The UK’s New “Failure to Prevent Fraud” Law

The UK "Failure to Prevent Fraud" law presents challenges for global banks operating in the UK. Read how the law applies, and generally what banks should be doing to comply.

The UK’s New “Failure to Prevent Fraud” Law

UK companies awoke on Monday, September 1st to the commencement of the new Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act (ECCTA) 2023. Specifically, companies were paying attention to Sections 199 through 206 as it took effect. Billed as one of the most radical and consequential expansions of criminal liability for corporations in generations, this seeming afterthought set of sections located at the end of the 207 section ECCTA belies the scale of its implications for financial institutions.

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