The Financial Conduct Authority has released findings on "good and poor practice" in the use of artificial intelligence. Here, Tom Brown of Shoosmiths outlines five traps that financial services companies must avoid if they want to stay on the right side of the regulator.
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5 AI Traps To Avoid As FCA Sets Out Good And Bad Practice

By Alex Davidson

The Financial Conduct Authority has released findings on "good and poor practice" in the use of artificial intelligence. Here, Tom Brown of Shoosmiths outlines five traps that financial services companies must avoid if they want to stay on the right side of the regulator.

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FCA Warns Private Market Firms Over Conflicts Of Interest

By Isabel Jackson

The Financial Conduct Authority has urged private market firms to strengthen their management of conflicts of interest, after finding in a review published Friday that "standards varied considerably" among companies.

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Former Prince Andrew Can Be Called As Witness In Fraud Trial

By Ronan Barnard

A former Goldman Sachs banker accused of misappropriating assets from the multimillionaire wife of an imprisoned Turkish politician was given permission by a judge on Friday to call Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor to give evidence at trial.

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ENFORCEMENT

Coinbase Fined €3.2M For Safeguarding, Outsourcing Failings

By Isabel Jackson

The Central Bank of Ireland has fined crypto asset-trading platform Coinbase Ireland more than €3.2 million ($3.8 million) for breaches of its safeguarding and outsourcing obligations under European Union regulations.

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FCA Restricts 6 Firms Over AML Control Concerns

By Tom Fish

The Financial Conduct Authority said Friday it has restrained the activities of six unregulated lenders over concerns about their anti-money laundering controls, limiting their ability to take on new customers or extend credit to existing borrowers.

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LITIGATION

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UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London

By Poppy Grainger

The past week in London has seen former solicitor Paul Baxendale-Walker file a claim, private equity firm Novalpina Capital sue its founder Stefan Emanuel Kowski amid fallout over its investment in NSO Group, and Boehringer bring a patents claim against Teva Pharmaceuticals.

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Legacy Insurer Sues Bank For $35M Over Kelvin Re Sale

By Joel Poultney

Legacy insurance specialist Marco Capital has sued the Toronto-Dominion Bank for $35 million in London after the financial position of a run-off operator the insurance business bought from the lender deteriorated.

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POLICY & REGULATION

UK Regulators Propose Simplifying Senior Managers Regime

By Alex Davidson

The Financial Conduct Authority and the Bank of England have proposed simplifying the senior managers and certification regime, which they say would save businesses £2 billion ($2.7 billion) a year.

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FCA Proposes Fraud, Crypto And Sanctions Control Updates

By Tom Fish

The Financial Conduct Authority said Friday it plans to strengthen its financial crime controls to combat criminals as they adopt increasingly sophisticated methods and harness new technologies to create fresh threats.

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DEALS

Irish Lender Rejects Axis' Bid As Sale To Austrian Bank Nears

By Dawood Fakhir

Permanent TSB on Friday said the court hearing to approve its approximately €1.62 billion ($1.8 billion) sale to Austrian bank BAWAG PSK will go ahead as scheduled Tuesday, despite rival suitor Axis Capital's move to postpone the hearing.

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CMS-Led Fintech Co. To Buy Mortgage Software Biz For £38M

By Dawood Fakhir

Fintel said Friday that it has bought the remaining stake in Mortgage Brain Holdings Ltd. which it does not already own for approximately £38.4 million ($51.4 million) to expand its financial services technology services.

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Commercial Property Lending Rises 29% In Race To Refinance

By Laura Stewart Liberty

New lending for U.K. commercial real estate rose 29% year-on-year to June 2026, reaching £28.7 billion ($37.4 billion), according to Bayes Business School's biannual market survey.

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LAW FIRMS IN TODAY'S NEWS

7 King's Bench Walk

Addleshaw Goddard

Asserson Law Offices

Brabners LLP

CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang

Cooke Young

Crowell & Moring

D Young & Co

DWF LLP

Enyo Law

Hamlins LLP

Hill Dickinson

Irwin Mitchell

Ison Harrison Solicitors

JMW Solicitors LLP

Janes Solicitors

Kennedys Law LLP

Keystone Law

Kirkland & Ellis

Laytons LLP

Lester Aldridge

Nabarro LLP

Nexa Law

One Essex Court

Osborne Clarke

Outer Temple Chambers

Serle Court

Shoosmiths LLP

gunnercooke LLP

COMPANIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

AXIS Capital Holdings Ltd.

Amazon.com Inc.

Aviva SA

Boehringer Ingelheim Corp.

Coinbase Global Inc.

Credit Suisse Group AG

Investments Ltd.

Mediterranean Shipping Co. SA

Momentus Inc.

Munich Re Group

Oberon Securities LLC

Sixth Street Partners

Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal

Solicitors Regulation Authority Ltd.

TUI AG

Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd.

The Goldman Sachs Group Inc.

Toronto-Dominion Bank

GOVERNMENT AGENCIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

Bank of England

Central Bank of Ireland

Companies House

Competition and Markets Authority

European Union

Financial Conduct Authority

HMRC

UK High Court