Compliance Stories - Page 7

Australian Stories

Compliance stories

Australia leads in trusted AI service investment, Salesforce

Despite regulatory pressure, Australian service leaders are prioritising customer-facing AI spending as trust in AI agents outpaces global averages.

By Mark Tarre • 4 min read • Fri, 19th Jun 2026

Digital Transformation

QuickBooks adds HeroClear for Payday Super compliance

Australian small businesses face tighter super deadlines from 1 July, as a clearing house used by 250,000 firms is set to close.

By Sean Mitchell • 3 min read • Thu, 18th Jun 2026

Global Stories

Compliance stories

Data Protection

Google Cloud adds cross-region backups for more workloads

Customers can now lower disaster-recovery costs while keeping backup copies outside the source region to meet outage and residency needs.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • Fri, 26th Jun 2026

Customer Relationship Management

Beyond Prompt Engineering: Why Trust Engineering Is the Next AI Challenge

Poor contact data can undermine AI outputs at scale, making upstream verification more important than prompt tweaks for compliance and accuracy.

By Edmund Ng • 6 min read • Fri, 26th Jun 2026

Software-as-a-Service

Nexis urges mid-year identity governance budget review

Manual access reviews and audit gaps are adding hidden costs as firms hit mid-year and rethink identity governance budgets.

By Sean Mitchell • 5 min read • Thu, 25th Jun 2026

Cloud Security

Finite State to spotlight automotive supply chain security

Carmakers face tougher proof requirements as software-heavy vehicles multiply vulnerabilities across suppliers, apps and cloud systems.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 4 min read • Wed, 24th Jun 2026

Software-as-a-Service

Flagright raises USD $12.5m to expand AI compliance

The funding will help the London-based firm expand in the US as banks face rising fraud and money laundering risks, and heavier scrutiny.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • Mon, 22nd Jun 2026

Data Analytics

Quest study finds hidden tax on ad-hoc data delivery

Ad-hoc data work is draining staff time and slowing AI projects, as only a quarter of large firms have structured data programmes.

By Mark Tarre • 5 min read • Mon, 22nd Jun 2026

Generative AI

Shield adds Copilot & image text surveillance tools

Compliance teams can now monitor Microsoft 365 Copilot chats and text inside images, closing two recordkeeping gaps for banks.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • Sat, 20th Jun 2026

Risk & Compliance

Businesses warned over crypto providers before MiCA deadline

Businesses could face payment disruption if their crypto providers fail to win EU approval before MiCA's transitional period ends on 1 July.

By Karen Joy Bacudo • 4 min read • Fri, 19th Jun 2026

Digital Transformation

When Agents act on bad data, the damage is automatic

Bad contact records can send autonomous AI workflows off course, with errors compounding across thousands of customer actions at once.

By Bobby Joseph • 6 min read • Fri, 19th Jun 2026

Data Protection

Reco launches Claude security integration for enterprises

Security teams can now trace AI activity across employee and developer environments as Reco links Claude usage to permissions, keys and data paths.

By Mark Tarre • 4 min read • Fri, 19th Jun 2026

Software-as-a-Service

Thomson Reuters launches AI tax tool for EU VAT reform

Businesses face a patchwork of EU digital VAT rules, with Thomson Reuters saying most tax teams are not yet ready for the overhaul.

By Karen Joy Bacudo • 4 min read • Fri, 19th Jun 2026

Stories from Other Regions

Compliance stories

Supply Chain

US defence suppliers lag on cybersecurity readiness

Many defence contractors remain exposed as only 13% use software bills of materials and just 29% join industry threat-sharing groups.

By Mark Tarre • 4 min read • Sat, 27th Jun 2026

Fintech

Lead Bank joins American Fintech Council in membership push

The move strengthens the trade group's push for tighter standards as scrutiny of banking-as-a-service partnerships intensifies across the US financial sector.

By Karen Joy Bacudo • 3 min read • Sat, 27th Jun 2026

Data Protection

Federal cybersecurity report flags supply chain gaps

Many defence suppliers still lack visibility into software risks, as more than a quarter reported a supply chain compromise last year.

By Mark Tarre • 4 min read • Fri, 26th Jun 2026

Data Protection

Before you hit send: The growing role of email verification in compliance

Cleaner lists can cut bounces, protect sender reputation and help marketers meet GDPR and CAN-SPAM obligations before campaigns go out.

By Edmund Ng • 6 min read • Tue, 23rd Jun 2026

Crypto

BitGo Singapore & dtcpay forge regulated payments deal

The tie-up gives dtcpay access to licensed infrastructure in Singapore, easing compliance pressures as businesses demand safer digital asset payments.

By Karen Joy Bacudo • 4 min read • Tue, 23rd Jun 2026