The Monetary Authority of Singapore is stepping deeper into the use of artificial intelligence to counter financial crime, announcing a new collaboration with the banking sector and key public agencies aimed at strengthening scam detection capabilities.
Belgium’s competition watchdog has ordered AutoScout24 to reinstate the flow of sellers’ listing data to a competing platform, stepping in with interim measures it says are needed to prevent immediate harm in the country’s online car sales market.
Europe’s insurance sector remains broadly stable, but rising geopolitical tensions and market volatility are beginning to shape a more uncertain outlook, according to the latest risk dashboards from the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority.
There was a time when the challenge for compliance teams was visibility. Policies sat in binders. Codes of conduct gathered dust. Ethics, where it existed, lived more in aspiration than in practice. That problem, for the most part, has been solved.
The Hong Kong Monetary Authority is sharpening its focus on climate risk and sustainable finance, laying out a 2026 agenda that blends tighter supervision with a broader effort to position Hong Kong at the center of the region’s green transition.
The Serious Fraud Office has secured a £10 million settlement from Ultra Electronics Holdings, drawing a line under a years-long investigation into bribery risks tied to overseas contracts.
Germany’s financial regulator has fined flatexDEGIRO SE €1,000,000 for failing to promptly disclose inside information tied to regulatory findings at its banking subsidiary. The penalty centers on events dating back to the end of 2022, when flatexDEGIRO did not immediately inform the market about the outcome of a special inspection at flatexDEGIRO Bank. That inspection, carried out under section 44 of the German Banking Act, had identified shortcomings in the company’s business organization.