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CIRO zeros in on emerging risk areas in 2026 Compliance Report

CIRO’s 2026 Compliance Report highlights key compliance risk areas where firms should focus attention, with main priorities including cybersecurity, challenges associated with emerging technologies, and the strength of compliance frameworks.

Regulatory Wrap episode 77: The Bank of England weighs in on AI for financial services  

In Regulatory Wrap for the week to February 20, Rob Mason unpacks the main takeaways from the BoE’s recent roundtables on AI integration in financial services.

FINRA flags how firms are using GenAI – and key compliance considerations

GenAI use cases are evolving fast, enabling firms to streamline complex processes and improve operational efficiency. FINRA has published an overview of its member’s frequent GenAI implementations – and cautioned firms on ensuring they consider compliance.

What is Chain of Thought prompting – and what are the benefits?

As the pace of AI adoption continues to increase, firms operating in regulated industries are embracing the opportunities that technologies like Large Language Models present for compliance and monitoring, and the increased transparency around model decision making it can provide.

How will ChatGPT for Healthcare affect compliance operations?

Without clear guidelines on how to use generative AI tools, organizations must tread carefully to avoid compliance violations.

Has compliance outgrown traditional archiving?

Compliance teams are contending with more data, more regulatory pressure, and more advanced technology. To keep up, you need an archive that does more than just passively store data.

FINRA 2026 Oversight Report flags GenAI, recordkeeping, and cybersecurity risks

The regulator’s annual Oversight Report has highlighted GenAI, recordkeeping, cybersecurity, and third parties as areas where firms should focus efforts to strengthen compliance programs.

How can healthcare and life sciences organizations control GenAI recordkeeping risks?

With the use of generative AI tools like ChatGPT increasing within healthcare and life sciences organizations, how can businesses balance compliance and modernization while tapping into the benefits AI can offer?

Has the SEC shifted focus in its 2026 Examination Priorities?

The SEC’s Examination Priorities for 2026 include focus areas that align with emerging risks, as well as an emphasis on ensuring compliance programs are effective – though, notably, it make no mention of digital assets.

Why use AI translation for compliance?

From increased efficiency, accuracy, and scalability to decreases in cost and security risk, AI-enabled translation and transcription is bringing a range of benefits to compliance and surveillance teams in highly regulated industries.

Building AI agents for tomorrow: A governance-first approach

Global Relay Group Product Manager, Chris Lau, tells us how the implementation of AI agents should lead with a governance-first approach, and sets out 12 considerations to build AI agents with future regulation in mind.