FCA stories
Businesses face tighter reporting and new rules as ministers move to overhaul cyber security, AI oversight and digital identity regulation.
Confidence in agentic AI is rising among UK advisers, but regulation and oversight will decide whether it reaches day-to-day platform use.
A survey shows only 13% of FCA-regulated payments firms are doing daily reconciliations, leaving many exposed to the new safeguarding regime.
Rising missed card payments are straining UK collections teams, as FICO says AI could help lenders manage cases more efficiently and fairly.
Wealth managers face tighter regulatory scrutiny as the platform promises to replace spreadsheet checks with real-time review of all client messages.
Mortgage networks can now review every case in minutes, as OMS and Curvestone AI roll out automated checks to curb compliance risk.
Rising demand for responsive claims handling is prompting the firm to deepen broker links through new hires and a BIBA association.
Compliance teams face new blind spots as 61% of UK financial services and insurance staff use generative AI daily, a survey found.
UK users can now move sterling on-chain as Coinbase adds a FCA-registered token aimed at reducing dollar exposure in transfers.
Businesses warn delays could push stablecoin activity overseas, as a coalition presses ministers and regulators for clearer UK rules and tax treatment.
UK Coinbase users can now unlock cash from Bitcoin and Ether holdings in seconds, but rapid price swings could trigger liquidation.
Customers can now freeze cards or check spending by text or voice, as Revolut joins banks racing to make finance apps conversational.
UK regulators are racing to assess whether Anthropic’s Mythos model could speed up attacks on banks and unsettle financial stability.
Institutional clients will gain deeper spot crypto liquidity as the broker links its platform to Cumberland through XplorSpot and API access.
Small firms and mortgage seekers could gain faster access to credit as the regulator widens permissioned data sharing beyond open banking.
Finance teams could soon shed repetitive treasury and payroll tasks as the London fintech expands its automation software after fresh backing.
Brokers and custodians face pressure to overhaul manual workflows as DTCC’s July 2026 rollout could make tokenised settlement the new market standard.
Fragmented controls are leaving banks and fintechs exposed as AI adoption outpaces oversight, according to new research from Zango.
Many enterprises are still failing to turn AI pilots into wider gains, prompting Valliance to hire three former Palantir specialists and track stalled deployments.
The study could help more Irish savers move money out of cash and into investments by turning dense fund documents into plain English.
