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FCA confiscates over £500,000 from convicted insider dealer
The FCA has secured a confiscation order of £586,711.01 against Mohammed Zina, a convicted insider dealer. The order must be paid within...

Financial Conduct Authority
Feb 3, 20252 min read


FCA issues first fine for transaction reporting failures under MiFIR
Infinox Capital Limited (Infinox) has been fined £99,200 by the FCA for failing to submit 46,053 transaction reports which risked market...

Financial Conduct Authority
Jan 29, 20252 min read


FCA review finds gaps remain in brokers’ money laundering defences
The FCA has found wholesale brokers need to enhance their systems, controls, risk awareness and training to guard against money...

Financial Conduct Authority
Jan 23, 20252 min read


FCA fines Arian Financial LLP £288,962.53 for failings relating to cum-ex trading
The FCA has fined Arian Financial LLP (Arian) £288,962.53 for failing to ensure it had effective systems and controls against financial...

Financial Conduct Authority
Jan 10, 20253 min read


FCA fines Metro Bank £16m for financial crime failings
The FCA has fined Metro Bank PLC (Metro) £16,675,200.

Financial Conduct Authority
Nov 13, 20242 min read


FCA fines Starling Bank £29m for failings in their financial crime systems and controls
The FCA has fined Starling Bank Limited £28,959,426 for financial crime failings related to its financial sanctions screening. It also...

Financial Conduct Authority
Oct 11, 20242 min read


Financial watchdog fines Equifax Ltd £11 million for role in a large cyber security breach
Cyber-hackers were able to access the personal data of approximately 13.8 million UK consumers.

Financial Conduct Authority
Oct 13, 20233 min read


FCA decides to fine and ban James Staley
The FCA has decided to fine former CEO of Barclays, James Staley, £1.8 million.

Financial Conduct Authority
Oct 12, 20232 min read


FCA fines ADM Investor Services International £6.5m for serious financial crime control failings
The FCA raised concerns with ADMISI in 2014 about its AML systems, including the absence of a formal process to classify customers by risk.

Financial Conduct Authority
Oct 2, 20232 min read


FCA fines Santander UK £107.7 million for repeated anti-money laundering failures
Santander had ineffective systems to adequately verify the information provided by customers about the business they would be doing.

Financial Conduct Authority
Dec 9, 20222 min read


FCA fines HSBC Bank plc £63.9 million for deficient transaction monitoring controls
Key parts of HSBC’s transaction monitoring systems showed serious weaknesses over a period of eight years until March 2018.

Financial Conduct Authority
Dec 17, 20212 min read


NatWest fined £264.8 million for anti-money laundering failures
National Westminster Bank Plc (NatWest) was today fined £264,772,619.95 following convictions for three offences of failing to comply...

Financial Conduct Authority
Dec 13, 20213 min read
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