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Airwallex has received approval from Bank Negara Malaysia for its e-money issuing and Class A licences, enabling it to offer a full suite of payment services in the country. The approvals deepen its regulatory status and support expanded local operations and cross-border remittance growth.
The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority has imposed additional licence conditions on Fiducian Portfolio Services Limited following a thematic review of platform trustees. The measures target investment governance, conflicts management and board effectiveness at the trustee of the Fiducian Superannuation Fund.
Online broker eToro has resolved a technical issue that caused some markets on its platform to appear closed due to a pricing problem. The issue, detected this morning, led to the activation of Offline Mode. eToro has now deactivated Offline Mode and normal trading and login functions have been restored.
Shojin Financial Services Limited, an FCA-authorised crowdfunding platform focused on property development loans, entered administration on 23 March 2026. Simon Carvill-Biggs and Ian Corfield of FRP Trading Advisory Limited have been appointed as Joint Administrators to act in the interests of those owed money.
Fintake has launched Helio, a cloud-native trading platform designed for CFD, OTC, and crypto brokers. The Cyprus-based startup emphasizes active/active multi-region infrastructure, live chaos testing, and a roadmap spanning social trading and multi-asset capabilities.
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has banned Victorian financial adviser Nicholas Hogan from providing financial services for four years. ASIC found he failed to act in clients’ best interests and engaged in misleading, deceptive and unprofessional conduct.
New Zealand’s Financial Markets Authority has cancelled the Financial Advice Provider licence of Saanvi 2022 Limited, trading as Saaga Mortgages, after identifying serious governance and conduct failures. The action follows concerns raised by aggregator Kiwi Advisor Network about altered documents and undisclosed referral arrangements.
The SEC has filed a lawsuit against Krish Kumar, manager of Future Fractal Investments LLC and Arcane Resonance Fund, LLC, alleging a multimillion-dollar fraud. Regulators claim Kumar misappropriated nearly $7 million from investors and traded outside disclosed strategies.
Germany's Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin) has imposed an administrative fine of €1,650,000 on Barclays PLC for breaches of supervisory duties related to voting rights notifications. The violations occurred between June 2022 and March 2023 and involved failures to submit notifications within the prescribed period under the German Securities Trading Act (WpHG).
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) is postponing the launch of its new solution for Commodity Derivatives Weekly Position Reporting, which was scheduled for 1 April 2026. The delay follows the identification of issues in final testing that require corrective actions to safeguard system stability and data quality, with a new go-live date to be announced once fixes are implemented and validated.
The Federal Court of Australia has fined Binance Australia Derivatives AU$10 million after the exchange admitted to misclassifying hundreds of retail clients as wholesale investors. The misclassification exposed 524 investors to high-risk crypto derivatives, leading to millions in trading losses and fees.
The High Court has ordered the winding up of Equity for Growth (Securities) Limited following a petition by the FCA. The decision enables affected investors to pursue potential compensation through the Financial Services Compensation Scheme.
