Automated FCA register monitoring for compliance teams
Stop manually checking the FCA register for each Firm Reference Number. FRN Watch automates FCA register monitoring for every firm on your list, checking 24/7 and alerting you instantly when anything changes.
What is FCA register monitoring?
Every firm regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has a unique Firm Reference Number (FRN). This number is their identity on the FCA register, where their permissions, regulatory status, warnings, and disciplinary history are publicly recorded.
FCA register monitoring means regularly checking these records for changes. When a firm you work with loses a permission, receives a regulatory warning, or faces disciplinary action, your compliance team needs to know immediately, not weeks later during a quarterly audit.
Most compliance teams currently do this manually: maintaining spreadsheets of FRN numbers and checking each one on the FCA register every month or quarter. This is time-consuming, error-prone, and means changes can go unnoticed for weeks.
Why manual FRN checks fall short
Time-consuming
Checking 50+ firms on the FCA register takes hours each month. Compliance officers spend 20+ hours monthly on repetitive checks that could be automated.
Changes missed between checks
A firm could lose its permissions the day after your quarterly check. You would not know for three months, leaving your organisation exposed to regulatory risk.
No audit trail
Spreadsheet-based tracking makes it difficult to demonstrate to auditors exactly when you checked each firm and what the result was.
Scaling problems
As your firm onboards more partners, clients, or suppliers, the manual checking burden grows linearly. Doubling your monitored firms doubles the work.
How FRN Watch automates FCA register monitoring
Add your FRNs
Import your list of Firm Reference Numbers from a CSV, or search and add firms individually. Setup takes under five minutes.
Continuous monitoring
FRN Watch checks the FCA register continuously for every firm on your list. Permissions changes, new warnings, disciplinary actions, and status updates are all tracked.
Instant alerts
When a change is detected, you receive an email alert immediately. No more waiting until your next scheduled review to discover that a partner firm has been sanctioned.
Review and document
Every change is logged with a timestamp in your dashboard. Acknowledge alerts, add notes, and maintain a complete audit trail that demonstrates due diligence to auditors.
What FRN Watch tracks
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