FM Intelligence identifies 256 trading-related CASPs among 289 authorized EU27 entities, with more than half of the market based in five home states. A conditional workload model produces 1,56...
The FCA’s review of 242 asset managers found a 3.6-times gap in reported PEP exposure, while monitoring, outsourcing and governance controls varied across the wider sample.
Reported cases fell to 1,277 in the first half,
and FM Intelligence models a full-year total near 2,740, which would be the
first annual drop since 2022, even as fraudulent trading platforms and
cr...
Hong Kong's Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) has ordered licensed brokers and crypto platforms to replace SMS- and email-based OTPs with phishing-resistant authentication methods such as...
FXPA's
June 2026 guidance recasts FX spread grids as indicative, non-binding
references. FM Intelligence reads the redefinition as a best-execution and
conduct-risk question, with liquidity provide...
MAS's new SAFR framework signals a shift toward real-time governance of autonomous AI agents in finance, providing an early blueprint for regulating AI-driven trading and other financial services.
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has ordered all unauthorized crypto-asset service providers (CASPs) to execute an orderly wind-down of their EU activities by July 1, 2026.
The regulator is
publishing the genuine website addresses of more than 6,500 licensees so
consumers can check them before investing, a preventative shift after two years
of removing scam sites at a...
The Malta Financial Services Authority (MFSA) intensified its regulatory oversight on June 11 by publishing the results of its 2025 Outcomes-Based Supervision (OBS) framework. Moving away from trad...
The Financial
Conduct Authority’s first public Technology Horizon Scan sets out three ways
AI, synthetic media and programmable finance could reshape financial services
by 2030, published as gen-AI...
While initially seen as a regulatory burden, the first DORA incident report shows financial institutions are improving resilience by detecting and containing ICT incidents faster, limiting their im...
China’s securities regulator penalized Futu, Tiger Brokers and
Longbridge on May 22, 2026, for unlicensed cross-border securities business,
part of an eight-agency plan to close the channel serving...
The European Commission has formally launched the first major review of the Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCA), opening a targeted consultation that could shape the next phase of crypto reg...
In his final public appearance as ASIC Chairman, Joe Longo identified a
structural gap in Australia’s regulatory sandbox and proposed a
dedicated-contact model as the reform agenda passes to Sarah ...
The
Digital Asset Market Clarity Act advanced from Senate Banking on May 14, 2026
with two Democrats joining all 13 Republicans. The bill still requires 60-vote
Senate floor passage, reconciliation...
Recently, ASIC has become increasingly active in the regulatory space, issuing several significant announcements. Among the most notable are the release of its roadmap for digital assets law reform...
Three annual companion documents to the 2024 national risk assessments
name artificial intelligence and virtual assets as new accelerants, landing
seven weeks before tranche 2 anti-money laundering...
The Financial Conduct Authority drew 17 regulators across five continents into the second international week of action against unlawful financial promotions on social media. The data identified 1,2...
ESMA is overhauling EU reporting standards to focus on streamlining transaction. Its Interim Report details a strategy to eliminate redundant requirements and trim operational expenses without...
Australia has launched a structured digital asset framework through the 2026 Corporations Amendment Act, replacing its previous fragmented rules.