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Enforcement

FINRA disciplinary action update 2026/6

March 13, 2026

Disciplinary decisions issued February 21 – March 6, 2026.

Thomas Hyrkiel4 min read
Privacy

UK’s ICO urges online platforms to strengthen age verification measures

March 13, 2026

Social media and video sharing platforms operating in the UK have been asked to play their part in ensuring children’s safety and wellbeing online, as regulators say current status-quo is not working.

Hameed Shuja2 min read
Data

Epic Systems receives class-action lawsuit over EHR access

March 13, 2026

According to the plaintiffs, the largest health record vendor creates barriers that prevent patients and authorized platforms from aggregating complete medical histories across healthcare providers.

Kevin Kinsella3 min read
ESMA

Risk of disorderly corrections mounting, says ESMA

March 13, 2026

Global climate policy is fragmented, cyber risks are increasing, and the rise of stablecoins means spillover risk of a crypto correction, per a report by the agency.

Thomas Hyrkiel1 min read

Compliance More on Compliance

Enforcement

Swedish FSA opens an investigation into Handelsbanken

March 13, 2026

The supervisory authority will investigate whether Handelsbanken has complied with the anti-money-laundering rules.

Vasilka Lalevska1 min read
Enforcement

ASIC roundup: Record civil penalties, license cancellations, plus more

March 13, 2026

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission’s latest actions and news, February 25-March 9, 2026.

Hameed Shuja3 min read
Compliance

Treasury issues national risk assessments, adds digital asset one

March 12, 2026

The reports trace threats to the US financial system, including ones involving drug cartels, transnational criminal organizations and money-laundering networks.

Julie DiMauro3 min read
Compliance

How lenders missed red flags on MFS’s ‘refinancing merry-go-round’

March 12, 2026

Collapse of UK bridging loan specialist has sent reverberations across Wall St amid fears of weak underwriting standards.

The Financial Times7 min read

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Regulation More on Regulation

SEC

Atkins discusses CFTC-SEC harmonization and regulatory simplification

March 12, 2026

Atkins called for non-duplicative SEC-CFTC oversight and more straightforward approval of new products.

Alexander Barzacanos2 min read
Regulation

Enhancements to Canada’s regulatory framework for crypto

March 12, 2026

Victoria Pinnington provides a detailed update on key current and prospective changes to crypto regulation in Canada and how firms can remain compliant.

Victoria Pinnington5 min read
Regulation

FDA to streamline biosimilar development to lower drug prices

March 12, 2026

New federal guidance recommends using drugs approved outside of the US as comparators to cut down on pricey pharmacokinetic testing.

Kevin Kinsella3 min read
Regulation

FDA issues warnings to 30 telehealth companies over marketing violations

March 11, 2026

The letters warning of false or misleading marketing claims point to a transition from the agency’s traditional complaint-driven oversight to a more proactive monitoring system.

Kevin Kinsella2 min read

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Security

UK forms new fraud unit after billions drained from economy

March 12, 2026

Fraud has become a major economic challenge, accounting for 45% of all crime.

Carmen Cracknell1 min read
Cloud

Cloud providers call for swift and strong sector regulation

March 12, 2026

The UK’s competition authority is debating restrictions on Microsoft and AWS that would attempt to address their market dominance.

Carmen Cracknell2 min read
AI

Hong Kong launches GenAI regulatory sandbox across entire financial system

March 11, 2026

The initiative will cover multiple financial sectors including banking, securities and capital markets, asset and wealth management, insurance, mandatory provident fund (MPF), and stored value facilities.

Hameed Shuja2 min read
Technology

AWS launches AI-based administrative platform for health systems

March 10, 2026

Amazon Health Connect can reduce a clinician’s administrative burden, but can it guarantee the security of patients’ data?

Kevin Kinsella3 min read

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ResourcesMore on Resources

Podcasts

Podcast: Maria Tsennykh on forensic accounting, corporate governance, and financial misconduct

March 9, 2026

Maria Tsennykh is the founder and managing partner of TSENU Consulting and an adjunct professor at Fordham and Quinnipiac.

Vlada Gurvich45 min listen
GRIP Extra

GRIP Extra: Fed terminates Wells Fargo enforcement, US mulls national security-based chip framework

March 9, 2026

Our in-brief roundup of notable stories from the last week.

GRIP2 min read
Podcasts

Podcast: Janaya Moscony and Leigh Wittick walk us through complying with Reg S-P

March 2, 2026

Janaya Moscony and Leigh Wittick spoke to GRIP about how financial institutions can demonstrate compliance with the many components of Reg S-P.

Julie DiMauro26 min listen
GRIP Extra

GRIP Extra: Anthropic clashes with Pentagon, OCC proposes GENIUS Act implementation rules

March 2, 2026

Our in-brief roundup of notable stories from the last week.

GRIP2 min read

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