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US Fed's Cook goes to court to deny ouster, cites due process, federal law August 28, 2025 | Neil Roland

US Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook’s lawsuit against President Donald Trump over his allegedly illegal dismissal of her cites the Federal Reserve Act's requirements for dismissal and the Constitution's guar... (more story)

TikTok fails to get US money transmission violations tossed in DC suit August 28, 2025 | Madeline Hughes

The District of Columbia Court of Appeals declined TikTok’s interlocutory appeal seeking to dismiss DC Attorney General Brian Schwalb’s allegations the company violated the DC Money Transmitters Act by failing... (more story)

UK's latest IP-backed loan highlights scope of securable intangible assets August 28, 2025 | Douglas Clarke-Williams

UK bank NatWest has announced a “substantial IP-backed loan” to property technology company Nimbus, with the bank securing the funds against a range of intangible assets including contracts and trade secrets. ... (more story)

Talks on EU retail investment legal package to resume on Sept. 23 August 28, 2025 | Fanny Roux

Discussion on the EU strategy to boost retail investment will resume on Sept. 23 between the European Parliament and the Council of the EU, which represents member states. Negotiations on this legal package pu... (more story)

Drax faces UK FCA probe into biomass sourcing claims August 28, 2025 | Phoebe Seers and Martin Coyle

Energy company Drax is under investigation by the UK financial markets watchdog over its statements regarding biomass sourcing. In a statement, Drax said it would cooperate with the Financial Conduct Authority... (more story)

Bank climate group NZBA pauses activity, initiates vote on structural change August 27, 2025 | Phoebe Seers

The Net-Zero Banking Alliance, which aims to support banks to address the impacts of climate change and related economic impacts, says it is pausing its activities and holding a member vote on structural chang... (more story)

Trump move to fire Fed’s Cook said to threaten independence of Fed, Supreme Court August 26, 2025 | Neil Roland

Independent experts reacted with alarm today to President Trump’s attempt to fire US Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook, saying it threatens both the independence and credibility of the Fed and the US Supreme ... (more story)

Online bank Bunq appealing Dutch money laundering fine August 26, 2025 | Martin Coyle

Dutch online bank Bunq is challenging a 2.6 million euros ($3 million) fine imposed by the Dutch central bank over “serious deficiencies” in its anti-money laundering controls.

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Crypto sector sees foreign multi-issuance stablecoins in EU facing backlash August 27, 2025 | Fanny Roux

The European Commission’s intention to allow EU and non-EU multi-issuance stablecoins is facing criticism from the ECB, as well as from EU lawmakers and some member states. They argue that it could undermine E... (more story)

UK banks go lukewarm on climate action despite government push August 26, 2025 | Sofia Gerace

The UK government insists climate change must remain at the heart of finance and a key growth area for the sector. But in the City, London's financial district, bankers are juggling sluggish growth, trade tens... (more story)

How UK payments regulation is likely to look after regulator is disbanded August 22, 2025 | Phoebe Seers

While the UK government has delayed a plan to fold the dedicated payments regulator back into its parent agency, the Financial Conduct Authority, and ministers have said little publicly about how responsibilit... (more story)

State interference in EU banking mergers might trigger rise in litigation August 21, 2025 | Jean Comte

Governments across the EU have shown themselves to be increasingly inclined to block — or put additional conditions on — banking mergers even after they've been approved by regulators, despite the bloc's free ... (more story)

In-built flexibility makes UK’s DLT sandbox more appealing than EU’s pilot August 14, 2025 | Phoebe Seers and Fanny Roux

The EU's Distributed Ledger Technology pilot and the UK's Digital Securities Sandbox sound like very different beasts, but they have a broadly similar offering: a framework for trading and settling tokenized a... (more story)

KC Fed paper raises red flag on stablecoin law's impact on US credit markets August 13, 2025 | Neil Roland

A US Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City paper raised a red flag for the first time about the possibly harmful impact of the GENIUS Act on US credit markets, as other questions about the stablecoin regulatory ... (more story)

The road to Damascus of Australian regulators on banking competition August 08, 2025 | James Panichi

A low-profile report on banking published this week marked a turning point for Australia’s financial regulators, as they called for a raft of changes to stimulate competition in the normally sluggish banking s... (more story)

EU, UK share priorities on key finance reforms, but what’s next? August 06, 2025 | Fanny Roux and Sofia Gerace

The EU and the UK regulatory frameworks for financial services have diverged since 2021, when the UK became no longer bound by EU law. Since then, the only cooperation on financial services between the two eco... (more story)