Why disconnected GRC leaves boards exposed to regulators
Governance, risk and compliance, better known as GRC, are three disciplines that have traditionally operated in isolation, despite serving the same underlying objective. Increasingly,...
Why Theta Lake believes your firm needs a Microsoft Certified Teams Compliance Recorder
Microsoft Teams has become the backbone of communication for financial services firms worldwide. Millions of regulated conversations including client calls, advisory meetings, deal negotiations,...
Inside the architecture of automated decisioning
Automated decisioning is the use of predefined rules, data integrations and scoring models to evaluate an application, transaction or identity check, returning an approve,...
Bet365 forced into legal AML overhaul by AUSTRAC
Bet365 has entered a legally binding, court-enforceable undertaking with the Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre (AUSTRAC), after the regulator identified serious weaknesses in...
How regulatory blind spots are building the next crash
The collapse of FTX in November 2022 did not happen because rules were missing. Disclosure requirements were in place. Regulators across several jurisdictions were...
U.S. Bank turns to Fenergo to modernise fund onboarding
Fenergo has confirmed that U.S. Bank Investment Services has launched its Fen-X platform to strengthen onboarding for alternative investment clients and the investors who...
Gold’s dirty money problem lands on banks’ desks
Two of the world's most influential crime-fighting bodies have reached the same conclusion within weeks of each other, and banks are the ones left...
FCA widens Scale-Up Unit to five solely regulated firms
The Financial Conduct Authority has widened access to its Scale-Up Unit, admitting five businesses regulated solely by the FCA for the first time as...
SEC’s new digital asset framework tests limits of investor protection
The Securities and Exchange Commission has put forward a new proposal, Regulation Crypto Assets, designed to give crypto asset businesses a clearer route to...
Why general-purpose AI fails the compliance test
Consumer banks such as Revolut and Trade Republic have reset expectations across financial services, making banking so seamless that traditional institutions have struggled to...
