The Compliance Dock Newsletter: Issue 38 - August, 2025
Jobs, insights, and the week’s biggest compliance headlines.
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🎯 Top Jobs & Opportunities | 📰 Stories & Insights | 📅 Events & Webinars
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🎯 Top Jobs & Opportunities
📜 Regulatory & Corporate Compliance
Head of Compliance & Risk at Kraken - UAE/Remote
Director, Regional Ethics and Compliance at Visa - Nigeria/Hybrid
Senior Manager, Head of KYC at Lensa - US/Remote
Compliance Program Manager at OpenAI - San Francisco/Hybrid
Compliance Manager, Regulatory Change Management at SoFi - US/Remote
Manager, Compliance at PayPal - UK/Remote
Crypto Compliance Project Manager at dLocal - London & LATAM/Remote
KYC/KYB Policy and Strategy Manager at Cash App - US/Remote
Compliance Officer - Fintech & Emerging Technologies - Paris/Hybrid
Regulatory Strategy Lead - Europe at Revolut - EMEA/Remote
Compliance Manager at Popl - US/Remote
Business Compliance Manager (Crypto) at Revolut - UK/Remote
Compliance Manager at Brigit - US/Remote
Ongoing Due Diligence Manager at Mercury - US & Canada/Remote
Binance Accelerator Program - Compliance Analyst at Binance - Europe/Remote
🔒 Cybersecurity & Tech‑Risk
Director of Governance, Risk and Compliance (GRC) at Pomelo Care - US/Remote
AI Governance Advisor, EU at Credo AI - UK/Remote
Program Manager, Security GRC at Stripe - US/Remote
Governance, Risk & Compliance (GRC) Consultant at QiBit - Portugal/Remote
Governance Risk & Compliance Lead at Oyster - EMEA/Remote
GRC Program Manager at Abnormal AI - US/Remote
Information Security GRC Lead at Smarsh - UK/Remote
Senior GRC Analyst at Drata - US/Remote
GRC Analyst at Mercury - US & Canada/Remote
GRC Analyst at Thndr - Cairo/Hybrid
🛡️ Privacy & Data Protection
Regional Director - Data Protection at Zscaler - UK/Remote
Privacy Program Manager at Zillow - US/Remote
Privacy Program Manager at Elastic - US/Remote
Data Protection Officer at Revolut - UAE/Remote
Privacy Counsel at Seismic - UK/Remote
Privacy Operations Analyst at Kraken - Europe/Remote
Privacy Program Manager at Alma - US/Remote
Data Protection Analyst at Fortra - US/Remote
Associate, Privacy at Oscar Health - US/Remote
Junior Data Protection Consultant at Bulletproof - UK/Remote
💸 Financial Crime
Head of Financial Crime & Compliance (AML, BSA) at ZEPZ - NAMER/Remote
Fraud Intelligence Lead at Prolific - UK/Remote
Senior Fraud Operations Specialist at Ramp - UK/Remote
Senior Manager, Head of KYC at Coinbase - US/Remote
Senior BSA/AML Advisor at Mercury - US & Canada/Remote
Senior Risk Analyst (Fraud Prevention) at Binance - Worldwide/Remote
Senior Fraud Risk Associate at Ramp - US & Canada/Remote
FinCrime Risk Manager (KYB) at Revolut - UK/Remote
Intelligence Analyst at Binance - Worldwide/Remote
Binance Accelerator Program - Policy & Governance at Binance - Latin America/Remote
📰 Stories & Insights
⭐ Top Story
UAE usurps UK in global fintech rankings. The UK has been pushed into third place in global fintech rankings for the first time following a strong showing by the UAE.
📜 Regulatory Moves & Guidance
US SEC announces AI task force to boost innovation and efficiency. The US Securities and Exchange Commission has announced the creation of an AI task force to "enhance innovation and efficiency" within the regulatory body.
Klarna scores EMI licence in the UK. The licence, issued to Klarna Financial Services UK (KFSUK), unlocks the launch of new account and cashback features for the company's 11 million UK users.
💸 Enforcement & Fines
Biotech contractor settles for $9.8 million with DOJ over alleged cybersecurity lapses. Illumina Inc. has agreed to a $9.8 million settlement with the U.S. government to resolve allegations that it sold the federal government genomic sequencing systems riddled with cybersecurity flaws.
Former SMBC Nikko managers found guilty in market manipulation case. Five former executives at the Japanese brokerage firm were found guilty for their roles in a market manipulation case, marking the culmination of a scandal that rocked Japan’s financial industry.
🛡️ Cybersecurity & Privacy Incidents
$17 million taken in viral TikTok ATM scam. According to the New York Times, a rash of huge withdrawals was made possible by a fault with cards used to pay young people as part of a youth jobs programme.
Hackers leak purported Aeroflot data as Russia denies breach. Hackers have leaked flight records allegedly belonging to the CEO of the Russian airline Aeroflot following a major cyberattack that grounded flights, as Moscow denies any data breach occurred.
Espionage costing Australia $8 billion each year, warns intelligence chief. Foreign states stealing secret information from Australia are costing the country about $8 billion a year according to the head of the country’s domestic security service.
CISA unveils free Thorium malware analysis platform. Cyber defenders will now have access to a new free malware analysis platform thanks to the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and the Department of Energy’s Sandia National Laboratories.
📚 Expert Reads and Whitepapers
Meta’s AI ambitions: hiring revolutionaries into a tech bureaucracy. After poaching staff from OpenAI and elsewhere, Mark Zuckerberg has a new plaything – Meta Superintelligence Labs. The tech giant obviously has loads of cash to do it, but will it succeed?
📅 Events & Webinars
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