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Why sanctions programs must move beyond name matching

In 2026, the rise of AI and ongoing technological innovation is driving industries far-and-wide to work harder to balance two vital aspects – speed...
compliance

“The compliance problem isn’t missing data. It’s missing signals you can act on.”

As the volume and velocity of global information continue to accelerate, organisations operating in risk, compliance, and investment environments face a growing challenge: how...

Why regulatory intelligence is now becoming vital infrastructure

Regulation was once positioned at the periphery of the financial system. A necessary constraint, reviewed periodically, handled reactively, and largely viewed as a cost of...
What are firms getting wrong with perpetual KYC?

What are firms getting wrong with perpetual KYC?

For several years, perpetual KYC (pKYC) has been pitched as the next evolution of traditional KYC methods, but firms still have misconceptions around what...
AI

Governing AI without slowing down

If the first two parts of The Accountability Gap exposed the problem and questioned where decisions should sit, the next challenge is execution: how...
crime

How machine intelligence is redesigning financial crime detection

Financial crime detection is being quietly rebuilt from the ground up. What was once a rules-driven discipline - defined by static thresholds, retrospective reviews,...
compliance

Who owns decisions in the automated compliance era?

Automation was meant to make compliance cleaner, with faster decisions, consistent outcomes, and fewer human errors, but it has made ownership far less clear....
compliance

Who owns compliance decisions in automated systems?

Automation is steadily moving from the margins of financial services into its operational core. Surveillance systems flag misconduct, onboarding platforms assess risk, and AI...
eIDAS

How can financial institutions leverage eIDAS 2.0 for strong growth?

For decades, financial institutions have wrestled with a fundamental paradox: the more rigorous the identity verification process, the greater the friction imposed on the...
governance

The state of digitial communications governance: Bridging the gap between AI innovation and regulatory...

AI is rapidly transforming how financial institutions communicate — with clients, internally, and increasingly with machines themselves. Generative AI can draft client communications in...

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