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Shield and PwC Partner on Communications Surveillance
Shield and PwC UK have joined forces to help financial institutions modernise their approach to monitoring digital communications. The collaboration combines Shield’s AI-first platform for governance and archiving with PwC’s experience in surveillance delivery, compliance, and programme execution. The initiative is aimed at enabling firms to adopt more proactive and scalable risk management. By uniting…
Ascent Joins Acuity to Boost AI-Led Digital Transformation Capabilities
Acuity Knowledge Partners has agreed to acquire Ascent, a European provider of AI-powered digital transformation services, in a deal due to close at the end of September 2025. The move is set to expand Acuity’s Data and Technology Services (DTS) division, strengthening its technology and AI-led solutions. Ascent brings a team of 550 specialists in…
FCA AI Update 2025: How the Regulator is Embedding AI Oversight into UK Financial Rules
The UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has now issued its AI Update (2025), a significant step in its regulatory journey. It builds on the 2022 Discussion Paper on AI and Machine Learning (DP22/4), which set out early questions about AI’s transformative potential and the risks it introduces. Three years on, the FCA’s position has sharpened:…
Recorded Webinar: Best approaches for trade and transaction reporting
Compliance practitioners and technology leaders in capital markets face mounting pressure to ensure that reporting processes are efficient, accurate, and aligned with global standards. Market developments and jurisdictional nuances in regulatory frameworks like MiFID II, EMIR, SFTR and MAS create a continual challenge for compliance teams. This webinar brings together senior RegTech executives and seasoned…
Audit-Ready AI: How Fenergo Is Redefining Financial Crime Compliance
Regulators are losing patience. In the first half of 2025, global financial institutions were hit with fines totalling $1.23 billion, a 417% increase on the same period the year before. Sanctions failures alone surged from $3.7 million in H1 2024 to $228.8 million this year, underscoring just how closely watchdogs are monitoring AML, KYC and…
API-Driven and Template-Free: The Rise of Granular Data Reporting
For decades, regulatory reporting has been defined by templates: thousands of fields to be completed and resubmitted every time a rule or taxonomy changed. That world is now shifting. Regulators in multiple jurisdictions are adopting Granular Data Reporting (GDR) – a model where firms submit transaction- or element-level data once, and supervisors generate the necessary…
What “Good” Looks Like Under New UK CTP Rules
At the start of the year, the UK switched on a new oversight regime for Critical Third Parties (CTPs) – giving the Bank of England, PRA and FCA direct powers over tech providers whose failure could rattle market stability. The rules and supervisory approach were finalised in November 2024; designations are made by HM Treasury…
Delta Capita Acquires DTCC Report Hub to Deliver Full Stack Regulatory Reporting
When Delta Capita confirmed its acquisition of DTCC’s Report Hub earlier this year, the deal looked, at first glance, like familiar consolidation in a crowded category. Look closer and it signals a broader shift: Delta Capita is moving from adviser and operator to full stack provider in regulatory reporting – pairing managed services with a…
The DORA Implementation Playbook: A Practitioner’s Guide to Demonstrating Resilience Beyond the Deadline
The Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA) has fundamentally reshaped the European Union’s financial regulatory landscape, with its full application beginning on January 17, 2025. This regulation goes beyond traditional risk management, explicitly acknowledging that digital incidents can threaten the stability of the entire financial system. As the deadline has passed, the focus is now shifting…
EU Data Act + DORA: Cloud Exit & Portability for Financial Services
From 12 September 2025, the EU Data Act’s cloud switching regime starts to apply, turning “cloud exit strategy” for risk, compliance and tech leadership, into an audit ready operational control with specific notice periods, timelines, assistance duties and a phased ban on switching fees. The Data Act requires providers of “data processing services” (e.g., cloud…