Tag: FCA

SmartSearch warns firms: prepare for FCA motor finance scheme

SmartSearch has issued a stark warning to claims management companies and law firms: prepare for the FCA's forthcoming motor finance compensation scheme now, or...

Financial crime risk assessments: The new regulatory standard

Regulatory scrutiny of financial crime risk assessments has intensified dramatically in recent years, marking the end of an era in which these documents were...

FCA hands Palantir sensitive data in AI fraud push

US tech firm Palantir has secured a contract with the UK's Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) to analyse sensitive financial data as part of a...

Why real-time intelligence sharing is now a legal must

A decade ago, the notion of regulated financial institutions exchanging crime intelligence in real time felt far-fetched. Legal barriers loomed large, trust between banks...

Explainable redress decisions: what the FCA demands

As large-scale remediation programmes such as the motor finance review continue to gather pace, the FCA has made clear that every compensation outcome must...

FCA sets new third-party reporting rules amid cyber surge

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has confirmed a sweeping overhaul of its incident and third-party reporting requirements, making existing frameworks clearer, more consistent, and...

The multilingual gap hiding financial crime risks

Financial crime rarely announces itself in English. Yet many anti-money laundering (AML) monitoring programmes are still structured as though it does. This mismatch between...

OPBAS findings highlight need for stronger AML controls

RegTech provider SmartSearch has warned that anti-money laundering (AML) standards must improve across the legal and accountancy sectors following the publication of a new...

Napier AI launches Insights AI in transaction monitoring

Napier AI, a RegTech providing financial crime compliance software to institutions worldwide, has launched its Insights AI feature within its Transaction Monitoring solution, following...

FCA launches regulatory priorities reports for firms

The UK’s financial watchdog has quietly adjusted how firms monitor regulatory expectations, introducing a new framework designed to provide clearer guidance across key sectors....

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