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Chinese regulators have given Ant Financial Services permission to change its name to Ant Technology Group, according to the Wall Street Journal.

German Wirecard saw its shares plunge by as much as 60% after the payment company revealed that €1.9bn ($2.1bn) was missing just as it was about to file its financial statements for 2019.

The EU's securities markets regulator has published a draft amendment to the regulatory technical standards (RTS) on the European Single Electronic Format (ESEF).

The UK's top financial markets regulator has announced that it plans to make the ban on marketing of mini-bonds that it introduced in January permanent.

Simon Dingemans has joined US private equity firm Carlyle Group as its managing director in charge of UK buyouts just months after he stepped down as chairman for the British Financial Reporting Council (FRC).

The UK's top financial markets watchdog has issued fines worth a total of £64,046,800 against three of the country's leading bank for failing to treat their customers fairly.

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in the Philippines is urging the nation's businesses to beef up their cybersecurity efforts on the back of Covid-19.

RegTech startup Ethyca has bagged $13.5m in a new investment round as it continues to develop its product that automates data privacy compliance.

The EU’s securities markets regulator is looking to update the European market infrastructure regulation (EMIR), but has extended the deadline because of the coronavirus.

A penny stock trader is facing fraud allegations that could see him slammed by permanent injunctions, civil money penalties, a penny stock bar, and disgorgement with prejudgment interest.