Ben Mazzotta

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Compliance Product Data Lead is the role category emerging at scale exchanges and issuers: data contracts, lineage, and quality controls connecting chain analytics to TM/AML. That's governance inside the product stack, not beside it.

[Ben Mazzotta @clarevantllc]

Treasury's Mar. 6, 2026 GENIUS-mandated report pushes operational Travel Rule compliance and blockchain analytics, not policy slides. U.S. qualifying crypto transfers remain subject to BSA recordkeeping at the $3,000 threshold.

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MiCA CASP transitional grandfathering ends July 1, 2026. ESMA has confirmed no extension. Unlicensed crypto-asset service providers must cease EU operations or face authorisation evidence builds now. https://t.co/v3qUZsqAAB

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SEC Release 33-11412 (effective Mar. 23, 2026) draws jurisdictional lines: five-category token taxonomy and recognition that investment contracts can terminate on decentralization. Listing / disclosure controls = operating requirements, not legal memos. https://t.co/68aExkzDTP

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FinCEN/OFAC PPSI AML/CFT comment deadline is June 9, 2026. Issuer trade-group input on program testing, reserve attestation, and sanctions screening will shape GENIUS stablecoin compliance before final rules. https://t.co/BuH4xnU7hj

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Alloy, Sardine, and Hummingbird are each posting vendor-side compliance and GRC roles to prove their own controls — not only configure clients' compliance programs. That is the emerging function in RegTech: evidence operations inside the vendor itself.

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DORA critical ICT third-party designations will materially raise governance build requirements for RegTech vendors serving EU financial institutions. Contract terms, resilience testing, and audit evidence shift to vendor obligations. https://t.co/pIF8pzDzR2

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Watch for the OCC's forthcoming AI/model risk RFI following Bulletin 2026-13. Its scope will determine whether compliance platform AI features must meet formal validation standards — a direct question for every RegTech vendor that markets AI-assisted AML or fraud decisioning.

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FinCEN and interagency AML/CFT comment deadline is June 9, 2026. Trade group focus on independent testing standards and vendor model documentation will shape what banks require from RegTech platforms after the final rule. https://t.co/xyI7tAq8Lg

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OCC Bulletin 2026-13 extended model risk management requirements to vendor and third-party products. AI features inside AML and compliance platforms now need documentation, not just specs. https://t.co/j4Zb7vnWlr

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Emerging role in lending: Regulatory Data Engineering lead. The function bridges fair lending analytics, 1071 reporting QA, and audit-ready model lineage so compliance evidence survives regulator and partner-bank review. Who owns this in your org?

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CFPB Circular 2022-03 remains the operational test for complex underwriting: adverse action notices must be specific and accurate. Generic reason codes are a governance failure mode, not a safe default.
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Watch CA DFPI and NY DFS notices. State enforcement can move faster than federal cycles, and one disclosure/servicing action can force immediate control redesign across lending operations.
https://t.co/3T65OTX8Py

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The next Section 1071 scope/timing update is more than a policy headline. It resets implementation assumptions for mid-size lenders and can instantly shift hiring from "later" to "now" in regulatory data operations.
https://t.co/elImlgX5TA

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Lending compliance is now a convergence problem: Section 1071 data programs + AI adverse action explainability + partner-bank oversight. Firms that run these as separate tracks usually hit remediation pressure late.
https://t.co/elImlgWy42

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The SEC Is Coming for Your System Logs https://t.co/O6dX6W6nB8

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Reg S-P's Jun. 3, 2026 smaller-entity compliance date is a wealthtech hiring signal.

Incident response now needs customer-data inventory, service-provider oversight, notification logic, and written proof.
https://t.co/xs104NUFzr

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SEC 2026 exam priorities put automated investment advice, AI, trading algorithms, and alternative data in scope.

The DG issue is whether model controls match investor disclosures and profiles.
https://t.co/m6lqxe0aXK

[Ben Mazzotta @clarevantllc]

Emerging wealthtech DG role: an automated-advice governance owner who connects questionnaire logic, model documentation, marketing claims, Reg S-P response, complaints, and exam evidence.
Who owns that today?