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The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has voted to amend its definition of accredited investors, meaning more people will soon be eligible to enter the private capital market.

The Central Bank of Bahrain has launched the first FinTech lab in the region – FinHub 973.

The US' top financial market regulator has filed a complaint in federal court for the Eastern District of New York, accusing a New Yorker of conducting a $2.1m fraud out of at least two boiler rooms over six months in 2018 and 2019.

Five defendants facing accusations of unauthorised deposit takings have been ordered by a judge to pay back £675,000 to members of the public, but the case is not over yet.

The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has taken measures to transform the credit ratings industry. The latest part of this was to...

In case of a no-deal Brexit, bankers fear they will not have access to their biggest market.

Legalwise, it has not been a great week for Wells Fargo. First it was ordered by a US regulator to pay $14m for failing to uphold conduct standards and then a jury ordered the financial services company to pay $200m for infringing on two patents.

From: RegTech Analysis The EU might block UK financial firms’ access to the European markets unless the UK agrees to its conditions. Andrej Plenković, prime minister of...

Two of the UK’s biggest financial regulators are investigating the ties between US financier Jeffrey Epstein and Barclays’ CEO Jes Staley, the bank has revealed.

South Africa’s new bank resolution and deposit insurance measures are welcome, but more needs to be done to ensure financial stability in the country, according to a new report from the Financial Stability Board (FSB).