Tag: Wordwatch
Wordwatch unveils tool to help firms gauge non-financial misconduct investigation readiness
Global RegTech firm Wordwatch has introduced an investigation readiness assessment tool in line with the FCA’s Conduct Rules extension on September 1, 2026. The assessment...
What are the biggest barriers to third-party RegTech adoption?
RegTech has moved from an emerging technology category to an increasingly important part of the compliance stack. Yet while vendors continue to invest heavily...
Voice migrations put compliance chain of custody at risk
Legacy voice recording platforms rarely draw attention until a regulator comes knocking. In regulated firms, ageing recorders, orphaned metadata and forgotten codecs sit quietly...
FCA’s NFM rules put 38,000 firms’ evidence to the test
From 1 September 2026, the FCA Code of Conduct will extend to cover bullying, harassment and violence at every FCA-authorised organisation, dragging almost 38,000...
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,...
Insurers rethink communications compliance in 2026
Communications governance is moving sharply up the agenda for insurers as regulators tighten expectations around data completeness and retrieval. Supervisors increasingly expect firms to...
Turning communications data into AI-driven compliance value
AI is reshaping how regulated financial institutions approach compliance, surveillance and operational resilience, but its effectiveness depends entirely on the quality of the data...
FCA CP25/18 draws a regulatory line on workplace culture
When the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) published CP25/18 on 2 July 2025, it sent a clear signal to regulated firms: workplace culture is no...
How to decommission legacy systems without risking data
Modernisation has become a strategic necessity across financial services. Most organisations recognise that sprawling data estates are expensive to maintain, operationally fragile and increasingly...
Is transparency the final barrier to true AI compliance?
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,...










