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UK sets out post-Brexit framework to recognize overseas prudential regimes February 19, 2026 | Sofia Gerace

The UK government has set out plans to create a new framework for recognizing overseas prudential regimes, shifting formal designation powers from retained EU law mechanisms to Britain’s finance ministry.

Climate change at center stage in TotalEnergies' French due-diligence trial February 19, 2026 | Louis de Briant

French energy group TotalEnergies is on trial this week, as a Paris court is tasked with determining whether climate change falls within the scope of France's duty of vigilance law. In an opinion seen by MLex,... (more story)

EU equity tape provider EuroCTP considers UK bid February 19, 2026 | Sofia Gerace

EuroCTP, the provider selected for the EU equity consolidated tape, is considering bidding for the UK equity tape’s separate tender process. The group will determine its participation once the Financial Conduc... (more story)

US bank lending to NDFIs has been fastest-growing loan segment, report says February 18, 2026 | Neil Roland

Bank lending to non-depository financial institutions has been the fastest-growing loan segment since the 2008-2009 Global Financial Crisis, rising nearly three times as quickly as the next-fastest-growing seg... (more story)

UK’s financial regulator signals changes to £11bn car finance redress plan February 18, 2026 | Sofia Gerace

The Financial Conduct Authority has signalled that its proposed £11 billion car finance redress plan will change following industry consultation. The financial sector has lobbied the watchdog to ease its plan.... (more story)

Spain wants the EU-wide securitization platform idea to move forward February 18, 2026 | Fanny Roux

Spain is pushing for renewed discussions on an EU-wide securitization platform, with a group of willing member states exploring pilot projects to better integrate the bloc’s capital markets — known as the Euro... (more story)

US Fed to re-issue Basel III bank mortgage-origination capital proposals February 17, 2026 | Neil Roland

The US Federal Reserve plans soon to re-issue Basel III rule proposals aimed at increasing bank incentives to engage in mortgage origination and servicing, Fed Vice Chair for Supervision Michelle Bowman said. ... (more story)

Cyprus to bring forward EU ministerial talks on capital market integration plan February 17, 2026 | Fanny Roux

A meeting of EU finance ministers to discuss a controversial package of measures to strengthen the bloc’s financial market integration and supervision will be brought forward by one month to May, Cyprus, the c... (more story)

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US order on chatbot privilege underscores lack of privacy for AI conversations February 17, 2026 | Emma Whitford

Criminal defendants can't assume their litigation-related conversations with chatbots will remain confidential, a Tuesday order out of the Southern District of New York shows. It’s the second reminder this yea... (more story)

UK watchdog’s £10m investor threshold puts growth ambitions under the spotlight February 17, 2026 | Sofia Gerace

The UK's financial regulator is considering a new £10 million wealth threshold to allow high-net-worth individuals to forgo retail investor protections — a move that sparked industry and consumer debate. The f... (more story)

Differences in UK's military and civilian AI regimes can inform good regulation February 13, 2026 | Frank Hersey

UK financial services’ adoption of AI is already benefitting from stress-testing techniques developed for assessing military uses of AI that can help the financial regulator understand what’s going on under th... (more story)

EU leaders to ignite debate on bank capital rules February 11, 2026 | Fanny Roux

The issue of reviewing the EU bank capital framework will be raised by some member states during an informal meeting of EU leaders on competitiveness on Feb. 12 at a castle in eastern Belgium. These informal d... (more story)

Lower bank capital requirements won’t improve profitability, ECB official says February 10, 2026 | Fanny Roux

Resilience, backed up by supervision, is the key to the European banking sector’s competitiveness, Patrick Montagner, a member of the European Central Bank supervisory board, has told MLex, hitting back agains... (more story)

Dassault's court date arrives for EU green taxonomy fight over business aircraft February 09, 2026 | Louis de Briant

Dassault Aviation will argue to EU judges on Tuesday that business aircraft were unlawfully excluded from the bloc’s green taxonomy. The case is significant in marking the first time a company has sought to ov... (more story)

Debate over EU bank capital rules proving tricky for the European Commission February 03, 2026 | Fanny Roux

The European Commission faces a challenging task weighing up the differing views of supervisors and banks on reforms to streamline the EU bank capital framework. They disagree on the impact of a bank's capital... (more story)

Trump-Biden split on US noncompete enforcement offers deterrence test January 31, 2026 | Chris May

US Federal Trade Commission antitrust enforcers across the Biden and Trump administrations agree that employers’ pervasive use of unlawful restrictions on labor mobility are causing harm to workers, competitio... (more story)