Compliance professionals in the financial services industry are not keeping pace with their retention and supervision efforts, particularly as a growing, younger workforce relies on expanding, mobile-friendly channels, such as social media and text messaging.

That finding comes from Smarsh’s eighth annual Electronic Communications Compliance Survey Report. In February and March 2018, 191 individuals in financial services with direct compliance supervision responsibilities participated in a 40-question survey designed to identify current trends and to share insight on policies and practices about the usage, retention, and supervision of electronic business communications.

Jaclyn Jaeger is a freelance contributor to Compliance Week after working for the company for 15 years. She writes on a wide variety of topics, including ethics and compliance, risk management, legal,...