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Settlement-first tokenisation in the UK
UK regulators are linking tokenisation to market-plumbing readiness around legal certainty, settlement finality and s...
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Bank of England Turns Tokenisation Into A Settlement-Hours Problem
The UK regulators are now testing whether wholesale tokenisation can fit into a 24/7-style settlement architecture an...
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FCA AI Input Zone Makes Evidence The Next UK Finance Test
The FCA is asking for examples before writing fresh AI practice notes, while the Bank, FCA and Treasury have already ...
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FCA Scale-Up Unit Turns Fintech Growth Into A Supervisory Test
The FCA has opened its Scale-up Unit to solo-regulated firms, but the thresholds show the offer is aimed at mature fi...
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FCA Crypto Deadline Turns Scope Into The First Authorisation Test
With the perimeter-guidance consultation closing on 3 June, UK crypto firms face their first practical test before th...
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UK Money-Market-Fund Reform Turns Cash Management Into A Resilience Test
HM Treasury and the FCA are moving MMF resilience into the UK rulebook, forcing institutions to review cash-like fund...
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The FCA has stopped calling financial crime a compliance problem
Nikhil Rathi's 14 May speech reframes UK fraud and money laundering as economic and national security risk. The doctr...
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UK Ring-Fencing Reform Is Becoming A Shared-Services Test
The PRA and Treasury are not removing the post-crisis wall around retail deposits; they are testing whether the wall ...
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The UK Bill That Folds the PSR Into the FCA Is Also Recompiling SMCR and the FOS
The Enhancing Financial Services Bill absorbs the Payment Systems Regulator into the FCA, cuts SMCR's statutory burde...
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FCA AI Input Zone Closes 19 June: The Only On-Ramp Left for Firms Outside the Live Testing Cohort
If you are not one of the eight firms inside the FCA's AI Live Testing cohort, the reopened Input Zone is your last p...
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Bank of England Makes AI A Financial Stability Workstream
The FPC's 2026-2029 priorities turn financial AI from a firm-level compliance issue into a system-wide resilience and...
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Bank of England Turns Tokenisation Into A Settlement-Hours Problem
The UK’s latest tokenisation package is really about RTGS hours, synchronisation and whether digital securities can s...