BEIJING, March 8, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- A report by CRI Online:
The World Internet Conference Specialized Committee on Artificial Intelligence (the WIC SC on AI) hosted a special forum under the theme "Embodied AI: Leading a New Paradigm of AI Development" on March 3 in Barcelona, during the Mobile World Congress.
Notable figures addressing the event included Francis Gurry, vice-chair of the WIC and former director-general of the World Intellectual Property Organization; Mohamed Ben Amor, director general of the Arab Information and Communication Technologies Organization; and Lara Dewar, chief marketing officer of the GSMA.
Others who gave speeches were Schahram Dustdar, co-chair of the WIC SC on AI, a member of Academia Europaea and president of the International Artificial Intelligence Industry Alliance; Zhang Dong, executive vice president of China Mobile; Nakul Duggal, executive vice president and group general manager at Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.; and Wang Xiang, senior vice president at ZTE.
The forum also featured a roundtable moderated by John Higgins, co-lead of the Standards Program of the WIC SC on AI and chairman of the International AI Governance Association. It was participated by Liu Dong, director of China Future Internet Engineering Center and Internet Hall of Fame Inductee; Jayne Stancavage, vice president of policy and regulatory affairs at Intel Corporation; Emanuela Girardi, president of ADRA; and Qu Zhenbin, chief solutions architect for AI+ at Alibaba Cloud.
They discussed the opportunities and challenges emerging in the embodied AI industry.
The participants agreed that embodied AI is rapidly transitioning from research and development to large-scale implementation and is now a key focus in AI development.
They stressed the importance of deepening international cooperation to foster a healthy, diverse and inclusive global industry ecosystem and build a secure collaborative governance framework. These efforts are crucial to developing safe and reliable embodied AI and ensuring technological progress benefits humanity, they noted.
They expressed the hope that the WIC SC on AI would continue to play a vital role in building global consensus and create a shared, intelligent future.
The forum was attended by over 100 representatives, including WIC SC on AI members, WIC members and representatives from international organizations, government agencies and institutions in the embodied AI field.
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World Internet Conference hosts forum on embodied AI in Spain
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NEW YORK, March 10, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- MCO (MyComplianceOffice), a leading provider of compliance management software for financial services firms, has been named to Chartis Research's Financial Crime and Compliance50 (FCC50) for the second consecutive year, rising to number 17.
The Financial Crime Compliance50 report evaluates top vendors in financial crime technology, focusing on innovation in key areas including anti-money laundering (AML), fraud detection, sanctions screening, and Know Your Customer (KYC) compliance. The independent assessment considers market influence, technological innovation, and strategic vision, highlighting the firms shaping the future of financial crime compliance software.
MCO also won the following awards:
- Data Tech Category: Regional Due Diligence Data
- Emerging Use Cases Category: Know Your Transaction Award
- Functionality Category: Perpetual KYC Award
"MCO's rise in the FCC50 ranking reflects several notable achievements, as well as the quality of its functionality in the areas of AML transaction monitoring, name screening, adverse media, case management and KYC,' said Sean O'Malley, Research Director at Chartis. 'Alongside strong revenue performance, market knowledge and industry reputation – with a presence in multiple business verticals, emerging markets and mid- and lower-tier banks – MCO is continuing to invest in R&D to enable future software enhancements."
Daragh Tracey, MCO's Director of Product for Financial Crime, added: "As the financial services industry continues to evolve, we're committed to staying at the forefront of compliance technology. Inclusion on the FCC50 list reflects our dedication to reducing cost, effort, and risk for our client firms. We are delighted to receive this recognition and remain committed to providing greater value and functionality for customers with trusted AML, KYC, and transaction monitoring tools – all delivered through a single platform and single data set across the key areas of compliance."
The MyComplianceOffice platform empowers financial services firms to proactively manage Know Your Customer, Third Party Risk Management, and Anti-Money Laundering compliance using real-time analytics, intelligent workflows, and centralized oversight. To learn more about MCO's award-winning financial crime compliance solutions, visit mycomplianceoffice.com.
About MCO (MyComplianceOffice)
MCO provides integrated compliance management software that enables global financial services firms to operate efficiently, ethically, and compliantly. With 30+ products on a single system, the powerful MyComplianceOffice platform enables compliance professionals to demonstrate that they are proactively managing compliance obligations and the regulated activities of employees, third-party relationships and financial transactions.
1500+ client companies across 125+ countries use MyComplianceOffice to move away from manual processes and disparate systems with a superior compliance ecosystem that delivers significantly reduced cost and risk.
NEW YORK, March 10, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- MCO (MyComplianceOffice), a leading provider of compliance management software for financial services firms, has been named to Chartis Research's Financial Crime and Compliance50 (FCC50) for the second consecutive year, rising to number 17.
The Financial Crime Compliance50 report evaluates top vendors in financial crime technology, focusing on innovation in key areas including anti-money laundering (AML), fraud detection, sanctions screening, and Know Your Customer (KYC) compliance. The independent assessment considers market influence, technological innovation, and strategic vision, highlighting the firms shaping the future of financial crime compliance software.
MCO also won the following awards:
- Data Tech Category: Regional Due Diligence Data
- Emerging Use Cases Category: Know Your Transaction Award
- Functionality Category: Perpetual KYC Award
"MCO's rise in the FCC50 ranking reflects several notable achievements, as well as the quality of its functionality in the areas of AML transaction monitoring, name screening, adverse media, case management and KYC,' said Sean O'Malley, Research Director at Chartis. 'Alongside strong revenue performance, market knowledge and industry reputation – with a presence in multiple business verticals, emerging markets and mid- and lower-tier banks – MCO is continuing to invest in R&D to enable future software enhancements."
Daragh Tracey, MCO's Director of Product for Financial Crime, added: "As the financial services industry continues to evolve, we're committed to staying at the forefront of compliance technology. Inclusion on the FCC50 list reflects our dedication to reducing cost, effort, and risk for our client firms. We are delighted to receive this recognition and remain committed to providing greater value and functionality for customers with trusted AML, KYC, and transaction monitoring tools – all delivered through a single platform and single data set across the key areas of compliance."
The MyComplianceOffice platform empowers financial services firms to proactively manage Know Your Customer, Third Party Risk Management, and Anti-Money Laundering compliance using real-time analytics, intelligent workflows, and centralized oversight. To learn more about MCO's award-winning financial crime compliance solutions, visit mycomplianceoffice.com.
About MCO (MyComplianceOffice)
MCO provides integrated compliance management software that enables global financial services firms to operate efficiently, ethically, and compliantly. With 30+ products on a single system, the powerful MyComplianceOffice platform enables compliance professionals to demonstrate that they are proactively managing compliance obligations and the regulated activities of employees, third-party relationships and financial transactions.
1500+ client companies across 125+ countries use MyComplianceOffice to move away from manual processes and disparate systems with a superior compliance ecosystem that delivers significantly reduced cost and risk.
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MCO (MyComplianceOffice) Rises to Number 17 on Chartis Research's Financial Crime and Compliance50 2026
