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FCA widens Scale-Up Unit to five solely regulated firms
The Financial Conduct Authority has widened access to its Scale-Up Unit, admitting five businesses regulated solely by the FCA for the first time as...
UK trims MiFIR reporting scope but raises the data bar
The FCA has finalised its biggest shake-up of UK MiFIR transaction reporting since Brexit, and firms hoping for a straightforward compliance breather may be...
The FCA rewrite every AIFM must watch
Alternative investment fund managers in the UK have a new date to watch: 14 July 2026, when the FCA and HM Treasury signalled that...
Why compliance teams can’t wait for AI-specific regulation
Financial regulators across the US, UK and UAE are converging on a single message: existing rules already apply to artificial intelligence, and firms cannot...
The governance excuse regulators won’t accept anymore
A $200m enforcement case in the DIFC did not start with a rogue trader or a fraud scheme. It started with a board that...
The hidden cost of moving legacy voice records
Legacy voice recording platforms are quietly becoming one of the biggest hidden liabilities for regulated firms, only surfacing as a problem when a regulator...
FCA finalises new rules to slash reporting costs
The Financial Conduct Authority, the UK's financial services regulator, responsible for overseeing market conduct and firm supervision, has finalised new rules aimed at making...
FCA scale-up unit adds five FinTech firms
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), the UK's financial services regulator, has taken on five fast-growing companies into its Scale-up Unit, giving them tailored guidance...
FCA cuts red tape to keep London IPOs competitive
The FCA has announced a package of reforms designed to make IPOs simpler and less costly for companies seeking to list in the UK.
The...
EMIs face a compliance reckoning as AML tools multiply
Electronic Money Institutions (EMIs) built their AML defences one tool at a time, adding a platform for KYC here, a sanctions screening system there,...









