2026 marks a decisive shift in financial supervision. The focus has moved from regulatory pressure and compliance narratives to supervisory testing based on evidence.

Governance is no longer judged by frameworks or stated intent. It is examined through how systems behave in practice, how decisions are made and overridden, how data quality is sustained under change, and whether architecture holds up when scrutiny intensifies.

In this opening episode of RegCast Season 7, we explore why governance has become examinable, how political dynamics and regulatory divergence across the UK, EU, APAC and US are sharpening supervisory expectations, and what this means for operating models, technology choices, and assurance through 2028.

The discussion sets the control lens for the season and frames the decisions firms must make before expectations harden and become costly to reverse. Join in and follow all the analysis from the RegTechFS conference registration site: https://regtechconference.co.uk/.