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 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.