Tag: Regulatory Technology

The real cost of building financial crime tools in-house

It is a familiar boardroom moment. A compliance team flags the need to modernise its financial crime risk assessment process, and someone from IT...

Why banks need to break regulatory data silos

Risk, finance and regulatory reporting have traditionally operated as separate functions across financial institutions. While this structure has allowed teams to develop specialised processes,...

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...

The hidden compliance failure driving financial crises

The collapse of FTX in November 2022 did not happen because rules were missing. Disclosure requirements were in place, and regulators in multiple jurisdictions...

Global WealthTech investments fell 62% QoQ as deals over $100m dry...

Key global WealthTech investments stats in Q2 2026: Global WealthTech investments fell 62% QoQ in Q2 Deals over $100m dropped 87% as investors prioritised...

Regulatory chaos costs firms millions, so what’s the fix?

Payments and gambling firms are haemorrhaging money on regulatory monitoring, with some compliance teams spending up to 40% of their time simply checking whether...

Revolut secures French bank licence in Europe expansion

Revolut, the global FinTech serving more than 75 million customers, has secured a full banking licence for its French entity as it prepares to...

Why AI is testing the limits of financial crime controls

The rapid adoption of generative and agentic AI is forcing financial services firms to reconsider whether traditional information barriers remain effective in a world...

Why AI can’t fix AML without fixing legacy tech first

Financial institutions are pouring resources into AI for anti-money laundering, but according to Napier AI, the technology is only as good as the systems...

How compliance teams are losing the content race

The volume of marketing content flowing through financial services firms has reached a tipping point. Compliance teams, already stretched thin, are now contending with...

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