GRC Report Staff

Federal Court Holds Payment Processor Cliq in Contempt Over FTC Order Violations

A federal judge in Nevada has ordered payment processor Cliq and two of its executives to pay $6.5 million in sanctions after finding they violated a 2015 court order intended to prevent the company from facilitating consumer fraud.

French Regulator Fines SocGen €20 Million Over Insurance Sales Failures

Reuters first reported on Sunday night that France’s Prudential Supervision and Resolution Authority (ACPR) had sanctioned Societe Generale with a reprimand and a €20 million fine tied to failures in its role as an insurance intermediary. According to the regulator, the bank failed to comply with pre-contractual information obligations and its duty to advise customers when selling both bundled and standalone insurance products.

CFTC Sues Minnesota as Federal-State Prediction Market Fight Expands

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s campaign against state crackdowns on prediction markets reached Minnesota on Tuesday, as the agency filed suit to block a new law that would make operating or assisting in the operation of a prediction market a criminal felony.

7-Eleven Says Franchisee Records Exposed in April Cybersecurity Incident

7-Eleven disclosed that an unauthorized third party gained access on April 8 to certain company systems containing franchisee records, according to a notice sent to affected individuals. The company said the compromised documents included information submitted during the franchise application process, including names, addresses, and other unspecified personal data elements.

OFAC Hits Adani Enterprises With $275 Million Iran Sanctions Settlement

The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control announced this week that Adani Enterprises Limited agreed to pay $275 million to settle allegations tied to 32 apparent violations of U.S. sanctions on Iran after importing liquified petroleum gas that American authorities say actually originated there.

Australian Court Hits Snaffle Operator With $21.7 Million Penalty Over Unlawful Credit Charges

The Federal Court of Australia has ordered the operator of online retailer Snaffle to pay $21.7 million (AUD 33.5 million) in penalties after finding the company unlawfully overcharged tens of thousands of consumers through its credit contracts.

UK Regulators Warn Frontier AI Is Accelerating Cyber Threats Against Financial Firms

Last Thursday, the Financial Conduct Authority, Bank of England, and HM Treasury issued a joint statement warning that frontier AI models are rapidly changing the cyber threat environment facing banks, financial market infrastructures, and regulated firms. The document itself is only a few pages long. No dramatic language. No theatrical predictions about machines overthrowing civilization. Just a steady accumulation of sentences that become more unsettling the longer you sit with them.