As real-time payments accelerate globally, from the UK’s Faster Payments to the EU’s Instant Payments Regulation, banks are racing to keep up. But while the rails are fast, the compliance systems riding them often aren’t. Beneath the surface of instant settlement lies a growing, under-reported risk: the widening gap between payment speed and finan...
01 July 2025 RegTech
Financial institutions are pouring record sums into financial crime compliance—yet the system remains riddled with inefficiencies. According to LexisNexis Risk Solutions, global financial crime compliance costs have surged to $206 billion annually, driven by more complex regulations, heightened enforcement expectations, and legacy technology limit...
04 June 2025 RegTech
Regulatory compliance has traditionally been a slow-moving function—reactive, rules-based, and tethered to manual review cycles. But the pace of modern finance demands a fundamental rethinking. As financial crime becomes more sophisticated and real-time transactions dominate, the compliance function must operate at the speed of risk. Legacy compl
21 May 2025 RegTech
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