The Norway Financial Supervisory Authority (Finanstilsynet) has listed a warning about MPay Global, an entity flagged by the United Kingdom's Financial Conduct Authority (FCA). The source content is minimal, so the specific misconduct is not stated and must be confirmed in the FCA notice. Compliance teams should screen for any exposure to the entity and update their watchlists.
On September 11, 2026, BaFin warned consumers about loan offers on the website prokredits(.)com, operated under the name "Pro Kredits," which is offering loan agreements in Germany without the required authorization. The warning is a reminder that unlicensed lending activity remains an active fraud risk. Compliance teams should consider it in their fraud, onboarding, and counterparty monitoring controls.
Japan's Financial Services Agency has published draft amendments to the Comprehensive Supervisory Guidelines for Insurance Companies and is soliciting public comments until October 13, 2026. The draft restructures regulations on in-house agents, establishes antitrust compliance system expectations, and enhances monitoring of non-life insurance products for corporations. Non-life insurers and related agencies should assess the impact now and decide whether to submit comments.
The French Financial Markets Authority (AMF) has opened applications for its 2026 "Young Researcher in Economics" prize, worth EUR $5,000, with a deadline of November 15, 2026. The prize carries no compliance obligations for regulated firms. It does signal the economic and financial research themes the AMF considers relevant to its regulatory work, which compliance teams may want to monitor.
Germany's Federal Data Protection Commissioner (BfDI) has issued recommendations urging the Federal Government to improve public information and give insured persons finely differentiated control over who can view their electronic patient record (ePA) data. From the end of October 2026, pseudonymized medication list data can be extracted from the ePA for research unless the insured person objects. Compliance teams at health-sector organizations and research partners should treat this as a signal of regulatory expectations for consent, transparency, and secondary use of health data.
The Netherlands Authority for Consumers and Markets (ACM) has told all energy suppliers in a letter that telemarketers may not pose as independent comparison services when selling energy contracts. Suppliers that use such intermediaries must show ACM what measures they are taking to ensure full compliance. The action reinforces that the contracting supplier is accountable for the entire sales process, including third-party sellers acting on its behalf.
Senior officials from the CFTC, SEC, FDIC, Federal Reserve Board, and Bank of England held a tabletop exercise on September 3, 2026, on the hypothetical resolution of central counterparties (CCPs). The meeting focused on information sharing and communications arrangements to support financial stability during a CCP resolution. It introduces no new requirements, but it signals continued cross-border policy attention on CCP resilience that matters for clearing members and market participants.
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