Artificial Intelligence Compliance: The Next Big Challenge for Risk Managers.
Financial services firms have been leading the charge in the development of artificial intelligence systems to improve service, reduce costs, mitigate risks, and drive through efficiencies. Until now, AI systems have been largely developed in a legal and regulatory vacuum but the European AI Act, which will impact many UK firms in the same way as GDPR did, is set to change all that. New Link Consulting summarises here the key provisions of the Act and offers practical advice regarding what firms should be doing now to get ahead of the game.
FCA Urges Financial Firms to Improve Treatment of Politically Exposed Persons
On July 18th, after completing a multi-firm review, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) released its assessment of how well firms are following its current guidance on the treatment of Politically Exposed Persons (PEPs) and their Relatives and Close Associates (RCAs) for anti-money laundering purposes. The following post provides a summary of how well firms have performed.
New Link Consulting receives Financial Services Qualification System (FSQS) from Hellios
New Link Consulting is please to announce that it is now registered with the Hellios Financial Services Qualification System (FSQS), a single standard for managing the increasing complexity of third-party information needed to demonstrate compliance to regulators, policies and governance controls.