What's New for Financial Services - A 2026 Regulatory Update

Introduction

Regulation in financial services continues to evolve and staying up to date is critical for compliance professionals, senior managers, and firms seeking to adapt efficiently.

This concise webinar will highlight the most important regulatory updates and planned initiatives from the FCA and PRA during 2026. It is suitable for compliance officers, senior managers, risk professionals, and anyone in a regulated firm who needs to navigate the shifting regulatory landscape.

What You Will Learn

This short webinar will cover the following:

• High-level summary of the FCA/PRA strategic priorities for 2026 - including the latest annual work programme and what to expect from enforcement, supervision, and regulatory outreach.
• In-depth update on the Consumer Duty and its evolution - including upcoming consultations on how the Duty applies across distribution chains (e.g. co-manufacturing / wholesale distribution), possible scope changes for non-UK clients, and expected guidance on outcomes-monitoring, value and price, product governance, and consumer-understanding compliance
• Regulatory developments affecting new market sectors (crypto, ESG, fintech, scale-ups) - such as evolving rules for cryptoasset activities, planned regulation of ESG-rating providers, and support initiatives for scaling firms (including fast-track licensing and a forthcoming 2026 “scale-up unit”) under FCA/PRA guidance
• Regulatory technology and data / reporting changes - including simplification and digitisation of authorisation and reporting (e.g. via “My FCA” sign-in and streamlined data collection), and what this means for compliance infrastructure and data governance
• Upcoming enforcement and supervision trends - the FCA’s continued shift towards selective, faster, and more targeted investigations, with emphasis on financial crime / AML, market-integrity, adequacy of governance & controls, and fitness and propriety under the Senior Managers and Certification Regime (SM&CR)

This pre-recorded webinar will be available to view from Tuesday 2nd June 2026

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