The Agency for Regulation and Development of the Financial Market of the Republic of Kazakhstan approved four senior securities market appointments. They cover two independent director positions on the board, the head of the executive body who is also a board member, and one executive body member.
The Financial Supervisory Authority of Norway has replaced Circular 6/2021 with new guidance on auditor acceptance, continuation and withdrawal from audit engagements. It requires documented, firm-specific quality management procedures, sufficient information gathering including contact with the previous auditor before certain engagements, and annual continuation reviews. Auditors should generally not accept engagements until legal breaches are corrected or covered by a credible written remediation plan, and must resign if material breaches found during the audit are not remedied.
The Belgium Financial Services and Markets Authority has warned against five companies promoting alternative investments in wine, energy and real estate. It said the offers often promise high or guaranteed returns while obscuring material risks, and flagged common scam indicators such as unsolicited approaches, pressure selling and requests to transfer money abroad. Consumers were urged to verify authorization and independently check the firms before investing.
The Belgium Financial Services and Markets Authority suspended trading in MAZARO financial instruments on Euronext Brussels from 11:30 CET on 3 July 2026. The suspension was requested by the company and remains in place until a press release is published.
The Egmont Group of Financial Intelligence Units will hold its 32nd Plenary and related group meetings in Baku, Azerbaijan, from 5 to 10 July 2026. The sessions will focus on international FIU cooperation against money laundering, terrorist financing and related financial crime, including a thematic discussion on strengthening public-private partnerships. The meetings are closed, with only high-level outcomes to be communicated publicly.
The Securities and Exchange Board of India has overhauled how trading members handle clients' unpaid securities outside margin trading facility trades. Unpaid securities must be credited to the client's demat account and then auto-pledged to a separate broker pledgee account, with a maximum five-trading-day payment window, daily excess-pledge release and automatic depository release on the sixth trading day if the pledge is neither invoked nor released. Stock exchanges must issue operational guidelines within 30 days, and most changes take effect three months after those guidelines are issued.
The Thailand Securities and Exchange Commission has asked the public prosecutor to sue five people over alleged manipulation of V.L. Enterprise Public Company Limited shares after they refused to settle under civil sanctions imposed by the Civil Sanction Committee. The regulator is seeking maximum statutory civil sanctions, including THB 5,079,141.55 plus interest, trading suspensions, and director or executive bans. It also referred the case to the Anti-Money Laundering Office.
The Thailand Securities and Exchange Commission has asked the public prosecutor to sue seven individuals in Civil Court over insider trading in AI Energy and Asian Insulators shares before weak first quarter 2021 results were disclosed. The SEC is seeking maximum civil sanctions totaling THB 111.6 million plus interest, as well as trading suspensions and director or executive bans. It also referred the cases to the Anti-Money Laundering Office.
The Australian Financial Complaints Authority has issued two new response guides for complaints under Sections 29(6) and 29(7) of the Insurance Contracts Act 1984. They cover disputes over changes to life insurance contracts after misrepresentation and apply across retail life insurance and superannuation. AFCA said the guides respond to rising complaint volumes and set out the evidence it expects from firms in these cases.
The Ukraine National Commission on Securities and Stock Market has proposed new DORA-based rules to tighten oversight of the IT systems used by professional capital markets participants. Firms would face broader reporting on software, cloud and server arrangements, security measures and automated bots, plus immediate notification duties for cyberattacks, software failures and prohibited sanctioned software. Comments are open until July 27, 2026, after which the measure will be sent for registration with the Ministry of Justice.
In a column, Dutch Authority for the Financial Markets Chair Laura van Geest says supervision works better when it promotes learning and improvement rather than relying mainly on punitive pressure. She says the authority is using anonymised market feedback and named good practices more often, while warning that excessive enforcement pressure can drive defensive behaviour in areas such as anti-money laundering controls and audit quality.
The French Financial Markets Authority's mediator said mutual or cooperative bank shares in a PEA can delay transfers or closure because they are unlisted, non-transferable between institutions and usually redeemable only under annual statutory procedures. In the case reviewed, a bank failed to tell a client that an exceptional redemption on closure was possible, although that option later became unavailable because of the timetable around the general meeting. The mediator urged investors to check the applicable statutes and banks to ensure advisers explain the rules clearly.
The National Bank of Denmark reported that a joint stress test with the Danish Financial Supervisory Authority and key market participants has led to three new sector-wide preparedness initiatives. The exercise tested an extreme but plausible securities data manipulation scenario and highlighted the need for coordinated recovery, communication and contingency planning across the financial sector.
The Central Bank of Bosnia and Herzegovina estimated annual core inflation for the first five months of 2026 at 4.45% and services inflation at 4.86%. It also said inflation pressures in the components used for core inflation rose slightly in May from April, and that both measures were above full-year 2025 levels.
The Romanian Financial Supervisory Authority published its Daily Market Report for 3 July 2026. It also pointed readers to the archive of Daily Market Report and Morning Call publications for 2021 to 2026.
The Central Bank of Montenegro said the national instant payment system, TIPS Clone, is operationally ready for a 20 July launch, subject to Parliament adopting amendments to the Payment System Law. It also adopted draft banking and bank resolution law changes to align Montenegro more closely with European Union rules and left the countercyclical capital buffer rate at 1%.
The Luxembourg Ministry of Finance said Finance Minister Gilles Roth used a July 1 to 2 visit to London to discuss stronger financial cooperation with UK Chancellor Rachel Reeves. The talks focused on boosting cross-border investment and mobilizing private capital for digital, green and defense financing needs. Roth also met fund, insurance and broader UK financial sector representatives on activity development in Luxembourg and market trends.
China's National Financial Regulatory Administration has placed Wuhan Zhongbang Bank under a one year takeover from July 3, 2026 after identifying severe credit risk. A takeover team will assume the powers of the bank's governance bodies and management while customer business continues as normal. During the period, Bank of Hankou will take on relevant assets, liabilities, business and staff under regulatory and provincial government oversight.
The European Central Bank’s first quarter 2026 euro area sector accounts showed household financial investment growth accelerating to 2.8%, while non-financial corporation financing held steady at 1.5%. Household saving and housing investment eased, and corporate profitability weakened as gross operating surplus fell 0.8%. The updated data also include revisions back to 2022 and Bulgaria in the euro area aggregates.
Indonesia's Financial Services Authority said it is stepping up sharia capital market literacy for young investors through a public lecture at University of Darussalam Gontor and student securities account openings. The authority said Indonesia had about 28.1 million capital market investors by mid-May 2026, with more than 54 percent under 30, and stressed that rising participation must be matched by better understanding of risks and sharia-compliant investing. The event is part of a broader 2026 East Java outreach program that also covers investor protection and carbon trading education.
The Monetary Authority of Singapore has published the SAFR white paper, an industry framework for runtime safeguards on AI agents in financial services. It proposes governance checkpoints that verify and record proposed actions before execution so agents operate within firms’ mandates, policies and risk limits. MAS also said future adoption will be supported through BuildFin.ai collaboration, pilots and sandbox testing.
Securities Commission Malaysia has launched a consultation on reforms to strengthen Malaysia’s corporate governance framework. The proposals would tighten requirements for company secretaries, create a shareholder litigation fund, set clearer governance expectations for companies with concentrated ownership, and clarify board oversight and disclosure expectations for technology and artificial intelligence. Feedback is open until 31 July 2026.
Hong Kong Interbank Clearing Limited has warned that a fraudulent website, fpshkpay.com, is impersonating it and falsely offering buyer protection services for FPS transactions. The site seeks personal identification details and bank account information and directs users to a fake customer service contact. HKICL said it does not directly provide FPS services to individual members of the public.
The National Bank of the Kyrgyz Republic hosted an international roundtable on June 23 to 25, 2026, focused on accounting issues in central banks, with participants from Armenia, Kazakhstan, Russia, Tajikistan and Georgia discussing international accounting standards, CBDCs and ESG implementation.
The Union of Arab Securities Authorities has approved its 2026–2030 strategic plan. It focuses on regulatory harmonization and cooperation among members, capital market development, and priorities spanning sustainability, fintech, innovation, cybersecurity, artificial intelligence, education and financial inclusion. The plan builds on the union’s 2021–2025 work, including common rules in fintech, cybersecurity, sustainability and anti-money laundering.
The Thailand Office of Insurance Commission has deployed staff and coordinated with the vehicle's compulsory motor insurer after a road accident in Mukdahan that preliminarily left 10 monks dead and multiple others injured. It said victims and eligible heirs can access immediate no-fault benefits under the compulsory scheme, with higher compensation available if the driver is later found legally liable.
The Central Bank of the Philippines said President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. has reappointed Walter C. Wassmer and Jose L. Querubin to the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas Monetary Board. Their terms now run until July 2032. Both were first appointed in 2024 and bring senior banking and risk management experience to the board.
The Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre has closed its enforceable undertaking with Sportsbet after independent assurance confirmed completion of required AML and CTF remediation. AUSTRAC will continue monitoring the gambling sector and expects higher-risk businesses to maintain robust, risk-based controls.
The European Central Bank’s May 2026 bank interest rate data show the euro area composite cost of new borrowing for corporations was broadly unchanged at 3.64%, while the equivalent rate for household house purchase loans rose 4 basis points to 3.48%. Composite rates on new agreed-maturity deposits increased to 2.04% for corporations and 1.96% for households, while overnight deposit rates were largely unchanged at 0.53% and 0.27%.
The European Central Bank reported that the euro area's current account surplus narrowed to EUR 275 billion, or 1.7% of GDP, in the four quarters to the first quarter of 2026 from EUR 352 billion a year earlier, mainly because goods and services surpluses shrank and the secondary income deficit widened. The largest bilateral surplus was with the United Kingdom at EUR 236 billion, while the largest deficit was with China at EUR 170 billion. The net international investment position improved to net assets of EUR 1.80 trillion, driven mainly by higher reserve assets, stronger portfolio debt positions and positive exchange rate changes.
The Spanish Securities Commission has revised its internal regulations to reflect new EU rules including MiCA, the DLT Pilot Regime and DORA. The changes also rename and expand two departments, add data governance responsibilities and extend staff trading rules to cover cryptoassets.
The Thailand Office of Insurance Commission and the Thai Life Assurance Association have started the 2026 Volunteer Insurance Teachers program to support education in remote areas. The initiative will cover five schools in five provinces through teaching materials, school funding support and volunteer-led learning activities. The first event took place at Ban Khao On School in Trang province.
The Thailand Office of Insurance Commission has launched OIC InsurTech Award 2026 as a full-cycle incubation program, not just a competition, to develop insurance technology solutions for emerging, aging society, climate disaster and cyber risks. The initiative is backed by six industry and public-sector partners and combines roadshows, mentoring, bootcamps, finals and post-program funding and business support. Applications run from July 1 to July 31, 2026.
The Angola Capital Markets Commission has made available its Monthly Capital Market Report for March 2026.
The Angola Capital Markets Commission approved the registration and prospectus for a public sale of 7,500,000 UNITEL shares, equal to 15% of the company’s capital. It said all 50,000,000 UNITEL shares are expected to be admitted to stock exchange trading and that the registration reflects legal compliance review only, not a guarantee on the offer or the securities.
The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority has welcomed the appointment of Therese McCarthy Hockey and David Bradbury as joint Deputy Chairs for five year terms, starting on 9 July 2026 and 1 September 2026 respectively. McCarthy Hockey will continue to oversee banking, Bradbury will take on superannuation when he starts, and Suzanne Smith will continue to oversee APRA’s insurance activities.
The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority has released the December 2024 masked National Claims and Policies Database reports for professional indemnity and public and product liability insurance. Unmasked data is available only by APRA approval and subject to binding privacy and use conditions. APRA also flagged corrections to earlier data and warned that 2017 to 2019 figures remain affected by overstated premium and risk counts.
The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority has released the December 2024 National Claims and Policies Database statistics covering professional indemnity and public and product liability insurance. The update includes policy, claims, Lloyd’s and facility reports based on APRA-regulated general insurers’ data, with published data privacy masked. APRA said the next issue, covering December 2025, is due in late 2026.
The Australian Securities & Investments Commission has released the June 2026 Financial Advisers Exam results, with 150 of 209 candidates passing, for a 71.7% pass rate. Among first-time candidates, 104 of 137 passed, or 75.9%. The next exam will be held on 20 August 2026.
The Australian Securities & Investments Commission said the Federal Court ordered ASX to pay an AUD 20.5 million penalty for a misleading February 2022 statement that its CHESS replacement project was “progressing well.” ASX had admitted the statement was misleading, and the court also ordered it to pay AUD 3 million toward ASIC’s costs. The judgment emphasized ASX’s heightened disclosure responsibilities as operator of critical market infrastructure.
The Reserve Bank of Fiji has partnered with The Forge Pacific to run a five-month business readiness programme for 20 MSMEs. The initiative will build governance, financial management and investment readiness skills to improve access to finance, including through Fiji's planned peer-to-peer lending platform. It also complements the Access to Business Funding Act 2025 and broader financial inclusion and MSME strategies.
The Rwanda Capital Markets Authority participated in the 13th Building African Financial Markets Forum in Dar es Salaam and said it used the event to advance regional integration, investor protection and Rwanda’s capital market development. Discussions covered liquidity, fintech, cross-border listings, AfCFTA-related capital flows and instruments including ESG products, ETFs and REITs.
The Bank of Tanzania has released the first quarter 2026/27 government securities issuance calendar on behalf of the government. It plans Treasury bill auctions across 35 to 364 day maturities and Treasury bond auctions from 2 years to 25 years between 2 July and 30 September 2026. The calendar may be changed to reflect borrowing needs and market conditions.
The Thailand Securities & Exchange Commission has upgraded its SEC Anti-Scam Center into a one-stop hub for investment fraud alerts, reporting, consultation and investor education. It also launched the One Step Ahead campaign with Meta Platforms Inc. to expand scam reporting and warnings on Facebook and Instagram. The SEC said scam-related consultations rose to 3,939 in the first five months of 2026, up 208% year on year.
Bank of the Lao said its governor held a farewell courtesy meeting with Malaysia’s ambassador to Laos ahead of the end of the ambassador’s term. The central bank used the meeting to highlight bilateral cooperation, especially Malaysian support for Laos’ banking sector and the presence of three Malaysian banks in the country. It also expressed hope for continued and broader cooperation.
The Cayman Islands Ministry of Finance and Economic Development reported a KYD 267.9 million Core Government surplus for the first five months of 2026 and said Finance Committee approved KYD 134.3 million in supplementary appropriations. The added spending covers education, household support, infrastructure, environmental protection, financial crime preparedness and Cayman Airways, while the government still forecasts KYD 1.288 billion in revenue and a KYD 10.5 million operating surplus for 2026. No extra borrowing is planned and the measures will be taken to Parliament in a Supplementary Appropriation Bill.
The Bank of Korea reported official foreign reserves of USD 427.4 billion at end-June 2026, up USD 0.4 billion from the previous month. Securities made up 89.0% of the total at USD 380.3 billion. Korea ranked 13th globally in foreign reserve holdings as of end-May 2026.
The Central Bank of West African States published WAMU Banking Commission sanctions covering five institutions. Three banks in Togo, Niger and Mali were reprimanded and fined FCFA 300 million each for governance, risk management, prudential and AML-CFT related failings. ZEYNA in Niger and Société Burkinabè de Crédit Automobile in Burkina Faso had their licenses withdrawn and were placed into liquidation.
The National Bank of Denmark said its foreign exchange reserve increased by DKK 11.8 billion in June to DKK 699.3 billion, driven by DKK 0.8 billion of net foreign exchange purchases and DKK 11.0 billion of central government net foreign borrowing. Banks' and mortgage-credit institutes' net position with the central bank fell by DKK 1.0 billion to DKK 301.1 billion, while intervention-related foreign exchange sales settled in June totaled DKK 0.7 billion.
The European Securities and Markets Authority has issued a final report recommending a staged move to a single "report once" transaction reporting framework across MiFIR, EMIR and SFTR. It estimates annual net savings of EUR 250 million to EUR 1.0 billion and recurring cost reductions of 22% to 24%, while also proposing shorter-term measures such as broader delegated reporting and targeted simplifications to existing rules. The integrated model requires legislative change and, on ESMA's stated optimistic timeline, could be fully in place toward H2 2031.
The Capital Markets Board of Türkiye said the results of the oral stage of its Assistant Professional Staff Entrance Exam are available on the Career Gate recruitment platform. The oral exam was held on May 13-15, 2026.
Sweden's Riksbank has published an Economic Commentary arguing that Norges Bank may have run a less contractionary policy than the Riksbank after the 2022 to 2023 inflation surge, despite a higher nominal policy rate. The authors say Norway's stronger real economy, a somewhat higher neutral rate and forecast evidence point to greater emphasis on real-economy stabilisation. They add that the data do not support the view that lowering inflation is more costly in Norway and that mandate differences may have influenced the policy trade-off.
The European Central Bank has published an interim draft digital euro rulebook annex describing the end-to-end flows for onboarding, funding, payments, disputes and other core user and PSP processes. It covers online and offline scenarios where defined, but remains provisional, is not intended for pilot or implementation use, and still assumes a single digital euro account per individual. The ECB says the draft will be updated after it finalises its assessment of the European Commission's legislative proposal.
In a speech, the European Central Bank set out its payments strategy around a retail digital euro, tokenised central bank money for wholesale use and expanded cross-border instant payment links. It said the digital euro pilot will start in the second half of 2027, with readiness for a potential first issuance targeted for 2029, subject to EU legislation. For wholesale settlement, Pontes is due to launch in September 2026 and Appia’s longer-term blueprint is planned for 2028.
The Isle of Man Treasury has published a discussion paper on public audit reform and the role of the Tynwald Auditor General ahead of the July 2026 Tynwald sitting. Rather than setting out legislative proposals, it outlines legal, practical and resource issues and identifies policy questions that must be resolved before legislation is developed. The paper builds on the Auditor General's 2024 recommendations, a July 2025 Tynwald debate and a consultation that closed in January 2026.
The Brazil Securities Commission issued Resolution 245 to require enhanced due diligence for transactions and other situations involving nonresident investors from FATF-listed jurisdictions. The rule also applies to clients directly or indirectly linked to those jurisdictions through ownership, control, beneficial ownership or representatives, and to other high-risk cases derived from FATF lists. It takes effect on July 15, 2026.
The Central Bank of Chile has issued rules allowing credit, debit and prepaid cards to be used in public transport through offline validation at boarding. The framework sets minimum safeguards, including card status checks and denial lists, while leaving technical implementation to transport operators. Issuers may request full or partial exclusion of their cards if the model is not compatible with their business model.
The Romanian Financial Supervisory Authority published its Daily Market Report and pointed readers to the Daily Market Report and Morning call archive. The archive in its reports section covers 2026 through 2021.
The Bank of Portugal has tightened its macroprudential recommendation for new housing and consumer credit, reducing the debt service-to-income limit from 50% to 45% and simplifying housing loan maturity caps. The revised framework also changes loan-to-value treatment for institution-owned property and excludes immovable property financial leasing. It applies to creditworthiness assessments from Aug. 1, 2026.
The Danish Financial Supervisory Authority found that several banks misreported real estate exposure risk weights under the new CRR3 standardized approach rules, mainly because of classification errors around Income Producing Real Estate and Acquisition, Development and Construction exposures. The review identified weak systems, missing manual corrections and inadequate processes and controls as the main causes. No supervisory action followed, but the authority outlined remediation measures that other firms may also find relevant.
The Federal Reserve Board issued a PCA Directive dated June 29, 2026 to Small Business Bank in Lenexa, Kansas. It also terminated cease and desist orders for BNP Paribas S.A., BNP Paribas USA, Inc., BNP Paribas Securities Corp., and Community Bankshares, Inc., with both terminations effective June 25, 2026.
The Polish Financial Supervision Commission published ordinary data for the banking sector covering May 2026.
The Authority for Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism has opened a consultation on common EU templates for reporting suspicions and transaction records. The proposal would introduce a harmonised set of data points, tailored by sector and report type, to reduce cross-border inconsistency for reporting entities and improve the usability of information for Financial Intelligence Units. A public hearing is set for 9 September 2026.
The Bulgaria Financial Supervision Commission said the MiCA transitional period ended on July 1, 2026, so only licensed crypto-asset service providers may now operate in the European Union. It has licensed two providers so far and said clients of unlicensed firms should exit those relationships. Unlicensed firms must wind down and may only process transactions needed to complete that exit.
The Financial Action Task Force launched its 2026 to 2028 roadmap on combatting fraud through the first event under its United Kingdom presidency. The initiative centers on improving financial intelligence, cross-sector information sharing, asset recovery and international cooperation, with further engagement planned with financial institutions and technology, telecommunications and social media companies.
The Authority for Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism has opened a public consultation on harmonised EU templates for anti-money laundering reporting. The proposal would standardise core data points across Member States while allowing sector-specific tailoring and limiting firms to the fields relevant to their activity and the suspicion reported. A public hearing will be held on 9 September 2026.
The Authority for Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism held a public hearing on draft guidelines for ongoing monitoring of business relationships under the European Union’s new AML/CFT framework. The guidelines cover customer information updates and transaction and activity monitoring for all obliged entities across financial and non-financial sectors, using proportionality and a risk-based approach. Written consultation responses remain open until 3 September 2026.
The Central Bank of Aruba said Thomas G.W.A. Domhoff officially became president on July 1 after being sworn in on June 25. The bank thanked interim president Miriam Gonzalez for overseeing continuity during the transition. It said its core priorities remain currency stability, financial system soundness and integrity, and a reliable payment system.
The U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs published a statement from Ranking Member Sen. Elizabeth Warren arguing that June job growth of 57,000, weaker average monthly gains since President Trump took office, stalled hiring, rising long-term unemployment and inflation show a weakening labor market.
Sen. Elizabeth Warren, the ranking member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs, asked Eric Trump for details on the Trump family’s current stance toward Capital One and whether it will re-file its de-banking lawsuit against the bank. She linked the request to the committee’s review of Capital One executive Brian Johnson’s nomination to lead the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. Warren requested a response by July 13, 2026.
U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Ranking Member Elizabeth Warren urged Federal Reserve Governor Christopher Waller to halt a proposal to centralize key operational functions of the regional Reserve Banks. She argued the plan could conflict with the Federal Reserve Act and requested answers and documents by July 16, 2026.
The U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs said Ranking Member Elizabeth Warren joined a bipartisan letter urging the State Department to remove Syria from the State Sponsor of Terrorism list. The lawmakers argue the designation no longer has a valid legal basis after Assad's fall and remains a major barrier for U.S. financial institutions, investment and Syria's recovery. They also linked delisting to broader U.S. national security and sanctions policy toward Syria.
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation published its April 2026 Community Reinvestment Act ratings for 53 state nonmember banks. The list shows 49 banks with an S rating, three with an O rating, and one with an SN rating. It is a public disclosure of examination results, not a new rule or supervisory policy change.
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation issued June 2026 Call Report instructions that add two new FFIEC 031 data items tied to the agencies’ leverage ratio rule changes. The update also adds guidance on the revised community bank leverage ratio, restates reporting treatment for the FDIC special assessment, and confirms there are no new FFIEC 041 or FFIEC 051 data items this quarter. June 30 Call Reports are due by July 30, 2026, or August 4, 2026, for certain institutions with multiple foreign offices.
The Czech National Bank reported that 77% of the Czech population trusts it, according to the latest STEM survey. The result is the highest in the past decade and is up from 61% in 2023. The release ties the increase in part to inflation remaining close to the 2% target since the start of 2024.
The Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India hosted Chief Economic Advisor Dr. V. Anantha Nageswaran for a session on India’s macroeconomic outlook and the insurance sector’s role in resilience and inclusive development. He highlighted chronic disease, ageing, climate risk and artificial intelligence as emerging insurance-sector challenges, and stressed transparency, accountability and consumer protection in technology use.
The Federal Reserve Board published a research note on U.S. monetary policy spillovers to emerging markets during the 2022-23 tightening cycle. It finds that more-vulnerable EMEs performed better than the model predicted in both financial markets and growth, while less-vulnerable EMEs saw weaker-than-predicted growth despite somewhat better financial outcomes. The analysis also suggests the tightening was driven more by monetary shocks than by stronger U.S. growth.
The European Banking Authority's peer review found that most reviewed supervisors have broadly effective Pillar 3 disclosure oversight, but practices remain uneven across jurisdictions. Bank of Italy and Banco de Portugal were fully applied across all benchmarks, while weaknesses were concentrated at the Polish Financial Supervision Authority and the Swedish Financial Supervisory Authority. The European Banking Authority will review implementation of its recommendations in two years.
The Financial Conduct Authority said the Upper Tribunal has partially suspended its motor finance compensation scheme while legal challenges proceed, so firms can keep preparing and progressing complaints but do not yet have to calculate or pay redress. Unsuspended rules still apply, including complaint identification, data gathering and notifying some complainants that no compensation is due. A hearing is set for December 2026 or February 2027, and if the scheme is quashed the FCA is preparing for complaints to be handled individually instead.
The Ukraine National Commission on Securities and Stock Market said it will hold a Commission meeting on July 3, 2026, at 10:00. The agenda is available through the linked notice.
The Ukraine National Commission on Securities and Stock Market said investors in a construction financing fund managed by Financial Company Global Capital may need to use the courts after the firm’s license was revoked for legal breaches. The fund must be transferred to a new manager, but no eligible financial company has agreed to take it over. Investors can seek a court-ordered transfer and choose a licensed institution willing to manage the fund.
The Egypt Financial Regulatory Authority is examining changes to the insurance product approval framework after meeting insurers in Egypt. The focus is on speeding approval of new products under the Unified Insurance Law while maintaining governance, disclosure and transparency requirements. Under the law, filings are deemed approved if the authority does not respond within 30 days after a complete submission.
The South Africa Financial Sector Conduct Authority has provisionally withdrawn Imermarket Pty Ltd's financial services provider licence after preliminary findings indicated a risk of harm to clients and the public. The firm can no longer provide financial services or accept additional client funds. The authority cited concerns including high-pressure sales practices, unauthorised advice, weak risk disclosures and failures to process client withdrawals.
Indonesia's Financial Services Authority said it is strengthening the digital finance and crypto ecosystem through adaptive regulation, stronger governance and consumer protection, and is drafting the OJK IAKD Roadmap 2026–2031. The roadmap is being shaped through stakeholder consultation and is intended to address areas including tokenization, stablecoins, digital asset taxation, cybersecurity, over-the-counter transactions and a Single Investor Identifier. OJK also reported 22.4 million digital financial asset and crypto consumers and 26 licensed dealers in the sector.
The Banking Commission of the Central African Republic published the results of tender AON/OPIL No. 26/E7/2026-BEAC.
The Bank of Central African States used its June 2026 monetary policy report to announce lower policy rates and reserve requirements for the third quarter of 2026. It cut the main policy rate to 4.50%, the marginal lending facility to 5.75%, and reserve requirements by 50 basis points, while keeping the deposit facility at 0.00%. The report says inflation remains below the 3% ceiling and projects 2026 reserves to rise to XAF 7,962.3 billion even as regional growth slows to 3.2%.
The Banking Commission of the Central African Republic has published its June 2026 dashboard of CEMAC economic, monetary and financial indicators. It shows regional growth easing to a 3.2 percent 2026 forecast from 3.4 percent in 2025, while inflation slowed to 1.0 percent year on year in March 2026. Credit to the economy rose 12.5 percent year on year, even as net foreign assets fell 9.2 percent.
The Bank of Italy said the euro-area €-coin indicator fell again in June, to 0.39 from 0.45 in May. Weak business and consumer confidence continued to weigh on the measure, which tracks the underlying trend in euro-area GDP growth. The next releases are scheduled for 4 August and 2 September, subject to confirmation.
Paolo Angelini, senior deputy governor of the Bank of Italy and president of the Insurance Supervisory Authority, spoke at the annual meeting of the Italian Association of Insurance Companies.
The Bank of Italy has issued the fifth Historical Archives Working Paper as a guide to its Multimedia Archive, presenting its collection of sound recordings, films, audiovisual materials and other multimedia content as part of Italy’s audiovisual memory.
The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency promoted Jamie Wilds to deputy comptroller for Supervision System and Analytical Support. He will lead supervisory data, systems, reporting and analytics support, after previously serving in several OCC data and analytics roles since joining the agency in 2007.
The Swedish Financial Supervisory Authority will review how about 10 smaller banks design their internal liquidity stress tests. It will examine the assumptions, stress scenarios, liquidity risk measurements and use of results in liquidity management to build a clearer supervisory picture across firms.
The Central Bank of Russia reported that maximum interest rates on RUB household deposits at the top 10 deposit-taking banks declined across June 2026. The monitored average maximum rate fell from 12.97% in the first 10 days of the month to 12.76% in the third 10 days.
The National Commission for Financial Markets said that, from 25 June 2026, consumers must receive a free Insurance Product Information Document before signing a general insurance contract. The standardized document sets out key risks, exclusions, limits, payment terms and consumer obligations in plain language. The requirement comes from amendments to Law No. 92/2022 on insurance and reinsurance activity.
The Bank of Cape Verde is consulting on preliminary technical criteria to operationalize Cabo Verde’s sustainability taxonomy, starting with energy and water and wastewater activities. Version 1 applies a binary alignment test based on substantial contribution, do no significant harm requirements, minimum social safeguards and sector-specific thresholds. The consultation runs from July 1 to August 10, 2026.
The Bank of Spain has launched its first university financial education programme with the University of Castilla-La Mancha, targeting students across faculties, especially outside economics and finance. An initial four-year agreement supports live online, credit-bearing courses starting in the first semester of 2026/2027, with about 500 students expected in the first intake. The programme is set to expand to other degree courses in the second semester and will be evaluated for satisfaction, effectiveness and impact.
The Bank of Spain has published a reference to the governor's participation in the Banco de España-CEMFI-UIMP conference on the Spanish economy.
The Bank of the Lao donated four desktop computer sets and four printers to a protection command unit of the Ministry of Public Security. The equipment is valued at LAK 102,960,000 and was provided to address operational equipment shortages and support the unit's work.
The India International Financial Services Centres Authority and Japan Financial Services Agency have formalized regulatory cooperation through an Exchange of Letters covering information sharing on financial regulation, supervision and best practices.
The European Banking Federation and 11 other trade associations called on European Union policymakers to use the Market Integration and Supervision Package to strengthen the regulatory and supervisory framework. Their joint statement seeks less legal uncertainty, stronger cost-benefit assessment, a secondary competitiveness objective for the European Securities and Markets Authority, better sequencing of new rules, and less supervisory duplication.