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AI in Financial Services in 5 Stories

AI in Financial Services in 5 Stories – Week Ending July 31, 2026

Welcome to AI in Financial Services in 5 Stories. A practical weekly roundup of the five most important AI developments affecting banking, insurance, payments, asset management, and fintech. Each Friday, Tom Fox will break down the top stories that matter most through the lenses of compliance, risk management, governance, and business strategy. Designed for compliance professionals, executives, legal teams, and financial services leaders, it goes beyond headlines to explain why each development matters in a highly regulated industry. The result is a concise weekly briefing that helps listeners stay current on AI innovation while asking sharper questions about oversight, accountability, and trust.

This week’s stories include the following:

  1. Using traditional legal frameworks to regulate AI. (Reuters)
  2. HSBC opens AI center of excellence. (FinTech Global)
  3. The 60-25-15 rule is reshaping AI compliance pilots. (FinTech Global)
  4. Banks appointing Chief AI Officers. (FinTech Magazine)
  5. BaFin to monitor AI use at banks and insurers. (Reuters)

For more information on the use of AI in Compliance programs, Tom Fox’s new book, Upping Your Game, is available. You can purchase a copy of the book on Amazon.com.

To learn about the intersection of Sherlock Holmes and the modern compliance professional, check out Tom’s latest book, The Game is Afoot-What Sherlock Holmes Teaches About Risk, Ethics and Investigations on Amazon.com.

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AI Today in 5

AI Today in 5: July 30, 2026, The Compliance Decision Fatigue Edition

Welcome to AI Today in 5, the newest addition to the Compliance Podcast Network. Each day, Tom Fox will bring you 5 stories about AI to start your day. Sit back, enjoy a cup of morning coffee, and listen in to AI Today in 5. All from the Compliance Podcast Network. Each day, we consider five stories from the business world, compliance, ethics, risk management, leadership, or general interest about AI.

Top AI stories include:

  1. Compliance decision fatigue in the age of AI. (JD Supra)
  2. BaFin to monitor AI use at banks and insurers. (Reuters)
  3. Can regs become machine-readable? (FinTech Global)
  4. Investment firms say AI is their top compliance concern. (Investment News)
  5. FDA rulebook for AI in drug trials. (The Clinical Trial Vanguard)

For more information on the use of AI in compliance programs, Tom Fox’s new book, Upping Your Game, is available. You can purchase a copy of the book on ⁠Amazon.com⁠.

To learn about the intersection of Sherlock Holmes and the modern compliance professional, check out Tom’s latest book, The Game is Afoot-What Sherlock Holmes Teaches About Risk, Ethics and Investigations on ⁠Amazon.com⁠.

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10 For 10

10 For 10: Top Compliance Stories For the Week Ending, November 8, 2025

Welcome to 10 For 10, the podcast that brings you the week’s Top 10 compliance stories in one podcast each week. Tom Fox, the Voice of Compliance, brings to you, the compliance professional, the compliance stories you need to be aware of to end your busy week. Sit back, and in 10 minutes, hear about the stories every compliance professional should be aware of from the prior week. Every Saturday, 10 For 10 highlights the most important news, insights, and analysis for the compliance professional, all curated by Tom Fox, the Voice of Compliance. Get your weekly filling of compliance stories with 10 for 10, a podcast produced by the Compliance Podcast Network.

Top stories this week include:

  • Indonesia is looking into Chinese corruption over the high-speed train. (SCMP)
  • The tariff argument goes poorly for the Administration at the Supreme Court. (Reuters)
  • Norwegian Sovereign Wealth Fund votes against Musk’s $1tn pay package. (WSJ)
  • NBA Reports to Congress on Gambling Probe. (The Athletic)
  • Capula’s former CCO claims retaliation for whistleblowing as the reason for termination. (Bloomberg)
  • BaFin slaps €45MM fine on JPMorgan. (FT)
  • Trump threw a temper tantrum over corruption Q. (The Daily Beast)
  • SBF says trial ‘fundamentally unfair’. (FT)
  • State capture and corruption. (The Guardian)
  • Sex dolls, compliance, and Shein. (WSJ)

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Daily Compliance News

Daily Compliance News: November 7, 2025, The Do $1tn Pay Packages Really Incentives You Edition

Welcome to the Daily Compliance News. Each day, Tom Fox, the Voice of Compliance, brings you compliance-related stories to start your day. Sit back, enjoy a cup of morning coffee, and listen in to the Daily Compliance News. All, from the Compliance Podcast Network. Each day, we consider four stories from the business world, including compliance, ethics, risk management, leadership, or general interest, relevant to the compliance professional.

Top stories include:

  • NBA Reports to Congress on Gambling Probe. (The Athletic)
  • Capula ex-CCO claims retaliation for whistleblowing in termination. (Bloomberg)
  • BaFin slaps a €45 million fine on JPMorgan. (FT)
  • Will Elon Musk really work harder for a $1 trillion pay package? (NYT)

The Daily Compliance News has been honored as No. 2 in the Best Regulatory Compliance Podcasts category.

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Daily Compliance News

Daily Compliance News: August 1, 2023 – The Accident Waiting to Happen Edition

Welcome to the Daily Compliance News. Each day, Tom Fox, the Voice of Compliance brings to you compliance-related stories to start your day. Sit back, enjoy a cup of morning coffee, and listen in to the Daily Compliance News. All, from the Compliance Podcast Network. Each day we consider four stories from the business world, compliance, ethics, risk management, leadership, or general interest for the compliance professional.

  • Binance founder draws scrutiny from German regulator. (WSJ)
  • Lead FBI agent talks about Householder case. (Columbus Dispatch)
  • US asks SCt to delay Purdue Pharma settlement. (Reuters)
  • eBike for adult or motorcycle for kids: disaster in the offing. (NYT)
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Wirecard

IT Shopping on eBay

Welcome to Season 3 of Lies, Spies & Corporate Crimes: The Wirecard Saga. The Wirecard Saga has become the world’s leading source of all things Wirecard. In Lies, Spies & Corporate Crimes: The Wirecard Saga, Mikhail Reider-Gordon, Managing Director of Institutional Ethics & Integrity at Affiliated Monitors, looks at the biggest financial scandal in post-war Germany from a variety of angles. In this episode, Mikhail continues her exploration of those persons, entities, and governments who have been damaged, some beyond repair, by Wirecard and the nuclear fallout from its scandal.

Some of the highlights include:

  • Claims of exculpatory evidence concealed
  • Much is irrelevant to this trial
  • Shopping on eBay
  • Cash to the HedgeHog
  • Shareholder lawsuit struck down
  • Germany’s FIU forgets 100,000 STRs
  • BaFin ups their social media presence
  • Apas punts
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Daily Compliance News

December 31, 2021 the Fog Ahead Edition


In today’s edition of Daily Compliance News:

  • Legislation to take on Amazon productivity algorithms. (Bloomberg)
  • Delaware court rulings that will shape M&A in 2022. (Reuters)
  • Deutsche Bank fined by German regulators for poor internal controls. (WSJ)
  • Foggy regulations challenge crypto. (WSJ)
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Daily Compliance News

February 3, 2021, the Farewell to Holbrook edition

In today’s edition of Daily Compliance News:

  • Germany to create regulator ‘with a bite’. (FT)
  • Tone at the top really does matter. (NYT)
  • Jeff Bezos to step down. (WSJ)
  • Mark Twain Tonight closes. (NYT)
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Daily Compliance News

January 29, 2021, the Say it ain’t so Bonus edition


In today’s edition of Daily Compliance News:

  • Think corruption is victimless crime, think again. (WSJ)
  • Reg freeze impacts AML reforms. (WSJ)
  • FB to sue Apple, say it ain’t so Joe. (NYT)
  • BaFin sues ex-employee for using inside information to engage in insider trading of Wirecard. (FT)
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Daily Compliance News

January 13, 2021, the More BaFin FUBAR edition


In today’s edition of Daily Compliance News:

  • More BaFin FUBAR. (FT)
  • Biden Administration/OECD tax deal in the works. (FT)
  • BA bracing for largest cyber breach claim. (FT)
  • What is the future of private business in China? (FT)