Compliance & Ethics

The Norway Financial Supervisory Authority (Finanstilsynet) has published a warning about the website swissborg.com-accesprive.app, which the French AMF blacklisted as an impersonation (usurpation) of the SwissBorg brand. Compliance teams should treat the domain as a likely fraud vector and add it to blocklists and customer-warning processes. The action also shows how European regulators share warnings across borders.

The Norway Financial Supervisory Authority (Finanstilsynet) has published a warning about valcreditance.com, relaying an alert issued by France's Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF) that lists the site on its crypto-currency blacklist. Compliance teams should treat the entity as a suspected unauthorized or fraudulent operator and update screening and consumer-protection controls accordingly.

At the IIF-CBA Canada Forum 2026, OSFI Deputy Superintendent Angie Radiskovic described a sustained modernization agenda. It includes an indefinite pause on key Basel III elements, a lower Domestic Stability Buffer, reduced risk weights for SME and construction exposures, and a more tailored supervisory approach. Compliance teams should treat these remarks as signals of OSFI's calibration priorities and update capital planning, supervisory engagement, and regulatory change monitoring accordingly.

The Bank of England's August 2026 Inflation Attitudes Survey, the first conducted by Savanta in place of Ipsos, shows median one-year inflation expectations falling to 3.2% from 4.0% in May. A parallel run shows that part of the decline reflects the provider change rather than a true shift in sentiment. Compliance and risk teams should treat quarter-on-quarter comparisons with caution when using this data in models, stress scenarios, or customer-facing materials.

The Norway Financial Supervisory Authority (Finanstilsynet) has published a warning about "Novatrust-asset," referencing a related UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) warning. Compliance teams should treat the entity as a likely unauthorized or fraudulent firm and screen for any exposure or contact.

The Bank of England's September 2026 Agents' summary of business conditions describes an uneven UK economy. Output and confidence have improved in select sectors, but construction, property, and consumer spending remain weak. This is not a rule change, but it gives compliance and risk teams useful context for credit risk, conduct, and operational resilience planning, particularly given rising household strain, tighter lending competition, and persistent input cost pressures.

The September 11, 2026 NYDFS Weekly Banking Bulletin records the receipt of applications for a merger of American Community Bank into Alma Bank, along with a series of mortgage, premium finance, sales finance, and budget planner licensing actions. The bulletin is the only written notice of these submissions, and the comment period on the merger applications closes October 12, 2026. Compliance teams should check the filings for relevance to their institutions and calendar the deadlines.