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Welcome back to The Regulatory Leadership Podcast. Today we're tackling one of the most significant regulatory developments to impact UK financial services in recent years: Consumer Duty. If you're a Chief Compliance Officer, Risk Director, Board Member, Head of Compliance, or anyone involved in FCA-regulated businesses, you'll know that Consumer Duty is no longer an implementation project. It's now a permanent part of how firms are expected to operate. The challenge facing many organisations...

Why Every FCA-Regulated Firm Needs a Regulatory Glossary Introduction Welcome to The FCA Compliance & Leadership Podcast. If you've ever sat in a board meeting, compliance committee, regulatory audit, or FCA supervision discussion and heard terms like SMCR, SMF16, MIFIDPRU, CASS, CONC, PERG, PROD, DORA, PRIIPs, or Consumer Duty being thrown around, you'll know one thing immediately: Financial regulation has its own language. And unless everyone in your organisation speaks that language co...

Welcome to today's episode, where we're discussing one of the most significant regulatory developments in UK financial services – Consumer Duty. Since its introduction, Consumer Duty has transformed the way the FCA expects firms to operate. What started as a compliance implementation programme has evolved into something much bigger: an ongoing requirement for firms to demonstrate and evidence good customer outcomes. Today, we're exploring what firms have learned since implementation, where ma...

The Modern CFO: Why Finance Leadership Is Driving Business Growth in 2026 Welcome to today's episode, where we're exploring one of the biggest transformations happening inside modern businesses — the evolution of the CFO and Finance Director role. For decades, finance leaders were often seen as the guardians of budgets, reporting, and compliance. Today, that perception has completely changed. The modern CFO sits at the centre of strategic decision-making, growth planning, fundraising, operat...

Welcome to the Financial Leadership Podcast — the show where we explore the trends, challenges, and leadership issues shaping finance, compliance, and regulated businesses across the UK. Today’s episode focuses on one of the fastest-growing and most critical areas in financial services hiring: financial crime recruitment. From anti-money laundering and KYC to sanctions oversight and fraud prevention, firms are under increasing pressure from regulators, investors, and boards to strengthen their

Welcome to the FD Capital Leadership Podcast — where we explore the leadership, regulation, and operational trends shaping UK financial services. Today’s episode is essential listening for: FCA-regulated firms Fintech founders Compliance professionals Senior Managers And firms preparing for FCA authorisation. We’re calling this episode: “The FCA Compliance Blueprint.” Because in today’s regulatory environment, understanding FCA expectations is no longer optional. In this episode we’ll c