Regulation used to sit at the edges of the enterprise, tracked by specialist teams, interpreted periodically and pushed downstream into compliance, legal and risk functions. That model is starting to break. As regulatory change grows faster, broader and more complex, firms can no longer afford to treat regulatory intelligence as a background task or a...Read More

Regulation was once positioned at the periphery of the financial system. A necessary constraint, reviewed periodically, handled reactively, and largely viewed as a cost of doing business. That perspective is starting to unravel.  Today, the sheer volume, speed and complexity of regulatory change mean that interpretation alone is no longer sufficient.    Firms are no longer just reading regulation;...Read More

Automation is steadily moving from the margins of financial services into its operational core. Surveillance systems flag misconduct, onboarding platforms assess risk, and AI models increasingly recommend — or even execute — compliance actions. Yet as decision-making becomes embedded in automated systems, a fundamental question is becoming harder to answer: who actually owns the decision?...Read More

RegTech was built to solve fragmentation in compliance. But as the sector consolidates and platforms expand across surveillance, reporting, identity and risk, a new question is emerging: are firms replacing operational fragmentation with platform concentration risk? For financial institutions, the appeal of unified RegTech stacks is obvious. Consolidated platforms promise lower costs, integrated data models...Read More

Automation in compliance is no longer only about assistance – it is about delegation. Across KYC, AML, sanctions screening and transaction monitoring, machines are not just identifying risk; they are prioritising it, filtering it, and in some cases resolving it before a human intervenes.  This forces a much tougher question: which compliance decisions are safe...Read More

Since late 2022, the rise of artificial intelligence (AI) and its role on operational practices have evolved at a breakneck pace. In the area of compliance, this is no different, with businesses scrambling to future-proof their processes to keep up with the competition.   No longer is AI operating as a standalone control. The technology is...Read More

Compliance has always been built on a simple premise: when something goes wrong, someone is accountable, and there is accountability. That assumption is now under strain. Decisions that once relied on human judgement are increasingly shaped — and in some cases made — by automated systems. Risk scores are generated automatically. Customers are onboarded or...Read More

Risk no longer stops at the edge of the organisation. As firms rely more heavily on third parties, cloud providers, data partners and complex supply chains, their exposure increasingly lies beyond what they directly control. From regulatory accountability to reputational fallout, weaknesses in the wider ecosystem can quickly become a firm’s own problem. For Alan...Read More

In 2026, the speed of business is no longer a metric – it is becoming a vulnerability. As financial institutions race toward sub-second onboarding and frictionless global transfers, they have entered an escalating arms race with adversaries leveraging generative AI and synthetic identities. The traditional KYC checkbox if not already dead, is dying, and is...Read More

GenAI has moved quickly from experiment to execution across financial services, but the compliance desk remains one of its toughest tests. While generative models promise faster interpretation of regulations, risks, and controls, trust is still constrained by concerns over explainability, accountability, and regulatory defensibility. As compliance teams face mounting pressure to do more with fewer...Read More