The Commodity Futures Trading Commission has issued a final rule establishing joint data standards under the Financial Data Transparency Act of 2022 for data submitted to certain financial regulatory agencies. The measure is intended to make regulatory data more interoperable across agencies by aligning how key information is identified and transmitted, supporting more consistent and machine-readable reporting. The standards introduce common identifiers for entities, geographic locations, dates, and certain products and currencies. They also include a principles-based joint standard for data transmission and for schema and taxonomy formats. Eight additional agencies have established or are expected to act on the joint standards: the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, the Department of the Treasury, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the Federal Housing Finance Agency, the National Credit Union Administration, and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency.