Tag: SEC

Regulators punish firms for ignoring their own controls in Q2

Global regulators handed out more than $931m in penalties above the $1m mark during the second quarter of 2026, the largest quarterly total in...

Marketing teams can’t leave Reg S-P to security anymore

Regulation S-P has long been filed away as a problem for privacy officers, cybersecurity teams and legal departments. That assumption is now a liability,...

SEC turns up heat on AI and retail push in private...

The SEC's evolving regulatory agenda is forcing private fund managers to confront hard questions on AI governance, cybersecurity and the rapid retailization of private...

Why Merrill Lynch’s $7.5m penalty should worry AML teams

The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has fined Bank of America's Merrill Lynch business $7.5m after finding the firm failed to file numerous...

Why AI enforcement is coming for financial firms

AI governance in financial services is not a future problem but a present one, according to Brian Rubin, whose insights were shared in a...

RIAs face day-one AML scrutiny under new FinCEN rule

Registered investment advisers in the US have officially entered a new regulatory era. FinCEN's landmark anti-money laundering rule came into force on 1 January...

Tokenised stocks expose a looming tax compliance gap

The migration of traditional equities onto blockchain infrastructure is shifting from experimentation into institutional reality, and according to RegTech firm TAINA Technology, the industry...

Why allocation surveillance is failing compliance teams

For compliance teams at asset management firms, allocation review has quietly become one of the most thankless tasks in the working day. Hours are...

Why $300bn in compliance spending still isn’t working

Every year, financial institutions collectively spend over $300bn on compliance. That figure, drawn from research spanning global banking, insurance, and asset management, has grown...

How to stress-test a compliance archive before regulators do

Communications archiving has transformed from a back-office checkbox into one of the most fiercely contested battlegrounds in regulated technology this year. Twelve months ago,...

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