The hidden cost of ignoring brokerage infrastructure
For years, the brokerage industry poured resources into where returns were most visible: the front end. Trading platforms became the competitive arena of choice...
Key compliance priorities for investment managers in 2026
The compliance landscape for investment managers is shifting faster than it has in years. At ACA Group's recent spring media roundtable, the firm's experts...
City of London calls on tech firms to fight fraud
The City of London Corporation is inviting technology companies to contribute to the development of a digital verification framework designed to combat financial fraud...
How to fix AML over-classification in your firm
How many of your high-risk clients are actually high risk? It is a deceptively straightforward question, but one that strikes at the heart of...
StarCompliance launches explainable AI compliance tool
StarCompliance, a RegTech firm specialising in employee and firm compliance technology, has unveiled StarAssist, an AI-powered capability designed to embed explainable, auditable intelligence directly...
How banks can decode crypto compliance risks
Banks no longer have the luxury of treating crypto as someone else's problem. Whether or not they actively offer digital asset services, growing numbers...
Herd Security lands $3m to modernise cyber training
Herd Security, an agentic AI platform designed for continuous security training and simulation, has closed a $3m funding round backed by strategic investor Aspiron...
How Theta Lake’s AI hears what compliance tools miss
Theta Lake has been awarded a United States patent for a framework designed to tackle one of the most persistent problems in communications compliance:...
The news monitoring gap costing investment teams
Most investment and risk teams do not have an information problem. They have a timing and structure problem — and it is costing them...
How DORA redefines ICT exit planning for financial firms
Most financial institutions believe their exit obligations under DORA are satisfied the moment a contract contains termination rights and a notice period.
According to Copla,...