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US Fed official assailed by lawmakers over Fed's 'skinny’ master account approach March 27, 2026 | Neil Roland

A senior US Federal Reserve official was challenged by lawmakers from both parties over the agency’s approach to “skinny” master accounts to provide financial technology companies more direct access to parts o... (more story)

Germany, Italy want multi-issued stablecoin rules in EU market integration reform March 27, 2026 | Fanny Roux

Germany and Italy are proposing to establish an EU equivalence regime to authorize multi-issued stablecoins from both EU and non-EU entities, addressing contentious debates over foreign stablecoin access under... (more story)

EU finance ministers weigh targeted energy relief as executive readies toolbox March 27, 2026 | Helena Freitas

The virtual meeting of EU finance ministers on Friday addressed targeted national measures to cushion rising energy costs, as the European Commission prepares a toolbox to address the economic fallout from the... (more story)

UK backs transition finance guidelines, sees growth opportunity March 27, 2026 | Sofia Gerace

The UK government has welcomed a set of industry-led recommendations aiming to unlock investment from the financial sector to help high-emitting sectors transition to net zero. 

South Korea's class action debate returns, with data breaches front and center March 27, 2026 | Jenny Lee

South Korea is moving to introduce a sweeping general class action regime, putting the Ministry of Justice at the center of an overhaul that could recalibrate both corporate risk and how consumers are compensa... (more story)

Morgan Stanley wins approval from split US Fed for reorganization with German unit March 27, 2026 | Neil Roland

An unusually divided US Federal Reserve voted to approve the acquisition of Morgan Stanley’s German-based securities and foreign trading unit by the banking giant’s New York-based national bank. The internal r... (more story)

Visa, Mastercard, PayPal, Stripe warned about 'debanking' by US FTC March 26, 2026 | Neil Roland

The US Federal Trade Commission has warned four leading payment processors — Mastercard, Visa, PayPal and Stripe — about denying financial services based on political or religious views, a practice known as “d... (more story)

Odey wanted friend as independent fund chair to dodge misconduct probe, FCA says March 26, 2026 | Sofia Gerace

Hedge fund manager Crispin Odey tried to appoint a longtime friend as “independent” chairman of the fund to dodge an internal probe into allegations of sexual misconduct, the UK’s financial regulator has told ... (more story)

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EU banks' case for looser rules fueled by US plans to cut capital requirements March 25, 2026 | Fanny Roux

US plans to cut bank capital requirements are putting wind in the sails of European lenders pushing for looser EU rules. European banks are looking beyond amendments to Basel III market risk standards that are... (more story)

UK's trimming of financial rules needs speed, City of London's mayor says March 23, 2026 | Sofia Gerace

UK efforts to streamline financial rules and boost economic growth need speeding up to bring international investment in, the chief ambassador for London's financial district told MLex in an interview. Susan L... (more story)

EU leaders clear-eyed that competitiveness is key to ride out global turmoil March 19, 2026 | Fanny Roux

EU leaders have agreed to aim to get centralized capital markets supervision and other key competitiveness-focused financial reforms passed this year, setting strict deadlines to apply political pressure on re... (more story)

UniCredit-Commerzbank saga sets up clash as EU leaders call for scale-up March 18, 2026 | Jean Comte

EU heads of state and government will this week make a push to incentivize the scale-up of European companies, with one eye on strategic areas such as finance. But the same leaders who are ready to endorse thi... (more story)

EU-level oversight better than convergence for key market players, Ross says March 18, 2026 | Fanny Roux

Central supervision of financial markets appears more efficient than supervisory convergence among the 27 EU countries when it comes to significant cross-border players, the European Securities and Markets Aut... (more story)

UK financial ombudsman reform's role for government raises independence questions March 17, 2026 | Sofia Gerace

The UK's Financial Ombudsman Service should have a chair appointed by government rather than the financial markets watchdog, the finance ministry has said in a proposal that has sparked impartiality concerns. ... (more story)

EU-UK financial forum to test how earlier dialogue can ease bilateral frictions March 11, 2026 | Sofia Gerace and Fanny Roux

A host of familiar financial-sector topics will be up for discussion as officials meet at the EU-UK Financial Regulatory Forum on Wednesday. The UK industry is pushing for earlier dialogue to improve predictab... (more story)

Is rushing ahead with EU capital market reform really a good idea? March 10, 2026 | Fanny Roux

Growing political pressure for EU capital markets reform has put the issue at the top of EU leaders' agendas, but the approach — including setting tight deadlines — is facing criticism from member states oppos... (more story)