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Authologic has become the first Polish company registered to issue Electronic Attestations of Attributes (EAAs) for European Union Digital Identity Wallets. Its registration provides an early example of how the European framework could affect financial-sector identity checks. The registration, granted by Narodowy Bank
Agentic governance, risk and compliance platform HelmGuard has raised $7.3 million to expand in the US and develop technology that monitors AI agents at runtime. Infinity Ventures and Frontline co-led the seed round, with participation from FinTech Collective, Stage 2 Capital and Entrepreneurs First. HelmGuard plans to
“Tweak the contract” triggered the surveillance control. But the surrounding exchange concerned a kitchen renovation. Alex de Lucena, Director of Product and Governance Strategy at Shield shared this example in a recent discussion with RegTech Insight following the publication of the FCA Board-sponsored Mills Review in
In a move that was somewhat surprising given its timing, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) unveiled a new regulatory proposal titled “Regulation Crypto Assets“ that is expected to have significant impact not only on those involved in launching native crypto assets but also for the general digital assets a
The Financial Conduct Authority’s expanded non-financial misconduct rules took effect on 1 September, bringing around 37,000 non-bank firms within a broader conduct regime. Firms now need to show how complaints, communications evidence and employment investigations inform regulatory decisions. New rule COCON 1.1.7FR co
The SEC is proposing new fundraising rules for crypto projects that sell tokens while building a blockchain network or application. Regulation Crypto Assets would allow qualifying developers to raise capital from a broad investor base and support secondary trading through tailored exemptions from Securities Act registr
As the EU’s new Anti-Money Laundering Authority raises expectations around AML, firms are moving beyond transaction monitoring towards behavioural intelligence. Adam McLaughlin, Director of Financial Crime at Fenergo, argues that whilst AI will become central to that transition, human judgement remains the deciding fac
Over the past 18 months, generative AI (GenAI) based solutions have progressed from pilots into mainstream investment and trading processes, including risk and compliance. With the exception of the prescriptive risk-based EU AI ACT, regulators across jurisdictions are relying on existing rule-books and adopting a princ
In July, the FinTech Open Source Foundation (FINOS) released CDM 7 on GitHub consolidating more than 130 individual upgrades and development releases and followed up with a detailed analysis on August 14. The analysis was authored by Lionel Smith-Gordon and Ben Page of REGnosys, an active corporate member and key techn
The US Treasury has launched a public-private task force to coordinate the financial sector’s transition to post-quantum cryptography financial institutions, market infrastructures, technology providers and other private-sector participants. The Quantum-Readiness Task Force will organise its work around three areas: se
While the criticality of data to financial institutions has made its security paramount, the internationalisation of that information has made it a strategic priority. With ever greater volumes of data criss-crossing the world within and between organisations’ systems, data sovereignty has become a key component of gov
A compliance system delivers value when it helps a firm decide what to do next. That remains difficult when the evidence sits across internal policies, siloed data and external intelligence. AI can handle the volume and diversity, but faster analysis does not guarantee a better compliance decision. Firms still need to
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