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UK FCA and PRA oversight of financial sanctions compliance for financial services firms: data-led scrutiny, sector priorities, recent cases (Starling, Standard Chartered, RBSG) and OFSI threat assessment

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This Practice Note examines the Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) supervisory and enforcement emphasis on how financial services firms comply with the UK’s financial sanctions framework. It is aimed at entities authorised by the FCA under the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000, as well as those within the FCA’s supervisory perimeter, including e‑money institutions, payment firms and cryptoasset businesses (collectively, ‘firms’)...

  • Oversight of firms’ sanctions systems and controls, covering the FCA’s data-driven supervision and its sanctions screening tool
  • Priority sectors and themes for FCA supervision, reflected in supervisory correspondence, multi-firm reviews and public statements
  • The interaction between sanctions compliance and the Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA)
  • FCA (and PRA) enforcement where shortcomings in sanctions compliance are identified
  • Insights from the Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation (OFSI)’s Financial Services Threat Assessment Report, which may signal potential FCA areas of focus

For practical guidance on sanctions systems and controls, see Sanctions compliance—overview. For a broader summary of the legal and regulatory obligations, see Introduction to UK sanctions compliance for financial services firms...

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