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Monitoring a High-Risk World: Next-Generation Sanctions Screening
Sanctions remain a critical tool in international relations, influencing global finance, politics and security. In the past five years, global economic and financial sanctions have intensified amid rising geopolitical uncertainty, creating a complex landscape for financial institutions worldwide, the report states. The risk that institutions can inadvertently engage with sanctioned securities has never been higher,…
AI Becomes Mainstream for Compliance – Nasdaq’s 2025 Survey
In the tenth edition of the Nasdaq Global Compliance Survey, conducted in May–July 2025, compliance and regulatory-risk professionals from 103 firms across the Americas, EMEA and APAC shared their priorities, challenges and planned investments. This year’s survey features a senior audience with 72 % having ten or more years’ experience in compliance covering director and…
FSB Guidance for Supervisors – Tracking Systemic AI Adoption Risk
The Financial Stability Board (FSB) has released detailed guidance on how regulators and supervisors should monitor the adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) across the financial system. The report, Monitoring Adoption of Artificial Intelligence and Related Vulnerabilities in the Financial Sector, provides a practical framework for identifying where AI use may introduce or amplify systemic risks….
CUBE Expands AI Capability with Acquisition of Kodex AI
Automated regulatory intelligence innovator CUBE has acquired Berlin-based Kodex AI, a technology start-up recognised for applying agentic AI to compliance and risk management in financial services. The move strengthens CUBE’s position in automated regulatory intelligence (ARI) and regulatory change management (RCM), while advancing its goal of building the “third pillar” of its AI platform. Kodex…
A-Team Group Announces Winners of the AI in Capital Markets Awards 2025
A-Team Group has announced the winners of the inaugural AI in Capital Markets Awards 2025, celebrating the most innovative and impactful applications of artificial intelligence and machine learning across the global financial markets. The new awards programme recognises technologies that have moved beyond proof-of-concept to deliver measurable value, supporting efficiency, resilience, and insight generation across…
Data Lineage the ‘Heartbeat’ of Financial Institutions: Webinar Review
End-to-end lineage that enables robust data traceability is now considered the “heartbeat of an enterprise” and no longer a niche interest of data managers, according to an A-Team LIVE webinar. Focusing on the importance of metadata to two particular use cases – regulatory compliance and artificial intelligence readiness – panellists agreed that without a solid…
ACA Group Introduces a New Framework to Strengthen Buy-Side Market Abuse Controls
Amid growing regulatory pressure and heightened investor scrutiny, ACA Group has unveiled a new Market Abuse Risk Framework aimed at helping UK and European buy-side firms identify, manage, and monitor market abuse risks across trading activities. The initiative arrives as the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) steps up enforcement with a five-year strategy that prioritises market…
Eventus Unveils Frank AI to Bring Conversational Intelligence to Trade Surveillance
Eventus, the trade surveillance and financial risk solutions provider, today launched Frank AI, a new artificial intelligence platform designed to transform how compliance teams interact with surveillance data. The new tool embeds generative AI into Eventus’s Validus platform, allowing even non-technical users to conduct complex data investigations using conversational English. The launch addresses a persistent…
From Batch to Real-Time: LSEG Reinvents AML Screening with World-Check On Demand
As financial institutions accelerate toward real-time payments and digital onboarding, compliance teams face mounting pressure to keep customer screening instant, accurate and demonstrable. In response, the London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) has introduced World-Check On Demand – a new cloud-based service designed to deliver “real-time risk intelligence” through API integration, allowing institutions to embed sanctions…
From e-Comms to AI Validation: Key Findings from ACA’s IMCT Survey 2025
Artificial intelligence has risen to the top of compliance priorities according to the 2025 Investment Management Compliance Testing (IMCT) Survey by the Investment Advisor Association (IAA), ACA Group and Yuter Compliance Consulting. Based on responses from 577 adviser firms, AI usage ranks as the year’s “hottest” topic (57%), ahead of AML readiness (41%) and cybersecurity…