15 Nov, 2024 Growth and competitiveness - a new strategy By Elizabeth Dowd Rachel Reeves has used her first Mansion House speech as Chancellor to put forward reforms aimed at making the UK financial services...
23 Oct, 2024 AI-washing – the latest developments and how to mitigate the risk By Duncan Campbell As AI rapidly develops, it brings with it the risk that firms might be accused of ‘AI-washing’: ‘overselling’ their AI’s capabilities,...
19 Aug, 2024 FCA fines auditor for failing to flag fraud suspicions By Sara Cody Simon Treacy The Financial Conduct Authority has fined PwC £15 million for failing to report its reasonable belief that London Capital & Finance (LCF)...
28 Jun, 2024 Steve Smart on combatting financial crime: talk to each other more! By Duncan Campbell One year after Steve Smart became the FCA's joint executive director of enforcement and market oversight, he has broken his (sort of)...
21 May, 2024 No you can't have FCA-Qatar communications: Upper Tribunal By Duncan Campbell The Banque Havilland saga continues. After important decisions on privilege and third party references, we now have an Upper Tribunal...
12 Mar, 2024 UK plans to slow down payments where fraud is suspected By Harry Eddis Frances Hodgkins Arjun Lakhani Olivia Murphy Bethan Poole Simon Treacy +3 more... Show less Banks and other firms will be able to delay processing payments where there are grounds to suspect fraud, according to draft legislation...
09 Feb, 2024 FCA encourages boards to question what they do to tackle financial crime By Simon Treacy A key pillar of the FCA’s current three-year strategy is to reduce and prevent financial crime. In an update at the midpoint of executing...
24 Jan, 2024 Payments in 2024 #3 – Fighting back: A milestone year for tackling payment fraud By Harry Eddis Frances Hodgkins Arjun Lakhani Olivia Murphy Bethan Poole Simon Treacy +3 more... Show less Fraud is the most common crime in England and Wales. Not only are payment service providers on the front line when it comes to preventing...
27 Oct, 2023 FCA reviews how payments firms stop money mules ahead of Government action plan By Simon Treacy Snapshot:FCA shares findings from review of payment account providers’ systems and controls against money mule activityFirms are...
20 Aug, 2023 Have crypto, will travel - FCA sets out Travel Rule expectations for UK cryptoasset businesses By Jimi Piggott-Bader The FCA has set out its expectations for cryptoasset firms in complying with the incoming 'Travel Rule'. Under the Rule - which comes...