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 Across the sector, customer files are frequently inaccurate, out of date, and riddled with gaps...
How Europe’s new rules are closing the APP fraud gap
Authorised push payment (APP) fraud does not stop at national borders. When a criminal manipulates a victim into approving a payment transfer, the attack...
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 —...
Kyckr appoints Ian Jones as new CTO
Kyckr, a UK-based RegTech firm specialising in business verification and monitoring, has appointed Ian Jones as its new chief technology officer (CTO).
According to FinTech...
Why compliance can outsource tools, but not judgement
As financial institutions deepen their reliance on third-party data, automation and RegTech platforms, a fundamental question is emerging beneath the efficiency gains: where should...
AI for AML: Who’s ahead and who’s catching up?
Global financial crime compliance is evolving at pace, and according to Napier AI, some markets have moved well beyond the experimental phase, embedding artificial...
Misleading marketing: SEC’s warning to fund managers
A recent US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) settlement with a Florida-based investment manager is serving as a reminder to the asset management industry,...