What's the Buzz? The Official HiveRisk Podcast

HiveRisk Founder Kate Burt and FinCrime & Counter Fraud expert Nina Dayal lead a special flash edition of What's the Buzz? to unpack a series of significant AML developments affecting law firms and other professional service businesses.

In this session, they discuss:

The Government's recently published plans for the FCA's future duties, powers and accountability as AML supervisor, and what this means for firms as the transition away from the current supervisory framework begins to take shape

The changes to the Money Laundering Regulations taking effect on 30 June 2026

The outcomes of the FATF June 2026 Plenary, including the practical implications of countries moving on and off the increased monitoring list.

They explore what these developments mean at the coal face, what firms should be paying attention to now, and why a proportionate response should mean that, for most organisations, it's very much business as usual for the time being.

HiveRisk also discuss the changes at length in their newsletter.

Are RegTech Platforms Making AML Feel Safer Than It Actually Is?Controversial?

Maybe - but a conversation that absolutely needs to be had.

On this week's What's the Buzz? The Official HiveRisk Podcast, Eloise Butterworth is joined by Jonny Coleman from First AML to talk about whether tech is making us too comfortable when it comes to AML risk.

Covering everything from:

😬 What firms are seeing day to day - the good, the bad and the ugly

⚠️ Why workflows are guardrails not silver bullets.

🧩 How tech, consultants and firms are pieces of the same puzzle.

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In this episode of What's The Buzz? HiveRisk founder Kate Burt is joined by Natalie Foster, founder of Inspire Legal Group.

They dive into her story so far, the realities of running an SRA regulated practice and what the future holds both in terms of threats and opportunities.

In this What's The Buzz? Episode, HiveRisk founder Kate Burt is joined by Tom Blandford to discuss the potential implications of the SRA's published proposals on client money rules.

The most controversial proposal is to separate both COLP and COFA roles from the 'ultimate decision maker'. The episode gives predictions and valuable insights on what this all means for sole practitioners, and larger practices.

In this episode of What's the Buzz? HiveRisk founder Kate Burt is joined by Carla Hoppe of Wealthbrite to discuss the impact of financial stress on professional judgement and behaviour.

This is a topic which is rarely discussed openly in compliance circles, but is already costing businesses in real terms.

• Wealthbrite is leading a sector-wide research project, supported by The Solicitors’ Charity. We are inviting law firms to complete the 2026 Financial Wellbeing in Law Survey, a short 20 minute assessment of the support and risk mitigation currently in place across their organisation.

Participating firms can opt to receive a firm-specific insight report highlighting strength in their systems, areas for improvement and how their approach compares with emerging sector trends.

The survey closes on 30 June.

Join Eloise Butterworth along with Harriet Holmes of Thirdfort as they discuss money laundering in our local communities in this episode of What's the Buzz? The Official HiveRisk podcast.

Not the Regs. Not the SRA guidance. Not policies, controls and procedures.

This episode brings to life why this stuff really matters in your community.

We know the WHY is crucial in getting messages to land - but rarely is sufficient time dedicated to these conversations. So that's why this episode is dedicated to this crucial topic.

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Most people talk about fraud from the outside.

Peter Taylor, ACFS has seen it from the inside.

He’s interviewed the bad actors. He understands the tactics, the psychology, and the moments where defences fail.

In this episode he joins Eloise on What's the Buzz? The Official HiveRisk Podcast to share what he knows about financial crime and cyber criminals - and why law firms remain such attractive targets.

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On this week's What's The Buzz Podcast? We're joined by the industry renowned Ray Blake, of The Dark Money Files Ltd podcast.

Ray has spent years unpicking the complexities of Companies House and has built a reputation for making corporate transparency and AML topics genuinely understandable - no small feat in this space.

This is a brilliant episode with so many practical takeaways.

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On this week's What's the Buzz? podcast, we're joined by Col Secomb, co-founder of Yao, Kate Burt and Eloise Butterworth to discuss the power of automation and the uses in compliance, along with how practice management systems can actually support smarter compliance workflows.

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In this episode of What's the Buzz? HiveRisk's Eloise Butterworth is joined by co-founder of Forsyte, Jane Pritchard, to discuss risk, and policy gaps that arise in practice and how AI can help to plug some of those gaps.

As ever the discussion is packed full of energy and practical and actionable insights.

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