In this week episode, Kathy Jacobs, former President of Compliance Institute and Chair of the Institute’s Sustainability Working Group speaks with Russell Burke, Regulatory and Strategic Payments Consultant, Juristic Ltd in relation to the Central Bank of Ireland’s Authorisation Process and how to navigate this process efficiently and to secure that Authorisation. In this episode, Russell outlines who needs an Authorisation and discusses the legal framework underpinning the Authorisations process. Russell also describes the common mistakes made by firms in making their application and the implications / consequences of these errors are. Russell advises how firms can set themselves up for success in this process. Russell explains if he foresees any changes to the Authorisation process and what developments he anticipates.