Modernizing Compliance without Disrupting the Business: The Always-on Compliance Approach

Webinar summary

Compliance leaders face a growing gap between regulatory expectations and the capabilities of legacy operating models. Large-scale transformation can feel risky, expensive, and disruptive. This webinar explores how moving towards an AI-native and Always-on Compliance approach enables institutions to modernize safely, introducing continuous oversight and intelligence in a controlled, pragmatic way that protects business operations.

Speakers

Charmian Simmons – Financial Crime & Compliance Expert, SymphonyAI

Marcus Vinicius Martinez – Industry Advisor, EMEA, Microsoft

Hugo Matos – Senior Manager, Financial Services, EY

Discussion breakdown

In this 45-minute session, experts discuss and share practical insights on what a realistic, low-risk modernization path looks like in practice:

Why legacy compliance platforms are reaching their limits
Understand where traditional rules-first architectures create operational bottlenecks, slow investigations, and hinder regulatory responsiveness.
What truly differentiates AI-native compliance platforms
Learn why incremental upgrades to legacy systems often fall short — and how AI-native platforms unlock new operational capabilities.
What “Always-On Compliance” means in practice
Discover how continuous monitoring, AI-driven workflows, and real-time regulatory adaptation reshape compliance operations.

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about the author

Charmian Simmons

Principal Strategic Advisor for FinCrime Compliance

Charmian Simmons is a Principal Strategic Advisor for FinCrime Compliance, helping financial institutions navigate the evolving intersection of regulation, risk, technology and innovation. She has over 20 years of experience in the financial sector across risk management, financial crime, internal controls and IT advisory. A technology evangelist with a focus on AI-driven innovation and transformation, Charmian leverages her practitioner expertise and industry knowledge to provide strategic advisory services and thought leadership on the regulatory, policy and technology developments transforming financial crime compliance. Prior to joining Symphony AI, Charmian was a FinCrime Expert with BAE Systems, a Regional Director of Strategy and Performance for the Risk business at Refinitiv, the Head of Audit in North America at Lloyds Banking Group USA and a Vice President at Morgan Stanley covering Capital Markets. Charmian is CAMS, CDPSE, CRMA and CISA certified.

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