On Tuesday, September 4, AWS announced the launch of an AWS Compliance Center for our Financial Services (FS) customers. This addition to our compliance offerings gives you a central location to research cloud-related regulatory requirements that impact the financial services industry. Prior to the launch of the AWS Compliance Center, customers preparing to adopt AWS for their FS workloads typically had to browse multiple in-depth sources to understand the expectations of regulatory agencies in each country.

The AWS Compliance Center is designed to make this process easier. It aggregates any given country’s regulatory position regarding the adoption and operation of cloud services. Key components of the FS industry—including regulatory approvals, data privacy, and data protection—are explained, along with the steps you must take throughout your adoption of AWS services to help satisfy regulatory requirements. You can browse the information in the portal and export it as printable documents.

We expect the AWS Compliance Center to evolve as our customers’ compliance needs change and as regulators begin to address the challenges and opportunities that cloud services create in the FS industry. The AWS Compliance Center covers 13 countries, and we’ll continue to enhance it with additional countries and information based on your needs.