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Digital Assets

The US IRS turns its attention to digital assets

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has issued new tax forms in a bid to streamline reporting on earnings from digital...
By Elizabeth Lumley 11th August 2025
The US IRS turns its attention to digital assets

Enforcement Actions

SEC fines MUFGʼs UK broker $9.8m for not substituting compliance

The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has fined MUFG Securities EMEA $9.8 million for failing to apply substituted compliance...
By Rachel Wolcott 8th August 2025
SEC fines MUFGʼs UK broker $9.8m for not substituting compliance

Regulatory Oversight

Financial ombudsman Q1 data shows 40% drop in complaints from CMCs, 80% uphold rates for pensions

Data from the first quarter of financial year 2025/26 from the Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS), published on August 7, shows...
By Lindsey Rogerson 7th August 2025
Financial ombudsman Q1 data shows 40% drop in complaints from CMCs, 80% uphold rates for pensions

Americas

US SEC forms task force, echoes wider ‘AI deregulation’ initiative

The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is forming an artificial intelligence (AI) task force to streamline its own operations,...
By Niece Prayoonrat 7th August 2025
US SEC forms task force, echoes wider ‘AI deregulation’ initiative

Money Laundering

Main Street banks can have Big City financial crime risks

The United States Department of the Treasury’s guiding principles for Bank Secrecy Act modernisation lean into the idea that “Main...
By Rachel Wolcott 6th August 2025
Main Street banks can have Big City financial crime risks

UK Regulation

UK CMA to redress Apple and Google mobile app duopoly

The UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has proposed to designate both Apple and Google with strategic market status for mobile platforms,...
By Elizabeth Lumley 1st August 2025
UK CMA to redress Apple and Google mobile app duopoly

Compliance

FCA takes aim at ‘deceptive design’ practices in online loan market

The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has issued a report detailing good and bad practice by online and in-app loan...
By Lindsey Rogerson 31st July 2025
FCA takes aim at ‘deceptive design’ practices in online loan market

Regulatory Oversight

EBA: national regulators are falling behind on AML/CFT risks

EU national regulators are falling behind on anti-money laundering and countering the financing of terror (AML/CFT) risks, according to the...
By Niece Prayoonrat 31st July 2025
EBA: national regulators are falling behind on AML/CFT risks
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