As the regulatory landscape undergoes global transformation, financial institutions continue to look for reliability, scalability, and intelligence in their compliance frameworks. In this interview, Panayiotis Omirou, CEO of MAP FinTech, reflects on a year marked by continuous regulatory evolution, technological innovation, and strengthened client partnerships. He also shares his perspective on how the RegTech industry is reshaping compliance and MAP FinTech’s plans to lead the way.
Q1: MAP FinTech operates in an increasingly competitive RegTech landscape. What sets your firm apart?
Our differentiation comes from the balance between technological capability, regulatory expertise, and operational trust. First, our proprietary Polaris platform is continuously enhanced in-house, allowing us to respond rapidly to changing regulatory requirements, while maintaining full control over security, quality, and performance.
Second, we offer comprehensive multi-regime and multi-jurisdictional coverage, including regulations such as EMIR, MiFIR, SFTR, ASIC, MAS, CSA, FATCA, DAC6, and more, all on a single platform. Beyond transaction reporting, Polaris integrates Market Abuse Surveillance and Best Execution Monitoring, streamlining compliance from end to end.
Third, we have a solid track record of early adoption and proven execution. MAP FinTech was one of the first European regulatory reporting vendors to report under EMIR, with billions of transactions successfully submitted on behalf of global financial institutions.
Finally, as part of the ComplyMAP Group, we pair advanced technology with deep regulatory and subject matter expertise, allowing clients to rely on a solution that is both operationally robust and regulator-tested.
Q2: The trade and transaction reporting landscape is evolving rapidly. What trends are having the biggest impact today?
We’re witnessing significant shifts globally. Regulatory rewrites across Europe, North America, Australia, and Asia, along with increased supervisory scrutiny, have elevated expectations around issues such as data governance, reconciliation, transparency, and operational resilience.
Regulators are no longer satisfied with accurate submissions; they want evidence of strong oversight, reliable reporting architectures, and the ability to effectively manage disruptions. At the same time, the scale and complexity of data requirements continue to rise.
This has accelerated the adoption of automation, intelligent validation, and AI-powered oversight. Compliance has evolved from a back-office obligation into a strategic operational discipline that demands sophistication and adaptability.
Q3: AI and automation are transforming compliance and reporting. How is MAP FinTech positioned in the market today?
Today, AI and automation sit at the core of effective reporting frameworks. At MAP FinTech, we are investing heavily in intelligent processing from AI-assisted validation and predictive exception management to automated reconciliation and advanced analytics.
A significant milestone is the upcoming launch of the Polaris Virtual Assistant (PVA), an AI-driven enhancement that enables natural language interaction within the platform. It delivers real-time answers, compliance clarifications, red flag alerts, and process guidance, allowing clients to resolve issues faster and enhance operational self-sufficiency.
These advancements reflect our broader aim, which is to provide continuous intelligence and enable our clients to anticipate issues, strengthen data quality, and operate with resilience across all reporting regimes.
Q4: RegTech has moved from a nice-to-have to a mission-critical capability. What is driving this shift?
The shift is driven by escalating regulatory pressure and the limitations of manual reporting processes. Today’s compliance environment demands scale, accuracy, auditability, and built-in resilience. Institutions must demonstrate that they can effectively govern their data, manage operational risks, and adapt quickly to new regulatory obligations.
As reporting regimes become more interconnected and data expectations continue to rise, RegTech is no longer optional; it is now crucial to operational continuity, competitive positioning, and long-term regulatory confidence.
Q5: How is MAP FinTech innovating to help clients stay ahead of these changes?
Innovation is continuous and client-driven. Throughout 2025, we completed the development of our new Polaris portal together with a powerful suite of AI-enhanced tools designed to support day-to-day regulatory operations. These capabilities enable natural-language interaction with reporting data, assist users in identifying potential issues, and also receive answers to questions about both the platform’s operation and the wider regulatory landscape around regulatory reporting.
These advancements form the core of our next-generation platform, which will be rolled out to a select group of clients in 2026 as part of a phased release. This release marks the foundation of a broader innovation roadmap, with additional AI-driven capabilities and platform enhancements planned for subsequent phases.
At the same time, we have continued to strengthen our multi-jurisdictional coverage and refined our onboarding and support processes to help clients adapt seamlessly to regulatory changes.
Our Transaction Reporting Health Checks and reconciliation enhancements also remain a key part of our quality framework, ensuring data integrity, timeliness, and alignment with regulatory expectations. Ultimately, our goal is to deliver clarity, control, and efficiency, enabling compliance teams to operate at peak resilience.
Q6: What is your vision for MAP FinTech and its clients as we move into 2026 and beyond?
My vision for MAP FinTech is to be more than a regulatory solutions provider; we would ultimately like to be a trusted partner helping clients turn regulatory complexity into business opportunities. We see a future where compliance and business growth converge, where regulatory data becomes a strategic asset, operational resilience is embedded, and firms can expand into new markets with confidence.
Looking ahead to 2026, our vision is to leverage modern and innovative technological breakthroughs to simplify the client’s experience. We aim to build the most streamlined regulatory reporting platform in the market by enhancing automation to reduce the client’s workload across data preparation, monitoring, and reconciliation, making the end-to-end reporting journey even more streamlined and intuitive.
For our clients, this means being prepared for whatever comes next: a new regulatory regime, data requirement, or place of doing business. For MAP FinTech, it means continuing to innovate, broadening our global coverage, strengthening our partnerships, and delivering excellence in execution and service.
If we achieve this, our clients won’t just navigate change; they will lead it.
