AI Governance: Opportunity or Compliance Burden?

A framing problem

The AI Act is often described as a brake on innovation. In compliance functions it is closer to the opposite — it gives leaders a structured way to deploy AI responsibly.

Where AI already works

• Triage of AML alerts.
• Document understanding for KYC.
• Sanctions screening optimisation.
• Investigations support and case narrative generation.

What governance should look like

Clear ownership, model inventories, human oversight, bias and performance testing, and a documented risk classification aligned with the AI Act and the Spanish AI Sandbox.