United Kingdom

On 27 May 2026, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) published its findings following a review which assessed ten authorised firms that approve financial promotions for businesses which are not authorised by the FCA.

The FCA found that the strongest firms were applying the Consumer Duty from the start of their processes. But some

In this latest episode of our podcast series, Split the Difference, we continue exploring the differences and similarities between cryptoasset authorisation in the UK and the EU. Part 1 focused on structure and scope. In this Part 2 we turn our attention to authorisation and supervision.

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Introduction

The UK investigations and enforcement landscape continues to shift.

The Crime and Policing Act 2026, which received Royal Assent on 29 April, includes a significant expansion of corporate criminal liability, extending the senior manager attribution test to all criminal offences – a development with potentially far-reaching implications for businesses.

It is a time of

What Is PASS and who should use it?

The Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) Pre-Application Support Service, or PASS, is a free, pre-application meeting service where firms can discuss their plans and intentions with the FCA’s authorisations team ahead of submitting a formal application. While the service has existed for some years, the FCA has placed

On 20 May 2026, the Securitisation (Overseas STS Equivalence) (European Union, Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway) Regulations 2026 were made.

These Regulations come into force at 11:00pm on 30 June 2026 and amend the UK securitisation framework to remove the time limit on the temporary recognition of certain simple, transparent and standardised (STS) securitisations

On 21 May 2026, the Payment Systems Regulator (PSR) published its proposed direction and guidelines: regulatory financial reporting in relation to the market review of card scheme and processing fees.

Background

In April 2025, the PSR published a remedies consultation (CP25/1), setting out four potential remedies to address its conclusions from

On 21 May 2026, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) published a consultation paper in relation to the registration of authorised fund assets (CP26/16).

Summary

The FCA set out in CP26/16 that it considers that private markets (such as real estate, infrastructure, private credit and private equity) are vital to UK economic