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April 17, 2025 - Federal Reserve Board Governor Michael S. Barr gave a speech entitled, “Deepfakes and the AI Arms Race in Bank Cybersecurity.” April 17, 2025- The Federal Reserve Bank of Boston published an article...more
In March 2025, the UK government met with regulators to push for faster decision-making processes as a part of efforts by Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves to cut red tape and boost economic growth. But while the...more
Welcome to the Regulation Round Up, a regular bulletin highlighting the latest developments in UK and EU financial services regulation....more
The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published its strategy for the next five years and it has a very different tone and objective to the three-year strategy it shared in 2022. This shift in tone reflects developments...more
March 14, 2025 - The Bank Policy Institute sent a response to a request for information from the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, which is developing an Artificial Intelligence Action Plan....more
The emergence of generative artificial intelligence (AI) products in the past couple of years has significantly increased the capacity for individuals, businesses, and organisations to utilise AI to produce a wide range of...more
The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published a research note on AI's role in credit decisions, exploring the issue of AI explainability in the context of algorithm-assisted decision-making, using consumer credit...more
The Global Financial Innovation Network has published a report summarizing discussions led by the U.K. Financial Conduct Authority and the Dubai Financial Services Authority on the use of consumer-facing AI in global...more
After a flurry of AI-related papers from the previous UK Conservative government and regulators in 2023 and the first half of 2024 (and the establishment of the UK’s AI Safety Institute and the AI Policy Directorate),...more
As financial crime risks evolve, including those risks posed by the use of AI and other emerging technologies, so too must firms’ financial crime compliance response. It is unsurprising, therefore, that AI forms part of both...more
UK Financial Insights from Katten is a monthly newsletter highlighting key noteworthy developments potentially affecting financial markets and funds in the UK and Europe....more
The UK's capital markets are a vital economic driver, and also a significant source of money laundering risk. This is a difficult area of risk for regulators and law enforcement to understand and tackle, but progress is being...more
Katten's Financial Markets and Funds Quick Take is a monthly newsletter highlighting key noteworthy developments potentially affecting financial markets and funds....more
The Financial Conduct Authority has published a research note on a pilot study into bias in natural language processing (NLP). The research note presents the results of a technical investigation into biases in word...more
CryptoLink is a compilation of news stories published by outside organizations. Akin aggregates the stories, but the information contained in them does not necessarily represent the beliefs or opinions of the firm. Akin's...more
The Financial Conduct Authority has published a research note providing a review of literature on bias in supervised machine-learning models. The note explores how biases may arise and be mitigated in models used to make...more
This month we cover developments involving the Federal Trade Commission, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, the Financial Stability Board, the California Privacy Protection Agency, the Colorado Division of...more
Welcome to the UK Regulation Round Up, a regular bulletin highlighting the latest developments in UK and EU financial services regulation....more
HM Treasury has published remits and recommendations for the U.K. Financial Conduct Authority and Prudential Regulation Authority, set out in a letter sent from Rachel Reeves, Chancellor of the Exchequer, to Nikhil Rathi, FCA...more
AI1 and ESG2 have both been climbing the agenda in the UK financial services industry in recent years. As firms – driven by customer, investor and regulatory expectations – prioritise sustainable and ethical practices and...more
The Bank of England published the findings of its third joint survey with the U.K. Financial Conduct Authority on the use of Artificial Intelligence and machine learning in financial services. The survey aims to build on...more
The survey finds that most firms are using AI, but many only have a partial understanding of how the technology operates. On 21 November 2024, the Bank of England (BoE) and FCA published a report setting out their...more
As further initiatives come in to play and legislation is on the horizon, existing regulators (such as the ICO, CMA, Ofcom and FCA) continue to press on with their approach to AI regulation, including through the Digital...more