Can the UK’s new AI plan keep banks safe and competitive?
The UK government's independent AI Champions for financial services, Harriet Rees and Dr Rohit Dhawan, have set out a new adoption plan designed to...
Vikar taps Plaid to cut fraud and onboarding friction
Vikar Technologies, a provider of unified account opening, lending, KYC/KYB, treasury and wealth management solutions for community banks and credit unions, has formed a...
How French banks can strengthen conflicts of interest controls
French investment banks face growing pressure to strengthen conflicts of interest frameworks as the Autorité des marchés financiers (AMF) raises the bar on compliance...
Tieto’s TEM blocks 80% of digital wallet fraud attempts
Phishing and fraud targeting digital wallets are surging globally, creating a growing challenge for banks and customers alike.
Tieto Banktech recently delved into how phishing and fraud...
Regulators’ own AI models escape scrutiny, for now
AI is reshaping the financial sector at pace, approving loans, drafting disclosures and flagging suspicious transactions inside regulated firms, while the rules meant to...
Reg S-P puts marketing teams’ AI workflows in the firing line
Regulation S-P has long been filed away as a matter for privacy officers, cybersecurity leads and legal counsel. That framing is now dangerously out...
The $304bn compliance bill hiding a growth leak
Compliance has quietly become a tax on growth for banks and FinTechs. Around $304bn is spent globally every year on anti-money laundering (AML) and...
UK Chancellor bets on Skills Compact to protect UK finance edge
The Chancellor of the Exchequer used her annual Mansion House speech to unveil the Financial Services Skills Compact, a shared agreement between government, the...
Why AI agents need questions, not instructions
Professional services firms adopting AI agents may be approaching the technology with the wrong mindset, according to TAINA Technology’s Rich Kent, who argues that...
The hidden gap that breaks media monitoring setups
Media monitoring, when executed properly, follows five steps: deciding what to track, selecting sources, configuring filters, routing results and reviewing performance. Tools change frequently,...
