Rachel Wolcott
Rachel Wolcott is a respected financial journalist and podcaster with a reputation for breaking news and investigative work.
Rachel Wolcott is a respected financial journalist, author and podcaster who brings her reputation for breaking news and investigative work to the Co-Founding Editor role at Compliance Corylated.
Most recently as Senior Editor at Thomson Reuters Regulatory Intelligence, Rachel has specialised in areas including the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), Brexit-related financial service policy change, regulatory reporting, financial crime, market infrastructure, and cryptocurrency.
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28 articles
Digital Assets
Russiaʼs crypto mining ambition ups sanctions risk in a sector with little due diligence
Russiaʼs recent legalisation of cryptocurrency mining has increased sanctions risk in a sector that conducts little or no due diligence....
By
Rachel Wolcott
4th February 2025

Regulatory Reporting
Global identifier org pairs with corporate registers to boost KYC
The Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF) has partnered with two European corporate registers, partly to make Know Your Customer...
By
Rachel Wolcott
3rd February 2025

Regulatory Reporting
FCA found 139 MiFID firms failing to report transactions in 2024
The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) found 139 Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID II) firms potentially failing to report...
By
Rachel Wolcott
29th January 2025

Conduct & Culture
FCA reveals broker probe, says individuals wield too much power
The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is concerned that individual brokers wield too much power over their employers, and is...
By
Rachel Wolcott
29th January 2025

Americas
Trump orders investigation into SEC ‘weaponization’
President Donald Trump signed an executive order on January 20, ordering an investigation into whether the U.S. Securities and Exchange...
By
Rachel Wolcott
27th January 2025

Digital Assets
FCA used money laundering regs powers on cryptos 45 times
The UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has used powers in the Money Laundering Regulations (MLRs) on registered crypto asset firms...
By
Rachel Wolcott
22nd January 2025

Cryptocurrency Regulation
No big-name cryptos among handful of MiCA-licensed CASPs, few stablecoins comply
By
Rachel Wolcott
21st January 2025

Money Laundering
Project 2025, GOP crypto policy threaten US AML progress
Project 2025, the conservative policy tome, and the Republican platform promise to “end Democratsʼ unlawful and un-American crypto crackdown” are...
By
Rachel Wolcott
17th January 2025

Financial Crime
Metaʼs focus on ‘high-severityʼ violations will not stop organised crime
Meta Platforms, the parent company of Facebook, Instagram, Threads, and WhatsApp, said it will continue to focus its automated systems...
By
Rachel Wolcott
15th January 2025
