The Bank of England's weekly report for September 2, 2026 shows reserve balances increased to GBP $643.7 Billion from GBP $640.7 Billion the prior week, driven largely by higher long-term repo lending. This is a routine balance sheet publication, not a new rule, but it offers compliance and treasury teams a data point on sterling liquidity conditions and central bank facility usage.
France’s competition authority has fined several companies in the Mayotte-based Nel group €2.16 million after finding that the group used its control of the Port of Longoni to exclude an established cargo-handling operator and impose unfair charges on local importers.
A bank could raise its fees by as much as 200% after a slight increase in inflation. Another could introduce charges for services that had previously been free. A third reserved the right to alter credit card agreements when it improved its products or expanded its offerings. These were among the contractual provisions challenged by Poland’s Office of Competition and Consumer Protection (UOKiK), which announced penalties totaling approximately $37.7 million (PLN 147.09 million) against four banks on October 15.
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) published its third consolidated sanctions report on October 15, recording more than 950 administrative sanctions and measures imposed by national authorities during the year. The combined value of administrative fines reached almost €82 million, while the number of sanctions and measures remained broadly unchanged from the preceding two years.
A countdown timer on Wayfair’s website told shoppers that a deal was about to disappear. The furniture retailer advertised products through “Daily Deals” and 24-hour “Flash Deals,” sometimes accompanied by the warning “Here Today, Gone Tomorrow.” Customers who wanted the advertised price were given reason to believe they had little time to decide.
The Norway Financial Supervisory Authority (Finanstilsynet) has published a warning about "gfo-xx (Clone)," a suspected clone of a UK FCA-authorized firm, based on a UK FCA warning. Compliance teams should treat this as a fraud and impersonation alert and update screening, client-protection, and monitoring controls accordingly.
Norway's Financial Supervisory Authority (Finanstilsynet) has published a warning about a clone of an FCA-registered firm, "hanbury_financial_p1lanning (Clone)," which links to a corresponding UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) warning. Clone firms use the identity of authorized firms to defraud consumers, so compliance teams should strengthen counterparty verification and fraud-monitoring controls.
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