Tag: Wordwatch
Channel sprawl exposes banks’ surveillance identity problem
When a regulator comes knocking, it does not ask for a single channel's records. It asks about a person: a name, a time window...
Banks want AI surveillance but lack the data to run it
Banks are racing to adopt AI-driven surveillance, but new research shows almost none of them have the underlying data to make it work.
According to...
What were the big RegTech trends in H1 2026?
The first half of 2026 has been a busy one for RegTech. New technologies have continued to arrive, regulation has kept moving, and financial...
Wordwatch launches DORA self-assessment for recorder exit plans
RegTech firm, Wordwatch, has published a short self-assessment for compliance and IT teams that need to show they could move off their current communications...
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...










