The Central Bank of the Republic of Kosovo reviewed progress with the IMF on SREP implementation, including automated supervisory assessments and new risk and early warning indicators. Next steps cover operationalizing emergency liquidity assistance, strengthening crypto-asset supervision and improving crisis management coordination. The central bank also updated the IMF on its TIPS Clone instant payments project and preparations to join SEPA.

The Jamaica Financial Services Commission has set supervisory expectations after the securities sector’s money laundering risk rose from medium to medium high, mainly because of increased threats from unlicensed investment schemes, fraud and cybercrime. Licensees and registrants should update board-approved risk assessments, strengthen due diligence and transaction monitoring, screen against public warnings and report suspected criminal property. Implementation will be reviewed through supervisory engagements.

The Croatian Financial Services Supervisory Agency reprimanded Čateks for failures involving inside information and insider lists, and ordered Generali Osiguranje to improve comprehensive motor claims handling and controls. It also approved three Inspire Investments hedge funds, authorized changes to Erste funds and revoked an earlier approval for a UniCredit Invest target maturity subfund.

In an interview published by the European Association of CCP Clearing Houses, Hellenic Capital Market Commission Chair Vassiliki Lazarakou forecast faster, more integrated and technology-driven clearing over the next decade. Distributed ledgers, tokenization and artificial intelligence could enable near-real-time processes and more predictive risk management, while increasing the need for strong governance, legal certainty and cyber resilience.

The United Nations Environment Programme Finance Initiative has compared how China and the EU integrate nature-related factors into banking regulation, corporate frameworks and environmental policy. Prudential measures remain at an earlier stage than climate regulation but are expanding across governance, risk management, supervisory review and disclosure. The brief identifies opportunities for greater coordination and comparability across jurisdictions.

The OECD has mapped government policies for securing AI compute and calls for national needs assessments to guide investment. Of the jurisdictions reviewed, 21 treat compute as a dedicated pillar of their AI strategies, while only Canada and the United Kingdom have standalone national compute strategies. The OECD says countries should tailor domestic capacity and cross-border access arrangements to their economic, security and resilience needs.

A Bank for International Settlements working paper finds that AI automation could shrink consumption’s share of output and weaken the consumer rents that support further innovation. Its calibrated demand bottleneck scenario produces a brief acceleration before growth falls below the pre-AI rate of 2%, while the most optimistic scenario reaches 5.5% after two decades. The divergent paths imply substantial uncertainty for the natural rate of interest.

The Central Bank of the Dominican Republic has published a comprehensive overhaul of financial products and services user protection rules, following the initiative’s public consultation in 2025. The framework covers customer treatment throughout the product lifecycle, transparency, financial education, privacy and data protection, market conduct supervision, and sanctions for noncompliance.

The International Financial Services Centres Authority has formed a standing expert group on credit information companies in the GIFT International Financial Services Centre. It will recommend standardized reporting and error-correction processes and address operational issues including onboarding, submission frequency and reconciliation.

The Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission will adopt enhanced tools for IPO and post-listing intervention following its March 2025 consultation. The changes include continuing and post-listing conditions, streamlined resumption procedures and independent merits review of key decisions. Subject to the legislative process, the amended rules are expected to take effect in the first quarter of 2027.

Uzbekistan's Ministry of Economy and Finance has expanded its public interest entity register from 425 to 449 organizations by adding 24 entities. Seventeen existing registrants that no longer meet the criteria will remain listed for two years. Entities added in 2026 must begin IFRS accounting on Jan. 1, 2027, and publish IFRS financial statements with audit opinions by the end of 2028, unless an earlier deadline applies.