How the MLRO became a financial crime architect

How the MLRO became a financial crime architect

February 18, 2026

The role of the MRLO has expanded far beyond its traditional remit. Once largely associated with regulatory filings, annual financial crime risk assessments and...

Buying a compliance platform is often treated as the finish line for MGAs. Demos are watched, pricing tables debated, and contracts signed, with the assumption that compliance will somehow become “handled”. Months later, however, many teams find themselves still emailing spreadsheets to carriers, manually checking licences and ignoring dashboards that once looked impressive in a sales pitch. This guide explores why that happens — and how MGAs can avoid it.

Why MGA compliance tools fail and how to make them work

February 18, 2026

Buying a compliance platform is often treated as the finish line for MGAs. Demos are watched, pricing tables debated, and contracts signed, with the...

Sphinx, a RegTech company developing browser-native compliance agents for financial institutions, has raised $7.1m in seed funding as it looks to scale its technology across banks and FinTechs.

Sphinx secures $7.1m to expand global compliance agents

February 17, 2026

Sphinx, a RegTech company developing browser-native compliance agents for financial institutions, has raised $7.1m in seed funding as it looks to scale its technology...

AI-powered complaints management for compliance

February 13, 2026

AI is rapidly reshaping how organisations manage customer complaints, turning what was once a reactive administrative function into a strategic pillar of compliance and...

CRS 2.0 and the Crypto-Asset Reporting Framework (CARF) were introduced to modernise global tax transparency after shortcomings emerged in the original Common Reporting Standard more than a decade ago. As both frameworks move into active application in 2026, their real impact on financial institutions is becoming increasingly visible. A clear pattern is emerging across the market, separating firms that treated the updates as compliance-only exercises from those that recognised them as enterprise-wide transformations.

How CRS 2.0 is reshaping tax compliance in 2026

February 10, 2026

CRS 2.0 and the Crypto-Asset Reporting Framework (CARF) were introduced to modernise global tax transparency after shortcomings emerged in the original Common Reporting Standard...

CFTC updates no-action relief on payment stablecoins

February 10, 2026

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has reissued CFTC Staff Letter 25-40, introducing a targeted but significant update to the definition of a “payment...

What the FCA’s Enforcement Watch means for regulated firms

February 9, 2026

The FCA's launch of its inaugural Enforcement Watch newsletter marks a notable evolution in how enforcement expectations are communicated to the market. According to...

Why compliance culture matters more than automation

February 9, 2026

In compliance, technology may shape outcomes, but culture ultimately determines how those outcomes unfold. The compliance function has historically relied on labour-intensive, manual processes,...

Why one-size-fits-all mobile compliance no longer works

February 9, 2026

Mobile communications have become one of the most difficult areas of modern communications compliance. As regulatory enforcement around off-channel messaging continues to intensify, firms...

The accountability problem no one has solved

February 6, 2026

Compliance has always been built on a simple and succinct premise: when something goes wrong, someone has to be accountable. That assumption is now...