Compliance Management

Prediction market insider trading puts compliance on notice

Prediction market insider trading puts compliance on notice

Prediction and digital markets are growing quickly, but a wave of enforcement cases suggests compliance teams may be underestimating the conduct risks building up...
Afin Bank picks ALMIS One ahead of Basel 3.1 deadline

Afin Bank picks ALMIS One ahead of Basel 3.1 deadline

UK challenger bank Afin Bank has appointed ALMIS International, a provider of cloud-based balance sheet management software for banks and building societies, to underpin...
Instant payments expose weaknesses in AML screening

Instant payments expose weaknesses in AML screening

A payment can pass through every routine check and still present a serious financial crime risk. A beneficiary name may resemble a sanctioned individual,...
The hidden compliance gap threatening crypto expansion

The hidden compliance gap threatening crypto expansion

Picture a crypto business that, within two years of launch, is serving customers in the UAE, the UK, the EU and Singapore. Its product,...
FCA SM&CR overhaul hands accountability back to firms

FCA SM&CR overhaul hands accountability back to firms

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published its second consultation on reforming the Senior Managers & Certification Regime (SM&CR). Consultation paper CP26/37 proposes abolishing the...
Why AscentAI makes obligations the unit of RegTech change

Why AscentAI makes obligations the unit of RegTech change

Regulators publish documents, but financial institutions have to manage the individual obligations buried inside them. That mismatch is where a large share of the...
SEC 2027 exam priorities put compliance controls on trial

SEC 2027 exam priorities put compliance controls on trial

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has published its examination priorities for Fiscal Year 2027, and according to StarCompliance, a compliance technology provider,...
Red Oak urges broader adviser supervision

Red Oak urges broader adviser supervision

Wealth management firms face growing pressure to expand social media access for financial advisers while maintaining effective compliance oversight, as new research highlights the...
DORA compliance strains firms as NCA scrutiny tightens

DORA compliance strains firms as NCA scrutiny tightens

More than a year after the Digital Operational Resilience Act began to apply, many financial services firms are discovering that compliance is not a...
List matching is failing sanctions teams as rules shift fast

List matching is failing sanctions teams as rules shift fast

Transaction screening still remains a cornerstone of sanctions compliance, but it only goes so far. According to RegTech firm Quantifind, truly understanding sanctions exposure means...

News Stories

Over $600m was raised across 14 deals this week

It was another slow week for FinTech deals as the end of 2026 edges closer.  A total of $602m was raised across 14 FinTech deals...
KYCP adds API4ALL to sharpen corporate due diligence

KYCP adds API4ALL to sharpen corporate due diligence

Compliance teams facing growing pressure to uncover who really sits behind a corporate client now have another tool at their disposal. According to KYCP,...
Compliance gets faster but firms trust it less, CUBE finds

Compliance gets faster but firms trust it less, CUBE finds

Financial institutions are processing regulatory change at a much faster pace than a year ago, but their belief that this work is actually effective...

Zing365: Insurance broking must map out career paths

Zing365, an InsurTech-focused learning and development specialist, has called on insurance brokers to set out defined career routes, organised training and mentoring if they...
Agentcard secures $8m to let AI agents shop online

Agentcard secures $8m to let AI agents shop online

Agentcard, a payments firm that lets AI agents make purchases using their users’ own cards, has closed an $8m seed funding round to help...

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