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Alex Ford President, North America and Chief Revenue Officer at Encompass | RegTech Association | Women in RegTech
Artificial Intelligence (AI) continues to capture attention for its ability to transform financial services. From accelerating onboarding to improving anti-financial crime outcomes, AI is reshaping how banks and financial institutions operate. But behind the power of any AI initiative lies something less talked about, but equally important: data an...
16 July 2025 /ai /regulation
For years, banks have debated whether to build their own Know Your Customer (KYC) systems or invest in third-party solutions. But that binary choice is evolving with a new opportunity emerging in the form of blended KYC. A hybrid approach offers the best of both worlds: the control and flexibility of in-house systems combined with the speed and aut...
30 June 2025 /regulation /identity
Operational leaders face a stark reality: the onboarding experience has become a make-or-break moment not just for clients but also for the bank itself. Despite significant investment in transformation, many banks continue to struggle with outdated, manual Know Your Customer (KYC) processes that are fundamentally unfit for purpose. The result? Dela...
07 May 2025 /identity /crime
Regulating AI: Opening up the RegTech conversation with AI experts and regulators with Women In RegTech New York (WIRTNY) and Rise, by Barclays. Setting the scene As the development and adoption of AI and Generative AI across industries including financial services has dominated headlines in recent months, so too have questions around the regulato...
17 June 2024 /ai /regulation Artificial Intelligence and Financial Services
The rise of Corporate Digital Identity in banking Corporate Digital Identity (CDI) is revolutionizing the Client Experience in Institutional and Commercial banking. Enabling fast, accurate identity validation and verification of corporate customers, it has been set out to foster a truly customer-centric approach to client onboarding and reviews w...
28 March 2024 /wholesale /identity Banking Strategy, Digital and Transformation
Why RegTech won at SIBOS2023 Setting the scene Reflecting on this year’s SIBOS conference, organized by SWIFT for the financial services industry, it was great to be networking and debating the future of the industry in person again in the fantastic city of Toronto. C-suite executives from major financial institutions and leading technology compan...
04 October 2023 /regulation /sibos Banking
As more banks concentrate on digital transformation to power growth and operational efficiency, the opportunity to simultaneously leverage technology to mitigate risk and promote transparency - particularly via RegTech solutions, is continuing to increase in relevance globally. This is a topic that I discussed as part of a panel of industry exper...
14 July 2023 /regulation /wholesale RegTech
RegTech solutions have become increasingly critical for banks looking to accelerate digital transformation initiatives to power operational efficiency and ultimately, growth. While compliance teams value the speed, accuracy and control that RegTech solutions provide, executives see benefits in the efficiency and scalability that is delivered. I
01 June 2023 /regulation /wholesale Innovation in Financial Services
Perpetual KYC or pKYC is an emerging concept in financial crime compliance. It has generated great interest and accelerated digital-first approaches because of the cost and risk benefits on offer if firms can maintain KYC profiles dynamically as new information becomes available. Today KYC is typically undertaken on 1, 3, and 5 year cycles which c...
02 September 2021 /regulation /crime Banking Strategy, Digital and Transformation
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