The FinCrime Connection UK: November 2025
Draft MLRs, FCA compliance gaps, practical SAR guidance. Your monthly UK regulatory roundup.
Draft MLRs, FCA compliance gaps, practical SAR guidance. Your monthly UK regulatory roundup.
This month, we reflect on key insights from the NZ FIU and ACAMS Conference in Wellington, examining the human cost of financial crimes, the complexities of proliferation financing, and why collaboration remains essential to effective financial crime prevention.
This month, we examine critical updates from OFSI on sanctions list consolidation, a significant NCA enforcement operation in Northern Ireland, the FCA’s support for digital identity systems in financial crime prevention, and forthcoming changes to the Money Laundering Regulations.
Welcome to ‘The FinCrime Connection’, where we unpack the most significant stories in financial crime. This month, we examine the alarming rise in child exploitation cases, provide an update on Australia’s AML/CTF reforms, and preview the upcoming FIU Conference in New Zealand.
This month we examine the UK government’s latest progress report on Economic Crime Plan 2, explore the Wolfsberg Group’s groundbreaking guidance on innovation in suspicious activity monitoring, and analyse OFSI’s latest disclosure notice highlighting critical lessons for sanctions compliance.
This month, we examine the release of Australia’s comprehensive new AML/CTF Rules, analyse AUSTRAC’s enforcement approach through a recent penalty, and explore valuable intelligence resources from New Zealand’s FIU. These developments offer practical lessons for financial crime professionals across both markets, particularly as regulatory approaches continue to evolve and enforcement expectations become increasingly clear.
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