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Digital Assets

SEC Updates Crypto Guidance on Governance and Decentralization

Nov 3, 2026 - Cryptotimes.io - Staff at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s Division of Corporation Finance has expanded its guidance on crypto assets, clarifying...

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FAQs on the Application of the Fed. Securities Laws to Certain Types...

Nov 2, 2026 - Sec.gov

DeFi Compliance: SEC Guidance Shapes 2026 Landscape

Nov 4, 2026 - Onesafe.io

Florida’s GOP Governor and Texas Dem Senator Back Bitcoin

Nov 4, 2026 - Coinfomania.com - Florida’s newly elected Republican governor and Texas’s Democratic senator have both expressed strong support for Bitcoin reserves...

MSBA Member Announcements

Circle Looks to Multiple Fronts for Stablecoin Expansion

Nov 4, 2026 - Digitaltransactions.net - Circle Internet Group Inc. early Wednesday offered indications that digital money—specifically, stablecoins—is now moving steadily...

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Circle Announces Q3 2026 Earnings: Revenue Surges to $865

Nov 4, 2026 - Coinfomania.com

Zepz appoints Steven Eisenhauer as chief risk and compliance officer

Nov 3, 2026 - Thecondia.com - Zepz, the group behind remittance brands WorldRemit and Sendwave, has appointed Steven Eisenhauer as its Chief Risk & Compliance Officer...

MSBA Member Article

Can Automation Replace Human Judgment in Crypto Compliance?

Nov 3, 2026 - Bitaml.com - Artificial intelligence is transforming compliance at an extraordinary pace. But as automation becomes more sophisticated, one question continues...

Announcements

LianLian Global and Cobre partner on China-Latin America payments

Nov 4, 2026 - The Paypers.com - LianLian Global has partnered with Cobre to connect businesses in China and Latin America through direct cross-border payment and payout channels...

Revolut valuation hits $115 billion as fintech expands global...

Nov 4, 2026 - Cnbctv18.com - Global fintech company Revolut has completed its latest fundraising, setting its valuation at $115 billion, the company said on Wednesday...

Ebury partners with Form3 to bring instant payments to Canada

Nov 4, 2026 - IBS Intelligence.com - Global financial services company Ebury has partnered with FinTech company Form3 to offer instant payments in Canada through the...

XTransfer partners with BOCHK expanding cross border trade...

Nov 4, 2026 - Vir.com.vn - B2B payment platform XTransfer signed a partnership agreement with Bank of China Hong Kong at Hong Kong FinTech Week to streamline international...

Artificial Intelligence

Agentic AI Created a New Financial Workforce, but Human Oversight...

Nov 4, 2026 - Biztechmagazine.com - AI agents can dramatically accelerate business processes, but financial institutions need governance, guardrails and human oversight...

Banks must be ‘responsible’ as industry races to deploy AI agents...

Nov 4, 2026 - Scmp.com - An executive at US bank State Street said he expects the uses of artificial intelligence in finance to “multiply” in the coming years, but stressed...

AI spending boom could exceed $10 trillion, raising fears of fin'l...

Nov 3, 2026 - Finance.yahoo.com - Bill Dudley, former president of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, warned in a Bloomberg Opinion article that the race to build AI...

Canada

Canada tables financial crime bill to tighten AML and mail search rules

Nov 4, 2026 - Tradersunion.com - Canada is moving to expand its anti-money laundering and anti-fraud framework with a new bill targeting money services businesses, crypto...

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Canada is losing the war on money laundering

Nov 4, 2026 - Winnipegsun.com

Digital Assets

Understanding the Impact of the OCC's Final Rule Implementing the...

Nov 3, 2026 - Dwt.com - The final rule rewards institutions subject to OCC jurisdiction with a flexible and easy-to-apply framework but leaves the hardest questions...

Europe: ECB Selects Network Providers to Build Digital Euro...

Nov 3, 2026 - Payments Industry Intelligence.com - The European Central Bank has selected two groups of technology and payments providers to supply the network infrastructure...

What Europe’s digital euro could mean for Latin America

Nov 3, 2026 - Latinamericareports.com - Roughly two-thirds of euro-area card transactions are processed through international card schemes governed by non-European companies...

UK, France tighten digital asset rules; BoE studies tokenization

Nov 4, 2026 - Coingeek.com - A busy week for digital asset policy in Europe saw the Bank of England (BoE) open a consultation on allowing central counterparties to accept...

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Bank of England opened a consultation on tokenized collateral 

[Press Release] - Oct 29, 2026 - Bankofengland.co.uk

Crypto payments in Kenya surge to a record Sh740bn

Nov 3, 2026 - Businessdailyafrica.com - Kenyans wired a record Sh740 billion ($5.7 billion) worth of cryptocurrencies in the year to June, highlighting the growing use of...

Hong Kong Licenses First Stablecoin Issuers

Nov 4, 2026 - Coinfomania.com - Hong Kong has officially licensed its first stablecoin issuers, marking a significant step forward for the region’s digital currency landscape...

Europe

Firms should press ahead with AML rules despite ambiguity, AMLA...

[Subscription Required] - Nov 4, 2026 - Amlintelligence.com - EU Correspondent European firms should focus on implementing new anti-money laundering rules and not fear...

Financial Inclusion

UK Reclaims Top 10 Spot in Global Financial Inclusion Index as...

Nov 4, 2026 - FF News.com - The UK has climbed to 9th place in the 2026 Global Financial Inclusion Index, earning 'Next Gen Leader' status for its fintech and AI strategy...

FinCEN

FinCEN’s Foreign-Bank Subpoena: Risks for Banks and Payment...

[Subscription Required] - Nov 4, 2026 - Law.com - U.S. authorities may increasingly subpoena foreign banks’ records, risking heavy penalties, loss of U.S. banking access...

Fines, Crimes & Cases

Block reaches preliminary $764m DOJ anti-money laundering deal

Nov 4, 2026 - Finance.yahoo.com - Block has reached an agreement in principle with the US Department of Justice (DOJ) to defer an anti-money laundering charge for three years...

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Block Agrees to $964 Million Penalty on Money-Laundering Lapses

Nov 4, 2026 - Bloomberg.com

Korean Financial Commission Finalizes Major Penalties

Nov 4, 2026 - Coinfomania.com - The Financial Commission fines seven banks 361.96 billion KRW for consumer protection violations. This significant regulatory action...

Fintech Around the World

Bank of Canada Opens Consultation on Open Banking Accreditation

Nov 3, 2026 - Fintech.ca - The Bank of Canada announced the consultation on November 2, inviting feedback on its first set of draft supervisory guidelines for the framework...

Hong Kong advances fintech strategy through tokenisation and AI

Nov 4, 2026 - Dig.watch - Hong Kong is stepping up efforts to integrate tokenisation, digital payments and AI into its financial system, focusing on improving efficiency...

Why Global FinTech Startups Are Choosing Tokyo

Nov 4, 2026 - Thefintechtimes.com - What’s behind Tokyo’s strong fintech momentum? What are the opportunities for global fintech innovators in Tokyo? What kind of...

Lebanon 

Lebanon remains on FATF's 'Grey List' Progress reported but not enough

Nov 2026 - Businessnews.com.lb - The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) has decided to keep Lebanon on its grey list of countries under enhanced monitoring for anti-money...

New Zealand

The AML/CFT (Omnibus) Bill and the new future it proposes  

Nov 2026 - Kpmg.com - The Anti-Money Laundering and Countering Financing of Terrorism (Omnibus) Amendment Bill (the Bill) was introduced on 1 September 2026 and is yet...

Nigeria

Why Nigerian financial institutions must embrace risk-based

Nov 4, 2026 - Businessday.ng - Nigeria’s exit from the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) grey list in October 2025 was a landmark achievement. It signalled to the...

Payment Services

Countries Are Wiring Their Payment Systems Together. Nobody Is...

[Opinion] - Nov 4, 2026 - Fintechweekly.com - Most people do not think about correspondent banking when they send money abroad. They see a transfer form, an exchange rate and a...

China Floats New Rules to Ease Cross-Border Payments

Nov 3, 2026 - Paymentsjournal.com - The Chinese government has unveiled nine proposed measures aimed at easing cross-border transactions, with the new rules scheduled...

Canada and Europe to link real-time payment systems under new...

Nov 4, 2026 - Fintechfutures.com - Government representatives from the European Union (EU) have launched a new partnership with Canada called the Alliance for the Future...

APAC faces growing need for cross-border payment, research reveals

Nov 4, 2026 - Ibsintelligence.com - Asia-Pacific has made progress in digital payments, but fragmented payment networks and limited cross-border connections continue to...

Payments Got Fast. The Fight Is Now Over Who Controls the Rails

[Opinion] - Nov 3, 2026 - Fintechweekly.com - But the shift beneath the screen is larger. Payment systems are being adapted to operate continuously, while governments, central banks...

The Endgame of Cross-Border Payments Is an Operating System

[Opinion] - Nov 4, 2026 - The Fintechtimes.com - Companies still need to open accounts across jurisdictions, connect with different banks and payment providers, understand local...

Remittances & Immigration

NBG: EU countries, USA, Israel main sources of remittances in Sep...

Nov 4, 2026 - 1tv.ge - In September, the volume of money transfers to Georgia decreased by 10.1% year-on-year, to USD 285.8 million, while the volume of funds transferred from...

Bangladesh: Remittance inflow grows but stays below $3b for fifth month

Nov 2, 2026 - The Dailystar.net - Remittance inflow stayed below $3 billion for the fifth consecutive month in October despite modest growth, as the Middle East conflict...

Sudan targets expatriate remittances to support war-torn economy

Nov 4, 2026 - Sudantribune.com - The Sudanese government announced its intention to utilize the savings and remittances of Sudanese expatriates to support the national....