FCA Regulatory Brief – Priority Actions for Firms 9 May – 22 May 2025
FCA Regulatory Brief – Priority Actions for Firms 9 May – 22 May 2025
The FCA’s announcements between 9 May – 22 May 2025 underscore three immediate themes for regulated firms:
- Tighter supervisory intervention – from emergency restrictions on wealth-management and crowdfunding platforms to new confiscation and insider-dealing cases.
- Lighter-touch, smarter rulemaking – streamlined complaints reporting, pruning of the insurance rulebook and continued push toward open finance.
- Consumer resilience and international reach – fresh data on household savings gaps and a new bilateral agenda with China.
Firms should translate these signals into concrete remediation, data-upgrade and governance tasks over the next month to stay ahead of supervisory scrutiny.
Current FCA releases and 30-day firm actions
Recommended sequencing
Completing these tasks will demonstrate proactive compliance, reinforce Consumer Duty evidence and position firms for constructive engagement as the FCA quickens its 2025–30 strategy rollout.
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