GRC Report Staff

In its newly released Risks in BaFin’s Focus report, the Federal Financial Supervisory Authority cautioned that record-high valuations, geopolitical tension, and fast-moving financial innovation are combining in ways that could test financial stability in 2026. The watchdog pointed to a growing risk of abrupt market corrections, even as banks and insurers continue to report solid profits and strong capital positions.

For several years, Archer-Daniels-Midland’s Nutrition business sat at the center of the company’s growth story. Investors were told the segment was delivering consistent, double-digit operating profit growth and helping power the agribusiness giant’s broader expansion.

An Australian federal court has ordered BPS Financial to pay $9.7 million USD (AUD 14 million) in penalties over its promotion and operation of the Qoin Wallet, a crypto-based payment product that regulators said was sold without the required licenses and backed by misleading claims.

In new guidance published on 22 January 2026, the Competition and Markets Authority set out detailed expectations for how consumer protection law applies to green claims across complex supply chains. The overall message is that environmental claims must be accurate, verifiable, and clear to consumers and responsibility does not stop at the point where a claim was first made.

The European Commission has opened two formal proceedings aimed at clarifying how Google must meet its obligations under the Digital Markets Act, sharpening the focus on how the company runs Android and Google Search at a moment when AI is rapidly reshaping both.

Sweden’s privacy regulator has fined Sportadmin roughly $560,000 (SEK 6 million) after concluding that the company failed to implement adequate IT security measures ahead of a major cyberattack that exposed personal data on more than 2.1 million people.

Hong Kong’s push to position itself as a hub for sustainable finance took another step forward this week, as the Hong Kong Monetary Authority published Phase 2A of the Hong Kong Taxonomy for Sustainable Finance.