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Can firms trust AI with risk decisions?
Artificial intelligence is no longer limited to automating simple, repetitive compliance and risk tasks. Across financial services, firms are increasingly using AI to conduct...
Why DIY financial crime risk tools cost more than they save
The pitch always sounds reasonable. Someone in IT suggests the business can build its own financial crime risk assessment tool rather than buy one,...
The security models behind DORA and ISO 27001 compliance
Compliance teams at European financial institutions are under growing pressure to prove that their security controls do more than satisfy a checklist.
As regulators sharpen...
The hidden risk behind market connectivity overload
For years, financial institutions have poured resources into market connectivity, wiring up new venues, expanding execution infrastructure and chasing liquidity wherever it emerges. Success...
Why continuous KYC is not enough for modern compliance teams
Financial institutions have spent decades building compliance programmes around a simple assumption: risk can be evaluated on a schedule.
According to Saifr, that approach once...
Why disconnected GRC leaves boards exposed to regulators
Governance, risk and compliance, better known as GRC, are three disciplines that have traditionally operated in isolation, despite serving the same underlying objective. Increasingly,...
How regulatory blind spots are building the next crash
The collapse of FTX in November 2022 did not happen because rules were missing. Disclosure requirements were in place. Regulators across several jurisdictions were...
Why risk management’s biggest risk is fear itself
Financial services firms have invested heavily in risk technology, compliance systems and regulatory controls. Yet sophisticated technology can only go so far if the...
Why one screening check leaves compliance teams exposed
Compliance teams often treat sanctions screening, PEP screening and adverse media screening as interchangeable checkboxes. They are not.
Each targets a different category of risk,...
Why compliance automation has a hard ceiling
Compliance teams have leaned hard into automation, connecting cloud consoles, identity providers, endpoint tools and code repositories to pull evidence on a schedule rather...









