Picture a banking supervisor arriving on Monday morning to find every new filing already analysed, peer comparisons run and outliers flagged before their coffee has cooled.
This guest opinion piece is the fifth in a series from Björn Fastabend, bringing us a regulator’s perspective alongside a wealth of experience in digital reporting. Björn is head of the XBRL collection and processing unit at BaFin, Germany’s Federal Financial Supervisory Authority, where he supervises all related activities and leads the implementation of strategic […]
Machines are playing an ever larger role in how financial data is accessed, processed and understood, according to Joshua White, Chief Economist of the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).
When a single rule proposal draws more than 181,000 comment letters, how does anyone make sense of them? In a new Point of View blog, Campbell Pryde, President and CEO of XBRL US, argues that structured, machine-readable comment templates would let regulators and market participants put AI to better use.
Europe’s three financial supervisors have set out how the sector should handle the cyber risks that come with the most powerful AI systems.
Europe’s three financial supervisors have set out how the sector should handle the cyber risks that come with the most powerful AI systems.
Corporate reporting remains steadfastly human-led even as artificial intelligence (AI) adoption gathers pace, according to new research published by the UK’s Financial Reporting Council (FRC).
The Financial Stability Board (FSB) recently held a roundtable to examine the financial stability implications of structural change in the global audit industry, from shifting firm ownership to the rapid uptake of new technologies.
The Financial Stability Board (FSB) has opened a consultation on sound practices for the responsible adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) by financial institutions, published on 10 June 2026. Comments are invited until 22 July.
The UK’s Financial Reporting Council (FRC) has announced a significant expansion of its sandbox innovation programme, with three new initiatives inviting audit firms and companies to work directly with the regulator.
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