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...
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 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 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?
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...
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...
GRC failures happen at the joins, not within the steps
Governance, risk and compliance have operated as three separate disciplines for decades, but GRC makes the case for running them as one connected system...
The screening gap regulators expect you to close
Compliance teams often treat sanctions screening, PEP screening and adverse media screening as interchangeable checkboxes on an onboarding form. They are not.
Each layer addresses...
Why siloed reporting could break under tighter rules
Financial institutions risk being overwhelmed by regulatory demands unless they dismantle the walls between their risk, finance, and reporting functions, according to a new...
UK slashes transaction reporting scope in FCA reset
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has confirmed the biggest shake-up of the UK MiFIR transaction reporting regime since Brexit, publishing Policy Statement 26/15 to...













