Open banking in the US is moving quickly towards more formal, API-driven data sharing models. That brings opportunity, but it also brings new questions around accountability. When customer-authorised data sharing breaks down, whether through fraud, misuse, or weak controls, the liability debate becomes unavoidable.

This session looks at what Section 1033 is likely to change in practice, how banks should think about consent and third-party risk, and the control redesign needed to support open banking models without opening new fraud and AML exposure.

BNPL has grown because it’s convenient and frictionless, but that same convenience has created genuine concerns around affordability, transparency, and customer outcomes. With FCA regulation expected to come into force in 2026, BNPL is moving into the mainstream supervision environment, and firms will be expected to demonstrate stronger controls.

This session breaks down what the new regulatory perimeter will mean, where banks remain exposed through embedded finance partnerships, and how to build compliant controls without undermining conversion or customer experience.

Agenda:

1. What FCA supervision of BNPL is likely to introduce in practice

2. Affordability, disclosures, and customer outcomes under a regulated model

3. Where banks remain exposed through partnerships and embedded journeys

4. Designing controls that work without damaging customer experience

5. Q&A and practical next steps

Crypto is moving into the era of mandatory transparency. The UK’s adoption of the OECD Cryptoasset Reporting Framework in 2026 will require in-scope firms to collect, validate, and report new datasets, introducing operational lift and a very different level of scrutiny across cryptoasset activity.

This session explores what CARF will demand in practice, how it will reshape KYC and transaction monitoring expectations, and how banks can manage crypto risk in a way that is targeted and proportionate, rather than defaulting to blanket de-risking.

Agenda:

1. What CARF is and what changes for UK firms in 2026

2. The data firms will need to collect, validate, and report

3. How CARF will shift KYC, transaction monitoring, and source-of-funds review

4. Operating strategies to manage crypto risk without indiscriminate de-risking

5. Q&A and practical readiness actions

FATF shapes the global direction of travel, but the real challenge for banks is anticipating what supervisors will challenge next. Increasingly, regulators are not just asking whether controls exist. They’re asking whether they work, whether they are efficient, and whether they produce meaningful outcomes.

This session looks at the themes emerging from FATF discussions and the wider regulatory landscape, what that suggests for 2026 priorities, and how banks should adapt risk models and monitoring strategies to stay ahead of enforcement pressure.

Agenda:

1. What FATF themes typically become supervisory priorities

2. The controls regulators increasingly challenge as ineffective

3. Strengthening monitoring outcomes, alert quality, and investigation standards

4. Updating risk models and calibration to reflect emerging threats

5. Q&A and key takeaways

AMLA represents a major shift for EU financial crime supervision. The move toward centralised oversight and stronger consistency expectations will place more emphasis on effectiveness, data quality, and the standard of investigative outcomes across large and cross-border banking groups.

This session covers what EU banks should expect, why case quality and consistency are becoming the new baseline, and how to prepare for the reality of deeper supervisory scrutiny under the new EU AML framework.

Agenda:

1. What AMLA changes and why it matters for EU banking groups

2. What “effectiveness” is likely to look like under centralised supervision

3. Why data quality, explainability, and case consistency matter more than ever

4. Practical preparation across governance, MI, testing, and operating model

5. Q&A and next steps