EU Commission cautiously frames sensitive debate on banking reforms
July 17, 2026
| Fanny Roux
The European Commission's banking competitiveness report, published on July 17, is set to revive decade-old debates on the bloc's single rulebook. It outlines plans for lenders, including freer flow of capital... (more story)
Kickoff for cloud giants' new UK oversight regime spotlights its novel approach
July 17, 2026
| Maciej Boguslawski
Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud, Microsoft and Oracle have, as expected, become the first cloud companies in the UK to be designated as “critical” by UK financial regulators, who are looking ever closer at t... (more story)
EU govts committed to market integration deal by October, with refocused talks
July 10, 2026
| Fanny Roux
EU finance ministers on Friday committed to reaching an agreement by October on the Market Integration and Supervision Package. Ireland is steering focused negotiations on core provisions — including the scope... (more story)
Indonesia's crypto overhaul shifts challenge to implementation
July 10, 2026
| Roffie Kuniawan
Indonesia has completed its shift to centralized regulation of crypto and digital financial assets under the Financial Services Authority, or OJK. The reforms promise greater legal certainty and a broader regu... (more story)
Rising tide in UK sanctions enforcement signaled by intelligence-sharing deal
July 09, 2026
| Maciej Boguslawski
Sanctions enforcement is rising up the agenda in the UK, most recently with the country’s largest penalty to date for a breach of financial sanctions on Russia over its Ukraine war. In this context, a recent m... (more story)
Lawmakers warmer toward more EU-level capital markets oversight than govts
July 03, 2026
| Fanny Roux
EU lawmakers are pushing for more EU-level oversight of capital markets than national governments in a jumbo legislative package which aims to foster a more efficient, integrated, and competitive financial sys... (more story)
Heinäluoma’s plan for EU-level oversight of asset managers faces backlash
July 01, 2026
| Fanny Roux
Asset managers are pushing back against a key EU lawmaker's proposal to bring them under direct supervision by the European Securities and Markets Authority, calling it unwarranted and contrary to EU competiti... (more story)
UK financial regulators’ tone shifts on AI after frontier models access shock
July 01, 2026
| Patricia Figueiredo
UK financial regulators are sharpening warnings over AI risks, including whether existing frameworks can manage increasingly autonomous systems and cyber threats. The shift, flagged in recent speeches by top B... (more story)