CUBE, a global leader in Automated Regulatory Intelligence (ARI) and Regulatory  Change Management (RCM), announces the acquisition of Acin, a London-headquartered RegTech and global operational risk AI and technology provider for the financial services sector.  

The acquisition further expands CUBE’s existing capabilities, with a proven regulatory controls data  network and full traceability. It accelerates CUBE’s mission to help the financial services sector and  adjacent regulated industries to navigate increasingly complex compliance and risk environments – providing an industry-first data driven end-to-end regulatory compliance and risk management platform. 

Acin’s AI-based platform empowers financial institutions to safely digitise their non-financial risk analysis,  using groundbreaking data intelligence and analytic capabilities. Acin has established a network that  calibrates control data and facilitates the appropriate sharing of best practice and standards between  financial institutions. This creates new opportunities for regulatory compliance and risk mitigation, as  customers can compare processes and best practices against their anonymised peers, offering valuable  insight to enhance controls while maintaining full privacy and integrity of data. 

The acquisition also signals the beginning of an expanded global industry collaboration led by CUBE and  supported by five leading banks, with others expected to join over the coming year. This will enable  broader collaboration in all areas of financial services compliance and risk. 

Commenting on the acquisition of Acin, CUBE’s Founder & CEO Ben Richmond, said: “This is a significant  step forward in how financial services firms across the globe can take a truly integrated approach to their  compliance and risk management. Since the founding of CUBE fifteen years ago, we’ve become recognised  for the transformational solutions we’ve delivered in compliance. We’ll now build on this by connecting  the first and second lines of defence with a whole new end-to-end capability, which at its core will be the  best of what AI can deliver for transformation.” 

“The work that Acin’s been doing to enable industry benchmarking is also the perfect platform for the start  of CUBE’s industry-wide collaboration initiative. It’s a first for the industry, and we see a significant  opportunity for firms to reduce costs and make better, faster decisions. What was once siloed knowledge 

can become collective intelligence for improving compliance and risk effectiveness industry-wide. Secure,  data-driven collaboration isn’t just possible, it’s essential for the continued evolution of the industry.” 

Paul Ford, Founder of Acin, said: “Acin has seen first-hand the shared commitment of addressing  operational risk from leaders within the industry. By joining forces with CUBE, our platform will continue  to grow and deliver even greater value to both our existing customers and CUBE’s global client base, while  shaping the future of our industry. We are delighted to be part of this next era and excited about the  increased value CUBE and Acin can deliver to customers in one unified platform.” 

CUBE has more than doubled its revenue in the last year and now serves 1,000 customers globally, and  has significantly grown its global team to 700 employees across 20 countries. Building on its acquisitions  last year of Thomson Reuters Regulatory Intelligence and Oden businesses and RegRoom, the acquisition  of Acin adds a first-to-market capability for CUBE bringing together regulatory compliance and operational  risk in one unified platform: RegPlatform. 

Hg, a leading investor in European and Transatlantic software and services businesses, established a  strategic partnership with CUBE in March 2024 to support CUBE’s continued growth in the sector. 

Christopher Fielding, Partner at Hg, said: “We’re delighted to continue to extend CUBE’s reach with an  innovative and complementary business such as Acin, and welcome the Acin team to CUBE. This acquisition  significantly builds on CUBE’s R&D for regulatory controls and policy automation, which has been a  strategic focus since we made our investment in 2024.” 

Thomas Martin, Director at Hg, added: “The industry collaboration initiative also shows what’s possible  when leaders come together with a shared goal of navigating regulatory complexity and risk in smarter,  more collaborative ways.” 

In May 2025, CUBE opened its new global headquarters in the City of London and announced a  commitment to create 200 jobs over the next twelve months, half of which are expected to be based in  the UK. The headquarters includes a cutting-edge AI Centre of Excellence, RegBrain AI Lab. CUBE’s base  of strategic and long-term customers will benefit from open access to the facilities, which have been  purposefully designed to drive collaboration and progress the role of innovation and AI in compliance and  risk. 

Transaction details for the acquisition were not disclosed.