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FINMA updates Sudan sanctions list in SESAM database, triggering immediate asset-freeze and SECO reporting obligations for Swiss financial intermediaries, including those handling digital assets.
FINMA's 2025 annual supervision report signals tighter scrutiny of crypto custody, operational risk at outsourcing partners, and DLT trading licensing in Switzerland
FINMA relays a UN sanctions committee decision updating the Taliban list in SESAM, triggering immediate asset-freeze and dual-reporting obligations for Swiss financial intermediaries including VASPs.
FINMA supplements its 2023 AML risk analysis guidance after reviewing 30-plus banks and FinIA institutions, flagging persistent gaps in country/client exclusions and methodology, with direct implications for Swiss compliance frameworks.
FINMA alerts Swiss financial intermediaries to updated Taliban sanctions list following a UN committee decision, triggering immediate asset-freezing and reporting obligations under Swiss law
FINMA alerts Swiss financial intermediaries to act on the 16 June 2026 Syria sanctions update: freeze assets, report to SECO, and file AML suspicious activity reports where required
SECO updates the ISIL/Al-Qaida UN sanctions list effective 31 March 2026, triggering immediate asset-freeze, reporting and AML obligations for Swiss financial intermediaries
FINMA's enforcement action against Wendelspiess Partners AG exposes systematic conduct failures, undisclosed conflicts of interest, and suitability breaches affecting over 400 clients, with CHF 83m in assets now facing total loss.
FINMA alerts Swiss financial intermediaries to an updated UN sanctions list covering Taliban-linked entities, requiring immediate asset freezes, prohibition enforcement, and dual reporting to SECO and MROS.
FINMA alerts Swiss financial intermediaries to updated Russia sanctions obligations under Annex 8, effective 16 June 2026, including asset freezing and dual SECO/MROS reporting duties
FINMA's April 2026 guidance signals tighter supervisory expectations on digital fraud controls and AML frameworks for Swiss banks, with direct implications for compliance teams and their advisers.
FINMA updates Iran sanctions list effective 14 April 2026: Swiss financial intermediaries must screen against the revised SESAM database, freeze affected assets, and report to SECO and MROS under the Anti-Money Laundering Act.
FINMA alerts Swiss financial intermediaries to a June 2026 Myanmar sanctions list update requiring immediate asset freezes and dual reporting to SECO and the Money Laundering Reporting Office
FINMA alerts Swiss financial intermediaries to updated Russia sanctions under the Ukraine Ordinance, requiring immediate asset freezes and dual SECO/MROS reporting as of 1 April 2026.
Neon Exchange AG has voluntarily surrendered its TVTG registration in Liechtenstein, effective 25 June 2026, signalling a live compliance checkpoint for accounting firms and CFOs tracking licensed VASP counterparties in the EEA.
Neon Exchange AG has surrendered its TVTG registration in Liechtenstein, a compliance signal for firms tracking active crypto service provider authorisations in the EEA region.
Kaiser Partner Privatbank AG becomes the latest institution to receive MiCAR Art. 60 authorization in Liechtenstein, signaling growing regulatory momentum for traditional banks entering crypto-asset services in the EEA.
Kaiser Partner Privatbank AG's MiCAR Article 60 authorization signals that traditional private banks in Liechtenstein are now live as regulated crypto-asset service providers, with direct implications for compliance teams and accountants serving EEA clients.
FMA Liechtenstein confirms AQL AG's asset management license has lapsed after a voluntary surrender, effective 25 June 2026, a compliance signal for firms reviewing EEA counterparty authorisation status.
Bitcoin Suisse (Europe) AG receives CASP authorization from the FMA Liechtenstein under MiCAR, signaling continued regulatory buildout in the principality for EU-passportable crypto-asset services.
Bitcoin Suisse (Europe) AG receives a CASP licence under MiCAR from the FMA Liechtenstein on 22 June 2026, signalling continued regulatory consolidation ahead of the MiCA transitional deadline.
Liechtenstein FMA confirms AQL AG's insurance mediation licence has lapsed after the firm voluntarily surrendered it, signalling a tighter licensing environment that accounting firms serving EEA-regulated clients must track.
Norway's tax authority recorded a sharp rise in criminal convictions and sentence severity in 2025, signalling a materially higher enforcement risk for firms and advisers operating in the Norwegian market.
Skatteetaten publicly defends its statutory right to copy business devices during tax audits, signaling heightened enforcement risk for firms with digital-first record-keeping in Norway
CARF goes live in Norway from 1 January 2026: what the automated exchange of crypto data means for accountants and CFOs advising Norwegian clients
AFM's €170k penalty against bunq for delayed fraud-complaint responses signals tightening consumer-protection enforcement that compliance teams at payment service providers and their auditors must take seriously.
AFM and BFT joint inspection finds Dutch audit firms aware of Russia sanctions risk but lacking robust controls, client-screening depth, and fraud-risk disclosures in audit opinions
AFM finalises its interpretation of Articles 16 and 16b Wta, requiring auditors to hold a central position and decisive influence in audit firms, with direct implications for private-equity-backed structures.
AFM thematic review finds trading venues have only partial DORA ICT risk framework compliance, with specific gaps in security monitoring, access controls, logging, and group-level policy governance
AFM's thematic review exposes five recurring PEP due-diligence failures at Dutch financial firms, with direct implications for crypto-asset service providers and their compliance frameworks
AFM folds AMLA eligibility data collection into existing supervisory questionnaires, removing the need for a separate AMLA-template submission for most Dutch-supervised firms.
AFM enforcement action against Euronext Amsterdam for breaching CSDR open-access obligations signals heightened EU market infrastructure scrutiny relevant to firms tracking settlement and clearing compliance
AFM's 2025 SREP market review finds Dutch financial firms have adequate policies on paper but chronic gaps in execution, ICT risk management, and accountability structures, with direct implications for firms using crypto accounting software in regulated environments.
AFM finds the Dutch AI Act implementation law workable in principle but flags gaps in supervisory task allocation, capacity, and data-sharing that financial firms must track now
AFM is accepting early CCDII licence applications now, ahead of the 20 November 2026 implementation date, with buy-now-pay-later providers among the newly captured firms.
Dutch appellate court upholds AFM disciplinary ruling against external auditor for deficient statutory audits and audit-file manipulation, confirming a three-month register suspension
ESMA's €2.145M fine against Moody's Germany signals that reporting data quality and internal controls are live enforcement targets for all CRA-regulated entities in the EU.
Chainalysis extends AML monitoring and transaction screening to Robinhood Chain, adding automatic token support and KYT alerts for compliance teams
HMRC has updated its authorised software list for Pillar 2 Top-up Tax filings, signalling a tightening compliance window for large UK-linked corporate groups and their advisers.
HMRC refreshes the VAT-exempt investment gold coin list, adding Tristan da Cunha, with updated guidance on the 180% price threshold and Global Accounting treatment
The GENIUS Act is law but the US crypto market structure bill has missed its self-imposed July 4 deadline, leaving stablecoin accounting frameworks and digital asset reporting obligations without a complete regulatory foundation.
ASIC's $20.5M penalty proceeding against ASX over misleading CHESS replacement disclosures signals heightened scrutiny of DLT project governance and market announcements for listed entities and their advisers.
The AMF's €1.2m spoofing sanctions against a German derivatives firm have survived every appeal stage, including the Cour de cassation, confirming cross-border jurisdiction over Eurex-listed futures linked to French sovereign bonds.
AMF 2025 annual report signals MiCA authorisation pressure, asset tokenisation as a Paris priority, and tightening cyber resilience expectations for crypto-asset service providers in France and the EU
The AMF sanctions commission issued a formal warning to a French asset manager and its president for multiple professional obligation failures, later reinforced on appeal by the Conseil d'État in 2023, with non-anonymous publication ordered for three years.
The AMF completed transposition of the revised EU Transparency Directive in December 2015, tightening threshold-crossing disclosure rules and regulated-information language requirements for French-listed issuers.
AMF deregisters AUTOMATA France SAS as a PSAN from 30 June 2026, citing unauthorised crowdfunding activity and fitness failures, with ordered wind-down obligations now in effect
The AMF Sanctions Commission fined an unnamed investment services provider EUR 220,000 for five professional obligation failures covering order record-keeping, best-execution policy, and client incident disclosure, covering conduct between 2014 and 2016.
ESMA signals that prediction market event contracts are already caught by existing EU retail prohibitions, creating urgent product classification and compliance obligations for CASPs and their auditors.
How ground-truth labeling and ML-driven scaling shape the AML screening infrastructure that compliance teams and auditors rely on
