Insights

This month’s Regulatory Roundup reflects a clear shift from ambiguity to accountability across financial services, fintech, and emerging technologies.

Becki LaPort (Principal, Strategy & Innovation at FinScan and a recognized expert in AML and financial crime compliance) lays out the evolving risk landscape that compliance teams must confront in the year ahead.

FinScan®, an Innovative Systems solution and a leading anti-money laundering (AML) compliance solution, has once again been named to the prestigious RegTech100 for 2026.

Financial institutions are navigating a landscape where risks move faster, regulatory expectations increase even more, and the stakes for getting compliance wrong have never been greater.

This month’s roundup highlights the developments that will define early 2026, and the readiness steps that can’t wait.

Compliance expert Becki LaPorte examines the seismic shifts impacting the industry—from renewed global trade tensions and tariffs to the surge in real-time payments, the resurgence of blockchain activity, and AI-driven compliance tools.

As 2025 draws to a close, regulators worldwide are tightening their grip on a compliance landscape shaped by technology, financial crime, and global tensions.

2025 was quite a year for compliance professionals. Our panel will look back at 2025 and look ahead into 2026.

A reflections blog from Money20/20 is never just about one week in Vegas – it is a conversation that stretches through the year until the next one.

Moderated by Ian Mitchell, Founder and Chair of The Knoble, the conversation explored how anti-money laundering (AML) professionals can use technology, collaboration, and compassion to protect the vulnerable. 

This month’s regulatory update reveals a regulatory landscape in transition, where technology, fairness, and financial crime prevention increasingly intersect. US agencies advanced both innovation and oversight.

This month’s regulatory updates underscore the challenges of navigating compliance amid shifting expectations. US Executive Order 14331 puts banks under scrutiny for “fair banking,” while the Tornado Cash case tests liability in digital assets.