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The UK Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has signalled a materially more assertive enforcement posture for its 2026-27 operational year, laying out ambitious priorities that...

The 2026 AscentAI Benchmark Survey, released in April, provides the most comprehensive quantitative snapshot of compliance technology adoption trends across the financial services sector....

After nearly a decade of pilot programmes and overpromising, AI-powered RegTech tools have crossed a threshold of genuine operational utility in 2026. Three converging...

ESG screening has undergone a significant conceptual expansion in 2026: what began as a sustainability and reputational risk exercise is now formally integrated into...

As of April 2026, U.S. domestic companies remain exempt from mandatory beneficial ownership information (BOI) reporting to FinCEN under the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA),...

CertiK's 2026 State of Digital Asset Regulations report, published in April 2026, documents what the firm describes as a structural threshold: crypto regulation has...

The UK Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has signalled a materially more assertive enforcement posture for its 2026-27 operational year, laying out ambitious priorities that...

A retired backbencher and a sitting foreign head of state are both classified as politically exposed persons under current regulatory definitions — but they...

On April 23, 2026, the U.S. Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) announced the designation of Kok An, a Cambodian senator, along with 28...

As financial crime programmes evolve in 2026, a structural rethink of how KYC and sanctions screening interact is gaining traction among compliance professionals. Historically...

FinCEN's April 7 AML/CFT reform NPRM has sent an unambiguous signal to the FinTech sector: artificial intelligence is no longer a compliance enhancement option...

On April 23, 2026, Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche signed the formal order moving FDA-approved marijuana products and state-licensed medical marijuana to Schedule III...

The April 23 OFAC designation of Cambodian Senator Kok An and a 28-entity affiliate network also functions as a landmark human rights enforcement action...

Attacks on independent civil society organizations and media increased in 2025. On March 15, 2025, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán publicly referred to "politicians, judges,...