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RMCA official-source learning records organise published regulatory, enforcement and court material by exact entity, source, date, procedural state and evidence limitation. RCEF learning maps are retrospective educational tools; they are not additional findings, participant assessments, audits or ratings.

OFFICIAL-SOURCE LEARNING RECORD · NOT A PARTICIPANT RECORDThis official-source learning record summarises identified published material and maps it retrospectively to RCEF learning domains. It is not a contemporaneous RMCA assessment, participant record, audit, legal opinion, additional regulatory finding or prediction of current or future conduct.

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PREVIEW · NOINDEX2026 · Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation

Bank of Scotland — Sanctions screening configuration and escalation lessons

OFSI imposed a £160,000 monetary penalty on Bank of Scotland plc. Its published lesson material described an automated screening failure involving a spelling variation and highlighted configuration, contingency, human escalation, training and voluntary disclosure as practical learning points.

Exact subject: Bank of Scotland plc
Procedural state: OFFICIAL MONETARY PENALTY · PUBLISHED LESSONS

PREVIEW · NOINDEX2022 · Financial Conduct Authority

Santander UK — Business-model verification and expected-activity monitoring

The FCA fined Santander UK plc £107,793,300. Its published outcome identified weaknesses in business-activity verification, expected-versus-observed account activity, monitoring and governance affecting oversight of more than 560,000 business customers during the enforcement period.

Exact subject: Santander UK plc
Procedural state: FINAL FCA ENFORCEMENT OUTCOME

PREVIEW · NOINDEX2021 · Financial Conduct Authority / Southwark Crown Court

NatWest — Expected activity, cash monitoring and data classification

National Westminster Bank plc was fined £264,772,619.95 following convictions for three Money Laundering Regulations offences. The published outcome described divergence from an expected no-cash profile, large cash deposits and automated classification of some cash deposits as cheque deposits.

Exact subject: National Westminster Bank plc
Procedural state: CRIMINAL CONVICTIONS · SENTENCING OUTCOME

PREVIEW · NOINDEX2024 · Financial Conduct Authority

Starling Bank — Growth, high-risk onboarding and sanctions-screening coverage

The FCA fined Starling Bank Limited £28,959,426. Its published outcome described rapid customer growth alongside controls that did not keep pace, accounts opened for high-risk customers despite a restriction, and automated screening against only a fraction of the full sanctions list.

Exact subject: Starling Bank Limited
Procedural state: FINAL FCA ENFORCEMENT OUTCOME

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FDRC · PREVIEW

Forex TB Limited — Customer treatment, advice boundaries and client classification

FINAL FCA ENFORCEMENT OUTCOME

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PSCR · PREVIEW

BeAccount Ltd — Supervisory intervention, financial-crime controls and return of funds

FCA OWN-INITIATIVE SUPERVISORY INTERVENTION

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PSCR · PREVIEW

UK payment safeguarding — Supplementary Regime and CASS 15 from 7 May 2026

REGULATORY CHANGE EXPLAINER

Programme-owned canonical explainer; current Handbook archive and approval gates remain incomplete.

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