The Beyond Capture Podcast

Closing the Next Compliance Gap

Umony Season 1 Episode 10

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In this episode of Beyond Capture, Dean Elwood, CEO of Umony, brings together Tracey McDermott, former Acting Chief Executive of the Financial Conduct Authority and former Group Head of Conduct, Financial Crime and Compliance at Standard Chartered, and Stephen Sanders, former Chief Compliance Officer EMEA at J.P. Morgan.

The discussion focuses on the role of enforcement in shaping behaviour across financial services, and how cultural reform is driven within firms. Tracey McDermott explains how regulators use enforcement to set expectations, while responsibility for cultural change remains with leadership inside organisations. Stephen Sanders adds a practitioner perspective on how firms respond to regulatory pressure and embed accountability.

The conversation also looks at where firms remain underprepared this year, including gaps in how culture is assessed, how conduct risk is managed across business lines, and how regulatory expectations are translated into day to day practices.

The episode brings together regulatory and industry perspectives on how enforcement, leadership, and internal culture interact in practice.
 

Chapters:

00:00 Intro

01:17 What Do Recent Enforcement Cases Tell Us About 2026

03:15 Is the Regulator–Firm Relationship Really a Partnership?

06:14 Why This Relationship Is Cyclical

12:33 The Limits of the Partnership

18: 23 What Compliance Leaders Do After an Enforcement Case Hits

22:34 Connecting the Dots in Compliance

28:35 What Firms Aren’t Ready For in 2026

36:47 AI, Legacy Systems & New Blind Spots

43:24 Rethinking the Three Lines of Defence

53:33 What Good Regulatory Dialogue Looks Like

57:49 Breaking Down Compliance Silos

1:03:43 Rethinking Suspicious Activity Reporting

1:08:26 The Shift from Human to Machine Oversight

1:15:53 The Reality of Regulatory Divergence

1:21:29 Global Standards Without a Global Regulator

1:24:39 Speed Round: Risk, AI & Regulation