On 10 October 2025, the Financial Stability Board (FSB) issued a report that examines how financial authorities can monitor artificial intelligence (AI) adoption and assess related vulnerabilities. The report builds on the FSB’s 2024 report and incorporates findings from a member survey on AI monitoring approaches, interviews with member authorities, publicly
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FSB publishes finalised Format for Incident Reporting Exchange
On 15 April 2025, the Financial Stability Board (FSB) published its finalised Format for Incident Reporting Exchange (FIRE), a global standardised format aimed at streamlining cyber and operational incident reporting and enhancing cross-border cooperation.
FIRE is a common framework that financial firms can use to report operational incidents, including cyber…
IOSCO consults on neo-brokers
On 12 March 2025, the International Organisation of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) issued a consultation report on neo-brokers.
Neo-brokers are a subset of brokers, characterized by providing online-only investment services and by the absence of physical operating branches, thereby using technology to facilitate those services and access to financial markets. Neo-brokers have very limited…
IOSCO consults on AI in capital markets
On 12 March 2025, the International Organisation of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) issued a new consultation report on artificial intelligence (AI) in capital markets.
The purpose of the consultation report is to create a shared understanding among IOSCO members of the issues, risks and challenges that emerging AI technologies used in financial…
FSB thematic review on Crypto Framework
On 21 February 2025, the Financial Stability Board (FSB) announced that it was conducting a thematic peer review that will take stock of the progress made and planned by its members (and certain non-members) in implementing the FSB Crypto Framework.
The primary source of information for the peer review will be responses to…
The foundations of trustworthy AI in the financial sector
On 11 February 2025, the Bank of International Settlements published a speech by Denis Beau, First Deputy Governor of the Bank of France, at the Cercle IA et finance.
In his speech Mr Denis discusses, from a supervisor’s perspective, the opportunities and risks of AI and then the conditions necessary for effective regulation of AI…
BIS paper – Regulating AI in the financial sector: recent developments and main challenges
On 12 December 2024, the Bank for International Settlement’s Financial Stability Institute published a paper which explores the potential transformative impact of artificial intelligence (AI) on the financial sector. In summary, the paper notes that while AI exacerbates existing risks such as model risk and data privacy, it does not introduce fundamentally new…
Webinar | The impact of global financial services regulation on tokenization
Join our panel of lawyers from Asia, Dubai, Europe, London and the US who will explore the key regulatory developments, issues and considerations and examine some real-world case studies.
New briefing note – Regulation of fiat-backed stablecoins: the FSRA’s consultation paper on its “Fiat-Referenced Tokens” rules
On 20 August 2024, the Financial Services Regulatory Authority (the FSRA), the financial services regulator in the Abu Dhabi Global Market, published Consultation Paper No. 7 of 2024 (CP7) on a proposed regulatory framework for the issuance of stablecoins that are backed by a fiat currency, or what CP7 refers to as…
CBUAE Payment Token Services Regulation
The UAE Central Bank (the CBUAE) has issued its Payment Token Services Regulation (the PTSR) for regulating stablecoins-related services in the UAE. The PTSR applies across the UAE except in the Dubai International Financial Centre (the DIFC) and the Abu Dhabi Global Market (the ADGM). We note that the PTSR also…