United Kingdom: New Technology

In this edition we round up FinTech-related financial services regulatory developments for the week ending 27 March 2026.

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Last month on March 23rd, The Economist declared “America tells private firms to ‘hack back’”. This is how that magazine interpreted the new White House Cyber Strategy released on March 6, 2026. The media has been questioning what the new strategy authorizes. “Hack back” is not a new idea, as it emerges every few years, along with references to “taking the gloves off” in cyberspace. Yet, the new US strategy signals a more permissive legal framework for the private sector. But, what are the guardrails?

The opening months of 2026 have brought unprecedented disruption to global markets, from Middle East conflict closing the Strait of Hormuz to Supreme Court challenges on US tariffs and an explosive acceleration in AI investment.

Recently, a project called "MALUS" went viral in the software development community. By pointing an AI agent at the content of an Open Source project, MALUS claimed to produce analogous...

AI agents fixing prices, colluding with each other, stealing credentials from other users, fabricating e-mails, and even hiding messages within ordinary text without users knowing.

In a week when addictive design has been on the news agenda, the UK government has announced a trial of social media bans, digital curfews, and time limits on apps in the homes of 300 teenagers...

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The UK Government has announced a £2 billion procurement programme to support the UK’s national quantum technology infrastructure.