GRC Report Staff

On September 17, 2026, BaFin issued a warning about the website titanfx(.)ai, whose unknown operators allegedly offer forex, index, commodity, stock, and crypto-asset trading in Germany without the required authorization. The warning rests on the Crypto Markets Supervision Act and the Banking Act. Compliance teams should treat it as a fraud and sanctions-screening indicator and update their controls accordingly.

Governor Bailey said the Monetary Policy Committee held rates, warned that decisions become harder the longer the Gulf conflict and high energy prices persist, and described a clearer quantitative tightening (QT) path for gilt sales through 2034. Compliance teams should note the implications for interest rate risk, mortgage pricing, customer outcomes, and market-sensitive communications. This is a transcript of interview remarks, not a new rule, so it creates no direct regulatory obligations.

Family Dollar has agreed to a $63 million settlement with the Federal Trade Commission and 17 states over allegations that it routinely charged customers more at checkout than the prices displayed on store shelves, product labels and advertisements, even after years of regulatory warnings and consumer complaints.

APRA's June 2026 quarterly ADI statistics show industry net profit after tax up 7.5% to AUD $42.5 Billion, with capital ratios stable at 20.5%. Mortgage credit grew 7.0% and investment lending's share rose, while the minimum liquidity holdings and net stable funding ratios declined. Compliance teams should use these figures to benchmark their institutions and anticipate supervisory focus on lending standards and funding resilience.

De Nederlandsche Bank has collected a penalty of EUR $100,000 from trust office Erez Corporate Service B.V. after it failed to remedy serious Wtt 2018 deficiencies within a six-month grace period. The deficiencies concerned its Systematic Integrity Risk Analysis (SIRA), procedures manual, and customer due diligence (CDD). The case shows that DNB will escalate from an order subject to penalty to financial penalties when remediation is inadequate, and that the decision is now final.

The CFTC's Market Participants Division has issued a broadly available no-action position for providers of passive trading software. Subject to specified conditions, staff will not recommend enforcement action for failure to register as an introducing broker (IB) or associated person (AP) of an IB. Compliance teams should confirm whether their software offerings or vendor relationships fit within the relief and whether the conditions are met.

The CNMV's September 2026 newsletter announces an agreement with Autocontrol to promote responsible financial advertising. It also covers AI-assisted reviews of advertising by investment management companies, results of an AML/CFT report review, and several published sanctions. The newsletter is a headline digest with little detail, but it signals where supervisory attention is heading.