The United Arab Emirates Ministry of Finance convened a Customer Council to assess the responsible use of agentic AI across six financial processes. Recommendations from the sessions will guide service redesign and the governance and monitoring of future digital services.

The European Banking Authority is consulting on streamlined standards for supervisory colleges’ joint decisions on institution-specific capital and liquidity requirements. The proposal introduces a single integrated risk assessment report, aligns the process with the revised SREP framework and adds Pillar 2 Guidance and leverage ratio-related requirements and guidance.

The Dutch Authority for the Financial Markets has issued guidance to help mortgage advisers in the Caribbean Netherlands meet statutory standards and provide advice suited to customers’ circumstances. The nonbinding guide provides examples and good practices covering the advice process, affordable housing costs and key financial risks.

Twenty-one CFD firms have closed since 2025 following a Financial Conduct Authority crackdown on firms using UK authorisation to lend credibility to linked overseas businesses, with three more cancelling their permissions. Measures have included trading restrictions, independent reviews and two enforcement investigations.

The European Financial Reporting Advisory Group has recommended postponing the EU review of the IFRS 17 annual cohort exemption until the IASB completes its post-implementation review. It warned that changing or removing the widely used exemption earlier could cause significant costs and unnecessary disruption for insurers.

Tanzania Insurance Commissioner Dr. Baghayo Saqware urged TIBA and the wider insurance sector to align their activities with National Development Vision 2050. He emphasized timely claims payments, quality customer service, ethical conduct and action against fraud as foundations for inclusive and sustainable growth.

The Croatian Financial Services Supervisory Agency and Ministry of Finance consulted industry on the Croatian investment account’s implementation, the transition to T+1 settlement and forthcoming capital markets and insurance changes. The agency also signaled closer scrutiny of EMIR data quality and sought feedback on proposed market practices for the Zagreb Stock Exchange before submission to ESMA.

The Central Bank of Malta’s 2027-2030 strategy prioritizes stronger monetary and macroprudential analysis, financial-sector resilience, secure payments and digital transformation. It will broaden surveillance of emerging risks, strengthen crisis preparedness, support pan-European payment solutions and digital euro readiness, and further integrate sustainability criteria into financial asset management.

The Bank for International Settlements has published a paper assessing how trusted execution environments could help central banks process sensitive data without widening access to plaintext records. It identifies applications in collaborative analytics, compliance, digital asset wallets and cyber resilience, but stresses that benefits depend on attestation, strict output controls, auditable governance and layered safeguards. The paper recommends staged adoption and procurement measures addressing software supply chains, revocation, portability and vendor concentration.

The Indonesia Financial Services Authority will require incidental reports for the capital markets, financial derivatives and carbon exchange sectors to be filed through its integrated reporting system from Oct. 1, 2026. The framework sets data quality, correction and recordkeeping requirements, provides for system disruptions and permits administrative sanctions for noncompliance.