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The Federal Reserve Board announced on 4 September 2026 the termination of enforcement actions against United Texas Bank, Quontic Bank Acquisition Corp., and Quontic Bank Holdings Corp., formally closing its supervisory proceedings against all three institutions. The primary source does not specify the original grounds for the orders or the compliance milestones that triggered their conclusion.
Circle Internet Group has signed a $400 million deal to acquire Singapore-based B2B cross-border payments platform Tazapay, handing the USDC issuer a ready-made network of Asian banking licences, correspondent relationships and payment rails that would have taken years to build independently.
Tuscany-based Biorsaf has secured a €5.2 million Series A led by P101 SGR and acquired Bologna platform Cooki, positioning the combined business as Italy's first end-to-end food RegTech operator. The deal targets a domestic food safety and compliance market generating more than €12 billion in annual revenue but with a digitisation rate of approximately 3%.
The Financial Conduct Authority has decided to ban Daniel Thomas and fine him £742,700 after finding he gave defined benefit pension transfer advice he was neither qualified nor permitted to provide. The regulator described his conduct as reckless in a decision notice published in 2026.
The Bank of England has announced a delay to a planned standards release for its RTGS renewal programme, originally due in November 2026. The move introduces fresh planning uncertainty for banks, payment service providers and fintechs already navigating complex ISO 20022 migration timelines.