The regulatory response to AI in financial services has been accelerating in recent months, with regulators and international standard-setters grappling with what AI—from traditional machine learning to generative and agentic systems—means for market integrity, consumer protection, financial stability, and operational resilience.
In the UK, the FCA has recently published the Mills Review which identifies AI
The FCA has published a major package of finalised rules, guidance and consultations establishing the UK’s new crypto assets regulatory regime, effective from 25 October 2027, with firms needing to prepare authorisation or variation of permission applications from September this year.
In this latest video Hannah Meakin and Haney Saadah outline a six-point plan for
Our podcast mini-series on ‘Crypto under the FCA’ examines the FCA’s highly anticipated policy statements published on 30 June 2026, which collectively shape the new regulatory regime for cryptoassets in the United Kingdom. This first podcast in the series focuses specifically on the regulatory aspects governing cryptoasset trading.
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On 8 July 2026, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) published a document setting out information about the authorisation application form for cryptoasset firms.
The FCA has made this information available to help applicant firms understand what information they need to include with their application for authorisation. The document covers two categories. First, sections/questions
On 8 July 2026, the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) announced the launch of a Common Supervisory Action (CSA) focusing on the digital operational resilience of crypto-asset service providers (CASPs), with a specific emphasis on custody services. Member State competent authorities (NCAs) will carry out the
On 7 July 2026, the European Systemic Risk Board (ESRB) issued a warning (dated 25 June 2026) on systemic cyber risks stemming from frontier artificial intelligence models (FAIMs).
Warning
The warning notes that current evidence indicates that FAIMs are capable of discovering vulnerabilities, generating working exploits and autonomously executing full-scale cyberattacks
On 6 July 2026, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) published the Mills Review into artificial intelligence (AI) and the future of retail financial services.
Background
On 27 January 2026, the FCA announced that it was launching a review into the implications of advanced AI on consumers, retail financial markets and regulators. The
In this vodcast, Marcus Evans and Matt Gregory discuss potential issues that could arise for firms from a customer’s use of agentic AI systems, and the broader interaction between agentic AI use by consumers and the financial services regulatory framework.
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On 30 June 2026, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) published five policy statements setting out final rules for cryptoasset firms, three pieces of finalised guidance and two additional guidance consultation papers intended to establish a regime that sets clear, predictable rules for firms across the full range of regulated cryptoasset activities.
Background
The