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Indonesia online lending cartel appeal tests regulator's trade association guidance July 17, 2026 | Roffie Kuniawan

Indonesia's largest cartel case is testing whether the Indonesian Competition Commission, or KPPU, can hold businesses liable for conduct carried out through trade associations without first defining when such... (more story)

PwC fined £3.2m over 'serious breaches' in Babcock audit July 16, 2026 | Martin Coyle

PricewaterhouseCoopers has been fined £3.2 million by the UK’s audit regulator over the accounting firm’s audit of defense company Babcock, which contained “serious breaches.” The fine is the second the Big Fo... (more story)

Upcoming EU banking reforms should come as a package, SRB's Laboureix says July 16, 2026 | Fanny Roux

The EU's Single Resolution Board supports the European Commission's approach to boost bank competitiveness but insists that expected reforms — including streamlined capital requirements, cross-border liquidity... (more story)

US Fed's Warsh says most instant concern is cyber attack from foreign actor July 15, 2026 | Neil Roland

US Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh, the recently confirmed head of the central bank, said his most immediate concern is a cybersecurity attack from a foreign country or terrorist group. The Trump appointee a... (more story)

UK financial watchdog to assess govt-driven and internal AI plans in concert July 15, 2026 | Patricia Figueiredo

The UK’s Financial Conduct Authority will assess a new government-commissioned AI adoption plan alongside existing recommendations from one of its executive directors, MLex understands. The plan calls for clea... (more story)

Ex-Goldman banker loses bid to block confidential source’s video from US trial July 15, 2026 | Samuel Rubenfeld

A US judge ruled Wednesday that federal prosecutors can show jurors video clips of a 2016 meeting at a London restaurant between a confidential source and a former Goldman Sachs banker at his upcoming corruption trial.  

US Fed’s Warsh pledges central bank independence will be 'sacrosanct' July 14, 2026 | Neil Roland

US Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh pledged to skeptical Democratic lawmakers that the central bank’s independence would be “sacrosanct” if he were pressured on policy by President Donald Trump. Warsh, Trump’... (more story)

EU ambassadors' vote for chair of markets watchdog likely on July 22 July 14, 2026 | Fanny Roux

EU ambassadors look set to vote on July 22 on Carlo Comporti's appointment as chair of the EU markets watchdog. Only a simple majority of 14 countries is needed to secure the appointment of Comporti, who would... (more story)

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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)

US Fed’s independence hangs by thread after Trump move to oust Cook June 30, 2026 | Neil Roland

President Trump’s unsuccessful attempt to oust US Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook hinged on one conservative justice’s ballot in the 5-4 vote Monday. That leaves either of the two conservatives who sided wi... (more story)