The Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) has suspended the licence of Mr Wong Tim Hi (also known as Timmy Wong), a former licensed representative of Yuanta Securities (Hong Kong) Company Limited (Yuanta), for nine months from 3 July 2026 to 2 April 2027 (Note 1).

The People’s Bank of China (PBOC), the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) and the Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) jointly welcomed the collaboration between the China Foreign Exchange Trade System (CFETS) and Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEX) to develop ...

AUSTRAC will require online bookmaker, bet365, to strengthen its anti‑money laundering controls after identifying serious gaps in how it manages risk and reports suspicious activity.

The Department of Internal Affairs (DIA) has released a suite of Anti-Money Laundering and Countering Financing of Terrorism (AML/CFT) guidance updates on the day it assumes responsibility as sole AML/CFT regulator.

New insight: Financial Action Task Force Week at OECD Headquarters, Paris. Image: FATF

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On June 22, 2026, the Texas Department of Banking announced that it and the Colorado Division of Banking entered into a joint consent order with a licensed money transmitter concerning alleged deficiencies in the company's anti-money laundering and countering the financing of ...

The FCA is proposing to simplify how platforms, advisers and wealth managers communicate the costs of investing while reminding firms to communicate with consumers about investing in plain English.