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Data and Governance Take Centre Stage in AI Adoption
Financial institutions are making significant progress in deploying agentic AI, but differences in data infrastructure, governance and commercial priorities are creating a widening gap between those scaling the technology and those still experimenting, according to new research from A-Team Group. The study, commissioned by LSEG Data & Analytics and based on responses from 200 senior…
A-Team Group Announces AI in Capital Markets Awards 2026 Winners
As artificial intelligence dominates conversations among the decisions makers of the world’s financial institutions, A-Team Group has recognised the vendors that are enabling those firms to transform their operations with the most cutting edge of technologies. In its second annual AI in Capital Markets Awards, the group celebrates the technology suppliers in this fast-growing sector…
To Beat Financial Crime, Banks Need to Start Doing the Time
By Sean Vickers, Global Head of CLM, Delta Capita. When it comes to having the resources to fight financial crime – have banks ever had it so good? Think about it, not only has technology never been more sophisticated, but financial institutions can now call on armies of consultants to advise on compliance, not to…
From Interpretation to Scalable Application: What Year Two of the NAIC Principles-Based Bond Update Has Revealed
By Kate Lee, Global Head of Enterprise Regulatory Data, Bloomberg. Insurers have now spent much of 2026 applying the National Association of Insurance Commissioners’ (NAIC) principles-based bond definition through its second reporting cycle and are quickly approaching year three of implementation. This rule was introduced to modernize statutory bond classification, replacing an approach that leaned…
Breaking the Reporting Remediation Cycle at RegTech Summit New York
At A-Team Group’s recent RegTech Summit in London, speakers described reporting operations dependent on manual workarounds, conflicting transaction data and knowledge held by a handful of people. Maintaining those corrective processes consumes resources that firms need for regulatory change. RegTech Summit New York on 19 November will bring that challenge into focus. Its reporting programme…
The Surveillance Challenge Behind an Increasingly Continuous Market
The shift towards 24/5 equities trading and the rapid growth of prediction markets are presenting new challenges for trade surveillance. With trading activity increasingly spanning multiple venues, instruments and time zones, identifying potential market abuse is becoming more complex, particularly where suspicious behaviour crosses traditional market boundaries. For surveillance technology providers, however, these developments don’t…
Financial Firms Confront the Next Phase of AI-Driven Compliance
Artificial intelligence is moving rapidly from experimentation into day-to-day compliance operations at financial institutions, changing not only how firms monitor communications and investigate potential breaches, but also the governance, data and skills they need to support those processes. That shift was evident during a private executive roundtable hosted by compliance recording specialist Luware at A-Team…
A7 Exposé Highlights FinCrime Expertise Gaps in Product Due Diligence
Reporting by the Financial Times, Wall Street Journal and Reuters has exposed the scale of A7, the Russia-linked sanctions-evasion network that allegedly moved $6.9 billion through global banks using front companies and forged documents. FinCEN’s subsequent findings describe a wider operation whose overseas sub-agents processed more than $17 billion between January 2025 and June 2026,…
Adapting to an AI-Dominated World: Data Management Summit New York City Review
The 16th Data Management Summit New York City immersed delegates in a deep dive into the implications of artificial intelligence and associated agents as the technologies dominate discussions among data chiefs of the world’s financial institutions. In the opening Data Leaders Panel, The Evolving Data And Ai Operating Model – Synergy, Governance And Accountability, the…
FCA Opens Consultation on New Transaction Reporting Regime
The Financial Conduct Authority’s latest transaction reporting consultation sets out how firms would apply rules that change reporting responsibilities, client data exchanges and the treatment of historical records. Preparing for the April 2028 deadline will require decisions about who supplies reporting data and how systems preserve it through the transition. Published in August 2026, Policy…