Plain-English analysis of what the FCA is doing now — and what it means for your firm.
Delivery isn't effectiveness. Here's how to close a programme so the issue is genuinely closed.
If the same finding keeps returning, the remediation fixed the symptom. Here's how to find the mechanism.
A requirement on your permission isn't a punishment — it's a deadline. Here's how to handle one.
New SUP 15 thresholds are live. The difficult part isn't reporting an emerging redress issue — it's spotting it.
The FCA has written down what good looks like in a firm-led redress exercise. Here's what it expects.
The FCA's final rules (PS26/9–13, June 2026) pull crypto into the Handbook, with custody split across CASS 17 and CASS 6. The regime bites on 25 October 2027 — here's how firms should prepare.
A £338k FCA fine wasn't about a missing surveillance system — it was about one that stopped seeing the trades that mattered.
CASS 15 is in force. If you hold customer funds, the first cycle is already running — here's what it demands.
The FCA's 2026 reviews got specific about what doesn't count as evidence. Read this before your next board report.
Few letters focus a CEO's mind like a s166 notice. A practical guide to the first week.
Five pieces on getting remediation right, from spotting an issue to proving it's fixed.
Short reads on what the regulator is signalling right now.
CASS 15 is in force: daily reconciliations, monthly returns, a qualified-auditor audit, and a living resolution pack, from day one. Could someone outside your team return customer funds using yours today?
Get in touchThe FCA's 2026 review was blunt: sales data and a quiet complaints log prove nothing. And boards must document the challenge they give.
Get in touchA 2026 fine: a new platform, volumes up ~45%, ~$3bn of trades never reached surveillance, alerts down 42% — and the board MI didn't show it.
Get in touchIt's supervisory, not enforcement, but week one shapes everything. Engage on scope early; don't box-tick the remediation.
Get in touchThe FCA is going fewer, faster — and acting earlier through supervision. Lower headline fines, sharper regulator.
Get in touchAcross financial crime, safeguarding and Consumer Duty, the 2026 message is one thing: prove your controls actually work.
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