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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...
Alert fatigue is breaking compliance. Theta Lake has a fix

Alert fatigue is breaking compliance. Theta Lake has a fix

For compliance teams in financial services, the biggest threat to effective surveillance may not be missed misconduct but the sheer volume of meaningless alerts....
Northstar Security raises $7m to put AI agents on risk duty

Northstar Security raises $7m to put AI agents on risk duty

Northstar Security has launched publicly with $7m in seed capital led by Wing Venture Capital, aiming to give defenders the joined-up context they have...
Thailand’s central bank widens net to stablecoins and BNPL

Thailand’s central bank widens net to stablecoins and BNPL

The Bank of Thailand (BOT), the country’s central bank, is preparing a fresh set of rules that will bring stablecoins, Buy Now Pay Later...
Where in compliance does AI have the greatest deployment depth and autonomy?

Where in compliance does AI have the greatest deployment depth and autonomy?

AI is gradually becoming a core feature within compliance, but it is within cybersecurity where the technology is seeing the greatest deployment, both in...
FINTRAC fines expose AML gaps at Canadian credit unions

FINTRAC fines expose AML gaps at Canadian credit unions

Canada’s financial intelligence unit has made it clear that credit unions can no longer rely on well-written policies alone. According to Alessa, on 24 September...
Napier AI taps LSEG World-Check On Demand for screening

Napier AI taps LSEG World-Check On Demand for screening

Napier AI, a financial crime compliance technology provider, has linked its Transaction Screening product with LSEG’s newly launched World-Check On Demand, giving financial institutions...
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...
Can identity verification survive the age of synthetic identities?

Can identity verification survive the age of synthetic identities?

Identity verification has long relied on the assumption that a person can be distinguished from an impostor through evidence of who they are. But...

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Emirates NBD brings AI market insights into digital wealth

Emirates NBD brings AI market insights into digital wealth

Emirates NBD, a banking group operating across the Middle East, North Africa, Türkiye and South Asia, has partnered with Bridgewise, an embedded investment AI...
Is business verification failing to keep pace with financial crime?

Is business verification failing to keep pace with financial crime?

Business verification has become an increasingly important line of defence against financial crime, yet the complexity of modern corporate structures is exposing weaknesses in...
Banks face tougher data scrutiny as APAC reporting rules evolve

Banks face tougher data scrutiny as APAC reporting rules evolve

Submitting the correct reporting template on time is no longer enough to satisfy regulators. Across Asia-Pacific (APAC), supervisors are demanding more detailed data, greater...
Banks face growing fraud risks as criminal tactics converge

Banks face growing fraud risks as criminal tactics converge

Banking fraud is becoming harder to detect as criminals combine identity theft, payment manipulation and increasingly sophisticated digital attacks. Banking fraud is no longer limited...
Financial crime risk assessments have outgrown spreadsheets

Financial crime risk assessments have outgrown spreadsheets

For years, spreadsheets have been the default tool for financial crime risk assessments. They were familiar, flexible and easy to adapt, and for a...

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