Accelerating Action:  A Celebration of the FRIL Innovation to Address Financial Crime Programme

Welcome back to our spotlight series celebrating colleagues who are inspiring change and Accelerating Action across the technology sector. This month’s edition focusses on celebrating some of the inspirational colleagues who took part in our recent program of work under the 4^th Financial Regulation Innovation Lab (FRIL) challenge – addressing financial crime.

Thank you to all who engaged with us across the programme, and to our spotlighted colleagues for contributing to this important campaign: Christine Sinclair, Skills Programme Director FRIL @ University of Strathclyde; Gill Green, Client Director @ Sopra Steria; Savannah Price, Founder & CEO @ Serene, and Roisin McCarthy, Founder & CEO @ Verifoxx.

Financial Regulation Innovation Lab (FRIL) – Recapping the progress made in the Financial Crime Programme 2025

The FRIL is an industry-led collaborative innovation and research programme with a focus in its 4^th call on bringing together industry, regulators, innovators and academia to tackle financial crime and fraud. The challenge was centred around 5 industry led priority use cases and convened 15 Fintech entrepreneurs to work with regulators, academia and industry leaders to develop their innovative solutions. Across the programme, it was a privilege to work with inspirational colleagues across the cluster and we are excited to be celebrating their achievements in this blog.

Across the programme, BT has played a key role in driving collaboration and knowledge sharing across the cluster to tackle financial crime and fraud. This activity kicked off with the launch of the FRIL innovation programme at the BT offices, convening an audience of representatives from regulatory authorities, telco, academia and financial institutions. Continuing to build on this leadership, the BT team also hosted a collaborative podcast series, chaired by Charlotte Moir BT, offering an opportunity to hear from industry leaders across the FRIL – many of whom feature within the Accelerating Action campaign, to share knowledge and best practices in the fraud prevention sector.

“The FRIL is a great opportunity to innovate together to identify solutions”

Paul Taylor, MD Global Banking

Developing the Skills agenda through FRIL – Unlocking AI literacy potential

A key track of activity within the FRIL is skills development, led by our fantastic colleague Christine Sinclair, University of Strathclyde. Christine’s passion and commitment to progressing the skills agenda continues to inspire us to empower colleagues around us, and we are delighted to be sharing further details on the recent launch of the AI Skills Literacy Suite as part of the Women in Tech Campaign:

“AI is transforming the way we live and work at lightning speed, offering new opportunities and challenges – are you keeping up?   Whether you’re just starting your AI journey, looking to deepen your expertise, or need a high-impact executive briefing, our AI Literacy programmes are designed to empower professionals at every level.

Unlock your AI potential with Strathclyde Business School by signing up today to one of our five comprehensive micro credentials to earn academic credits and future-proof your career. Find out more herehttps://bit.ly/FRILSkills_ SBS  or contact sbs-fril@strath.ac.uk with any questions you may have.”

“Cross-industry collaboration really is key to help us stay ahead…its critical”

Charlotte Moir, Account Manager

We look forward to continuing to celebrate inspirational colleagues across this campaign and will be continuing to publish our monthly blog. If you would like to nominate a colleague to feature in our spotlight series, please reach out to
francesca.2.ritchie@bt.com

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