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OCC Urges Community Banks to Become Stablecoin Issuers Before...

Oct 26, 2026 - Cryptobriefing.com - The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency wants America’s community banks to stop watching the stablecoin market from the...

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OCC Invites Community Banks to Seek Stablecoin Issuer Approval...

Oct 27, 2026 - Unchainedcrypto.com

GENIUS Act: Revised Reporting Forms and Instructions for Permitted...

Oct 21, 2026 - OCC.gov

GENIUS Act: Waivers and Application Submission Guidance

Oct 21, 2026 - OCC.gov

Genius Act: Leading Banking Into the Future

[Home Page] - Oct 2026 - OCC.gov

MSBA Member Announcements

ACI Worldwide and Circle Collaborate to Bring USDC Settlement to...

Oct 27, 2026 - Circle.com - ACI Worldwide (NASDAQ: ACIW), an original innovator in global payments technology, and Circle Internet Group (NYSE: CRCL), one of the...

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Circle to Announce Q3 2026 Financial Results on November 4, 2026

Oct 2026 - Circle.com

CrissCross Secures Circle Ventures Investment to Expand Cross...

Oct 27, 2026 - Techafricanews.com

RayCor Expands MTL FastTrack with ComplyGraph Automation...

Oct 23, 2026 - Raycorconsulting.com - RayCor Consulting, a regulatory compliance and governance advisory firm serving fintech, payments, and digital asset businesses...

Payward to Acquire Saldo Bank in EU Banking Licence Push

Oct 27, 2026 - The Fintechtimes.com - Payward, Inc., the unified financial infrastructure group that operates Kraken and a portfolio of trading and asset-management...

Announcements

Grab, Wise and Liquid Group First to Back Singapore Payments Code

Oct 27, 2026 - Fintechnews.sg - Grab, Wise and Liquid Group are the first to sign up to Singapore’s new payments industry code of conduct. The Singapore Fintech...

Apple Pay and Google Pay Begin Rollout in Uzbekistan

Oct 27, 2026 - Timesca.com - Apple Pay and Google Pay began rolling out in Uzbekistan on October 27, allowing customers of local banks to add eligible Visa and Mastercard...

Ripple Partners with Robinhood to Scale RLSUD Stablecoin

Oct 27, 2026 - Techbuzz.ai - Ripple just landed a major distribution partner for its RLSUD stablecoin, striking a deal with Robinhood that could put the digital dollar...

Opay, EBANX Partner on International Payment Services

Oct 27, 2026 - Nigeria Communications Week.com.ng - Nigerians without credit cards could find it easier to pay for international streaming services and digital tools...

etisalat money partners with Visa to expand cross-border transfers

Oct 27, 2026 - The Paypers.com - etisalat money, the fintech arm of etisalat, has entered a partnership with Visa to broaden the international money transfer...

Euronet Worldwide Reports Third Quarter 2026 Financial Results

Oct 2026 - Euronetworldwide.com - Revenue from the digital accelerators introduced at the Company’s Investor Day(*) increased 33% for the nine months ended September...

Souhoola receives FRA approval for fintech-based consumer finance

Oct 27, 2026 - The Paypers.com - Egypt's Financial Regulatory Authority (FRA) has approved BM Consumer Finance, which operates as Souhoola, to conduct consumer...

Raenest expands beyond X-border payments with stablecoins and savings

Oct 26, 2026 - Cedirates.com - Raenest, a Nigerian cross-border payments fintech, has launched a suite of products that lets users receive, save, and spend money...

LTM Secures Strategic Engagement with a Global Banking and...

Oct 27, 2026 - Finance.yahoo.com - LTM, the Business Creativity partner to the world's largest enterprises, has secured a strategic engagement with a large global...

Skydo secures IFSCA licence to expand cross-border payments

Oct 2026 - IBS Intelligence.com - Skydo’s approval highlights GIFT City’s growing importance as a global financial hub. The licence could accelerate innovation in...

AML Compliance Trends

BSA Whistleblower Program Policies for 2027

[Opinion] - Oct 27, 2026 - Lawyer-monthly.com - The Bank Secrecy Act whistleblower landscape is undergoing significant transformation as financial institutions and legal...

Anti-Corruption Around the World

Australia: Victoria backs new IBAC anti-corruption laws with...

Oct 2026 - Newscop.com.au - The Victorian Government has announced $139.5 million for the Independent Broad-based Anti-Corruption Commission (IBAC), the...

China: Xi Redoubles Anti-Corruption Efforts at Fifth Plenum

Oct 27, 2026 - Dominotheory.com - The fifth plenum, as it is known, is China’s most important political meeting this year, with over 300 of the party’s elite gathering...

EU restores funding to Hungary after anti-corruption reforms and rule...

Oct 26, 2026 - Brusselstimes.com - European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen told Hungary’s National Assembly that the European Union had restored access to...

Rule of law improves in Latvia, but corruption remains a key weakness

Oct 27, 2026 - Bnn-news.com - Latvia has climbed two places in the latest World Justice Project Rule of Law Index, although further improvements are needed, particularly...

Ukraine: Civil Society Organizations Demand That Parliament Adopt...

Oct 27, 2026 - Ti-ukraine.org - Civil society organizations demand that the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine immediately consider the draft Anti-Corruption Strategy for 2026–2030 (Draft Law No. 15230-d)...

Indonesia: Government Considers Removing State Economic Losses...

Oct 27, 2026 - Kompas.com - Coordinating Minister for Law, Human Rights, Immigration, and Corrections, Yusril Ihza Mahendra, announced that the government plans to...

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Indonesia reviews Anti-Corruption Law to align with UNCAC

Oct 27, 2026 - Antaranews.com

Cyprus: Anti-corruption authority seeks investigative powers amid...

Oct 26, 2026 - Philenews.com - Preparatory work is under way on a bill that the Independent Authority Against Corruption is expected to put forward to give it...

Artificial Intelligence

A Regulator Says Use AI. Another Says the Framework Is Not Ready.

[Opinion] - Oct 27, 2026 - Corporate Compliance Insights.com - How much autonomy a bank can safely hand a machine depends less on the coming guidance than on how...

AI adoption in UK finance reaches 86%, study shows

Oct 27, 2026 - Ibsintelligence.com - The study confirms that AI has entered the mainstream of financial services, with adoption extending from banks and insurers to...

AI-driven Blockchain Intelligence Must Be Built for Accountable...

[Opinion] - Oct 25, 2026 - Financexmagazine.com - A blockchain investigation may begin with an alert, but its practical value depends on whether the findings can support...

Why AI in payments makes infrastructure matter more

Oct 26, 2026 - Fintech.global - New technologies are usually discussed in terms of what they can do: their intelligence, their speed and their ability to remove friction...

Australia

Is AML compliance harder for small businesses than for banks?

Oct 27, 2026 - News Hub.medianet.com.au - Since 1 July 2026, up to 100,000 additional Australian small businesses — including real estate agents, lawyers, accountants...

Canada

Fintrac penalties rise to record $176m

[Subscription Required] - Oct 26, 2026 - Global Investigations Review.com - The Canadian anti-money laundering agency is issuing higher penalties and has reported...

Digital Assets

HSBC's stablecoin comes amid signs of industry demand

[Subscription Required] - Oct 26, 2026 - Americanbanker.com - Do you expect your bank to issue a publicly accessible stablecoin (one that can be held and transacted by external...

A Global View: Why Stablecoins Look Different in Every Market

Oct 27, 2026 - Paymentsjournal.com - Stablecoins may be global by design, but their adoption is decidedly local. In some markets, businesses are turning to...

Survey shows Americans prefer broad financial innovation over crypto

Oct 7, 2026 - Cryptobriefing.com - A new survey found that support for financial innovation in general runs higher than support for crypto specifically, and that...

How Canada’s Stablecoin Rules Impact Crypto Banking

Oct 27, 2026 - Onesafe.io - On October 26, 2026, Canada’s Department of Finance published draft stablecoin regulations that will fundamentally reshape crypto...

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Canada opens stablecoin consultation

Oct 27, 2026 - Finextra.com

Stablecoin Regulation Update: ECB’s Reserve Proposal

Oct 27, 2026 - Onesafe.io - The European Central Bank has just put stablecoin regulation on a new course. On October 27, 2026, the ECB recommended replacing MiCA’s...

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Europe’s Crypto Sector Draws a Line: Keep Euro Stablecoins in...

Oct 27, 2026 - CCN.com

US regulator flags tokenization risk as Asia pushes digital money

Oct 27, 2026 - Coingeek.com - On October 23, the SEC named tokenization a “high-risk” exam priority for fiscal 2027, Malaysia’s and Thailand’s central banks...

Swiss Stablecoin Launch Shifts Crypto Banking for Business

Oct 27, 2026 - Onesafe.io - On October 26, 2026, Switzerland’s Crypto Finance Group and Google Cloud published an announcement that changes the practical meaning...

Sweden Revisits the Possibility of a CDBC

Oct 26, 2026 - Paymentsjournal.com - Facing the prospect of a digital euro and the near-disappearance of cash from its payments infrastructure, Sweden is...

India: States Urged To Onboard ULI, Utilise P-CBDC

Oct 27, 2026 - Fintechbiznews.com - The 36th Conference of State Finance Secretaries was held on October 27, 2026 at RBI, Mumbai. The theme of the Conference was...

Ghana: Crypto licencing could hurt unprepared firms — CDABI                        

Oct 27, 2026 - The Bftonline.com - The licencing of virtual asset service providers (VASPs) in Ghana could disrupt the cryptocurrency ecosystem if operators fail...

Europe

€750 billion lost annually to money-laundering in EU

Oct 27, 2026 - Lawsociety.ie - An estimated $750 billion (€647 billion) in illicit funds and money laundering flows through Europe annually, according to data from Nasdaq Verafin and warnings...

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EU financial crime comms nearly double under new watchdog

Oct 27, 2026 - The Banker.com

Financial Inclusion Around the World

Beyond Translation: The Missing Link in Financial Inclusion

[Opinion] - Oct 2026 - Financialit.net - Over the past decade progress has been made in expanding financial access across the globe. A key driver contributing to this growth...

What the Fin'l Inclusion Compass 2026 Tells us About the Sector’s...

[Opinion] - Oct 26, 2026 - Nextbillion.net - What is the biggest story in financial inclusion in 2026? We at e-MFP recently published the “Financial Inclusion Compass...

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Financial Inclusion Compass 2026

Oct 2026 - Compass.e-mfp.eu

Fintech Around the World

Cross-Border Fintechs: Banking as a Service on Both Sides of the Atlantic

[Opinion] - Oct 27, 2026 - Fticonsulting.com - s cross-border fintech activity accelerates and regulatory scrutiny of bank-fintech partnerships intensifies across...

How Singapore Became and Remains a Fintech Powerhouse

Oct 27, 2026 - Thefintechtimes.com - What does it take to become a leading fintech hub? Having lived in London for decades and had the good fortune to join the city’s...

Open Banking trust remains an industry challenge

Oct 27, 2026 - Credit-connect.co.uk - As awareness and adoption of Open Banking continue to grow among UK businesses, trust is emerging as the industry’s next major...

Latin America

Latin America Is Becoming the New Corridor for Illicit Money

Oct 27, 2026 - Mexicobusiness.news - For years, we have pushed to modernize Latin America's financial system, shorten transfer times, simplify transactions, and...

Payment Services

X-border payment delays are tying up business capital as Africa...

Oct 27, 2026 - Techtrendske.co.ke - African cross-border payments remain difficult for businesses despite advances in domestic payment systems, according to Kelechi...

Remittances & Immigration

Donald Trump Blames Europe's Immigration Policy for Ongoing Violence

Oct 27, 2026 - Dailyasianage.com - U.S. President Donald Trump has criticized Europe's immigration policies, arguing that uncontrolled immigration and weak border...

Remittance inflow crosses $11.04b till Oct 26; gross forex reserves...

Oct 27, 2026 - The Financial Express.com.bd - Bangladesh’s inward remittance momentum maintained a robust trajectory, with expatriate workers remitting $2.45 billion...

Nepal: Mobilise Remittances For Growth

Oct 27, 2026 - Risingnepaldaily.com - Recent data show that remittance inflows in Nepal have increased substantially. Remittances are the money sent by our migrant workers to their families...

Vietnam: Remittances to Ho Chi Minh City rebound strongly...

Oct 27, 2026 - Nhandan.vn - Remittances to Ho Chi Minh City rebounded markedly in the third quarter of 2026 following sharp declines in the first two quarters...

Nigeria’s remittance inflows hit $1.57bn in Q2 2026, says CBN 

Oct 27, 2026 - Westernpost.ng - The Central Bank of Nigeria’s (CBN) has disclosed that Nigeria’s inflows through International Money Transfer Operators (IMTOs)...

Jamaica recorded US$2.4B in remittances from January to August

Oct 27, 2026 - Radio Jamaica News Online.com - According to data released by the Bank of Jamaica, the country received US$2.4 billion in remittances from January to...

The increase in diaspora remittances is the clearest proof of worsening...

Oct 26, 2026 - The Zimbabwean.co - At the centerpiece of this state narrative is the annual surge in diaspora remittances—a financial inflow projected to top...

Uzbek Labor Migration to Russia Falls 13.2% in First Half of 2026

Oct 27, 2026 - Timesca.com - Uzbek citizens accounted for more work-related arrivals in Russia than any other nationality in the first half of 2026, despite a...

UAE

Eighth EU–UAE Structural Dialogue on AML/CFT concludes in Abu Dhabi

Oct 26, 2026 - Mofa.gov.ae - The UAE hosted the 8th EU–UAE Structural Dialogue on anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing, co-chaired by Saeed Al Hajeri...

United Kingdom

FCA chief calls for the ‘end of tickbox compliance’

Oct 26, 2026 - AML Intelligence.com - The chief executive of the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has called for ‘the end of tickbox compliance’ at UK finance firms...

UK money laundering losses hit £154.83bn as £3.08bn AI savings go...

Oct 26, 2026 - Datacentre.solutions - The UK lost an estimated £154.83bn to money laundering last year, but £3.08bn in potential AI-driven compliance savings remains...