Author: Officer

  • EBA-NYDFS Stablecoin MoU: What EU EMT Issuers Should Know

    Last updated: June 2026 If you issue or service a dollar-referenced stablecoin that moves across the Atlantic, the open question has always been which regulator can ask your supervisor for what, and how fast. On 2 June 2026 the European Banking Authority and the New York State Department of Financial Services answered part of it…

  • SEPA Request-to-Pay Rulebook v4.0: What Scheme Participants Must Update

    Last updated: June 2026 If your institution adhered to the SEPA Request-to-Pay scheme on an older rulebook and then left the change log unread, the SEPA Request-to-Pay Rulebook v4.0 is the version that quietly resets several of your operational assumptions. The functional flow looks the same. The participation mechanics do not. From the entry-into-force date,…

  • AMLA Direct Supervision: Which Obliged Entities the CSSF Will Identify

    Last updated: June 2026 The most expensive scoping mistake a Luxembourg compliance team can make right now is assuming someone else will flag it for AMLA direct supervision. The Authority for Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism picks its first set of directly supervised firms in 2027, and the data that feeds that…

  • Council Regulation (EU) 2026/1164: Iran Sanctions Update

    Last updated: June 2026 A sanctions amendment is not a memo you read next quarter. The moment Council Regulation (EU) 2026/1164 of 22 May 2026 took effect, the legal basis for new designations under the EU Iran regime widened, and any payment or asset transfer touching a newly captured person became a freeze obligation with…