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Commission launches Innovation Sandbox with Concierge Support

9th October 2025
The Guernsey Financial Services Commission has launched the Innovation Sandbox + Concierge, a new initiative designed to support innovation in finance. This launch forms part of the Commission’s broader Digital Finance Initiative , announced in September 2025, which seeks to position the Bailiwick of Guernsey as a trusted, agile, and forward-thinking jurisdiction for digital financial innovation...

Guernsey Financial Services Commission Launches Digital Finance Initiative

11th September 2025 Logo for digital finance initiative featuring leopard
The Guernsey Financial Services Commission today announces the launch of its Digital Finance Initiative (DFI), a programme to support the positioning of the Bailiwick of Guernsey as a trusted, agile, and forward-thinking jurisdiction for digital financial innovation. “ The DFI will see the Commission work to ensure that the financial services legislation it administers is appropriately tuned to...

Successful release of the online Applications and Authorisations Portal

12th August 2025
The Guernsey Financial Services Commission is delighted to announce the successful production release of its new online Applications and Authorisations Portal, completed on 8 August 2025, just three months after its beta launch. The new portal, also known as the A&A Portal, streamlines the applications and authorisations process through a secure, online platform, making it significantly easier for...

Online Applications and Authorisation Portal goes live with Beta launch

28th April 2025
Following five months of industry testing, the Guernsey Financial Services Commission is delighted to announce the Beta release of its new online Applications and Authorisations Portal. The new portal, also known as the A&A Portal, will streamline the applications and authorisations process through a secure, online platform, making it significantly easier for people to start financial services...

AML/CFT guidance for registered directors

2nd October 2023
The Commission has today issued in final form guidance for registered directors on their anti-money laundering and counter terrorist financing obligations. No changes have been made to the text from the draft guidance issued on 9 August 2023. Registered directors are remined that the AML/CFT obligations upon them, which are contained in Schedule 3 of the Criminal Justice (Proceeds of Crime) (...

Reminder - Director Registration Regime

26th September 2023
In July, the Commission launched a director registration regime for individuals holding certain categories of directorships and the Commission wishes to remind individuals who qualify for registration that they have until 1 October 2023 to register. Details on the regime including an explanation of who should register, the application process for registering and the regulatory obligations on...

Director Registration Regime

6th September 2023
Further to the launch of a director registration regime for individuals holding certain categories of directorships, the Commission wishes to remind individuals who qualify for registration that they have until 1 October 2023 to register. Amendments made to the Criminal Justice (Proceeds of Crime) Law, 1999 and an amendment to the Regulations of Fiduciaries, Administration Businesses and Company...

Applications under The Lending, Credit and Finance (Bailiwick of Guernsey) Law, 2022

13th April 2023
Thank you to everyone who took advantage of the early submission window and associated discounted fee structure. The Commission received a significant number of applications during this period which ran from 1 February to 31 March 2023. As we received a large number of applications at the same time, please note it may take us several weeks to get in contact with everyone who has submitted during...

Two-factor authentication (‘2FA’)

22nd March 2023
Further to the announcement in our 2021 Annual Report advising of our intention to implement mandatory two-factor authentication (‘2FA’) on our Online Portals for all our regulated entities, we have been working on our background systems. On this basis by 31 May 2023, the Commission intends to switch 2FA on for all Portal Users who have not yet enabled this functionality. 2FA is an additional...