FCA 2025-2030 Strategy: How Innovation and RegTech Can Transform Investment Firms
In March 2025, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) launched its five-year strategy for 2025–2030, setting out an ambitious vision to promote economic growth, encourage innovation, and simplify regulation across the UK’s financial services industry.
Why Compliance Can’t Afford to Ignore AI in 2025
AI isn’t some far-off future tech or hypothetical compliance headache. It’s already woven into the DNA of financial services. From automated KYC checks to behavioural analytics, AI is powering decisions, streamlining workflows, and quietly reshaping how risk is understood and managed.
The UK Snoopers Charter: A Silent Erosion of Privacy
When Facebook, MySpace, and Twitter exploded onto the scene in the late 2000s, we eagerly embraced social media, believing it to be a harmless space to share our lives. But, as with everything, there was a hidden cost: our privacy.
AMF Priorities for 2025: Key Challenges for Asset Management Companies
The AMF (Autorite des Marches Financiers) has recently published its supervisory priorities for 2025, highlighting several strategic areas to ensure compliance and resilience for financial players. This year, several themes will be central to AMF inspections, with heightened requirements and potential sanctions in case of non-compliance.
Why ROPA Alone Isn’t Enough Under GDPR: The Critical Role of Regular Compliance Monitoring
If you’re a small or medium-sized business navigating GDPR compliance, your starting point should always be the seven core GDPR principles. Each is crucial, but one underpins them all—the principle of accountability…
Top 5 GDPR Compliance Mistakes Businesses Make
The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is a critical data privacy law that affects any business in the world handling personal data of European Union (EU) residents
