Regulators give firms a thumb’s down for not capturing emojis
Regulators are increasingly scrutinizing the use of emojis and avatars in communications within financial services, due to their potential for ambiguity and misuse. There is a growing need for enhanced monitoring to circumvent any risks and to capture misconduct.
On Demand: Compliance & Conversation – Recordkeeping and surveillance
Watch on demand as a panel of compliance and surveillance experts discuss trends including AI, social media, and culture and conduct risks.
Compliance & Conversation: What does the data of 12,000 financial organization reveal about recordkeeping and surveillance trends?
On February 5, 2025, we were joined by a panel of compliance and surveillance experts to explore top compliance trends, answering questions including whether the FCA is complicating compliance, how AI is being used for surveillance, and if conduct and culture should be high on firm’s agendas.
Culture is contagious: Is surveillance your first defense?
The FCA has doubled-down on its focus on conduct and culture, noting that it will be taking direct action against firms that do not have controls to detect misconduct.
Surveillance, Gen AI, and third-party risk: Key takeaways from FINRA’s Annual Oversight Report for 2025
FINRA has published its Annual Oversight Report for 2025, giving firms a 'heads up' of the regulator's key focus areas for the year, including AI, recordkeeping, and third-party and social media risks.
The Conduct Chronicles – “I Spy with my Little AI”
Emma Parry analyzes how firms are increasingly looking to monitor social media channels and their use, and are utilising AI and to do so.
Global Relay Integration with OpenAI’s ChatGPT Enterprise Compliance API
Global Relay introduces Connector for ChatGPT Enterprise to provide compliant AI communications data archiving, recordkeeping
Artifice and Intelligence – What does AI insider trading mean for regulation?
With a recent demonstration proving that AI is capable of performing illegal trades – and lying about them – where do regulators stand on the ‘AI question’?
Heads or t-AI-ls: FCA speech sets out ‘coin toss’ view on AI adoption
A recent speech by Jessica Rusu, FCA Chief Data, Information and Intelligence Officer, has laid out FCA’s views on AI, its potential, and how we might already have the frameworks to regulate its use.
AI’s impact on the financial industry – SEC speaks to its risks, revolutionization, and everything in between
The SEC’s Chairman Gary Gensler recently spoke about the challenges and benefits AI presents to the financial world on a micro and macro level. Ensure you’re on track to identify, adapt, and manage these points as this technology rapidly develops for compliance teams.
Car Crash or New Superhighway? – AI, Audits, Accountability, and the FCA
A recent speech from the Chief Executive of the FCA has outlined their direction of travel on Big Tech and AI regulation. But with the FCA itself being audited on its effectiveness as a ‘digital regulator’, what does this mean for organizations and accountability?