The RegTech sector has spent the past decade in a phase of rapid expansion, fuelled by regulatory complexity, investor enthusiasm and a constant stream of new compliance challenges. But after years of fast growth and a crowded field of specialist providers, signs point to a market shifting gears. Competitive overlap is widening, client expectations are...Read More
Founded in 2014, Behavox is an AI company that transforms structured and unstructured corporate data into insights that safeguard and enhance businesses. The firm’s technology and industry-specific LLM enables users to ask and answer questions without becoming domain experts, technologists, or data scientists. According to Fahreen Kurji, Chief Customer Intelligence Officer at Behavox, the company...Read More
As AI becomes deeply embedded in compliance operations, one challenge continues to loom large: transparency. While machine-driven monitoring and decision-making promise speed and accuracy, many of these systems still operate as opaque black boxes — a problem for regulators and firms that must justify every outcome. The question now is whether greater transparency, powered by...Read More
As financial institutions turn to AI to automate compliance, a key question arises: do we truly understand these systems’ decisions? The black-box nature of many models challenges transparency and trust. Explainable AI could change that, offering clarity around how algorithms reach conclusions. If successful, it might be the missing link that makes AI in compliance...Read More
The UK government’s push for a digital identity system has sparked a predictable split: tech optimists see streamlined services and reduced fraud, while privacy advocates envision an Orwellian surveillance state. But beyond the usual battle lines lies a more nuanced question that businesses can’t afford to ignore—when digital ID becomes standard infrastructure, will organisations be...Read More
RegTech Analyst recently sat down for an interview with William Davenport, managing director at Wordwatch, to find out more about how the company is helping to shape the future of communications governance. Wordwatch is a unified communications governance and archiving platform. Purpose-built for regulated industries, it helps compliance, surveillance, and IT teams control, protect and manage voice...Read More
As financial services evolve amid digital transformation and stringent regulatory demands, embedded compliance emerges as a pivotal strategy, weaving regulatory adherence directly into the fabric of business processes and technologies. By automating compliance within apps, platforms, and transactions, it aims to minimize errors, enhance efficiency, and foster trust. However, with the rise of complex global...Read More
Founded in 2015, AscentAI was originally created by regulatory compliance experts and practitioners who saw the pace and scale of regulatory evolution and complexity multiplying, and believed that traditional manual processes were unsustainable in an age of digital evolution. Chris Junker, CEO of AscentAI, heralded the firm’s creation as part of the ‘there has to...Read More
In the fast-paced realm of financial services, where innovation clashes with ever-tightening regulations, embedded compliance is gaining traction as a seamless integration of regulatory checks into core operations. This approach leverages technology to automate and embed compliance directly into products, workflows, and customer interactions, potentially reducing risks and costs. Yet, as fintech disrupts traditional models,...Read More
In an era where data fuels innovation but privacy regulations like GDPR and CCPA loom large, organizations grapple with a paradox: harnessing collective intelligence without compromising sensitive information. Enter federated intelligence—a decentralized approach to AI that trains models across distributed datasets without ever centralizing raw data, potentially revolutionizing compliance landscapes. But can it truly bridge...Read More
