StarCompliance launches 2026 compliance benchmark webinar series

StarCompliance is rolling out a three-part webinar series tied to its inaugural Global Compliance Benchmark Study, which surveyed more than 300 financial services compliance, risk and technology professionals. The findings point to faster AI adoption, new risk from digital assets and prediction markets, and pressure to modernize information barriers and surveillance programs.

Why it matters: - Financial services compliance teams are shifting from point solutions to more connected programs that tie together surveillance, AI governance, workflow management and evidence generation. - The study highlights where firms are feeling the most pressure: AI deployment, digital asset risk, and control room modernization. - The webinar series gives compliance leaders a structured way to turn benchmark data into operating changes.

What happened: - StarCompliance launched the 2026 Global Compliance Benchmark Study Webinar Series, a three-part virtual program built on the company’s inaugural Global Compliance Benchmark Study. - The study surveyed more than 300 compliance, risk and technology professionals across financial services. - StarCompliance said the study identified three central industry shifts: accelerating artificial intelligence adoption, growing scrutiny of digital assets and prediction markets, and rising pressure to modernize surveillance and information barrier programs.

The details: - The benchmark study points to a broader move toward connected compliance ecosystems. - Those ecosystems unify employee conduct oversight, information barriers, AI governance, workflow management and evidence generation. - Compliance organizations are moving from AI experimentation toward operational deployment across surveillance and oversight functions. - New asset classes are introducing insider trading risk, policy gaps and surveillance requirements that existing compliance frameworks do not fully address. - Firms face growing pressure to modernize control room operations as data moves more freely across business functions and jurisdictions. - Organizations are consolidating employee conduct oversight, AI governance and evidence generation into unified compliance programs. - Webinar One, “AI in Compliance: From Potential to Operational Impact,” streams Aug. 13 at 11 a.m. EST. - Webinar One will cover AI adoption strategies, governance considerations and ways to maximize return on AI investments in compliance. - Webinar Two, “New Markets, Same Risk: Compliance Challenges in Digital and Prediction Markets,” streams Sept. 17 at 11 a.m. EST. - Webinar Two will address insider trading risk, policy development and surveillance requirements tied to digital assets and prediction markets. - Webinar Three, “Information Barriers Under Pressure: MNPI Governance in a Connected World,” streams Oct. 22 at 11 a.m. EST. - Webinar Three will examine how organizations are modernizing control room operations, surveillance and oversight. - Compliance leaders can access the full study findings and register for all three sessions on the StarCompliance blog.

Between the lines: - The study suggests compliance teams are under pressure to keep pace with faster-changing markets and faster-moving data. - The focus on connected compliance tools signals demand for platforms that reduce fragmentation across governance, monitoring and reporting. - StarCompliance is using the webinar series to position the study as both a research product and a practical roadmap for firms.

What's next: - The first webinar is scheduled for Aug. 13, followed by sessions on Sept. 17 and Oct. 22. - Firms that attend can use the series to compare their current compliance setup with the benchmark findings. - The full study findings remain available for compliance leaders reviewing AI, digital asset and information barrier priorities.