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Singaporean FinTech is popping. A slew of international players has noticed and has jumped on the opportunity to cut out a slice of the pie for themselves.

The American Commodity Futures Trading Commission has cancelled an open meeting due to take place on March 19 in response to recently issued guidance from the Office of Management and Budget and the President’s emergency declaration regarding COVID-19.

The coronavirus has wreaked havoc on the world economies and many companies are struggling as a result. To help them through the crisis, RegTech company Wolters Kluwer’s Compliance Program Management (CPM) has launched a new free service named COVID-19 Noteworthy Developments Bulletins.

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.

The interim chief executive at the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) wants to start a dialogue about how to protect the investment fund management industry in the coronavirus aftermath.

Having served as interim chief executive for six months, Christopher Woolard will leave the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) on October 1.

Having successfully weathered the pandemic, DIFC is now gearing up to support FinTech companies in Dubai even more.

Visa and Mastercard have cut ties with Pornhub after both payment providers investigated allegations of child sexual abuse.

Two out of three countries fail to tackle corruption effectively, which paints "a grim picture of the state of corruption worldwide", according to Transparency International's latest report.

Michael Pompeo, the US secretary of state, believes cryptocurrencies and financial transactions should be regulated the same way.