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Vanquis Banking Group Enhances AML Oversight with FinScan

Vanquis Banking Group has selected FinScan to optimize its anti-money laundering (AML) processes, reinforcing its financial crime risk management framework. The decision reflects a broader industry shift toward technology-driven compliance strategies that improve operational efficiency and regulatory adherence. As a specialist UK bank, Vanquis faces increasing scrutiny over financial crime prevention, making the integration of…

AML Partners Extends Directed Intelligence with AI/ML Agents

With its RegTechONE® platform and Directed Intelligence framework, AML Partners is enabling financial institutions to train their own AI/ML models using internal operational data, ensuring that compliance automation aligns with real-world risk decisions and regulatory expectations. Unlike traditional AI models that rely on opaque, third-party training data, AML Partners’ Directed Intelligence records every compliance decision,…

Key Takeaways from the SEC’s 2025 Examination Priorities

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s Division of Examinations released its examination priorities for Fiscal Year 2025 in October, placing a strong emphasis on investor protection, market integrity, and compliance with regulatory standards. These priorities, formulated before the results of the 2024 U.S. election were known, reflect insights from past exams and emerging risks, and…

Oracle Adds Agentic AI to Investigation Hub for Financial Crime

Oracle Financial Services has added a broad set of agentic AI capabilities to its Investigation Hub Cloud Service, aimed at helping financial institutions automate parts of their investigative workflow and reduce manual effort when tackling financial crime. The new AI agents are designed to assist investigators by gathering evidence, surfacing key insights, and generating detailed…

Rethinking Regulatory Reporting with Regnology

In a financial services industry that moves millions in milliseconds, it’s sobering to realize that the regulatory reporting processes underpinning these markets remain stuck in the past. Despite advances in technology and regulatory data management, regulatory reporting operates primarily on what Maciej Piechocki, Chief Revenue Officer at RegTech and SupTech provider Regnology, calls “digitalized paper.”…

Reporting Seen Among Use Cases Benefiting from Cloud-based Data Management for AI

Artificial intelligence is being adopted by financial regulators at pace, putting pressure on the financial institutions that the overseers serve to double down on their reporting capabilities. It’s no surprise to find that the same AI that’s helping regulators can aid organisations in getting those reporting procedures in place. To do so, however, they need…

Sumsub Releases AI-Powered AML Screening Enhancements

Full-cycle verification vendor Sumsub, recently released new AI-driven enhancements to its AML screening and case management capabilities, aiming to help compliance teams reduce manual workload and improve the accuracy of risk detection. The updates address a critical challenge in financial crime compliance—the growing volume of false positives that consume valuable time and resources. Regulatory bodies…

Key Takeaways from FINRA’s 2025 Oversight Report

FINRA released its 2025 Regulatory Oversight Report (the Report) in January, highlighting several rapidly evolving challenges confronting its member firms. From the rise of “deepfake” AI that empowers criminals to carry out convincing cyberattacks, to newly highlighted dangers of synthetic identity fraud, the Report details how malicious actors continue to adapt their methods. Along with…

Challenges of the New Regulatory Landscape: Data Management Summit London Preview

The regulatory landscape for financial institutions has rarely been in greater flux than now, placing new challenges on the technology and data that will be critical to satisfying the requirements of overseers. While digital innovations are offering organisations the opportunity to meet their compliance obligations with greater accuracy and efficiency, they are also encouraging regulators…

EC Simplifies Rules on Sustainability and EU Investments, Promising €6+ billion in Administrative Relief

In late February, the European Commission took decisive steps to streamline regulatory requirements, aiming to reduce administrative complexity and unlock new investment opportunities. The proposals focus on cutting red tape while maintaining sustainability commitments, creating a more business-friendly environment that supports growth, innovation, and job creation. By aligning competitiveness with climate objectives, the Commission seeks…