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US anti-money laundering shift under Trump more style than substance, Fitch says
Changes in US anti-money laundering regulation and enforcement during President Donald Trump’s second term have thus far been a modest shift in emphasis and tools r... (more story)
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Halkbank deal an 'important component’ of Israel-Gaza ceasefire talks, US says
Reaching a deal with Turkish state-owned Halkbank over alleged money laundering and sanctions violations was a key part of talks to resolve Israel’s conflict in Gaz... (more story)
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Businessman fights translations of messages shown to jury at US bribery trial
As a Texas-based Mexican businessman fights to overturn his corruption conviction, a battle has broken out over whether translations of text messages and emails sho... (more story)
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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 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)
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)
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 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)
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)
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)
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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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 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 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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)