The U.S. Department of the Treasury published a joint readout of the EU-U.S. Joint Financial Regulatory Forum held in Brussels on 9-10 June 2026, where U.S. and EU authorities exchanged views across a broad set of regulatory issues rather than announcing new joint measures. The discussions covered digital finance, financial stability, the U.S. G20 Presidency Finance Track, the EU Savings and Investments Union, bank regulation and resolution, insurance, capital markets, FATCA, and anti-money laundering and countering the financing of terrorism. On digital finance, participants reviewed policy priorities around innovation, tokenisation of securities, tokenised collateral, operational resilience and artificial intelligence, alongside updates on each side's regulatory frameworks for digital assets. EU participants discussed the review of the Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation and work on the digital euro, while U.S. participants outlined progress toward implementing the GENIUS Act and broader U.S. digital asset policy work. Bank discussions covered implementation of the final Basel III components, recent U.S. resolution initiatives and an FDIC analysis of deposit runs in March 2023. The EU also welcomed the Securities and Exchange Commission's commitment to prepare a rulemaking recommendation on a possible exemption from Securities Act registration requirements for securities issued in a regulatory bail-in. Other exchanges addressed private credit, life insurance and retirement income protection gaps, public market attractiveness and retail access to private markets, climate and sustainability disclosures, shorter EU settlement cycles, U.S. Treasury clearing rules, FATCA, and U.S. efforts to modernize the Bank Secrecy Act alongside EU implementation of its Anti-Money Laundering Package and the operationalisation of the Anti-Money Laundering Authority. Participants said they would continue engaging on these issues ahead of the next Forum, which is expected to take place in late 2026.
U.S. Department of the Treasury2026-07-24
U.S. Department of the Treasury co-chairs EU-U.S. financial regulatory forum, reviews digital assets Basel III and AML priorities
The U.S. Department of the Treasury published a joint readout of the June 2026 EU-U.S. Joint Financial Regulatory Forum, which focused on exchanges rather than new joint policy actions. Discussions covered digital assets, Basel III implementation, bank resolution, capital markets, FATCA and AML/CFT, including an SEC commitment to prepare a rulemaking recommendation on a possible Securities Act exemption for regulatory bail-ins. The next Forum is expected in late 2026.