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Regulation and compliance

News on regulations and compliance requirements driving developments in software quality engineering at financial firms.

September roundup of regulatory and compliance news

Regulators returned from the summer with a remarkably consistent message for banks...

Inside the ECB’s evolving approach to AI assurance

The ECB’s clear testing message concerns model lifecycle management...

Most banks face mounting EAA enforcement heat

Banks face a more coordinated and consequential enforcement of the EAA...

How regulation is rapidly altering software testing

Software testing is no longer being treated simply as an engineering discipline...

Banks reveal key DORA resilience gaps

Dozens of banks admit they have gaps between DORA governance and implementation...

MAS puts agentic AI testing under scrutiny

Singapore's MAS said its AI risk management policy for banks will now also cover Agentic AI...

UK plan broadens AI testing burden for banks

HM Treasury’s plan could push banks towards more standardised AI assurance...

Banks confront rising agentic AI testing challenge

A new framework puts controls, validation and continuous assurance centre stage...

Bank of England raises the testing bar for frontier AI

BofE Governor Andrew Bailey has put stress testing and penetration testing at the centre AI rollouts...

August roundup of regulatory developments and compliance news

A monthly roundup of the most important regulatory shaping QA AI testing...

Germany’s BaFin tightens AI testing scrutiny

BaFin has begun sharpening the supervisory consequences of its earlier guidance on AI testing...

FCA tells third parties to ‘test and improve’

Mark Francis details the FCA's resilience policy with regards to third party testing...