What the SEC’s 2026 priorities mean for compliance teams
The Securities and Exchange Commission Division of Examinations has published its Fiscal Year 2026 Examination Priorities, offering a clear indication of where regulatory attention...
Seven quotes that expose how fraud markets really work
Talking to fraud enablers can feel like watching a foreign film with badly translated subtitles. The tone is off, the motivations are murky, and...
Why CRS 2.0 is exposing data governance failures
CRS 2.0 and the Crypto-Asset Reporting Framework (CARF) were introduced to modernise global tax transparency after shortcomings emerged in the original Common Reporting Standard...
Why financial crime risk assessments can’t survive without technology
Financial crime risk assessments were once treated as periodic compliance exercises, built on spreadsheets, static documents and fragmented email workflows. These approaches relied heavily...
Red Oak strengthens leadership with Kirk Sadler CPO hire
Red Oak, a RegTech provider focused on modern compliance connectivity for financial services firms, has expanded its senior leadership team with the appointment of...
Ripjar appoints Matt Mills as CEO to drive growth
Ripjar, a provider of smarter screening solutions for financial institutions and enterprises, has appointed Matt Mills as CEO.
The company supports banks and large organisations...
CFTC expands payment stablecoin definition in new guidance
The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has reissued Staff Letter 25-40 with a targeted update to the definition of a “payment stablecoin”, clarifying...
How the FCA is reshaping enforcement through transparency
The Financial Conduct Authority’s launch of its inaugural Enforcement Watch newsletter marks a clear shift in how the regulator signals its enforcement priorities to...
RegTech, responsibility and the risk of drift
In compliance, technology increasingly shapes outcomes, but culture still determines how those outcomes are understood and acted upon. Traditionally reliant on manual processes, the...
The accountability problem no one has solved
Compliance has always been built on a simple premise: when something goes wrong, someone is accountable, and there is accountability. That assumption is now...