Bracing for a regtech boom

With an unenviable raft of new regulation imminently coming into force, market participants anticipate a flurry of adoption of compliance-related technology, which is expected to prove lucrative for regtech providers. Some of the key players discuss the drivers behind this trend, and regtech’s potential over the long term

The regtech – a loosely defined catch-all for providers of technology that addresses regulation and compliance issues – industry is expected to deliver impressive growth levels during 2017. That’s hardly surprising, considering the amount of imminent regulation looming over financial markets participants. But what may be surprising is that providers expect a shift in the regulatory environment toward rolling incremental regulatory updates to sustain this growth long beyond the current round of