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In summer 2026, CFW Fin Crime Consulting launched a series of blogs and videos focusing on Lot E s166 Skilled Person reviews in the Payments and eMoney sector and highlighting some of the benefits of engaging firm-side support early.
Check out our blogs and videos published as part of our Lot E s166 Skilled Person reviews series so far below!
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Introduction
Navigating a Lot E s166s - Why Your Payments Firm Needs An Advocate On Your Side Of The Table
Part 1
What actually triggers a Lot E (Financial Crime) s166 Skilled Person Review for a Payments/eMoney firm
Part 2
Inside the Process: How to Manage the Skilled Person, Challenge Scope, and Keep BAU Moving
Part 3
Beyond the Findings: Why Financial Crime Frameworks Fail Under s166 Scrutiny (and How to Fix Them)
Part 4
Life After the s166: Why Remediation Needs Practical Execution, Not Just a Paper Plan
Guide - FCA supervisory and intervention tools
Download our guide which covers:
The FCA’s Role as Supervisor
The FCA’s supervisory and intervention toolkit
Tools we typically encounter in the Payments/eMoney space with respect to financial crime compliance
Top 5 things that Payments/eMoney should be doing and prioritising
Clarinda also features regularly on webinars, conferences, panels, podcasts and other events kindly organised and hosted by third parties. A selection of some of her recent contributions are below:
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October 2026: Clarinda talks to Michelle Khan as part of the Morson Edge 'Women Who Make It Happen' series
'Women Who Make It Happen' is a series championed by specialist talent acquisition firm Morson Edge. It spotlights women in financial services to support others on their journeys as rising stars in the sector. Clarinda discusses a wide range of topics including financial crime, financial services, financial crime consulting, career progression, women in finance, leadership, career development, professional growth, women in leadership, career change and mentors.
September 2026: Clarinda writes for AML Watcher about a major blindspot when it comes to implementing AMLR
Firms can easily fall into the trap of underestimating the sheer operational friction of a single, directly applicable rulebook, while misjudging the narrow window available to implement it. Those that navigate AMLR successfully will not be the ones with the largest budgets, but those with the earliest and most consistent operational momentum. The 10 July 2027 deadline is fixed. The underpinning standards are swiftly incoming.
May 2026: Clarinda talks to Enfuce MLRO and CRO Dan Alter for Enfuce's Risk & Reward series at Money 20/20 2026
Clarinda and Dan discuss how firms can move beyond box-ticking compliance, using their data, experienced talent and closer collaboration with the business, to build the kind of trust that actually protects customers. Implementing a risk-based and proportionate approach is easier said than done - Clarinda shares some of the practical challenges and real-world solutions and strategies that prudent MLROs, Heads of Compliance and other Risk and Compliance leaders are implementing based on her work across the Payments, eMoney and Banking spaces.
April 2026: Clarinda talks to AML Watcher about how agentic technology is transforming AML and the wider financial crime compliance agenda
In her former capacity as Director, Financial Crime Advisory at boutique financial crime consultancy BeyondFS, Clarinda discusses the challenges associated with traditional compliance processes and controls, such as AML Transaction Monitoring, and explores the benefits and challenges faced by institutions on their journeys towards implementing smarter, AI-augmented workflows.
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