Insights from the FCA’s Latest Customer Due Diligence Review
Womble Bond Dickinson (UK) LLP | Emma Radmore, Stephen Wilson and Laura Wiles United Kingdom On 8 April, the Financial Conduct Authority...
The Compliance Cost Challenge: An Interview with Sarah Corley, CEO, Alliance of Digital Finance and Fintech Associations (Alliance DFA), UK
COST OF COMPLIANCE SERIES Compliance costs remain a significant challenge for smaller fintechs and start-ups, particularly as regulatory expectations...
FCA Consults on Perimeter Guidance for Cryptoasset Activities
Lewis Silkin LLP | Wendy Saunders and Helen Hart United Kindom The FCA has published a consultation paper (CP) on proposed guidance clarifying...
Compliance Team: Capacity v. Burnout
The Hidden Corporate Exhaustion Crisis Compliance departments were once quiet oversight functions operating largely in the background. Today, they...
The Breakdown Between Policy and Practice
Modern companies rarely suffer from a shortage of policies. They publish ESG commitments, AI ethics frameworks, wellbeing charters and...
UK Introduces Sanctions End‑Use Controls
Baker McKenzie | Ben Smith, Courtney Mackness and Samuel Ashford United Kingdom The UK Government has introduced the Sanctions (EU Exit) (Miscellaneous...
New Resolution Rules for EU Banks: The CMDI Package at a Glance
Freshfields | Alicia Hildner European Union On 20 April 2026, the final legislative texts implementing the Crisis Management and...
Evidence Over Claims: Safeguarding Corporate Social Responsibility
Focus on transparency, compliance and credibility. Ellis Clark, Head of Marketing at Tunley Environmental has written this latest white...
Capital Markets – FCA Publishes New Rules on Short Selling
Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP | Sarah Hawes, Greg Mulley, James Palmer CBE and Sarah Ries-Coward United Kingdom The FCA has published Policy Statement...
The Danger of Overload – Data Overload vs Effective Decision-Making
When Intelligence Becomes Interference Modern businesses are drowning in information while starving for clarity. Across the UK and EU,...