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FCA issues £13m fine for financial misrepresentation: Future cases could be criminal

Nick Henderson-Mayo

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AML, COLP, SRA

Is your COLP equipped to succeed in the world of AML compliance?

The Compliance Officer for Legal Practice is far more vital than it is visible. Is your COLP equipped to succeed?

Naomi Grossman

AML, FCA

Case study: What we can learn from Metro Bank’s £51b AML oversight

What we can learn from Metro Bank’s £51b AML oversight. Compliance failures are rarely caused by a single oversight.

Naomi Grossman

AML, CTF, Gambling

High stakes: Gambling giant Spreadex fined for regulatory breaches, again

High stakes: Gambling giant Spreadex fined for regulatory breaches, again.

Naomi Grossman

AML, HSBC, red flags

How ignoring AML red flags landed HSBC in hot water

How ignoring AML red flags landed HSBC in hot water When it comes to AML compliance, red flags aren’t just warnings.

Naomi Grossman

AML, Gambling

Corbett Bookmakers is fined for AML failings. Is this a wake-up call for the gambling industry?

Corbett Bookmakers is fined for AML failings. The fines reinforce the significance of regulatory compliance.

Naomi Grossman

AML, United States

US AML regulations are changing. Are they getting stricter or more lax? It’s complicated

The landscape of AML regulation in the US has recently undergone significant shifts with both tightening and loosening.

Naomi Grossman

AML, Risk, SRA

Law firms’ fight against economic crime: Unraveling the risks and compliance challenges

At the Law Society’s Risk and Compliance Conference, a panel was convened to address a pressing issue for the legal sector: Economic crime.

Naomi Grossman

AI, AML, SRA

What is on the SRA’s radar this year?

Naomi Grossman

AML, cryptocurrencies

EU sanctions Garantex. Is this a watershed moment for crypto?

The EU took a big step in its financial battle against Russia. It imposed sanctions on Garantex, a Russian cryptocurrency exchange.

Naomi Grossman

New Zealand’s Modern Slavery and Worker Exploitation Bill could bring mandatory reporting for large organisations

New Zealand is moving again on modern slavery reform, this time with a bill designed to put clear,

Sara Henna Dahan

January compliance news round-up

Major laws we’re tracking: UK regulatory update The UK is proposing a shakeup in how mergers and acquisitions

Nick Henderson-Mayo

AML, Crypto, cryptocurrencies

Crypto has become a global money laundering machine

Cryptocurrency has long been promoted as a technological innovation that would democratise finance, reduce friction and increase transparency.

Naomi Grossman

Cybersecurity Act 2 and the Digital Networks Act: EU proposes to rewrite cyber rules

In January 2026, the European Commission proposed one of the most far-reaching restructurings of Europe’s digital governance since

Nick Henderson-Mayo

UK Government outlines proposed changes to competition and markets regime

Published in January 2026, the UK Government’s Refining Our Competition Regime sets out proposals to reshape merger control,

Nick Henderson-Mayo

AML, Core Group

AML compliance in 2026: What UK law firms are asking now

At our recent VinciWorks AML Core Group meeting, a clear picture emerged of how the AML landscape is

Naomi Grossman

AML, AML compliance, AML for law firms, Core Group

From policy to practice: Insights from the AML Core Group

In this quarter’s VinciWorks AML Core Group meeting, the discussion kept returning to the same point: AML compliance

Naomi Grossman

£160,000 OFSI penalty: how a spelling variant slipped through Bank of Scotland’s Russia sanctions controls

OFSI has issued a £160,000 monetary penalty to Bank of Scotland Plc (part of Lloyds Banking Group) after

Sara Henna Dahan

The SFO’s message for 2026: Evidence beats box-ticking

If 2025 was the year the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) refreshed its expectations of corporate behaviour, 2026 is

Sara Henna Dahan

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