REGTECH DATAHUB welcomes FISD’s approach to licensing AI
By REGTECH DATAHUB, 17-04-2026
GenAI isn’t replacing data – it’s changing how data is discovered, used, and scaled across firms. The FISD Alternative Data Council’s recent paper highlights a critical shift in licensed data usage. We share our perspective on what this means for modern data licensing and why usability must sit alongside protection.
RegTech DataHub welcomes the FISD Alternative Data Council’s perspective on how licensed data is used in GenAI-driven investment workflows. The paper rightly highlights a critical shift: firms are not using AI to replace data, but to enhance how it is discovered, analysed, and applied.
This evolution reinforces the need for a more modern approach to data licensing—one that prioritises usability alongside protection.
At RegTech DataHub, our reference data products and model are built around this principle.
Unlike traditional vendors constrained by restrictive, seat-based, geographic or usage-specific, our pricing is designed to be transparent, scalable, and aligned with how firms actually consume data today. Through a hybrid model combining freemium access and fixed pricing, clients gain predictable costs, faster onboarding, and immediate usability across teams and enterprise.
More importantly, our data model reflects the realities of AI-enabled workflows:
- Client-owned data once delivered
- Enterprise-wide usage without internal friction
- In-perpetuity storage, enabling long-term model development and historical analysis
This removes a major barrier to innovation. Firms can integrate our reference data into research pipelines, semantic search, summarisation tools, and AI models without navigating complex usage restrictions.
However, flexibility alone is not enough.
In an AI-driven environment, data quality, structure, and context directly determine the quality of outputs. RegTech DataHub combines flexible usage with curated, high-quality regulatory reference data, enriched and maintained for real-world application.
We also believe that data should not stand alone. Our model includes onboarding, training, and expert support as standard—ensuring clients can translate data into insight quickly and effectively.
As the FISD paper outlines, the future of licensed data lies in balancing IP protection with practical usability. Providers that enable firms to safely use data—rather than restrict it—will unlock the greatest value.
RegTech DataHub is built for that future: transparent pricing, client ownership, enterprise usability, and data designed for AI-enabled workflows.
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