Updates

£2M in Fines for a Simple Mistake – How Are Businesses Still Getting This Wrong?

Latest FATF Plenary Outcomes: Updates to the “Grey List” – February 2025 Update

Webinar: New Sanctions Obligations from May for all AMPs

Webinar: Latest HMRC Fines & New Financial Sanctions Obligations for Lettings

The May 2025 Sanctions Deadline: What Letting Agents Must Do Now

New Rules, New Risks: 5 Estate Agent Watchouts for 2025

2024 AML Recap for the Property Market

4 critical takeaways from the recent OFSI updates that AMPs must be aware of

5 AML Watchouts for AMPs in 2025

2024 AML Recap for the Art Market

Sanctions Update: Free Webinar for AMPs

Webinar: Latest HMRC Fines & New Financial Sanctions Obligations for Lettings

Join the Webinar: Legislation, EPC’s & AML, three gifts the industry needs to prepare for

Join us at ArtLogic’s Connect ’24 Event

Is It Really HMRC Contacting You? How to Avoid Scammers

Art Market Red Flags: Indictment of Russian TV Figures

COMING SOON – Mock HMRC Inspections: Would your business be prepared if HMRC knocked?

NCA Seizes £14m Property in Landmark AML Case

What is Simplified Due Diligence and when is it appropriate?

The free HMRC registration renewal tool: AML Protect

Free Webinar for AMPs – AML Penalties and How to Avoid Them

AMPs: Do You Accept Cash?

Property Case Study – Proliferation Financing SAR

Auction House Due Diligence: What AMPs need to know

MEET PATRICE DOLOR – AML ANALYST, FCS COMPLIANCE

2024 – The Year of Elections

HMRC Updates: Who must Register as an Art Market Participant

Commercial Property and the increased risk of Money Laundering

Keeping the Shine on Super Prime – Enhanced Due Diligence: A Guide for Estate Agents in the UK

“The entire training is 100% essential for being in a Real Estate Business.”

Join the webinar: 10 Costly AML Mistakes and How to Avoid Them

HMRC Lists Most Recent Penalties on AMPs

Free Customer and Object Due Diligence Webinar for AMPs

Meet Stephen Williamson – Senior AML Consultant, FCS Compliance

Particular Art Market Vulnerabilities to Money Laundering

Amber Alerts for Art Storage

HMRC issue over £1.6m in fines to estate agents

Economic Crime Levy Increased for Largest UK AMPs

Latest Fines From HMRC Are Impacting EABs

Update From The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) – October 2023

Latest Fines From HMRC Are Impacting AMPs

Arrests made across the Northwest and London in an NCA investigation…

Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023

HMRC Attending More Art Fairs…

The UK Strengthens Enforcement of Trade Sanctions: Art Market Update

Are interior designers intermediaries and do they need to register as Art Market Participants?

100s of AMPs tuned in to catch the live webinar

Meet Hannah Evans – Office Manager, FCS Compliance – Art Division

Meet Georgie Tarry – Account Director, FCS Compliance

NEW webinar with BIID: Anti-Money Laundering Compliance for Interior Designers

Property professionals: Take our MLRO quiz for a chance to win a £100 Amazon voucher

Join the webinar: Stay Ahead of HMRC’s Money Laundering Crackdown

Snoofa and FCS Compliance held an exclusive webinar for AMPs

AML Regulation of the Art Market: A Moving Target – Join us on 10 November

AMPs: Is the Ultimate Beneficial Owner information on Companies House reliable?

Proliferation Financing for Designated Non-Financial Businesses – What This Means for the Property Market

When is an Art Market Participant (AMP) relieved of conducting Customer Due Diligence?

Property Market: Four possible new models for an AML supervision

Are You Registered? The National Crime Agency Releases New SAR Portal

Meet Helen Grindey – AML Consultant, FCS Compliance

FCS Compliance shortlisted to win in The Negotiator Awards 2023

Art Market Participants (AMPs) tuned in to AML webinar to learn more about HMRC Interventions

Rightmove: Are you ready for an HMRC inspection? Watch the webinar recording

Property Market News: HMRC issues £3.2 million in money laundering penalties

AMPs: What is ‘a linked transaction’? and Why should you care?

AMPs: Economic Crime Levy

Art Market News: HMRC’s latest fine list totals £3.2m 

AML Supervision Reform Webinar 13.07.23

Meet Leah Ryan – AML Consultant, FCS Compliance

FCS experts answer AML questions in live Q&A webinar to help Rightmove agents prepare for HMRC inspections

How important is it for AMPs to maintain appropriate AML records?

Anti-Money Laundering Under The Spotlight

AMPs: What are two persistent CDD Myths?

Meet Chanditha Herath – AML Analyst, FCS Compliance

FCS Supports ‘The Pituitary Foundation’ Charity

Top 5 Most Frequently Asked Questions – Art Market

Top 5 Most Frequently Asked Questions – Property Market

HMRC Interventions: An Ounce of Prevention, is Worth a Pound of Cure

Suspicious Activity Reports and Why They Are Important

Meet Rachel Houston – AML Consultant, FCS Compliance

Meet Paula Trommel – Senior AML Consultant, FCS Compliance, Art Division

FCS and the National Crime Agency (NCA) come together in live webinar on Rightmove to advise agents on Suspicious Activity Reports (SARs)

FCS Compliance is ‘Highly Commended’ at The Negotiator Awards 2022

FCS Compliance Art Division becomes Approved Service Provider for SLAD (The Society of London Art Dealers)

FCS Compliance crowned ‘AML Compliance Company of the Year’ in Global Awards 2022/2023 (Corporate LiveWire)

“Excellent as always!” FCS webinar brings clarity on the role of reliance in AML to Rightmove members

Keeping your AML housekeeping up-to-date

Understanding the intricacies of the updated art guidance on Anti-Money Laundering

Meet Suzanne White – Senior AML Consultant, FCS Compliance

Meet Rena Neville – Lead AML Consultant, FCS Compliance, Art Division

LAPADA to host exclusive webinar with FCS Compliance on important changes to AML guidance

FCS Compliance is shortlisted in The Negotiator Awards 2022 for the second time

FCS Compliance announces the latest in its AML series of webinars with Rightmove

FCS Compliance named ‘AML Compliance and Consultancy of the Year’ for the second year at SME Awards 2022

“Great speaker with immense knowledge.” Agents tune in to Rightmove for an update on Customer Due Diligence (CDD)

Art Market Event Dates for the Diary: September – December 2022

Ask The Expert: UK Art Market – BAMF Updates AML Guidance

Ask The Expert: UK Art Market – Update on Sanctions and Bans

Ask The Expert: The importance of registering with HMRC

Meet Jonathan Evans – Senior AML Consultant,FCS Compliance

Rightmove hosts FCS Compliance webinar to help agents master Customer Due Diligence (CDD) that meets with HMRC approval

‘HMRC INTERVENTIONS AND SANCTIONS’ WEBINAR FOR THE ART MARKET – WATCH AGAIN

‘HMRC Interventions and Sanctions’ (5pm 27 June) – webinar gets art market HRMC-ready for the summer season

Sotheby’s former Global Compliance Director creates one-stop-shop AML art division with FCS Compliance

“Good sound advice, plainly spoken.” AML questions come in thick and fast from agents on the latest webinar on Rightmove.

Meet Caroline Walters – Senior AML Consultant, FCS Compliance

Ask The Expert: Jonathan Evans – Senior AML Consultant, FCS Compliance

Rightmove webinar puts FCS Compliance in the hot seat – Wed 4 May

FCS Compliance partners with all-in-one lettings platform Rent4sure

FCS Founder, Jerry Walters, recounts his investigation of Giovanni di Stefano in new Sky Documentary.

“It was a real eye opener.” Agents tune in to learn more about being a MLRO in the latest webinar on the Rightmove Hub

Ask The Expert: The role of reliance in Anti-Money Laundering (AML)

Interview: Meet Malcolm Driscoll, Lead AML Consultant at FCS

FCS Compliance wins ‘Consultancy Training Specialist of the Year’ at Corporate LiveWire’s Global Awards 2021/2022

Rightmove to host new FCS webinar to support Money Laundering Reporting Officers (MLROs) – 16 Feb 2022

“Brilliant. Thank you.” Our latest webinar on the Rightmove Hub attracts hundreds of agents keen to ensure AML compliance.

FCS Compliance wins Gold at The Negotiator Awards 2021

Ask The Expert: The Pandora Papers – The importance of registering and renewing with HMRC

Rightmove adds new FCS webinar to schedule: ‘Are you ready for a HMRC inspection?’ (1 December 2021)

Interview: Meet Jen Siwicki, Senior AML Consultant at FCS

FCS Compliance is shortlisted for Supplier of the Year: Products & Services (Business) in The 2021 Negotiator Awards

FCS Compliance sponsors LAPADA Conference 2021

FCS Compliance wins UK Enterprise Award for Best AML Compliance, Consultancy & Training Specialists, UK

“Simply brilliant.” Agents get answers to their AML questions at our live Q&A on the Rightmove Hub.

“Let’s discuss Anti-Money Laundering’. Rightmove hosts live Q&A with FCS on 15 June

“Best “training” I’ve seen. I actually watched it twice!” Industry reaction to recent FCS webinar on Rightmove Hub.

HMRC Anti-Money Laundering Deadline

Jerry Walters of FCS Compliance becomes member of PAIAM (Professional Advisors to the International Art Market)

‘Identifying the Beneficial Owners of Companies and Trusts’ – Rightmove hosts next FCS webinar on 18 May

Training Requirements

HMRC Review

Solicitors Regulation Authority reports of money laundering

Higher-Risk Countries

‘Practical AML Compliance for Auctioneers’ webinar – watch again

‘Practical AML Compliance for Auctioneers’ – industry webinar: 5pm 1 March

FCS Compliance partners with tenant referencing and lettings insurance company HomeLet

FCS Compliance announces partnership with Snoofa, specialist software provider for auctioneers and art market participants

“One of the best ones yet” – agents respond to the latest FCS webinar

Money laundering legislation and the art world

Registration opens for Rightmove webinar on CDD (19 Jan 2021)

Government publishes its 2020 National Risk Assessment of money laundering and terrorist financing

Rightmove to host two further FCS Compliance webinars: filing SARs (15 Dec) and undertaking effective CDD (19 Jan)

Jerry Walters joins the speaker line-up at the Residential Conveyancing Conference (25 November)

Rightmove to host FCS Compliance Anti-Money Laundering (AML) webinar on 17 November

Let Alliance partners with FCS Compliance to deliver Anti-Money Laundering services

COVID-19 and Undertaking Effective CDD

FCS Compliance takes to the virtual stage at ‘The National Property Law Conference’

FCS becomes an AML approved service provider for LAPADA

COVID-19: Notice to our Clients

5th EU AML Directive Guidelines

LonRes Acquires Leading Specialist AML Consultancy

FCS exhibiting at the Law 2019 Conference in Cardiff

FCS Compliance launches new AML Compliance Health check for Propertymark members

FCS Compliance now offering full CDD service

EU 5th AML Directive to be transposed into UK Legislation by January 2020

Managing Director of FCS Ltd to speak at Propertymark NAEA Annual 2019 conference

5th EU AML Directive has now been approved and focuses on virtual currencies and Beneficial Ownership

5th EU AML territories will have to make public the real owners of all their registered companies by the end of 2020

The Sanctions and AML Act receives Royal Assent

Many UK agents not yet compliant with anti-money laundering rules, research suggests

2018 updated AML handbook for law firms is now available through cpm21

The firm to continue providing AML services to legal firms on behalf of cpm21

FCS Compliance renews its contract for 2018 to provide AML training to National Association of Estate Agents

Case study ‘The murderer, Queen’s Bank and South African corruption’ seminar at Bristol UWE

FCS Compliance webinar on behalf of the ICA announced for the 21st November

FCS Compliance launch exceeds all expectations

The 2017 Money Laundering Regulations come into effect….

FCS Compliance publishes draft AML handbook for legal firms in conjunction with cpm21

FCS Compliance delivering AML training to National Association of Estate Agents