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Speaking as part of the 12th International Compliance Forum, Yury Anesyants, Director of Compliance at Freedom24, joined Cyprus Business News for an interview on how the compliance function has evolved and what is shaping its future. Drawing on fifteen years in the field, Yury sets out why compliance has moved from a function called in to answer specific questions into one embedded in every project from the start. 🛡 This year's Forum runs under the theme "Compliance Unbound 2026: Crime, Conduct & the New Rules of Risk" and brings together more than 420 delegates and 30 speakers from across the regulatory, industry and compliance communities. Its programme covers the major regulatory shifts reshaping European finance, from new anti-money-laundering rules and tighter sanctions enforcement to crypto oversight and digital operational resilience, all framed against what its organisers describe as Europe's "Big Compliance Reset". On AI, Yury describes a working architecture rather than a future promise. Freedom24 already operates AI at three levels: general-purpose tools used across the company, designated tools built specifically for the compliance department, and function-specific assistants for individual compliance specialisms such as source-of-funds verification and marketing screening. He cautions, however, that current systems still lack the consistency to remove human oversight from the process, which is why every AI-driven output continues to be checked by a person. Reflecting on how the role itself has changed, Yury frames the modern Director of Compliance as the connective tissue across an organisation, holding together specialised functions that no single expert can cover alone. As regulation, technology and enforcement converge, he argues, the position has been elevated by circumstance into something closer to a coordination seat than a purely advisory one: "The Director of Compliance is a new role. The job is to connect the parts that no single expert can hold together, and new circumstances are asking for an elevation of the role itself." 🎯 🔗 Watch the full interview in Cyprus Business News