Financial Services

Two days after President Donald Trump and Republicans failed to win Senate passage of a digital-assets regulation bill, the US Securities and Exchange Commission issued an order with time-limited exemptions to... (more story)

The US Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. floated an industry-friendly rule to speed reviews of bank mergers and change the framework for analysis of the competitive landscape by adding thrifts and tax-exempt cre... (more story)

UK law firms shouldn’t expect to be “caught out” by the country’s financial regulator when it takes over anti-money laundering supervision in two years, its enforcement head said Thursday. But the regulator wi... (more story)

Canada can help fulfil Europe's need for a reliable supply for critical minerals, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has said. In a speech to the European Parliament, he also called for greater bilateral coop... (more story)

The US Securities and Exchange Commission proposed to abolish a 1942 rule that addresses when companies must include shareholder proposals in their proxy materials, intending to leave those determinations to s... (more story)

Meta is liable for fake advertisements and profiles on Facebook and Instagram and cannot invoke the Digital Services Act’s hosting liability exemption because its algorithms gave it control over the distributi... (more story)

The US Senate failed to advance a comprehensive bill to regulate cryptocurrency, likely ending the crypto industry’s legislative campaign for this Congress. The revised version of the Clarity Act, released by ... (more story)

Negotiations on the digital euro regulation are progressing, but EU lawmakers and governments remain divided over how banks and payment providers should be compensated for providing digital euro services, rece... (more story)