Compliance Management

The European Banking Authority (EBA) has unveiled a series of proposals designed to streamline and strengthen anti-money laundering (AML) and counter-terrorism financing (CFT) measures across the EU. The proposed Regulatory Technical Standards (RTS) seek to create a unified approach for AML/CFT supervision, aligning the practices of supervisors and financial institutions in all Member States.

Banks in the United States will have more flexibility in how they collect Taxpayer Identification Numbers (TINs) from customers following the introduction of new Customer Identification Program (CIP) regulations by FinCEN, the OCC, and the FDIC.

As regulatory scrutiny on internal governance continues to tighten, businesses are expanding their due diligence practices to include employees, alongside clients and third parties. From background checks to continuous monitoring, screening staff has become a critical component of compliance frameworks across sectors.

As financial institutions move from experimentation to practical implementation of generative AI, a critical question emerges: how can this technology be responsibly integrated into financial crime compliance frameworks without creating new risks?

Financial services are embracing software-as-a-service (SaaS) models to drive efficiency and security, with adoption in banking, financial and insurance sectors projected to reach over $130bn by 2027, up from $54bn in 2022. Within financial crime prevention alone, spending on cloud-based solutions is expected to make up 32% of deployment spending, reflecting a sector eager to modernise its compliance defences.

Shareholding disclosure rules remain a cornerstone for market transparency across global jurisdictions, requiring investors to report holdings when they hit specific thresholds tied to voting rights, share capital or the total outstanding shares in a class. However, keeping pace with regulatory shifts impacting disclosure data and reporting processes has become increasingly challenging for financial institutions.

Firms handle vast volumes of documents daily, from contracts to client records. A document management system (DMS) helps bring structure to this process, providing secure storage, streamlined classification, and workflow automation that improves team efficiency while reducing costs.

The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) has updated its grey list, reshaping the compliance landscape for several jurisdictions as it continues to enforce global standards in anti-money laundering (AML) and counter-terrorist financing (CFT).

The European Banking Authority (EBA) has opened a public consultation to gather views on its draft amended guidelines concerning the application of the definition of default under the Capital Requirements Regulation (CRR).

HitPay, a unified payment platform serving SMEs, has formed a new partnership with Flagright to enhance payment security and regulatory compliance as HitPay scales...