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By Dan Byrne, 24 August 2026 PwC screwed up with AI, giving the green light to projects littered with AI mistakes that somehow made it past all standard checks. The company is the latest in a long list of big names that have launched themselves into this entirely avoidable nightmare. And it’s all down to a lack of proper AI governance.

The compliance, financial crime and AML landscape is evolving faster than ever. Rising regulatory expectations, increasingly sophisticated criminal activity and rapid technological change mean that the right professional skills development, encompassing both essential skills and specialist expertise, is vital for success.

By Amy Bryson-McAteer, 17 August 2026 The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published information on the authorisation application form for cryptoasset firms, including the questions and sections firms are likely to need to complete. The publication is for information only and the form is still being finalised, but it gives firms a much clearer view of the application they will need to prepare.

This article is a free excerpt from inCOMPLIANCE, ICA's bi-monthly, member exclusive magazine. To gain access to more articles like this, sign in to the Learning Hub or become a member of ICA. Innovation is about creating value responsibly, which means that compliance should be involved from the outset, argues Natalie Turner There is a moment that occurs in organisations more often than we’d readily admit. A new idea has gathered momentum and senior leaders are interested.

By Dan Byrne, 10 August 2026 Artificial intelligence has officially migrated from the “new toy” phase and is now a robust agenda item for business leaders. You need to manage it, you need to structure it, and you need to take responsibility for it. What does that look like in practice?

By Lindsey Woodward, 3 August 2026 The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA)’s latest review of customer due diligence (CDD) processes [1] doesn’t introduce new regulatory expectations; but it does reinforce a message that has been building for several years. The question is no longer simply whether firms have the right frameworks in place.

This article is a free excerpt from inCOMPLIANCE, ICA's bi-monthly, member exclusive magazine. To gain access to more articles like this, sign in to the Learning Hub or become a member of ICA. Ruth Paley and Nigel Kirby explain what the ECCTA information‑sharing powers allow, who can use them, and importantly, how firms can implement them safely and effectively. Information sharing between regulated firms has long been recognised as a valuable tool in preventing and detecting economic crime.

By Amarjeet Singh, 27 July 2026 American compliance officers have spent the past year watching the Trump administration's enforcement priorities with a mixture of relief and anxiety. Relief at reduced regulatory pressure in some areas; anxiety about where the next wave comes from. In the meantime, there is a useful data point sitting in the Gulf that has not received the attention it deserves.

21 July 2026: International Compliance Association (ICA) has announced a package of fully funded scholarships to support members of the Global Learning Community, a network of over 340 members across 60 countries working to end human trafficking and modern slavery.

The governance, risk and compliance leader’s job has never been harder to define, or more important to get right. Artificial intelligence is rewriting operating models, geopolitics is redrawing risk maps, and regulators expect senior practitioners not just to follow frameworks but to build, defend and critique them.