Politics, Legal & Regulation

Policy and regulations impacting innovations in Finance.

Revolut Obtains Central Bank Approval to Acquire Banco Cetelem in Argentina

Revolut has secured a key regulatory milestone in Latin America after Argentina’s central bank approved its purchase of Banco Cetelem Argentina from BNP Paribas Personal Finance. The decision, announced by the London-based fintech on 24 September 2026, allows the company to complete a deal first… Read More

InterestMe Financial Planning Limited (IMFP) and the appointed representative InterestMe Advisers Limited (IMA) enter administration

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This post was originally published on fca.org.uk  If you need urgent help with your account, contact the joint administrators.  You should also get in touch with the joint administrators if you have questions about income or withdrawals, need extra support, or want to discuss options…. Read More

Philippine Central Bank Sets $16m Capital Requirement For Banks Shifting To Digital Models

The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) has set a minimum capital requirement of ₱1 billion (about $16 million) for thrift, rural and cooperative banks that shift to business models similar to digital banks, as the central bank moves to strengthen safeguards around digital transformation in… Read More

Cash FX Faces CFTC Lawuit Over Alleged $950M Cryptocurrency linked Forex Fraud

The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has sued Cash FX Group S.A. and several associated individuals, alleging they ran a vast multilevel marketing operation that collected more than $950 million under the pretense of pooled retail foreign-exchange trading. The civil complaint, filed in the… Read More

OG.com Markets Asks CFTC to Approve Cash-Settled Single-Stock Perpetual Futures

OG.com Markets has asked US commodity regulators to let it list a new class of equity derivatives that never mature: cash-settled perpetual futures on individual American stocks. The request, submitted last week to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), would allow the platform to offer… Read More

US and China Open AI Talks While Stretching Ongoing Trade Cooperation

Washington and Beijing have opened a formal conversation on advanced computing while stretching their latest commercial ceasefire, a pairing that looks modest on paper and more consequential in practice. After a three-day leadership visit in the US capital, the two governments said they would keep… Read More

HIVE Takes Swedish Bitcoin Mining VAT Dispute to European Commission

HIVE Digital Technologies (NASDAQ: HIVE), a publicly listed firm long associated with Bitcoin mining, has taken its long-running Swedish value-added tax fight beyond national courts and into the European Commission. The move, disclosed in an August 11, 2026 late-filing notice with the US Securities and… Read More

SEC Officials State that Certain Crypto Buybacks and Staking Tokens Fall Outside Existing Securities Laws

US securities staff have offered a more precise reading of how existing law applies to two common crypto practices: token repurchase programs and tokens issued in liquid staking. In staff-level FAQs released September 25, 2026, the SEC’s Division of Corporation Finance said that, in defined… Read More

Polymarket Requests European Authorities to Regulate Prediction Markets as Finance, Not Gambling

Polymarket is intensifying talks with policymakers in London, Brussels and other European capitals in an effort to have its event contracts treated as financial instruments rather than wagers. The New York-based prediction market, now raising capital at a valuation above $20 billion, argues that a… Read More

Vietnamese National Charged with Laundering Funds from Crypto Pig Butchering Scam

Federal prosecutors in Missouri have accused a Vietnamese national of helping move digital assets stolen in a large-scale cryptocurrency confidence fraud, a case that highlights how quickly stolen coins can be shuffled off public ledgers. Trung Nguyen Van, 37, faces two money-laundering counts in the… Read More

Singapore Tightens Disclosure Rules On Pay, Dividends, Investor Relations

Singapore Exchange Regulation (SGX RegCo) will require listed companies to provide more detailed disclosures on executive remuneration, dividend policies, and investor relations as it seeks to strengthen transparency and encourage a greater focus on long-term value creation. The changes will take effect on Jan. 1,… Read More

SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce Shares Departure Letter as She Moves on From the Commission

SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce, who has completed two terms at the nation’s securities regulator, will end her tenure at the beginning of next month. In a post on X, Commissioner Peirce shared a letter to President Donald Trump thanking him for the chance to serve… Read More

Bitcoin Price Holds $84K–$87K as Bitwise Says Institutions Treat BTC Like Gold but Invest Like Tech Stocks

Large institutional investors increasingly describe Bitcoin (BTC) as a digital counterpart to gold, yet they still place it inside the same portfolio sleeve they use for technology and other crypto-assets. That contradiction sits at the center of a new Bitwise research study based on interviews… Read More

Federal Reserve Proposes Reserve and Capital Rules for Stablecoin Issuers Under the GENIUS Act

The US Federal Reserve has taken a major step toward implementing last year’s federal stablecoin statute. On September 24, 2026, the Board of Governors asked the public to weigh in on two draft rules that would apply to payment-stablecoin issuers the central bank already oversees…. Read More

Securities and Exchange Commission to Adjust Accredited Investor Definition at Open Meeting

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has scheduled an open meeting next week to review several issues. Perhaps the most important for investors is a potential update to the definition of an Accredited Investor. In general, an Accredited Investor is someone who earns over $200,000… Read More

New York Attorney General (NYAG) James and Governor Hochul File Suit to Halt Polymarket’s Unlicensed Event Contracts

New York officials have opened a new front in their campaign against prediction-market platforms, accusing Polymarket’s US operation of conducting unlicensed wagering inside the state. On September 24, 2026, Attorney General Letitia James and Governor Kathy Hochul announced a civil action against QCX LLC, which… Read More

European Banking Authority Calls on the EU to Bring Crypto Lending within MiCA During Regulatory Review

The European Banking Authority (EBA) has called on EU policymakers to consider bringing crypto-asset lending within the Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation as part of a wider review of the bloc’s digital asset rulebook. In its response to the European Commission’s targeted consultation, published on 24… Read More

ITI Capital Ltd enters special administration

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This post was originally published on fca.org.uk  You should be cautious if you are approached by a claims management company (CMC) or a law firm. For most customers, there is no benefit in involving a third party in reclaiming your assets. If you use a… Read More

Twenty-four CFD firms closing in crackdown on misuse of UK authorisation

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This post was originally published on fca.org.uk  The FCA was concerned the firms were misusing their authorised status to mislead consumers. Three other firms are currently cancelling their permissions. The FCA has been challenging CFD firms that carry out little UK business but use their… Read More

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