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US SEC rules require disclosures under Holding Foreign Insiders Accountable Act February 27, 2026 | Neil Roland

The US Securities and Exchange Commission adopted rules carrying out the 2025 Holding Foreign Insiders Accountable Act that largely subjected overseas private issuers to the same insider ownership and securiti... (more story)

Switzerland's MBaer Merchant Bank liquidated amid money laundering probe February 27, 2026 | Martin Coyle

MBaer Merchant Bank has been liquidated by Swiss regulators and four individuals face investigation as part of a probe into suspected money laundering involving the Zurich-based private bank. The move comes on... (more story)

Swiss bank execs were 'likely complicit' in clients' illicit activity, US says February 26, 2026 | Samuel Rubenfeld

Since its founding in 2018, the small Swiss private bank MBaer Merchant Bank has profited from offering financial services to customers engaging in money laundering, and in some cases its executives were “like... (more story)

Vietnam to require banks to classify AI risks, conduct security checks from March February 26, 2026 | Hoa Dinh

Starting March 1, financial institutions in Vietnam will be subject to new regulations around the use of artificial intelligence systems, including requirements to conduct pre-use security checks, classify ris... (more story)

US CFTC issues prediction markets advisory for derivatives February 25, 2026 | Neil Roland

The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission issued an advisory after release of two 2025 enforcement cases involving misuse of confidential information and fraud related to some prediction markets traded on Ka... (more story)

EU, UK competition deal to improve ‘predictability’ and ‘legal certainty’ February 25, 2026 | Andrew Boyce

The EU and UK’s competition watchdogs have formalized a cooperation agreement that would ensure “smooth interactions” on antitrust and merger cases. The deal was unique in that it would allow the Competition a... (more story)

US Fed aims to codify 2025 'debanking' policy dovetailing with Trump charges February 24, 2026 | Neil Roland

The US Federal Reserve proposed codifying its 2025 policy that bars reputational risk from being part of bank examinations — a proposal that dovetails with President Trump’s allegations that he was discriminat... (more story)

Digital euro offline first, possibly online later, under EU parliament compromise February 24, 2026 | Helena Freitas and Fanny Roux

The digital euro would be established in an offline form only, with an online version considered later, according to a draft compromise text prepared for European Parliament lawmakers to consider. It also sepa... (more story)

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First share sale to set regulatory precedent on UK’s new Pisces private market February 26, 2026 | Sofia Gerace

The inaugural share sale on the UK’s new Pisces private market has been months in the making, but it could help establish a template for interpreting overseas participation and stamp-duty rules. The Financial ... (more story)

US order on chatbot privilege underscores lack of privacy for AI conversations February 17, 2026 | Emma Whitford

Criminal defendants can't assume their litigation-related conversations with chatbots will remain confidential, a Tuesday order out of the Southern District of New York shows. It’s the second reminder this yea... (more story)

UK watchdog’s £10m investor threshold puts growth ambitions under the spotlight February 17, 2026 | Sofia Gerace

The UK's financial regulator is considering a new £10 million wealth threshold to allow high-net-worth individuals to forgo retail investor protections — a move that sparked industry and consumer debate. The f... (more story)

Differences in UK's military and civilian AI regimes can inform good regulation February 13, 2026 | Frank Hersey

UK financial services’ adoption of AI is already benefitting from stress-testing techniques developed for assessing military uses of AI that can help the financial regulator understand what’s going on under th... (more story)

EU leaders to ignite debate on bank capital rules February 11, 2026 | Fanny Roux

The issue of reviewing the EU bank capital framework will be raised by some member states during an informal meeting of EU leaders on competitiveness on Feb. 12 at a castle in eastern Belgium. These informal d... (more story)

Lower bank capital requirements won’t improve profitability, ECB official says February 10, 2026 | Fanny Roux

Resilience, backed up by supervision, is the key to the European banking sector’s competitiveness, Patrick Montagner, a member of the European Central Bank supervisory board, has told MLex, hitting back agains... (more story)

Dassault's court date arrives for EU green taxonomy fight over business aircraft February 09, 2026 | Louis de Briant

Dassault Aviation will argue to EU judges on Tuesday that business aircraft were unlawfully excluded from the bloc’s green taxonomy. The case is significant in marking the first time a company has sought to ov... (more story)

Debate over EU bank capital rules proving tricky for the European Commission February 03, 2026 | Fanny Roux

The European Commission faces a challenging task weighing up the differing views of supervisors and banks on reforms to streamline the EU bank capital framework. They disagree on the impact of a bank's capital... (more story)