Dr. Matthew Long

Matthew joined the FCA as the new Director of Payments & Digital Assets in October 2022. In his role, Matthew is responsible for Market Interventions, Market Analysis and Policy across the Payments and Digital Asset Portfolios. In addition, Matthew has represented the FCA’s leadership in international crypto initiatives as the Lead of the IOSCO Fintech Taskforce Crypto and Digital Assets Working Group, and the subsequent IOSCO Crypto Implementation Working Group. Most recently, he has co-chaired the IOSCO Crypto Thematic Review, leading to their thematic implementation review report which was published jointly with the FSB on 16 October 2025.

Matthew is the former Director of the National Economic Crime Command within the National Crime Agency (NCA). His responsibilities included leading the multi-agency National Economic Crime Centre which has a strategic UK system leadership role for economic crime and illicit finance. He also led the UK Financial Intelligence Unit (UKFIU) which has national responsibility for receiving, analysing and disseminating financial intelligence submitted through the Suspicious Activity Reports Regime. At the NCA, he has driven the public-private partnership with financial services to find solutions for government and industry problems together, most recently with a Crypto Summit. Matthew works to balance risks and opportunity of innovation and has carried this into his role at the FCA.