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.

Indonesia’s Financial Services Authority is prioritizing wider pension participation, more adequate benefits and a stronger role for pension funds as long-term investors. Assets reached IDR 1,699.99 trillion and participation totaled about 30.67 million people as of July 2026, but low inclusion and replacement ratios point to a substantial protection gap. OJK is promoting flexible products, digital access and broader coverage of informal and self-employed workers.

Indonesia's Financial Services Authority outlined plans to integrate its consumer protection and enforcement tools with a cross-agency, single-entry scam-reporting system. Its digital regulation strategy combines regulatory sandboxes, baseline standards and evidence-based evaluation. Passing a sandbox does not provide a business license, and participants must complete the required licensing or registration.

The INTERPOL Americas Regional Conference adopted recommendations to strengthen cooperation and information sharing against illicit financial flows and transnational organized crime. The measures promote wider use of INTERPOL payment intervention, asset tracing and operational task force tools.

The National Bank of Serbia reported that banks’ regulatory capital ratio rose to 20% in the second quarter of 2026, while the nonperforming loan ratio fell to 2%. Profitability and liquidity measures eased, but average monthly liquidity ratios remained above regulatory minimums.

The Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission suspended trading in Silver Grant shares following an investigation into approximately HKD 2 billion in unsecured loans. Evidence suggests more than HKD 1 billion was indirectly transferred to the company’s then-major shareholder or a related party, while Silver Grant failed to address concerns about the loans’ commercial rationale and its credit assessments.

Germany’s Federal Financial Supervisory Authority and partner agencies disabled 9,304 German phone numbers linked to suspected cyber investment fraud over the past three months. Operation Herakles has now shut down 13,888 German and Austrian numbers, while telecommunications companies have been directed to tighten registration and distributor compliance controls.