The Compliance Playbook: Navigating the Financial Services Industry’s Compliance Priorities in 2025

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By Carol Beaumier and Bernadine Reese

The big picture: As we enter the new year, the financial services industry once again faces compliance risks that are increasingly diverse and complex.

Priorities by region: For 2025 we asked a larger-than-usual group of Protiviti colleagues across the globe to help identify the most pressing compliance issues in their market.

Common areas of concern: Artificial intelligence, financial crime, privacy and security, operational resilience, third party risk management, consumer protection, compliance function optimisation, and resourcing were identified as priorities in all regions.

Go deeper: Read about idiosyncratic issues in North America that have emerged from heightened uncertainty, regulators’ ESG focus in Europe and U.K., and conduct and culture concerns in Asia-Pacific. We also look back at our 2024 predictions.

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