It’s been a long decade for authenticity. Once the darling of brand strategy, it’s now nursing a moral hangover. Every company claimed a purpose, every CEO went on LinkedIn to “get real,” and every product came with a sustainability story just waiting to be debunked.
Singapore’s competition regulator is inviting the business community to weigh in on a refreshed approach to how it reviews mergers and settles investigations — a move aimed at making compliance smoother and decision-making faster.
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has commenced Federal Court action against Microsoft Australia and its parent Microsoft Corporation, alleging the companies misled approximately 2.7 million Australian Microsoft 365 subscribers over price increases tied to the integration of AI assistant Copilot.
The European Commission recently said it has preliminarily found both TikTok and Meta in breach of their transparency and user rights obligations under the Digital Services Act (DSA), marking the latest move in its ongoing scrutiny of Big Tech platforms’ compliance with the EU’s landmark online regulation.
The Federal Court of Australia has ordered RAMS Financial Group to pay a $13 million (AUD 20 million) penalty after the company admitted to systemic compliance failures in its home lending operations between June 2019 and April 2023.
The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) released its list of enforcement actions for October 2025, highlighting continued regulatory focus on board oversight, corporate governance, and anti-money laundering compliance across the U.S. banking sector.
Canada’s financial intelligence watchdog has handed down its largest-ever penalty, fining Xeltox Enterprises, the company behind the crypto platform Cryptomus, $127 million (C$176,960,190) for repeated violations of anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing laws.