FCA — Jessica Rusu, “Supporting fintech in the next phase of innovation” (speech)

Tag: S-2026-04-21-fca-rusu-speech Type: meeting-note Author(s): Jessica Rusu, FCA Chief Data, Information and Intelligence Officer Date of source: 2026-04-21 Date ingested: 2026-05-17 Authority weight: high — senior FCA official, official speech. Raw file: Open Brain corpus snapshot at /_raw_sources/open-brain-2026-05-17-corpus.md.

What it claims

Jessica Rusu’s 21 April 2026 speech sets out FCA direction on supporting fintech innovation in the AI / data era. Key points captured:

• FCA will publish examples of good and poor practice drawn from its AI Lab later in 2026 — these will materially shape supervisory expectations.
• The speech confirms FCA’s continuing posture of anchoring AI oversight in existing frameworks rather than introducing new rules.
• It is read alongside Rusu’s broader brief as Chief Data, Information and Intelligence Officer for FCA’s own use of AI in supervisory and authorisation workflows.

Notable quotes

None captured verbatim — fca.org.uk fetches were blocked.

What’s speculative vs. asserted

• Asserted: the commitment to publish AI Lab good / poor practice examples in 2026.
• Speculative: the specific examples and what governance expectations they will codify.

Topics this feeds

• FCA approach to AI
• AI Governance Maturity Gap — good / poor practice examples will benchmark maturity.

Open questions raised

• When in 2026 the good / poor practice examples will publish.
• Whether they will include named or anonymised firms.

Ingestion note

Captured in Open Brain thought dated 4/23/2026.