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US Comptroller Of The Currency Issues Statement On Areas Of Focus As FDIC Board Member

Date 07/10/2025

Comptroller of the Currency Jonathan V. Gould issued the following statement today at the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation’s (FDIC) board meeting about his areas of focus in his capacity as an FDIC board member:

Thank you for the warm welcome to the FDIC board. I am very excited to work with Acting FDIC Chairman Hill and Director Vought to advance the President’s agenda on matters both interagency and FDIC-specific. With respect to the former, we will be considering several interagency initiatives today in which the OCC and FDIC teams worked collaboratively and that exemplify how the interagency process works best. With respect to FDIC-specific matters, I intend to focus on and look forward to working with the Acting Chairman on the following areas:

Nodal Exchange Sets New Trading Volume Records In Q3 2025

Date 07/10/2025

Nodal Exchange today announced growth in power, environmental and natural gas trading. In power, Nodal set a calendar month record for September 2025 with 301 million MWh of traded power futures volume, up 18% from the prior year. Nodal also achieved a Q3 trading record with 725 million MWh of traded power futures volume, up 9% from the prior year. Nodal continues to be the market leader in North American power futures having the majority share of the open interest with 1.504 billion MWh at the end of September.

14m Unfair Motor Loans Due Compensation Under UK Financial Conduct Authority-Proposed Scheme

Date 07/10/2025

Payouts on an expected 14m unfair motor finance agreements could start next year, under an industry-wide compensation scheme proposed by the FCA.

UK Financial Conduct Authority Consults On Motor Finance Compensation Scheme

Date 07/10/2025

We are consulting on an industry-wide scheme to compensate motor finance customers who were treated unfairly between 2007 and 2024.

Euronext Announces Volumes For September 2025

Date 07/10/2025

Euronext, the leading European capital market infrastructure, today announced trading volumes for September 2025.

FINRA Foundation Releases Findings On Fraud Awareness Among Investors - Half Of Investors Do Not Recognize Warning Signs Of Fraud; Findings Released In Light Of World Investor Week

Date 07/10/2025

In light of World Investor Week (Oct. 6-12), the FINRA Investor Education Foundation (FINRA Foundation) released today first-look findings from its forthcoming report, “Investors in the United States: A Report of the National Financial Capability Study,” which will be published in December. The report provides an in-depth exploration of the attitudes, behaviors, knowledge and experiences of retail investors in the United States.

Bank Of England - Minutes: CBDC Academic Advisory Group - June 2025

Date 07/10/2025

Meeting of the CBDC Academic Advisory Group

Welcome Remarks, Federal Reserve Vice Chair For Supervision Michelle W. Bowman, At The 2025 Community Banking Research Conference, St. Louis, Missouri (Via Pre-Recorded Video)

Date 07/10/2025

Welcome to the 2025 community banking research conference. While I regret that I cannot join you in person this year, I would like to take a moment to acknowledge the contributions this conference has made and continues to make in promoting research on community banking and related issues.

EEX Group Monthly Volumes – September 2025

Date 07/10/2025

EEX Group reports its September monthly volumes with the following highlights:

• The EEX Group Global Power markets registered a monthly trading volume of 1,180.5 TWh, marking a 3% Year-on-Year growth. While volumes on the European Power Spot (73.0 TWh; +1% YoY) and Derivatives (797.6 TWh; -2% YoY) markets remained relatively stable, North American Power markets increased by 18% to 300.8 TWh. Traded volume on the EEX Japanese Power Futures market reached 9.1 TWh (+22% YoY), with a total Year-to-date volume now exceeding 100 TWh. 
• September saw several monthly records on selected power markets, such as the Swiss (8.6 TWh; +154%) and EEX-PXE Slovenian (830.6 MWh, +740%) power derivatives markets, in addition to significant YoY monthly volume growth on the Nordic power markets (+334%).
• The EEX Group Global Natural Gas markets reported further volume increase to 735.5 TWh (+28%), including growth both on the European Natural Gas Spot markets (268.7 TWh; +19% YoY) and the European Natural Gas Derivatives markets (432.5 TWh; +33% YoY). A steep 699% YoY growth was seen on the Italian Natural Gas Futures market (PSV), reaching a monthly record of 10.2 TWh, while the Spanish Natural Gas Futures market (PVB) continued its significant growth for a second month in a row (6.5 TWh; +166% YoY). During the month, EEX’s share of Open Interest in long-term Dutch TTF Gas Futures reached around 25%. 
• In September, EEX successfully completed the integration of Baltic-Finnish gas markets and achieved 40% YoY growth in spot market volumes as well as first trading activity in the new Futures products for these markets.
• Trading in GO Futures in September reached another monthly record with 6.7 TWh, underpinning the continued remarkable growth in this product.  
• Traded volumes on the EEX Freight markets also developed well in September, with a YoY total growth of 40% (98,460 lots), including the almost doubled Freight Options volume (5,909 lots; +95%)

ACER To Review The Methodology For Electricity Redispatching And Countertrading Cost Sharing For The Core Region

Date 07/10/2025

Today, ACER initiates the review of its Decision 30/2020 on the electricity redispatching and countertrading cost sharing methodology for the Core capacity calculation region.