Foreign exchange market
Global decentralized trading of international currencies
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| June 9 2025 | Sarah Bloom Raskin scheduled to become Vice Chair for Supervision, serving from June 9, 2025. |
| June 6 2025 | The Reserve Bank of India's Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) announced a 50 basis points reduction in the repo rate to 5.50%, marking the third consecutive rate cut of the year. The RBI also shifted its monetary policy stance from 'accommodative' to 'neutral', responding to moderating inflation and supporting economic growth amid global uncertainties. |
| June 4 2025 | Michael Bowman assumes the role of Vice Chair for Supervision, beginning his term on this date. |
| May 13 2025 | François-Philippe Champagne appointed as Minister of National Revenue, becoming responsible for overseeing the Canada Revenue Agency's operations and tax and benefit administration. |
| April 21 2025 | Paul S. Atkins becomes SEC Chair, appointed by President Trump. |
| April 18 2025 | Michael Faulkender was appointed as acting commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). |
| March 28 2025 | Michael Faulkender was appointed Deputy Secretary of the Treasury. |
| March 2025 | Michelle Bowman's term as Board of Governors member is pending for St. Louis Regional Bank as of March 2025. |
| February 11 2025 | Russell Vought restored CFPB procedures that sustain the mortgage markets. |
| February 1 2025 | President Trump fired Rohit Chopra, with deputy director Zixta Martinez becoming acting director. |
| January 20 2025 | Douglas O'Donnell began serving as acting commissioner of the IRS following Donald Trump's inauguration. |
| 2024 | The SEC implemented the Enhancement and Standardization of Climate-Related Disclosures for Investors rule, mandating companies to disclose their risks related to climate change, including direct and indirect greenhouse gas emissions and potential regulatory impacts. |
| 2024 |
Counterparty
After a development hiatus, core developers returned to address long-standing issues with the Counterparty reference implementation, focusing on improving stability, correctness, and performance, and preparing for future feature development.
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| 2024 | The CFPB's total refunds and canceled debts had increased to $19 billion, demonstrating continued consumer protection efforts. |
| 2024 | The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau implemented a rule limiting credit card late fees to $8. Initially blocked by a judge, the Supreme Court overturned the blocking reason, suggesting the rule is likely to be implemented. |
| December 4 2024 | President-elect Donald Trump announced his intention to nominate Billy Long as Commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service. |
| November 2024 | Harvesh Seegolam G.C.S.K. concludes his term after 4 years and 8 months. |
| November 2024 | Rama Krishna Sithanen G.C.S.K. becomes the latest governor of the Bank of Mauritius, taking office in November 2024. |
| October 16 2024 | Following an internal investigation, the CRA announced that over 330 employees had been terminated from their positions, with an additional 30 employees facing disciplinary measures for CERB benefit misuse. |
| October 2 2024 |
Atlantic Money
Atlantic Money launched 'Portals', a low-cost alternative to SWIFT that allows users to send money from personal banks on its transfer network without using the app.
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| August 2024 | Hindenburg Research alleges conflict of interest involving SEBI Chief Madhabi Puri Buch and her husband's offshore investment entities, claiming potential manipulation of Adani Group shares. |
| August 14 2024 | Ahsan H. Mansur becomes the thirteenth governor of Bangladesh Bank. |
| July 2024 |
Counterparty
Counterwallet (Web) was officially discontinued by the Counterparty team.
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| July 2024 | CFPB gave Zelle a choice between settlement or litigation regarding fraud and scams on its platform. |
| June 2024 | CFPB proposed banning the use of medical debt in credit reports or loan decisions. |
| June 30 2024 | Bank Indonesia participated as a special observer when the Bank for International Settlements signed an agreement with five other central banks to establish Project Nexus, a multilateral international initiative aimed at enabling retail cross-border payments. |
| May 2024 | Senate Finance Committee investigated potential failures by the IRS in controlling a Puerto Rico tax break known as Act 22. |
| May 2024 | SEBI began allowing Foreign Portfolio Investors (FPIs) established in GIFT City to accept unlimited investments from Non-Resident Indians (NRIs) and Persons of Indian Origin (PIOs), enabling NRIs to own 100% of a global fund in this special economic zone in Gujarat. |
| May 2024 |
Atlantic Money
Atlantic Money launched a web version of its app after exceeding £400M in total transaction volume.
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| May 2024 | The US Supreme Court reversed the Fifth Circuit's decision in a 7-2 ruling written by Justice Clarence Thomas, ultimately upholding the CFPB's funding mechanism. |
| May 6 2024 | Jean-François Fortin appointed as Deputy Commissioner of the Canada Revenue Agency. |
| 2023 | The Canada Revenue Agency admitted to paying out $100 million to scammers who were engaged in a sophisticated 'carousel scheme', revealing significant mismanagement of taxpayer funds. |
| 2023 | CRA began an internal investigation into employees who improperly utilized the CERB benefit while being employed at the agency. |
| 2023 | Nium's CEO Prajit Nanu announced plans to go public in the US by Q2 2025 and to acquire two to three payments startups in Africa, the Middle East, and Latin America. |
| 2023 | The IRS processed over 271.4 million tax returns, including more than 163.1 million individual income tax returns, and collected approximately $4.7 trillion in revenue. |
| 2023 |
Financial regulatory authorities by jurisdiction
Conclusion of the Financial Stability and Development Committee's operations in China.
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| October 2023 | Pratik Gandhi leaves Nium. Around the same time, the Chief Product Officer also departs and Nium announces a layoff of over 10% of its global staff. |
| October 2 2023 | Nium announced a 10% global workforce reduction, shortly after opening new offices in London and Singapore. |
| September 2023 | Robin Gandhi left his position as Chief Product Officer. |
| July 26 2023 | SEC adopted the Cybersecurity Risk Management, Strategy, Governance, and Incident Disclosure rule to encourage public companies to transparently manage cybersecurity risks. |
| July 25 2023 | CSA transitioned from SEDAR to SEDAR+, which consolidates the national Cease Trade Order and Disciplined List databases and introduces new features like extended operating hours, an integrated fee calculator, and a portal for filing exemptive relief applications. |
| June 2023 | Instarem, a company under Nium, laid off around 10% of its employees in mid-2023. |
| June 2023 | SEBI closed 16 of its 17 local offices as part of a restructuring exercise, reducing its local presence across India. |
| June 6 2023 | SEC charged Coinbase for operating as an unregistered securities exchange, broker, and clearing agency, intensifying regulatory scrutiny of the cryptocurrency industry. |
| June 5 2023 | SEC filed 13 charges against Binance entities and its founder Changpeng Zhao, alleging mishandling of customer funds and operating without proper registration. |
| March 2023 |
Atlantic Money
Atlantic Money approached the European Commission to raise concerns about Wise's market conduct.
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