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23/10/2025

Square 4 Partners and CourtCorrect Announce Strategic Partnership to Transform AI-Powered Outcomes Monitoring – Assure 4

London, UK – [23rd October 2025] – Square 4 Partners, a professional services firm specialising …

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By Simon Goryl - Advisory Director | 23/01/2026

EMILY – Early Money Is Like Yeast: It Makes the Dough Rise

One of the earliest financial planning principles that has stayed with me is EMILY – …

By Roma Pearson - Senior Advisory Director | 30/12/2025

New Year, new regulatory focus – what’s next in 2026?

As the UK financial ecosystem continues to evolve rapidly, 2026 is shaping up to be …

By Matthew Drage - Director - Technology Solutions | 29/12/2025

What to Expect in 2026: How Tech and AI will transform the regulatory landscape.

As organisations look ahead to 2026, risk, compliance and assurance functions are being reshaped by …

By Nicky Green - Advisory Director | 12/11/2025

Insights from the FCA’s Consolidation review

The recent multi-firm review As a little Halloween treat, the FCA published their observations from …

By Nicky Green - Advisory Director | 03/11/2025

Financial crime oversight – why all firms should pay attention to the FCA’s latest survey results

Last month, the FCA published a press release highlighting gaps in financial crime oversight arrangements. …

Sky-high rise buildings in London for financial services.

23/10/2025

Square 4 Partners and CourtCorrect Announce Strategic Partnership to Transform AI-Powered Outcomes Monitoring – Assure 4

London, UK – [23rd October 2025] – Square 4 Partners, a professional services firm specialising …

By Tom Jeffery - Operations Director | 13/10/2025

Reconnecting with the Past: Practical Realities Behind the Motor Finance Compensation Scheme

As the FCA consults on its proposed industry-wide motor finance compensation scheme, the debate has …

By Roma Pearson | 09/10/2025

CP 25/27 – turning clarity into proportionate action

The FCA has now proposed its approach to historic motor finance commission arrangements. This marks …

By Nicky Green - Advisory Director | 11/09/2025

Policy Statement 25/12 – Changes to the safeguarding regime for payments and e-money firms

With the FCA’s introduction of Policy Statement 25/12, the safeguarding framework for payments and e-money …

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24/03/2026

Consumer Understanding: The FCA’s verdict is in.

The FCA has delivered a clear verdict on Consumer Understanding under the Consumer Duty and …

By Sara Haworth - Senior Consultant | 28/01/2025

2025 Consumer Duty Board Report – An Updated Guide

On 11 December 2024, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) issued its findings of the review …

By Simon Goryl & Sara Haworth | 30/09/2024

Outcomes Monitoring – A Good Practice Guide

With the introduction of the FCA’s Consumer Duty in July 2023, the regulatory focus has …

By Darren Fisher (Advisory Director) & Natalie Baglin (Senior Consultant) | 12/10/2023

Goodbye TCF. Hello Consumer Duty.

In the early days of Consumer Duty (the Duty) consultation, there was a belief amongst …

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By Darren Fisher - Advisory Director | 19/12/2023

Consumer Duty: Annual Board Report – Don’t delay!

It’s almost six months on from the 31 July implementation deadline – so what’s next? …

By Sara Haworth - Principal Consultant | 07/05/2025

FCA & FOS Complaints Data – A Deep Dive

Complaints data, it appears, is like waiting for buses. You wait a while and two …

Annual Board Report

06/06/2024

2024 Consumer Duty Board Report – A Helpful Guide

Square 4 have updated this information for 2025, following the FCA’s end-of- year review and …

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