4453 Results from /regulation
Sergio Artimenia CEO at Geomotiv
Washington, D.C. — The U.S. President Donald Trump is reportedly preparing an executive order that would impose penalties on banks and financial institutions that deny services based on political or religious affiliation, or due to involvement in certain lawful yet “high-risk” industries — including cryptocurrency. According to The Washington Post...
13 August 2025 /regulation /inclusion
Joseph Ibitola Head of Demand Generation at Flagright
Modern anti-money laundering (AML) compliance stands at a crossroads. Financial criminals are exploiting cutting-edge technologies, from AI-driven identity fraud to cryptocurrency obfuscation, pushing financial institutions to innovate or risk falling behind. At the same time, regulators across jurisdictions are tightening standards to protect fin...
12 August 2025 /regulation /crime Trends in Financial Services
John Bertrand MD at Tec 8 Limited
Hong Kong's Regulatory Framework This framework appears designed to balance innovation with regulatory oversight. The relatively streamlined KYC requirements for smaller transactions and allowance for market-rate fees suggest Hong Kong is positioning itself as a crypto-friendly jurisdiction. It does so by maintaining prudential safeguards through ...
11 August 2025 /regulation /crypto Banking Strategy, Digital and Transformation
Barley Laing UK Managing Director at Melissa
With around five billion people in the world having access to a smartphone, out of a global population of just over eight billion, a mobile number is quickly becoming a vital part of the identity verification process in KYC and AML compliance, and in the fight against fraud. Traditionally, matching a name to an address has been and continues to be...
11 August 2025 /regulation /identity Digital Identity Management
Francesco Fulcoli Chief Compliance and Risk Officer at Flagstone
From May 2026, the Financial Conduct Authority is bringing in sweeping changes to how payment and e-money firms protect customer funds. These reforms, published in PS25/12, are aimed at fixing weaknesses that have led to big losses when firms failed, in some cases, customers got back less than half of what they were owed. Why now? The payments an...
11 August 2025 /payments /regulation Fintech
Shailendra Prajapati Associate AI Engineer at Compunnel Inc.
In a striking and unprecedented move, the Trump administration has imposed a cumulative 50% tariff on Indian goods, officially attributing it to India’s ongoing purchase of Russian crude oil amid geopolitical tensions following Russia's invasion of Ukraine. While the tariff aims to penalize India for these imports, a closer and more comprehensive ...
11 August 2025 /regulation /markets
Steve Bradford Senior Vice President EMEA at SailPoint
NIS2 may have been in force since October 2024 but as of July 2025, only 14 out of the 27 EU Member States had transposed the directive into national law. NIS2 was initially introduced to compel providers of essential services, such as healthcare, energy, finance and transport, to enhance their cybersecurity resilience. Yet, for many organisation...
08 August 2025 /regulation /identity Banking Strategy, Digital and Transformation
Kiran Komma Senior Domain Consultant at Tata Consutlancy Services
The transition to T+1 settlement is gaining traction globally and the focus shifted to Europe after successful transition to T+1 settlement in US, Canada, and few other countries in May 2024. UK, European Union (EU) and Switzerland announced plans to move to T+1 settlement simultaneously on October 11, 2027 and a harmonized transition ...
08 August 2025 /regulation /markets
Ben O'Brien Managing Director at Jaywing
Last Friday brought a degree of relief for those in the Motor Finance sector, as the Supreme Court overturned much of the earlier Court of Appeal ruling on “hidden commissions.” While this decision brings some welcome clarity, it doesn’t represent an outright victory for lenders. Here, we look at what the latest judgment means for motor finance pr...
07 August 2025 /regulation
The European Banking Authority (EBA) recently published its fifth biennial Opinion and Report on money laundering (ML) and terrorist financing (TF) risks affecting the EU’s financial sector. While these reports are typically regulatory in nature, the 2025 edition reads like a warning bell for the fintech industry — especially for firms that are gr...
07 August 2025 /regulation /crime Fintech
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