Rethinking regulation: how CUBE is redefining RegTech with AI
Regulatory complexity in financial services is accelerating faster than many organisations can adapt. Regulators worldwide are issuing thousands of updates every month – and, far from minor procedural tweaks, these are often paradigm shifts in data privacy, ESG, financial conduct and operational resilience.
This leaves financial institutions at a crossroads. Traditional reliance on manual tracking and fragmented systems is no longer sustainable.
For compliance and risk teams, the challenge isn’t just volume – it’s velocity. The ability to interpret, act and align internal policies with external mandates in real time is now a competitive differentiator.
It’s time to bring in intelligent automation – and this is where compliance software provider CUBE, with its AI-powered regulatory intelligence platform, is leading the charge.
AI as a strategic enabler, not just a tool
AI is moving beyond simple support in compliance and risk to become a critical enabler. For example, CUBE’s Automated Regulatory Intelligence (ARI) engine, powered by RegBrain, transforms regulatory content into structured, contextualised intelligence.
Far surpassing keyword matching or robotic parsing, the CUBE solution takes account of nuance, intent and jurisdictional relevance – at scale.
Advanced AI regulatory intelligence
The CUBE platform combines advanced technology and human expertise to deliver smarter regulatory insights.
- Semantic AI: goes beyond surface-level text to interpret regulatory meaning and map it to business obligations.
- Global coverage: monitors 10,000 issuing bodies across 750 jurisdictions, enabling end-to-end oversight.
- Dynamic mapping: aligns external regulations with internal controls, policies and frameworks in real time.
- “Human in the loop” assurance: 250 in-house subject matter experts ensure precision and trust.
From compliance burden to strategic insight
CUBE’s RegPlatformTM unlocks opportunity as well as reducing risk. By surfacing regulatory trends and emerging themes, the platform empowers leadership teams to anticipate change rather than react to it.
This shift from defensive compliance to proactive governance is where true transformation lies.
Building the future through ecosystem thinking
Since the start of 2024, CUBE has more than doubled revenue and headcount, completing landmark acquisitions, including Acin in June 2025 and the Thomson Reuters Regulatory Intelligence and Oden businesses in January 2025. The company has also launched its new global HQ and AI Centre of Excellence in London.
Acquiring Acin led to the creation of the industry’s first unified data-driven platform to combine regulatory compliance and operational risk management. This is also the foundation of a global industry collaboration initiative, led by CUBE and supported by Barclays, BNP Paribas, Citi, JPMorganChase and Lloyds Banking Group.
The goal of this partnership is to raise standards, reduce duplication, accelerate responsible AI innovation and deliver better outcomes across the ecosystem.
Beyond finance: a cross-industry imperative
While CUBE’s core is financial services, its impact is expanding. Financially regulated industries such as insurance, healthcare, energy and supervisory boards are now leveraging CUBE’s RegPlatform to navigate sector-specific regulations with confidence.
Regulatory intelligence is no longer a niche function but a universal need.
Built on trusted Microsoft AI
Microsoft isn’t just providing Azure Cloud horsepower for CUBE’s solution. The Microsoft AI technology stack further delivers the depth and reliability that compliance demands. From natural language understanding to responsible AI governance, the company’s technical expertise ensures that platforms like CUBE can scale without compromising trust.
Microsoft’s strategic partnership with CUBE heralds a future in which AI-powered regulatory intelligence is embedded into every organisation.
Thought leadership in action
Beyond helping organisations respond to regulatory change, CUBE is helping shape the future of compliance and risk. With advanced AI, global scale and deep subject-matter expertise, CUBE is delivering the tools to help regulated industries stay compliant, manage risk and stay ahead of regulatory headwinds.
This is what compliance and risk means in the digital age – no longer a cost centre, but a source of resilience, reputation and readiness.
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Microsoft Purview Compliance Manager
About the author
Ben is the Founder and CEO of CUBE Ltd, which he established in 2011 to transform regulatory compliance through AI. Previously at Misys (now part of Finastra), Ben recognised how unstructured data could help reshape the future of compliance.
Today, CUBE is the first automated service to track regulatory updates from every source worldwide, helping organisations standardise and map changes to stay compliant. CUBE serves over 1,000 clients in more than 150 countries, and Ben was named Entrepreneur of the Year at GP Bullhound’s Allstars 2024.
This article is authored by a guest contributor. The views expressed are the author’s and do not necessarily represent Microsoft’s position.
