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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...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
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