FCA Non-Financial Misconduct Guidance: Considerations for Social Media Screening from 1 September 2026
The FCA now puts non-financial misconduct in the centre of regulatory compliance, meaning behaviours such as bullying, harassment, and violence can impact fitness and propriety. The new regulations require employers to proactively mitigate nfm, even if it takes place on social media. In this white paper, Seyfarth Shaw Senior Counsel Yana Komsitsky outlines key changes and how firms can weigh social media screening as one part of a lawful, risk-based approach.
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The FCA Non-Financial Misconduct Proof of Compliance Template
The FCA's new rules take effect 1 September 2026, and a policy on paper is no longer enough. Firms must evidence that screening actually works. This free template shows you exactly what that proof looks like. New to the rules? Get the template here.
Fama Case Studies
CASE STUDY: Modern Due Diligence in Higher Education Executive Search
Enhance executive due diligence in higher education with Fama’s AI-based compliant social media screening. Read the Academic Search case study.
CASE STUDY: Modern Due Diligence in Higher Education Executive Search
Enhance executive due diligence in higher education with Fama’s AI-based compliant social media screening. Read the Academic Search case study.
Fama Podcasts
Fama Webinars
Webinar | Candidate Misrepresentation: How Identity + Behavior Background Checks Improve Hiring
Combine identity verification with social media screening to uncover candidate fraud and online misconduct, protecting employers from costly bad hires.
Webinar | Candidate Misrepresentation: How Identity + Behavior Background Checks Improve Hiring
Combine identity verification with social media screening to uncover candidate fraud and online misconduct, protecting employers from costly bad hires.
FCA Non-Financial Misconduct Rules: Closing the Screening Gap Before September 2026
FCA Non-Financial Misconduct Rules: Closing the Screening Gap Before September 2026
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We would screen manually, doing keyword searches and quickly realized how much we were missing because this is so complex.
We would screen manually, doing keyword searches and quickly realized how much we were missing because this is so complex.
