Wildcards
for 2026

Lazarus Group, The Great Erasure

The moment the global financial system discovers its true weakness.

Baptiste Forestier

One Register To Rule Them All

A single global register: one ID, one truth.

Stephen Abbott Pugh

The Second Self: When AI Identity Twins Take Over KYC

Every citizen gets an AI twin. Criminals learn to hack the twin.

Chris Weier

When Identity Stopped Being Verifiable

KYC collapses when reality isn’t required to build an identity.

Mads Sidor Radich

When an LLM Goes Feral

A misconfigured API unleashes an LLM that trains on real-world telemetry.

Roshni Bharadwaj

The AML Authority Accidentally Breaks Compliance

One guidance package turns every EU institution non-compliant.

Nicolas Strömbäck

AI Auto-Generates & Enforces Global Sanctions Updates

Sanctions Automation Becomes the New Compliance Standard.

Aneta Klosek

The Unbreakable Right to Be Forgotten

A court ruling rewrites the balance between privacy and financial crime control.

C-Suite Executive, Tier 1 Bank

The Great Sanctions Schism

US, EU, and UK sanctions drift apart just as global risks intensify.

James Appleyard

Danish banking IT enters its M&A era

Danish Core Banking Shake-Up: BEC and BankData Merge in 2026.

David McCurdie

Eunomia, The Algorithmic Auditor

A court ruling rewrites the balance between privacy and financial crime control.

Mikkel Skarnager

Central AI Monitoring Engine Opportunities

The AI engine becomes the industry’s first real defense against emerging crime.

Grace Sun

The AI Shortcut That Turns Into a Compliance Breach

Sensitive data slips into public LLMs one copy-paste at a time.

Erik Wagner

The First AI CEO (And…Maybe Mikkel?)

Meet the Boss Who Doesn’t Need Lunch Breaks.

Jeremy Joly

The first AI whistleblower

The first compliance case built entirely on machine testimony.

Gabriella Anesio

Collection ‘26

Our Wildcards are not exactly news, and not exactly real — at least not yet. And whilst we don’t know which stories will flood headlines in the coming year, this year's predictions (from a misconfigured API that unleashes a malicious LLM, to a new regulation that causes a continental compliance crisis) are just as promised. Totally unhinged.

Lazarus Group, The Great Erasure

The moment the global financial system discovers its true weakness.

Baptiste Forestier

One Register To Rule Them All

A single global register: one ID, one truth.

Stephen Abbott Pugh

The Second Self: When AI Identity Twins Take Over KYC

Every citizen gets an AI twin. Criminals learn to hack the twin.

Chris Weier

When Identity Stopped Being Verifiable

KYC collapses when reality isn’t required to build an identity.

Mads Sidor Radich

When an LLM Goes Feral

A misconfigured API unleashes an LLM that trains on real-world telemetry.

Roshni Bharadwaj

The AML Authority Accidentally Breaks Compliance

One guidance package turns every EU institution non-compliant.

Nicolas Strömbäck

AI Auto-Generates & Enforces Global Sanctions Updates

Sanctions Automation Becomes the New Compliance Standard.

Aneta Klosek

The Unbreakable Right to Be Forgotten

A court ruling rewrites the balance between privacy and financial crime control.

C-Suite Executive, Tier 1 Bank

The Great Sanctions Schism

US, EU, and UK sanctions drift apart just as global risks intensify.

James Appleyard

Danish banking IT enters its M&A era

Danish Core Banking Shake-Up: BEC and BankData Merge in 2026.

David McCurdie

Eunomia, The Algorithmic Auditor

A court ruling rewrites the balance between privacy and financial crime control.

Mikkel Skarnager

Central AI Monitoring Engine Opportunities

The AI engine becomes the industry’s first real defense against emerging crime.

Grace Sun

The AI Shortcut That Turns Into a Compliance Breach

Sensitive data slips into public LLMs one copy-paste at a time.

Erik Wagner

The First AI CEO (And…Maybe Mikkel?)

Meet the Boss Who Doesn’t Need Lunch Breaks.

Jeremy Joly

The first AI whistleblower

The first compliance case built entirely on machine testimony.

Gabriella Anesio

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