The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) will partner with AI firm Anthropic on its “Supercharged Sandbox,” an environment for testing AI products in financial services. Accepted entities will gain access to Claude Code and Claude Cowork. The sandbox already works with NVIDIA and NayaOne, with NVIDIA providing accelerated computing infrastructure and NVIDIA AI Enterprise software. The 21 firms accepted into the second group include Scottish Widows, Money Advice Trust, TrueLayer, and others. The FCA’s goals include enabling safer agent-led payments, detecting fraud, strengthening AI governance, widening access to financial services, and streamlining compliance. This is the second group to enter the sandbox. Jessica Rusu, chief data, intelligence and information officer at the FCA, said partnering with Anthropic will accelerate innovation. The FCA also launched a new Agentic Academy, a 10-week specialist AI program for approved firms. It is estimated that around 75% of all UK financial services firms use AI.