Missing a market window can mean lost revenue, disappointed...

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