At the June 2025 Global Government FinTech Lab, TSO’s Alan Blanchard joined a panel on “Super Supervisors” exploring what it will take for regulators to meet the demands of an increasingly complex financial landscape.
Alan brought a vital dimension to the conversation: the need for regulation itself to evolve. Regulation that’s clearer, more consistent, and digitally structured can unlock huge gains for supervision - helping regulators move faster, act smarter, and work more effectively.
TSO specialises in helping regulators transform their content. We turn policies, guidance, and rules into structured, machine-readable formats, laying the groundwork for smarter tools, smoother implementation, and better compliance.
Enabling Real-Time Decisions
Regulators increasingly need to understand and respond to risks in real time - but outdated processes and unstructured information often stand in the way.
By supporting regulators to digitally reframe their guidance and standards, TSO helps make the move from static PDFs to dynamic, structured data. That means better insight, faster decisions, and the ability to respond proactively, not just reactively.
Real-time supervision isn’t just about dashboards and alerts. It starts with content that’s designed for digital, enabling better use of SupTech, analytics, and automation.
Simplification Isn’t About Shorter Rules - It’s About Clarity
The panel agreed that regulation shouldn’t be “dumbed down.” What’s needed is clarity, consistency, and usability - for firms, for supervisors, and for technology platforms.
TSO brings a user-centred approach to regulation. We work with regulators to simplify without oversimplifying, structuring content in a way that makes it easier to understand, apply, and enforce - whether you’re a compliance officer, a software developer, or a new market entrant.
Better-structured content also improves consistency across documents, departments, and delivery channels - reducing duplication and increasing trust.
Tech as a Bridge - Not a Barrier
Technology isn’t a silver bullet - but when it’s underpinned by the right content, it becomes a powerful enabler.
One point Alan raised during the session was that too often the foundations aren’t in place for technology to succeed. TSO helps regulators build those foundations by making sure the content behind the tech is complete, consistent, and structured for reuse.
That means frictionless implementation, better collaboration between policy and digital teams, and tools that actually work the way regulators need them to.
Laying the Foundations for AI
As regulators explore the role of AI and machine learning in supervision, structured content becomes even more critical.
Without clean, consistent data from the source - including the rules themselves - AI can’t deliver trustworthy or transparent outcomes.
Through TSO’s expertise, long heritage with regulators, and progressive approach to technology, we help regulators prepare for the future - ensuring that today’s regulation can fuel tomorrow’s intelligence, safely, responsibly, and with purpose.
Alan’s panel at the Global Government FinTech Lab made one thing clear: the future of supervision depends on getting regulation right. At TSO, we’re proud to be helping regulators modernise the content at the heart of their work - powering smarter supervision through smarter regulation.
Looking Ahead: Rules as Code in Collaboration with Leading Innovators
We’re excited to announce that TSO is collaborating with the Cambridge SupTech Lab and the World Economic Forum on pioneering projects with Central Banks focused on producing rules as code. This initiative is aimed at completely transforming the way regulators produce their content, moving away from PDFs towards rules accessed through an API, opening new horizons for automation, transparency, and real-time supervision.
Keep an eye on TSO’s LinkedIn page for updates and insights as these projects develop - we’re eager to share more soon.
