Artificial intelligence is fundamentally changing how financial services firms manage compliance, from detecting emerging regulatory risk to automating AML workflows, personalizing training, and accelerating horizon scanning. This whitepaper examines how AI moves compliance from a reactive, resource-intensive function to a proactive strategic capability. Readers will learn where AI delivers the greatest impact across the compliance lifecycle, how leading firms are operationalizing it responsibly, and what a data-ready foundation for AI-driven compliance looks like in a sector where regulatory complexity and enforcement pressure show no signs of slowing.