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The Data Backbone of Defence: Powering Next Generation Surveillance
A unified data fabric is fast becoming wholesale finance’s front line of defence. By fusing millions of voice calls, chat messages and trade records into a single analytical view, next generation surveillance promises to detect misconduct in minutes and to satisfy regulators who increasingly ask firms to prove that capability. A-Team Group RegTech Summits in…
EU’s AI Act Loads Data Responsibilities on Institutions but also Offers Opportunities
Financial institutions are under pressure to put their data estates in order as the European Union’s artificial intelligence regulation comes into force this week, threatening huge fines for failures to observe its tough rules on the safe and fair use of the technology. Nevertheless, the introduction of stringent measures that will place new compliance burdens…
RepRisk Feeds Business Conduct Data into BlackRock’s Aladdin to Bolster ESG Oversight
Reputational risk specialist RepRisk has integrated its AI driven dataset—covering 100?+ risk factors across 400,000?+ public and private entities—into BlackRock’s Aladdin investment platform. The link gives portfolio managers real-time “outside in” alerts on corporate misconduct directly inside their trading and risk workflows. “We are proud to serve the global asset management and asset owner community…
Nasdaq Verafin Pilots Agentic AI AML-Workers
Nasdaq’s anti financial crime arm, Verafin, is piloting a set of agentic AI ‘digital workers’ designed to handle the labour-intensive parts of anti money laundering (AML) compliance – tasks such as clearing false positive sanctions alerts and performing routine enhanced due diligence (EDD) reviews. Financial crime teams remain under heavy pressure. In a survey of…
Behavox Intelligent Archive: Cutting Compliance Investigation Times by 40%
Earlier this month, Behavox revealed its Intelligent Archive product, an AI-driven platform designed to collapse the barriers between voice, chat and trade data into a single, cloud native repository, had significantly reduced compliance investigation times. Early adopters report up to a 40 % reduction in investigation cycle times, alongside as much as a 52 %…
FCA Derivatives Trading Obligation: Why GRC Teams Should Watch Article 28a Closely
The FCA’s latest announcement on the UK derivatives trading obligation (DTO) landed quietly on July 17, but its impact is more than a short web statement. By invoking its brand-new power of direction under Article 28a of onshored MiFIR, the regulator has replaced the post Brexit Temporary Transitional Power (TTP) transitional regime with a standing…
Regulators Stay Tough: Why Surveillance Matters in 2025
By Paul Cottee, Director, Regulatory Compliance, NICE Actimize. A common question has arisen in recent conversations and at conferences. Now that major U.S. regulators have new leaders and enforcement heads in place, will enforcement actions slow down both in the United States and around the world? In other words, can financial institutions ease surveillance efforts? …
Beware: Persisting Regulatory Gaps as Stablecoin Standards Converge
By Stefano Chierici, Senior Product Manager, Financial Information, SIX. Once on the fringes of the crypto movement, stablecoins are fast becoming the cornerstone of many financial institutions’ digital assets strategies – and watchdogs are rallying to ensure necessary guardrails are in place, without hindering this emerging asset class. Backed by real-world assets to address the…
Turning Regulation into an Advantage for UK Financial Sector SMEs
By Jon Lucas, Director and Co-Founder, Hyve Managed Hosting. While security and compliance have always been crucial pillars of cloud hosting, the landscape is shifting. New legislation and stricter regulatory frameworks are placing heavier demands on businesses – particularly in sectors like financial services – forcing companies to invest more time, and resources into ticking…
Validating GenAI Models in Finance: A Q&A with Chandrakant Maheshwari on Risk, Governance, and the Rise of Agentic AI
At a recent RegTech Insight Advisory Board session, a discussion with Chandrakant on generative AI (GenAI) and model risk management underscored the need to cut through the hype and myths around GenAI and emerging agentic AI in regulated markets. This Q&A is the result. It examines why traditional model validation techniques—ROC curves and confusion matrices—can’t…