TechFlow news, July 22, according to an official FCA announcement, Anthropic will provide access to the Claude product series (including Claude Code and Claude Cowork) for the second batch of participating enterprises in the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) "Super Sandbox" to accelerate their AI development process.
A total of 21 institutions were selected in the second batch, including Scottish Widows, Money Advice Trust, and TrueLayer, among others. The number of applications this time increased by 51% compared to the first batch, with a total of 199 applications received. Participating enterprises will test AI solutions in the following areas: agent payment security, fraud and financial crime detection, AI governance and accountability, financial inclusion for vulnerable groups, and compliance and business automation.
In addition, the FCA simultaneously launched the "Agentic Academy"—a 10-week AI specialized training program co-hosted by the FCA and the Centre for Finance, Technology and Entrepreneurship (CFTE). Participating enterprises will continue to have access to NayaOne digital sandbox infrastructure and NVIDIA accelerated computing resource support.
