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UK FCA accused of running flawed process to appoint first bond tape provider October 31, 2025 | Sofia Gerace

The UK Financial Conduct Authority has been accused of running a flawed and unfair process when appointing its first bond consolidated tape provider, in a legal challenge filed to the High Court by a UK tech c... (more story)

UK govt's financial services growth plan not backed by evidence, lawmakers warn October 31, 2025 | Sofia Gerace

The UK government's drive for economic growth through financial services regulatory reforms is “insufficiently evidenced,” a committee of lawmakers has warned in a letter to finance minister Rachel Reeves. “We... (more story)

US FDIC nominee Hill threatened with 'no' vote by Republican senator October 30, 2025 | Neil Roland

Travis Hill , the acting US Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation chair nominated to be permanent head, was threatened with a “no” vote by Republican Senator John Kennedy if the nominee doesn’t respond soon wi... (more story)

Life insurers' systemic importance said to have swelled since 2008 crisis October 28, 2025 | Neil Roland

Since the 2008 global financial crisis, the life insurance industry has undergone a “profound structural transformation” that has increased the sector’s systemic importance in the Americas and Asia due to the ... (more story)

UK financial watchdog to end public naming of short sellers October 28, 2025 | Sofia Gerace

Short-sellers betting on declines in UK share prices will no longer be publicly identified by the UK’s financial regulator under reforms to move away from EU-inherited rules. The UK Financial Conduct Authority... (more story)

Four major banks in South Korea return to KFTC plenary over alleged LTV coordination October 28, 2025 | Jenny Lee

South Korea's four major commercial banks will return to the competition regulator's plenary sessions next month for what could be the final stage of a long-running probe into alleged coordination in mortgage ... (more story)

US SEC crypto-regulator Selig tapped to chair CFTC October 27, 2025 | Neil Roland

US Securities and Exchange Commission crypto-regulator Mike Selig has been tapped by President Trump to chair the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission.  The appointment was announced by White House AI & cry... (more story)

UK reforms to cash savings product opposed by lawmakers October 25, 2025 | Sofia Gerace

The UK parliament is against potential reforms the government will make to the Cash ISA, the nation’s most popular cash savings product. The parliamentary committee has released a report, arguing that cutting ... (more story)

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JPMorgan compliance staff drafted anti-trafficking policies as bank kept Epstein October 31, 2025 | Samuel Rubenfeld

In 2010, as JP Morgan Chase retained convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein as a client, its anti-money laundering compliance team worked on a project to protect the bank from misuse by human traffickers. The ... (more story)

UK banks push back as watchdog’s car-finance consultation nears deadline October 31, 2025 | Sofia Gerace

UK banks are stepping up criticism of the Financial Conduct Authority’s proposed redress plan for the car-finance scandal, arguing that it goes beyond what the Supreme Court intended in its August ruling. With... (more story)

Ad tracking tools subject to further scrutiny under US bulk data rule October 27, 2025 | Xu Yuan

As digital advertising faces the increasing scrutiny that comes with mounting litigation and tightened regulation, the US bulk data rule that originated from national security concerns over hostile foreign cou... (more story)

EU simplification setback reveals split over compromise or deregulation October 23, 2025 | Oscar Pandiello

The EU's plan to simplify green reporting rules is in limbo after the European Parliament’s narrow rejection of an “omnibus” directive, just as governments urge swift progress on making the EU more competitive... (more story)

New AML duties for UK financial watchdog raise concerns of overload October 21, 2025 | Martin Coyle and Sofia Gerace

Handing the UK’s financial markets regulator responsibility for supervising accountancy and law firms in relation to money laundering is a bold move, but questions remain as to how the new “super regulator” wi... (more story)

Simplified EU sustainability reporting rules widen corporate liability risks October 16, 2025 | Eleonora Rinaldi

Companies subject to EU sustainability reporting rules risk broader and more uncertain legal liability under a simplification proposal currently under negotiation, lawyers have told MLex. Removing conditions d... (more story)

Legal challenge clouds timing of UK consolidated bond feed October 16, 2025 | Sofia Gerace

A legal challenge against the tender for the UK's first single feed of real-time data on bond trades and prices from multiple trading venues risks delaying a key component of efforts to improve transparency in... (more story)

BOE’s quiet amendment to T+1 statement hints at caution but delivers uncertainty October 13, 2025 | Sofia Gerace

Minutes of a Bank of England committee meeting that appeared to suggest an exemption would be allowed for securities financing transactions under the forthcoming T+1 settlement regime represented important new... (more story)