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Who supervises and interprets fintech, crypto and AML-CTF across Europe — and what just moved. Zoom from the continent into a member state, a UK nation or a Swiss canton; the docket alongside is scoped to the view, the full dated record sits below, and the authority directory opens on demand. Every card traces to its primary source.

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Markers are the official changes since 2026-07-21, as of 2026-09-01. Click a country to zoom in; drag to pan; the region list below is the keyboard path.

What changed

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enforcementUK

Movement direction issued to the Russian-flagged cargo vessel SINEGORSK

sanctionsUN · UK · CH

UN Consolidated List updated on the 1988 regime; UK and Switzerland move on Afghanistan/Taliban

sanctionsEU

EU amends ISIL/Al-Qaida listings for the 360th time

enforcementEU

EPPO reports five arrests in the 'Echo' VAT-fraud investigation

enforcementUK

FCA fines and bans two former Dolfin Financial staff

sanctionsUS

OFAC extends E.O. 13902 sector blocking to Iran's aviation, digital-asset, gold, shipping and technology sectors

sanctionsEU

EU amends ISIL/Al-Qaida listings for the 359th time

sanctionsCH

Switzerland adopts the EU's 20th Russia sanctions package

enforcementUK

FCA fines and bans the former SVS Securities chief executive

enforcementUK

FCA bans a former Beauforce Corporation senior manager

sanctionsCH

SECO amends annexes 12, 13 and 14 of the Iran Ordinance

sanctionsUN · UK · CH

UN 1267 Committee amends 21 ISIL/Al-Qaida entries; UK and CH transpose

sanctionsEU

EU crypto perimeter widened by the July 2026 sanctions package

regulatoryUK

UK designated-body regime switched on

regulatoryUK

Register of Overseas Entities trust-disclosure rules loosened

enforcementEU

EPPO seizes over €23.5 million in Italian fuel-sector VAT fraud investigation

regulatoryEU

MiCA transition closed — now fully applicable

regulatoryUK

The UK MLRs amended, with new cryptoasset obligations phased to 2027

regulatoryUK

FCA fixes cryptoasset gateway opening: 30 September 2026

regulatoryUK

Crime and Policing Act 2026, s.250 comes into force — senior-manager attribution replaces ECCTA 2023 ss.196-198

enforcementUK

SFO opens investigation into collapsed telecoms firm IMC

sanctionsInternational · EU

FATF grey list changes at the June 2026 plenary

regulatoryUK

FCA to become the single professional-services AML supervisor

enforcementCH

Federal Administrative Court annuls FINMA's VP Bank enforcement measures

regulatoryEU

The PSD2/MiCA No-Action Letter transition ended

regulatoryCH

FinIA reform consultation closed

regulatoryCH

FINMA guidance 01/2026 issued

regulatoryEU

AMLA assumes every EU AML/CFT mandate the EBA held

regulatoryEU

AMLA operational in Frankfurt

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The record

Every change, dated

The full run of official changes — the docket above is a scoped slice of this same list, so a card you clicked at the top lands on the same entry here. Each is dated, categorised, and points to its primary source.

  • 27 Aug 2026enforcementUK

    Movement direction issued to the Russian-flagged cargo vessel SINEGORSK

    The Department for Transport and the Maritime and Coastguard Agency recorded a movement direction issued under UK sanctions legislation ordering the vessel to leave UK internal waters.

    Primary source ↗On the register ↓
  • 27 Aug 2026sanctionsUN · UK · CH

    UN Consolidated List updated on the 1988 regime; UK and Switzerland move on Afghanistan/Taliban

    The UN Consolidated List records a last update of 27 August 2026 and the 1988 Committee a release SC/16443 of the same date; the FCDO made two Afghanistan-regime variations on 27 August and one on 28 August, and SECO amended the Taliban list with effect from 27 August. The substance of SC/16443 is not established.

    Primary source ↗On the register ↓
  • 27 Aug 2026sanctionsEU

    EU amends ISIL/Al-Qaida listings for the 360th time

    Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2026/1965 amends Regulation (EC) No 881/2002 for the 360th time, implementing the 1267 Committee's decision of 18 August 2026 to amend the identifying data for 21 entries. It is the EU limb of the tranche already recorded for the UN, UK and Switzerland.

    Primary source ↗On the register ↓
  • 26 Aug 2026enforcementEU

    EPPO reports five arrests in the 'Echo' VAT-fraud investigation

    Arrests in Czechia in a cross-border VAT-fraud probe with estimated damage of some EUR 20 million; all persons are presumed innocent.

    Primary source ↗On the register ↓
  • 26 Aug 2026enforcementUK

    FCA fines and bans two former Dolfin Financial staff

    Two final notices issued; a third decision notice has been referred to the Upper Tribunal and remains provisional.

    Primary source ↗On the register ↓
  • 24 Aug 2026sanctionsUS

    OFAC extends E.O. 13902 sector blocking to Iran's aviation, digital-asset, gold, shipping and technology sectors

    Determination under s.1(a)(i) of E.O. 13902 took effect 24 August 2026; published in the Federal Register on 27 August 2026 (91 FR 55265). Persons determined to operate in the covered sectors become subject to blocking, with secondary reach under s.1(a)(ii) touching non-US institutions that materially assist or transact with those blocked.

    Primary source ↗On the register ↓
  • 22 Aug 2026sanctionsEU

    EU amends ISIL/Al-Qaida listings for the 359th time

    Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2026/1960 amends the identifying data of entries in Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 881/2002, implementing the 1267 Committee's decisions of 13 and 14 August 2026. It is a different tranche from the Committee's 18 August amendments, for which no EU act had been published as at 27 August 2026.

    Primary source ↗On the register ↓
  • 20 Aug 2026sanctionsCH

    Switzerland adopts the EU's 20th Russia sanctions package

    The Federal Council decided on 19 August 2026 to adopt the further measures in the EU's 20th package, in force from 20 August 2026 by the amendment to SR 946.231.176.72 published as AS 2026 424, which recasts the ordinance's crypto-asset and crypto-service transaction prohibitions.

    Primary source ↗On the register ↓
  • 19 Aug 2026enforcementUK

    FCA fines and bans the former SVS Securities chief executive

    The FCA states the former chief executive was fined GBP 56,400 and banned from senior management functions; he settled and withdrew his Tribunal referral.

    Primary source ↗On the register ↓
  • 18 Aug 2026enforcementUK

    FCA bans a former Beauforce Corporation senior manager

    The FCA states the ban was imposed on grounds of a lack of honesty and integrity; the Tribunal referral was struck out.

    Primary source ↗On the register ↓
  • 18 Aug 2026sanctionsCH

    SECO amends annexes 12, 13 and 14 of the Iran Ordinance

    Six individual entries removed, one entity entry amended, two individuals and one entity added; in force 18 August 2026 at 11 p.m.

    Primary source ↗On the register ↓
  • 18 Aug 2026sanctionsUN · UK · CH

    UN 1267 Committee amends 21 ISIL/Al-Qaida entries; UK and CH transpose

    The 1267 Committee amended 21 entries (SC/16435); the FCDO made 21 variations on 20 August and SECO updated the Swiss list on 19 August.

    Primary source ↗On the register ↓
  • 24 Jul 2026sanctionsEU

    EU crypto perimeter widened by the July 2026 sanctions package

    Council Regulation (EU) 2026/1848 in force 24 July 2026; the ownership and governing-body prohibition reaches all MiCA crypto-asset services from 25 August 2026.

    Primary source ↗On the register ↓
  • 17 Jul 2026regulatoryUK

    UK designated-body regime switched on

    SI 2026/847 made the first three designations under the National Security Act 2023, creating a screening obligation that no sanctions list carries.

    Primary source ↗On the register ↓
  • 09 Jul 2026regulatoryUK

    Register of Overseas Entities trust-disclosure rules loosened

    SI 2026/778, in force 9 July 2026, removes the requirement to name the trust when applying for trust information and narrows the under-18 legitimate-interest test to the affected part of an application.

    Primary source ↗On the register ↓
  • 01 Jul 2026enforcementEU

    EPPO seizes over €23.5 million in Italian fuel-sector VAT fraud investigation

    The EPPO reports assets seized in a fuel-sector VAT fraud investigation in Italy — reaching for assets ahead of convictions.

    Primary source ↗On the register ↓
  • 01 Jul 2026regulatoryEU

    MiCA transition closed — now fully applicable

    The MiCA transition window closed; unauthorised CASPs must stop serving EU clients.

    Primary source ↗On the register ↓
  • 30 Jun 2026regulatoryUK

    The UK MLRs amended, with new cryptoasset obligations phased to 2027

    SI 2026/621 amends the Money Laundering Regulations 2017: sterling thresholds replace euro amounts, cryptoasset businesses gain enhanced correspondent-relationship due diligence under a new regulation 34A, and the controller test for cryptoasset exchange and custodian wallet providers widens. Commencement runs from 21 days after making to 25 October 2027.

    Primary source ↗On the register ↓
  • 30 Jun 2026regulatoryUK

    FCA fixes cryptoasset gateway opening: 30 September 2026

    The FCA's final cryptoasset regime confirms the authorisation application window opens 30 September 2026, ahead of the UK regime going live in October 2027.

    Primary source ↗On the register ↓
  • 29 Jun 2026regulatoryUK

    Crime and Policing Act 2026, s.250 comes into force — senior-manager attribution replaces ECCTA 2023 ss.196-198

    Section 250 of the Crime and Policing Act 2026 came into force on 29 June 2026 under s.255(3)(k) (two months from Royal Assent on 29 April 2026). It attributes an offence committed by a senior manager acting within the actual or apparent scope of their authority to the body corporate or partnership itself, subject to a wholly-outside-the-UK carve-out, and repeals sections 196 to 198 of the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023.

    Primary source ↗On the register ↓
  • 23 Jun 2026enforcementUK

    SFO opens investigation into collapsed telecoms firm IMC

    The SFO announced a fraud and money-laundering investigation into Internet Mobile Communications Ltd, running in parallel with a New York District Attorney probe.

    Primary source ↗On the register ↓
  • 19 Jun 2026sanctionsInternational · EU

    FATF grey list changes at the June 2026 plenary

    The FATF added Bosnia and Herzegovina and Iraq to the jurisdictions under increased monitoring and no longer lists Algeria or Namibia, and determined that Bulgaria has substantially completed its action plan and warrants an on-site assessment. The call-for-action list is unchanged.

    Primary source ↗On the register ↓
  • 18 Jun 2026regulatoryUK

    FCA to become the single professional-services AML supervisor

    OPBAS and the professional-body supervisors' AML role transfers to the FCA under HM Treasury's government response of 18 June 2026, with timing dependent on primary legislation.

    Primary source ↗On the register ↓
  • 16 Jun 2026enforcementCH

    Federal Administrative Court annuls FINMA's VP Bank enforcement measures

    B-5862/2024 of 16 June 2026 annuls Dispositiv-Ziffern 1–6 of FINMA's order of 21 June 2024 — the CHF 440,117 disgorgement included — for impermissible hindsight reasoning; the judgment is under appeal to the Federal Supreme Court, so the point-in-time knowledge standard is not settled.

    Primary source ↗On the register ↓
  • 02 Mar 2026regulatoryEU

    The PSD2/MiCA No-Action Letter transition ended

    From 2 March 2026 a CASP offering e-money-token payment services must hold PSD2 authorisation, have a compliant pending application, or have ceased the service; EBA/OP/2026/01 states the supervisory priorities at the period's end.

    Primary source ↗On the register ↓
  • 06 Feb 2026regulatoryCH

    FinIA reform consultation closed

    The Swiss FinIA reform consultation closed; new payment- and crypto-institution licences advance toward entry into force in 2026/27.

    Primary source ↗On the register ↓
  • 12 Jan 2026regulatoryCH

    FINMA guidance 01/2026 issued

    New FINMA guidance on crypto-custody segregation.

    Primary source ↗On the register ↓
  • 01 Jan 2026regulatoryEU

    AMLA assumes every EU AML/CFT mandate the EBA held

    The EBA–AMLA handover completed on 1 January 2026: mandates, functions and the EuReCA database transferred, with existing EBA guidelines remaining in force until AMLA replaces them.

    Primary source ↗On the register ↓
  • 01 Jul 2025regulatoryEU

    AMLA operational in Frankfurt

    The EU's central AML supervisor stood up on 1 July 2025 under Regulation (EU) 2024/1620, with the first direct-supervision selection process to commence by 1 July 2027.

    Primary source ↗On the register ↓

Contested readings

Where official readings diverge

Questions on which more than one official body has taken a position, and the positions differ. Each is given in its holder’s own words, dated, with the lifecycle stage of what it rests on and a link to the instrument. This site does not adjudicate between them — a draft is shown as a draft, a statute as a statute, and the reader weighs them.

convergingUK · checked 2026-08-30

What is the UK travel-rule threshold a firm must apply today — £800, or €1,000?

€1,000 and £800 are not the same sum, so the two answers catch different transfers. A firm applying the guidance figure applies the wrong test in one direction or the other, and the guidance's conversion step computes in a currency the statute no longer uses.

HM Treasury

stated 2026-06-09 · in force since 30 June 2026

S.I. 2026/621, regs 32 and 33, substituted £800 for “1,000 euros” in regs 64C(4) and 64G(1)(b) of the Money Laundering Regulations 2017. The instrument was made on 9 June 2026 and came into force 21 days later, on 30 June 2026.

the source ↗

Joint Money Laundering Steering Group (JMLSG)

stated 2026-08-24 · HM Treasury-approved industry guidance; the sponsor's own notice records the update as in progress

The Guidance Part II offered for download on 24 August 2026 is the June 2023 text as updated December 2025; its Sector 22 travel-rule annex states the threshold as €1,000 at paragraphs 13 and 45 and directs firms to convert transaction values into euros. JMLSG's own current-guidance page carries the notice that the Guidance “is currently being updated to reflect amendments per The Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing (Amendment) Regulations 2026 (SI 2026/621) that came into force on 30 June 2026”.

the source ↗

JMLSG has stated on its own current-guidance page that the text is being updated to reflect SI 2026/621. The divergence is therefore expected to close at JMLSG's end; until the revised Part II issues, the two published figures differ. Approved guidance carries evidential weight under the MLRs, but the regulations are the instrument.