Editorial Standards

1. Who writes this

Every guide, case study, and reference page on FinCrimeRadar is written by Pratik Zanke, a compliance professional with around a decade of AML and financial crime experience across UK, APAC, CEMEA, and South Asian regulatory regimes, currently working in FCA-regulated payments compliance. This isn't outsourced or ghostwritten content. Full background is on the About page.

2. Sourcing standard

Every regulatory claim on this site is checked against a primary source before publication, not a secondary summary of one. That means:

• FCA Handbook and published guidance, not third-party interpretations of it
• UK legislation directly (legislation.gov.uk), not paraphrased summaries
• FCA decision notices and enforcement outcomes, read in full, not taken from a headline or a press release
• Official regulator publications (gov.uk, HM Treasury, OFSI, NCA) for anything outside the FCA's own remit

Where a claim can't be verified against a primary source, either the content isn't published, or the limitation is stated plainly rather than smoothed over.

3. What this site doesn't do

• No content is published purely to fill a word count or hit a publishing schedule
• No AI-generated content goes live unreviewed. Where AI tools assist with drafting or research, every regulatory claim is independently verified against the primary source before publication, the same standard as content written without AI assistance
• No fabricated statistics, invented case studies, or composite "typical scenarios" presented as real cases
• No reproduction of other sites' content, summarised or otherwise. Original analysis only

4. Currency and updates

Regulatory content dates fast. Where a guide references a live regulatory timeline, deadlines, gateway dates, or an evolving regime, that's stated explicitly with the date the content was last checked. When a regulatory development materially changes something already published, the relevant page gets updated, not silently, the change is reflected in the content itself.

5. Corrections

If something on this site is wrong, factually incorrect, outdated, or misattributed, get in touch via the Contact page. Genuine errors get corrected as soon as they're confirmed. This isn't a hypothetical policy: an internal case example in the Scenario Lab training tool was corrected after review because it misstated the sanctions treatment of a hypothetical relative of a designated person, that kind of check happens on content before publication, not just after someone flags it.

6. What this site is, and isn't

FinCrimeRadar provides educational content and decision-support tooling for compliance professionals. It is not legal advice, and using it doesn't create a client relationship of any kind. Every guide, tool, and reference page is built to inform professional judgement, not replace it.

7. How this site is funded

FinCrimeRadar is free to use. It's funded through display advertising and, in future, affiliate relationships with industry training and certification providers, alongside a planned freemium API tier. Editorial content is never written to favour an advertiser or affiliate partner, and no paid placement influences which topics get covered or what a guide concludes. If that ever changes, this page will say so.