Tag: Financial Conduct Authority

Why rushing AI into AML could deepen compliance risk

Artificial intelligence has become the opening topic of almost every anti-money laundering (AML) discussion this year, but RegTech firm Napier AI argues that the...

FCA supervision shift puts law firm AML records in focus

The UK’s move to make the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) the Single Professional Services Supervisor for anti-money laundering (AML) and counter-terrorist financing (CTF) now...

FCA and PRA plan biggest SM&CR shake-up in a decade

The UK’s Senior Managers and Certification Regime (SM&CR) may be on the cusp of its most far-reaching overhaul since launch. On 22 October 2026, the...

Can banks explain every AI agent action to the FCA?

Third-party AI agents are knocking on the doors of customer bank accounts just as regulators begin using AI to scrutinise the banks themselves. That...

FCA warns private markets over conflicts of interest gaps

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has told firms operating in private markets that their handling of conflicts of interest must evolve alongside the sector’s...

FCA puts asset managers’ AI governance under the spotlight

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has released a set of good and poor practice observations on the use of artificial intelligence across financial services. According...

Why public regulatory data is only the tip of the iceberg

A common objection in compliance circles goes like this: why pay for regulatory intelligence when the regulator publishes everything online for free? It is...

Football’s new owners test puts club bosses on notice

English football’s approach to vetting the people who run its clubs has changed fundamentally. According to Argus Pro, the Owners’ and Directors’ Suitability and Experience...

Sovereign AI vs shared intelligence: AML’s new dilemma

The choice of AI in financial crime compliance is no longer just about which model performs best. According to Napier AI, financial institutions are...

Pliant secures FCA licence to expand UK B2B payments business

Pliant, a Berlin-based provider of business-to-business (B2B) payment technology, has secured Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) authorisation for its UK subsidiary to operate as an...

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