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UK digital asset firms face FCA licence race as window opens
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published its final guidance on which cryptoasset activities will need authorisation under the UK's new regulatory regime. The...
Bad culture is quietly turning AML controls into theatre
Financial institutions are pouring money into sophisticated monitoring tools. According to Vinay Vyas, the real threat to compliance lies elsewhere: in a culture that...
FICA pressure turns CDD into a make-or-break test
Customer due diligence (CDD) in South Africa has grown from a basic know your customer (KYC) exercise into one of the most demanding parts...
Hidden AI costs are forcing a RegTech partnership rethink
Financial institutions have poured significant sums into technology designed to simplify complex operations. The results have been mixed. In many cases, the real difficulties...
$6.9bn A7 network puts onboarding-only checks at risk
A Financial Times investigation has found that Kremlin-backed FinTech A7 moved more than $6.9bn through the international banking system despite sanctions on Russia.
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Equifax takes aim at automated fraud with new Signal Scores
Equifax has unveiled two real-time intelligence products, Signal Score for Email and Signal Score for Device, aimed at stopping automated fraud before it reaches...
Why brokerage feeds can no longer catch insider trading
The alleged insider trading scheme involving two former Robinhood engineers has put a spotlight on a growing weakness in employee compliance programmes. Personal trading...
Vivox AI: stopping scams means intervening sooner
A payment can pass every check and still be the product of manipulation. The account name matches, the customer insists they know the recipient...
RegTech and SupTech collide as regulation goes agentic
For years, the regulatory technology world has been neatly divided. RegTech was what regulated firms bought to help them comply, while SupTech was what...
Regulatory change is testing payment compliance teams
For companies in payments and financial services, keeping pace with shifting rules such as PSD2/3, AML/KYC, GDPR and a steady stream of local updates...
