Compliance Insights Articles

Mar 31

Internal or External Training – Which Is More Effective?

In an industry as heavily regulated as financial services, the importance of keeping knowledge up to date is well understood. Not only do...

Corporate e-Learning Packages That Suit You

Robert Bell

Mar 4

Corporate e-Learning Packages That Suit You

Choosing the right training package can be a challenge, given the huge number of delivery methods and options available. And that’s...

Our Corporate e-Learning Packages Are Expanding

Robert Bell

Feb 14

Our Corporate e-Learning Packages Are Expanding

Maintaining knowledge in staff at all levels has never been more important. The Financial Conduct Authority are at pains to highlight...

How to Make Compliance Training More Effective

Robert Bell

Jul 28, 2021

How to Make Compliance Training More Effective

Compliance training is often seen as dull and difficult, a perception that blights most compliance officers. If the audience anticipates...

Recognising Financial Difficulties: Using Game Based Learning

Robert Bell

Jun 16, 2021

Recognising Financial Difficulties: Using Game Based Learning

Debt is a very personal issue, and it means different things to different people. The statistics published over the previous year have...

Robert Bell

Nov 12, 2020

Conduct Rules Training Extension

As we get closer to the end of 2020, it’s tempting to put preparations for 2021 on the backburner. However, the new year is just around...

Why Your Firm Needs Financial Difficulties Refresher Training in the Current Climate

Robert Bell

Oct 28, 2020

Why Your Firm Needs Financial Difficulties Refresher Training in the Current Climate

A speech delivered this month by Nisha Arora, the FCA’s Director of Consumer and Retail Policy stressed the importance of firms ensuring...

Why We Use a Game-Based Approach to Compliance Training

Robert Bell

Sep 26, 2020

Why We Use a Game-Based Approach to Compliance Training

We have been providing compliance training to the financial sector for over 25 years. We used to only use face-to-face instruction, but...

Robert Bell

Sep 2, 2020

Deadline for Conduct Rules Training

The FCA has consulted to extend the deadline for solo-regulated firms to have undertaken the first assessment of the fitness and...

Robert Bell

Aug 20, 2020

GDPR: The Importance of Training

A recent EU Commission report has assessed that, two years after implementation, GDPR has successfully updated data protection law for...

Misconceptions about Game Based Training for the Financial Services Sector

Robert Bell

Aug 11, 2020

Misconceptions about Game Based Training for the Financial Services Sector

Game based training has been around for years now, but there are still some misconceptions about its use, especially within professional...

The FCA's Expectations for Fair Treatment of Vulnerable Customers

Robert Bell

Jul 22, 2020

The FCA's Expectations for Fair Treatment of Vulnerable Customers

With this week marking four months since the beginning of the lockdown in March 2020 and some early signs of recovery currently on the...

Robert Bell

Jun 16, 2020

A Hub of Compliance Training Courses

RB Compliance proudly announces our partnership with LemonadeLXP, the all-in-one learning experience platform for financial institutions....

How to Make Compliance Training Engaging For Distance Learners

Robert Bell

Jun 9, 2020

How to Make Compliance Training Engaging For Distance Learners

The COVID-19 crisis has forced companies to let their people work from home. This imposed experiment has shown that companies with...

How to Educate Your Team on Changes to FCA Regulation

Robert Bell

Feb 26, 2020

How to Educate Your Team on Changes to FCA Regulation

A collective “sigh” emanates from the room. Not an unusual response to additional compliance training. Traditionally seen as the “heavy”...

Robert Bell

Feb 5, 2020

Advantages of Game Based Learning

If there’s one common misconception about compliance training, it’s that the training itself – some might say like the rules and...

Putting Refresher Compliance Training First

Robert Bell

Jan 28, 2020

Putting Refresher Compliance Training First

I’m sure you’ll recognise this scenario: A member of staff joins a financial services firm, they receive a first rate induction...

What Senior Managers Need to Be Doing Now for the SM&CR

Robert Bell

Oct 31, 2019

What Senior Managers Need to Be Doing Now for the SM&CR

As solo-regulated firms are preparing to leave behind the Approved Persons Regime and implement the Senior Managers and Certification...

Victoria Bell

Sep 25, 2019

What are the FCA Conduct Rules?

The FCA's Conduct Rules form a fundamental part of the Senior Managers and Certification Regime, which will apply to almost all FCA...

Winter is Coming – and so are the Conduct Rules

Robert Bell

Sep 19, 2019

Winter is Coming – and so are the Conduct Rules

This winter sees the introduction of the conduct rules for solo-regulated firms, insurance firms and banking are already complying with...

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