As we enter 2026, the KYC landscape is undergoing rapid transformation driven by new technologies, shifting geopolitical risks, and evolving regulatory priorities. For compliance teams, staying ahead of these changes is essential to maintaining robust customer due diligence, delivering effective onboarding, and meeting regulatory expectations.

As we enter 2026, the KYC landscape is undergoing rapid transformation driven by new technologies, shifting geopolitical risks, and evolving regulatory priorities. For compliance teams, staying ahead of these changes is essential to maintaining robust customer due diligence, delivering effective onboarding, and meeting regulatory expectations.

Your MLRO Training Day With regulatory fines exceeding £600 million in the past two years due to failures in AML systems and controls, can you or your team ever be overtrained or too prepared on everything AML? Whether you are a recently appointed MLRO or someone looking for a refresher course, the London Governance & […]

As we enter 2026, the KYC landscape is undergoing rapid transformation driven by new technologies, shifting geopolitical risks, and evolving regulatory priorities. For compliance teams, staying ahead of these changes is essential to maintaining robust customer due diligence, delivering effective onboarding, and meeting regulatory expectations.

The "Travel Rule" has moved from a theoretical concept to a hard operational requirement. With the full enforcement of the Transfer of Funds Regulation (TFR), the era of anonymous transfers has ended. Service providers must now ensure that identity data "travels" with every transaction. This session examines the technical and regulatory hurdles of the "First Mile," moving beyond basic collection to the mandatory data exchange required between CASPs.

In 2026, the regulatory landscape has moved beyond "tick-box" exercises to focus on the operational resilience and effectiveness of compliance frameworks. Following the record-breaking $4bn in AML fines seen in 2025, firms are now under intense pressure to clear legacy backlogs and maintain high-speed onboarding without compromising on quality.

The EU’s new AML/CTF framework represents the most significant overhaul of the regime in years.

This webinar will unpack Regulation (EU) 2024/1620 (AMLAR), Regulation (EU) 2024/1624 (AMLR), Directive (EU) 2024/1640 (AMLD6) and the draft Regulatory Technical Standards (RTS

Regulators are increasingly focused on the “Compliance Gap” created by self-hosted (unhosted) wallets. As the 2026 deadline for the European Commission’s assessment on self-hosted risks approaches, firms must navigate the complex requirement to verify ownership of non-custodial addresses.

In a rapidly evolving international financial landscape, digital transformation is no longer a localised trend,it is a mandatory pillar of regulatory and operational resilience. As of March 2026, Complyport operates as a unified global RegTech powerhouse, leveraging over 25 years of heritage to help firms stay ahead of complexity across our strategic jurisdictions: the UK, EU, UAE, Mauritius and India.

The 7 May 2026 effective date for CASS 15 marks the most significant overhaul of safeguarding rules in a decade. For Payment Institutions (PIs) and Electronic Money Institutions (EMIs), the shift from a principles-based regime to the prescriptive, controls-driven environment of the Client Assets Sourcebook (CASS) is a major operational hurdle.

On 4 February 2026, legislation was passed in Parliament which brings cryptoassets within scope of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000, and subject to regulation by the Financial Conduct Authority, from October 2027.

In 2026, the cost of maintaining an in-house KYC and AML operation has reached an all-time high. Between the 70% talent shortage affecting the fintech sector and the rising technical debt of legacy monitoring systems, firms are struggling to balance regulatory rigour with commercial viability.