Reporting

Exam fraud fines reveal the gap between policy and behaviour

Why fines won’t fix the culture behind audit exam cheating

Regulatory fines tend to flatten complicated stories into a single figure. A penalty is announced, headlines follow, firms issue statements and attention soon drifts...
CRS 2.0 is changing what “compliance ready” means

CRS 2.0 is changing what “compliance ready” means

Fund administrators are facing greater pressure from their own clients as CRS 2.0 shifts tax reporting from a periodic compliance exercise towards an ongoing...
filings

Manual filings leave firms exposed as rules multiply

Compliance teams are under mounting pressure to deliver accurate regulatory filings against tight deadlines, even as data volumes swell across fragmented systems. According to ACA...
EU banks face a major rethink of regulatory reporting

EU banks face a major rethink of regulatory reporting

The European Banking Authority (EBA), European Central Bank (ECB) and European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA) have opened a consultation on DPM 2.1,...
due dilligence

When does due diligence need to go further?

Standard checks aren't always enough. When a customer or transaction carries more risk than routine screening can handle, firms are required to step up...
GRC

What is a GRC framework, and why does it matter now?

Governance, risk and compliance are already present in most organisations, but the difference between running them as a connected system and running them as...
Kaizen

Kaizen names Sam North as chief product officer

Kaizen has appointed Sam North as chief product officer, a move designed to support the firm's next phase of growth. North joins from DTCC, where...
embedded finance

Embedded finance boom collides with regulatory reckoning

Embedded finance has quietly become the invisible engine behind everyday transactions, powering everything from lending widgets on Shopify dashboards to insurance upsells inside rideshare...
Does regulatory reporting need a rethink?

Does regulatory reporting need a rethink?

Regulatory reporting is a core pillar of compliance within financial institutions, but costs and complexity continue to rise, creating a host of challenges. The Bank...
KYC

Continuous KYC isn’t enough as risk moves in real time

For decades, financial institutions built their compliance programmes on one core assumption: risk could be assessed on a schedule. According to Saifr, customer due diligence...

News Stories

Who is responsible when the AI adviser gets it wrong?

Who is responsible when the AI adviser gets it wrong?

With the growing adoption and capabilities of agentic AI, many wealth managers are looking to the technology as a way to grow their customers...
Global AI regulation splits what compliance teams face

Global AI regulation splits: what compliance teams face

Artificial intelligence is advancing at a pace that regulators are struggling to match, leaving businesses that build, deploy and use AI to navigate an...
Agentic payments expose blind spots in fraud controls

Agentic payments expose blind spots in fraud controls

As AI agents begin making purchases for customers, the financial crime controls built around human behaviour may be looking in the wrong place. According...
Why blocking shadow AI backfires for financial firms

Why blocking shadow AI backfires for financial firms

Financial institutions that respond to shadow AI by blocking unapproved tools may be making their exposure worse, not better, according to John Denham of...
LSEG: Why persistent oil prices could keep rates higher for longer

LSEG: Why persistent oil prices could keep rates higher for longer

The world's major central banks have shifted course in a matter of weeks, and according to analysis from LSEG Data & Analytics, the real...

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