US CFTC | Frontier Forum to Address AI and Agentic Finance

by Mikhail Zavalko | Sep 22, 2026 | AI News

On 21 September 2026, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) announced its Frontier Forum Series. The Innovation Task Force will host public roundtables examining financial technologies and evolving market structures. The inaugural forum will focus on...

US CFTC Requests Comment on Listing Compute Derivatives Contracts as AI Computing Power Emerges as a Regulated Commodity Class

by Mikhail Zavalko | Aug 30, 2026 | AI News

On 19 August 2026, the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission issued a request for comment on compute derivatives.1 The request was published in the Federal Register on 21 August 2026.2 It concerns derivatives contracts referencing the price of access to computing...

Singapore MAS | MAS and ABS Establish AI Risk Taskforce to Strengthen Financial Sector Cyber Resilience

by Mikhail Zavalko | Aug 24, 2026 | AI News

On 28 July 2026, the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) and the Association of Banks in Singapore (ABS) established the AI Driven Cyber and Technology Risk Taskforce (ACT). The industry wide initiative will strengthen cyber and technology resilience against risks...

Australia: ASIC Warns AI Deepfakes Are Driving More Sophisticated Investment and Crypto Scams

by Mikhail Zavalko | Aug 21, 2026 | AI News

On 17 August 2026, the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) warned consumers about investment scams using generative artificial intelligence (AI), deepfake videos and fabricated online content. ASIC said scammers are creating networks of fake...

United Kingdom: FCA Enlists Anthropic for Its Supercharged Sandbox as 21 Firms Test Agent-Led Payments, Fraud Detection and AI Governance Under Existing Rules

by Mikhail Zavalko | Jul 27, 2026 | AI News

On 22 July 2026, the Financial Conduct Authority announced that Anthropic will support the second cohort of its Supercharged Sandbox, the controlled environment in which firms experiment with advanced AI.1 Anthropic provides participants with access to Claude,...

Singapore: MAS and Industry Publish SAFR White Paper Setting Runtime Safeguards for AI Agents in Financial Services

by Mikhail Zavalko | Jul 3, 2026 | AI News

On 3 July 2026, the Monetary Authority of Singapore, together with leading financial institutions and FinTechs, published Safeguards for Agentic Finance at Runtime, an industry white paper on safeguards for AI agents1 in finance. SAFR is developed under MAS's...