Regulatory Technology (RegTech)

Compliance Automation, Algorithmic Auditing, Computational Law

First Edition

Claude Code Textbook Series

For the compliance professionals, technologists, and policy thinkers building the systems that will govern finance for decades to come.

"Regulation without technology is paper. Technology without regulation is chaos. RegTech is the bridge — and the bridge must be built well."

About This Edition

This first edition covers the field of regulatory technology as it stood in 2026 — a moment of rapid consolidation, increasing regulatory ambition, and genuine technological possibility. The field will continue to evolve. What will not change is the need for principled, rigorous, human-centered thinking about the intersection of law, finance, and machine intelligence.

Published 2026 All organizations, characters, and scenarios are fictional unless otherwise noted. Regulatory citations are for educational purposes and should not be construed as legal advice.

Citation Format

When citing this textbook, please use:

Regulatory Technology (RegTech): Compliance Automation, Algorithmic Auditing, Computational Law. First Edition. Claude Code Textbook Series, 2026.

A Note on Python Code

Code examples in this book use Python 3.10+ and are written for clarity and pedagogy rather than production optimization. All code is available in the code/ subdirectory of each chapter. See requirements.txt in the root directory for dependencies.

See also: preface.md, how-to-use-this-book.md, prerequisites.md