Poland’s competition watchdog closed out the year with a one-two punch that landed hard across two very different corners of the economy. Within 48 hours, the Office of Competition and Consumer Protection (UOKiK) announced sweeping penalties for a decade-long cartel in the agricultural machinery market and for unlawful handling of mortgage payment holidays by two major banks.
Treasury officials brought banks and law enforcement into the same room this week with a message that Chinese money laundering networks remain a persistent and deeply embedded threat to the U.S. financial system and that disrupting them depends on tighter, faster coordination between the public and private sectors.
The Italian Competition Authority has fined Apple more than €98.6 million for abusing its dominant position through the design and implementation of its App Tracking Transparency policy, marking a significant competition-law ruling at the intersection of privacy and digital advertising.
Two whistleblowers who helped expose fraud harming investors are set to receive more than $1.8 million, after the Commodity Futures Trading Commission said their information played a meaningful role in successful enforcement actions.
Europe’s new anti-money laundering authority is beginning to move from blueprint to reality. The Authority for Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism (AMLA) on Thursday set out the rules that will underpin its future role as a direct supervisor of the EU’s highest-risk financial institutions, marking a major step toward more unified AML and CFT oversight across the bloc.
Instacart has agreed to pay $60 million in consumer refunds to settle a lawsuit brought by the Federal Trade Commission, which alleged that the grocery delivery platform used deceptive advertising, improper subscription practices, and unlawful refund processes that raised costs for shoppers.
A decade of misreported market data, years of conflicted advice, and widespread failures affecting tens of thousands of customers all landed before the courts this week, as ASIC secured three major enforcement outcomes against Macquarie Securities, RM Capital, and ANZ. The decisions span institutional trading, advice oversight, and retail banking operations.