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Cryptoassets are becoming a more common feature of customer activity, exposing firms to new financial crime risks through onboarding, source of wealth assessments, sanctions reviews and transaction monitoring. This article explores how organisations can identify those exposures, investigate crypto-related activity and assess whether existing controls remain appropriate.

Stay up to date with our latest round up of financial regulation.

Industry experts explore how banks can support UK growth, from releasing capital for lending to tokenisation and digital assets. They also look at the delivery challenge for challenger banks.

The FCA's Operational Incident and Third-Party Reporting regime brings third-party failures into scope of formal reporting for the first time.

PRA's SS1/23 amendment brings stress-testing and ICAAP models under the same governance standard as capital models. Vivian Lagan explains what banks need to do to comply.

Discover how UK banks can use straight through processing to lift Basel 3.1 regulatory reporting quality, strengthen internal controls and reduce resubmission risk.

Practical guidance on maximising the value of regulatory engagement – from FCA authorisation to routine SM&CR notifications and beyond.

Market abuse regulation is under growing FCA scrutiny. A strong market abuse risk assessment, surveillance framework, and robust STORs will strengthen your controls.

The PRA has proposed FRTB regulation changes to the IMA market risk framework under Basel 3.1. Explore what the new rules mean for firms

Private equity reshaped UK accountancy and is now moving into legal services and consulting. What's driving it, and how professional services firms can position for investment.

The PRA's PS15/26 finalises Phase 1 of the Pillar 2A review. We explain the credit, operational, pension and market risk changes for UK banks.

We explore the Regulatory Initiatives Grid, looking at key updates on cryptoassets, pensions, SM&CR and data reforms to support horizon scanning and compliance planning.

A practical overview of the FCA’s 2026 wholesale markets priorities, highlighting key risks in financial crime, market abuse and conflicts of interest, and what firms should do to strengthen controls and governance.

Two recent ECB fines highlight risks in RWA misreporting and model governance failures. Learn what Basel 3.1 means for RWA accuracy, internal models, and board-level assurance.

The FCA motor finance redress scheme final rules are live, covering high commissions, discretionary commission arrangements and tied relationships.

The PRA’s final Basel 3.1 and SDDT rules take effect from 1 January 2027. We outline the key changes and what firms should do now.