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The Future of Communications Surveillance in Brazil

Brazil’s financial sector is at a turning point. With global regulators handing out billions in fines for off-channel communications, communications surveillance has become a board-level priority. For Brazilian firms, where WhatsApp dominates professional interactions, the challenge isn’t if to monitor — but how to capture, retain and govern mobile, voice, and messaging data effectively.
Achent Chawla - Head of Business Development
September 25, 2025
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What to do about WhatsApp misuse? The answer isn’t sacking

The recent sacking of Goldman Sachs' global head of transaction banking services, Hari Moorthy, once again spotlights a complex dilemma facing banking compliance professionals across the world: what to do about WhatsApp?
VoxSmart
December 6, 2023
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Dubai-based firms must double down on market abuse monitoring

Earlier this month, the Dubai Financial Services Authority (DFSA) fined Dubai-based FFA Private Bank $370,000 over the firm’s failure to identify, assess and report instances of suspected market abuse by traders between 2018 and 2021.
Oliver Blower
November 21, 2023
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Why are so many financial institutions facing the CFTC swaps reporting wrath

Over the past month, the Commodity Futures Trading Commissions (CFTC) stance on transparency and accountability in swap markets has been stronger than Suella Braverman’s immigration rhetoric – and that is saying something!
Oliver Blower
November 14, 2023
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AI for Fixed Income

Every man, woman and their dogs are talking about AI right now – but it seems they are only doing so in the abstract. Worryingly, even global institutional investors appear to be gripped by the constant hype and hyperbole....
VoxSmart
July 11, 2023
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