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Regulation and compliance

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

June round-up of regulatory developments and compliance news

The first edition of our brand new monthly roundup of the most important regulatory developments...

EU high-risk AI guidelines turn into QA challenge for banks

Guidance places QA, digital resilience and AI governance teams at the heart of compliance efforts...

Insiders warn banks are ‘sleepwalking’ into an AI governance failure

AI governance gaps are emerging faster than banks can control them or even properly test...

Why the FSB’s new AI framework could be a major opportunity for testing teams

The future of AI governance is increasingly a testing challenge, a new FSB consultation shows...

IOSCO pushes capital markets firms toward continuous AI testing

Watchdog warns AI complexity, opacity and agentic systems are reshaping supervisory expectations...

Frontier AI forces banks to rethink testing and operational resilience

Watchdogs signal rising expectations as AI-powered threats challenge traditional assurance models...

Lloyds, HSBC and NatWest get OpenAI access amid mounting concerns

BoE, FCA and ECB intensify focus on resilience, AI assurance and vulnerability testing...

No proof, no release: QA’s compliance moment in banking is here

Why is QA rapidly becoming banking’s first line of defence against regulatory risk?...

ECB pushes banks from ‘andante to presto’ on AI testing risks: ‘the clock is ticking’

The ECB has told European banks to move from slow remediation to rapid resilience...

NSA warning on AI automation protocol raises fresh testing concerns for banks

The NSA has flagged 'new and largely not well-traced attack paths' in autonomous AI systems...

FCA pushes banks to prove AI testing: ‘not theory, but evidence’

The FCA is specifically seeking examples related to AI governance, oversight and assurance...

BofE escalates AI fears as regulators push banks toward continuous testing

The Bank of England is pressuring banks to continuously test and validate AI systems...