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LATEST: FCA defends sharing data with Palantir to combat financial crime

FILE PHOTO: Signage is seen for the FCA (Financial Conduct Authority), the UK's financial regulatory body, at their head offices in London, Britain March 10, 2022. REUTERS/Toby Melville/File Photo

By Phoebe Seers

U.S. data analytics firm Palantir, which won a contract to supply AI systems to Britain’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), will not have access to regulatory intelligence, an FCA official said, as the deal came under criticism from lawmakers.

Palantir Technologies PLTR.O, co-founded by Peter Thiel – a billionaire venture capitalist and early supporter of President Donald Trump – won a 12-week contract to analyse the FCA’s internal data to help combat financial crime.

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