How AI and Machine Learning are Transforming the Way the Regtech Sector Operates?

By Apac CIO Outlook | Thursday, April 01, 2021

Regulatory technology is committed to disrupting the regulatory landscape by delivering advanced technologies to the ever-increasing demands of compliance within the financial sector. The rapidly increasing levels of technology investment across the financial services sector are also contributing to this disruption within the industry.

Fremont, CA: Technology has begun to play a significant role in the Regtech (Regulatory Technology) ecosystem over the last few years. This is significantly transforming the way financial risk, financial crime risk and governance, risk management, and compliance (GRC) are addressed and delivered. By unlocking technology's power, specifically artificial intelligence and machine learning, financial institutions and regulators have realized that they can automate and streamlining compliance functions.

Significantly, Regtech refers to the use of emerging technologies to advance the way companies manage regulatory compliance.

Regtech Transforms Financial Services

There is no secret that the latest digital revolution is significantly changing the way risk management and regulatory compliance requirements are managed and implemented. By adopting a digital-first approach, Regtech-powered solutions can automate standard processes, send alerts in the event of inconsistencies, update according to the latest requirements, evaluate all available data and generate reports that can be submitted to the authorities.

Many regulatory technology solutions can be used to integrate with existing IT infrastructure. Typically, such solutions are designed to meet specific challenges. For example, consumer verification apps that leverage AI and machine learning significantly reduce the time needed for verification.

Beyond compliance and regulations, Regtech solutions contribute to improved operations and increased competitiveness. Today, most start-ups have begun to leverage digital technologies such as APIs, AIs, machine learning, and robotic process automation (RPAs) for the burdensome tasks required to comply with the regulations.

In this regard, Regtech promises to reduce the cost of compliance processes and increase efficiency to make them faster and more reliable. As a result, this will reduce the customer burden and minimize the risk of costly compliance failures. This can also enable businesses to gain a higher competitive edge over their peers.