Why real-time risk intelligence is replacing annual assessments
For decades, financial crime risk assessments have operated on a deceptively simple premise: capture organisational risk once a year, document it in a weighty...
How prediction markets are reshaping compliance risk
Something significant happened at NYU Law School on 31 March 2026. David I. Miller, the newly appointed director of enforcement at the Commodity Futures...
FCA sharpens supervisory focus for buy-side firms
The Financial Conduct Authority's (FCA) Annual Work Programme for 2026/27 offers the most explicit statement yet of how the regulator plans to supervise firms...
How to reduce compliance risk in legacy KYC data
Financial institutions are sitting on a mounting compliance problem. Across the sector, customer files are frequently inaccurate, out of date, and riddled with gaps...
Why FATCA and CRS compliance is breaking at scale
For most banks, understanding FATCA and the Common Reporting Standard (CRS) is no longer the challenge. The regulatory requirements are well established, and compliance...
Who profits from the AI rush? The shovel sellers
There is a story that gets told whenever excitement builds around a new frontier. It concerns the great Californian gold rush of 1849 —...
Building a GenAI governance framework for FinTech firms
Generative AI has transitioned rapidly from an experimental curiosity to a core operational tool across financial services.
According to Saifr, firms are now deploying...
Synctera acquires Cable to boost compliance automation
Synctera has acquired Cable, a compliance automation platform that enables banks to verify whether their FinTech partners are adhering to regulations and agreed operational...
Inside the push to centralise compliance oversight
For more than three centuries, visitors to the maze at Hampton Court Palace have tested their sense of direction among its tall hedges. Built...
Nine-figure raises dominate in powerful Q1 for RegTech deals
The first quarter of 2026 has proven to be a very strong period for RegTech funding raises, with close to $3bn raised across the...