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  FSA External Training Programme Concludes with Focus on Artificial Intelligence

  MFSA

  September 15, 2026

    The Financial Supervisors Academy (FSA), the training and academic arm of the Malta Financial Services Authority (MFSA), will conclude its External Training Programme with a workshop dedicated to one of the most significant developments shaping the financial services sector: Artificial Intelligence (AI). Over the course of the programme, participants have had the opportunity to engage with a series of specialised training sessions covering a variety of topics relevant to today’s evolving financial services landscape. The final workshop will focus on the growing impact of AI on trading and operational systems and the implications for governance, risk management, operational resilience and regulatory compliance

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  Financial regulator bans former law firm owner from financial services

  Financial Conduct Authority

  September 15, 2026

  The FCA has banned Nurul Miah, also known as Neil Mia and Neil Miah, from working in financial services.

  The FCA acted after the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) found that Mr Miah, who was a non-legal manager at Kingly Solicitors Limited, dishonestly caused or allowed more than £28m of client money to be taken from client accounts without permission between April 2019 and July 2020. The SRA also found that more than £10m of client money was missing and had been used by Mr Miah for his own benefit. Mr Miah was approved by the FCA in 2016 to work in senior management roles at an unconnected firm, Oracle Consultants Ltd. The FCA has concluded that Mr Miah’s actions showed he lacked the honesty and integrity needed to work in financial services.

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  The 15th UN Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice 26 September to 1 October 2026

  UNODC

  September 15, 2026

  Main theme of the Fifteenth United Nations Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice: “Accelerating crime prevention, criminal justice and the rule of law: protecting people and planet and achieving the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development in the digital age”