Tag: FCA

Explainability becomes AML’s new AI currency

Artificial intelligence has sharpened detection, cut false positives and surfaced patterns that rules-based anti-money laundering (AML) systems simply cannot see. Yet according to new analysis...

FCA widens Scale-Up Unit to five FinTech firms

The Financial Conduct Authority has extended its Scale-Up Unit to five firms it regulates on its own, marking a new phase for the initiative...

Why fear of risk is finance’s biggest risk

Financial services firms can invest in sophisticated risk technology, but those systems will have limited impact if organisations continue to view risk primarily as...

UK slashes transaction reporting scope in FCA reset

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has confirmed the biggest shake-up of the UK MiFIR transaction reporting regime since Brexit, publishing Policy Statement 26/15 to...

FCA eases compliance delegation for smaller AIFMs

The UK's alternative investment fund regime is heading for its biggest shake-up since AIFMD was first transposed into domestic law in 2013, after the...

AI governance gap puts financial firms at examination risk

Financial regulators across the US, UK and UAE are converging on a single message: firms do not need to wait for AI-specific rules before...

DIFC’s $200m case exposes board governance blind spot

A $200m enforcement case in the DIFC did not begin with a rogue trader or a fraudulent scheme. It began with a board that...

Voice migrations put compliance chain of custody at risk

Legacy voice recording platforms rarely draw attention until a regulator comes knocking. In regulated firms, ageing recorders, orphaned metadata and forgotten codecs sit quietly...

Aviva brings Financial Institutions underwriting to UK regions

Aviva, the UK insurer and part of its Global, Corporate & Specialty division, is expanding its Financial Institutions underwriting capability by placing dedicated specialists...

FCA finalises rules to cut £100m in reporting costs

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), the UK's regulator for financial services firms and markets, has confirmed new rules intended to make transaction reporting requirements...

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