The attached ETF option classes will begin trading on the MIAX Options Exchange, MIAX Pearl Options Exchange, MIAX Emerald Options Exchange and MIAX Sapphire Options Exchange on Thursday, June 18, 2026.Market Makers can use the Member Firm Portal (MFP) to manage their option class assignments.  All LMM and RMM Option Class Assignments must be entered prior to 6:00 PM ET on the business day immediately preceding the effective date.  All changes made after 6:00 PM ET on a given day will be effective two trading days later. MIAX Pearl® Options Exchange MIAX Options® Exchange MIAX Emerald® Options Exchange MIAX Sapphire® Options Exchange

Please refer to the Regulatory Circulars listed below for the newly listed symbols and the corresponding market for the underlying security used for openings on the MIAX Exchanges: MIAX Options Regulatory Circular 2026-86 MIAX Pearl Options Regulatory Circular 2026-85 MIAX Emerald Options Regulatory Circular 2026-69 MIAX Sapphire Options Regulatory Circular 2026-89 The newly listed symbols will be available for trading beginning Thursday, June 18, 2026.

Thank you, Łukasz [Chyla], for that kind introduction.  I appreciate the opportunity to take part in the 4th US-CEE Connection Weekend, especially during the year that the United States celebrates the 250th anniversary of its Declaration of Independence.[1] Of course, standing here in the main aula of Jagiellonian University, which was founded in 1364, makes one realize that American institutions remain relatively youthful as compared to their European counterparts. Many of you in this room are aware that Polish-born individuals played key roles in making the American revolution possible.  Among those who helped America secure our independence were Thaddeus Kościuszko and Casimir Pulaski. Kościuszko, a military engineer, arrived in America in 1776 to offer his services to the Continental Army.  Commissioned as an officer, he helped design the fortifications at Saratoga and West Point, which played an important role in turning the tide towards American victory.[2] Today, he is buried not far away from here in Kraków at Wawel Cathedral and honored in the United States with a national memorial in Philadelphia.  Pulaski, a Polish nobleman, was recruited to the revolutionary cause by Benjamin Franklin.  He helped bring organization and proper training to the Continental cavalry and became known as the Father of the American Cavalry.[3] He gave his life in 1779 to the cause of American independence during the Siege of Savannah.[4] Pulaski is also honored in the United States with an annual day of commemoration in Chicago and a monument in Washington, D.C.  The ties between the United States and Poland have continued to endure across the centuries.  Since the fall of the Berlin Wall, Poland has become one of Europe’s most consequential democracies.  It has transitioned from a communist system to embracing free markets and democratic governance. Its commitment to free enterprise, capitalism, and the rule of law has contributed significantly to Poland becoming one of the fastest-growing economies in the European Union. The U.S. Declaration of Independence spoke of the “pursuit of happiness.”  I view that phrase as encompassing the freedom to choose your occupation, start a business, place your capital at risk, and reap the rewards—or absorb the losses—of your own decisions.[5] It includes the opportunity to compete in a marketplace for goods, services, labor, and ideas.  In so doing, it facilitates economic growth, jobs creation, and innovation.  A Nation of Owners The idea that liberty includes economic freedom is not merely an American ideal.  The leaders of Poland believed in the same idea at the end of the Cold War.  In 1990, Lech Wałęsa took office as Poland’s first democratically elected president since 1926.  In his inaugural address, he set out a goal that Poland should become a “nation of owners.”[6] He understood this as the surest way to rebuild the nation’s wealth and restore economic efficiency and called for practical changes, including privatization, an independent state treasury, and reform of the banking and credit systems.[7] Think about this moment in history.  It was about turning a communist economy into a free market one.  The phrase a “nation of owners” conveyed a concrete meaning.  For two generations, ordinary people did not own or hold a stake in anything.  All property was the property of the state.  A free-market economy cannot suddenly be switched on like a machine, but must be built over time and based on the decentralized decisions of businesses and households, influenced by prices and local knowledge, to produce and consume.  Wałęsa’s vision was ownership in the fullest sense where families would hold a stake in Poland’s economy and business enterprises would be built, owned, and grown by their founders, rather than by the government. Chairman Breeden’s 1990 Project and the Continued Partnership However, without risk capital, the notion of owning and creating a private business remains only a dream.  It is the capital markets where those dreams can become reality.  They are where companies can raise what they need to grow and innovate, and where the people of a country can share in that growth. The question facing Wałęsa was how to build them. That conversation began in 1990 between the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) and the emerging democracies of Eastern Europe.  Then-SEC Chairman Richard Breeden delivered a speech before the Los Angeles World Affairs Council on the internationalization of securities markets, and much of his focus was on this region.[8] Poland, he reported, had asked the SEC for technical assistance on trading systems, the clearance and settlement of transactions, the licensing of market personnel, and enforcement.  Hungary was about to reopen the Budapest Stock Exchange after 48 years of closure, and Poland was preparing to establish a stock exchange of its own.  That February, a Soviet delegation had visited the SEC to learn how to build capital markets.  Chairman Breeden called it “our Berlin Wall crumbing” for those in the securities field.[9] For Chairman Breeden, helping these countries build free markets was the “right thing to do” and a form of person-to-person foreign aid. The SEC backed that vision with people and a program.  In 1992, drawing on funding from the Support for an Eastern European Democracy Act,[10] the Commission placed a senior advisor inside the Polish Securities Commission for a year, where the advisor helped refine the country’s securities laws.[11] These efforts would eventually reach well beyond Warsaw. In 1991, the SEC held its first International Institute for Securities Market Development, a signature initiative of Chairman Breeden that continues to this day and has trained thousands of regulators from over 100 countries.[12] CEE Success Since the Cold War What Central and Eastern Europe have achieved since 1989 is one of the great economic stories of the modern era.  Across the region, growth has been remarkable.  Since 1990, GDP per capita in countries like Poland and Hungary has grown many times over—more than fifteen times and eight times, respectively.[13] The transformation of capital markets has been just as striking.  The number of publicly listed domestic companies in Poland grew from just nine in 1992 to around 750 today, and the market capitalization of those companies has risen from about $4.5 billion in 1995 to more than $300 billion now—from around 3% of GDP to over 20%.[14] This growth has occurred throughout Central and Eastern Europe, at different paces but along similar institutional lines. The drivers have included trade, foreign direct investment, accession to the European Union, and institutional reform.  Banks, both foreign and domestic, played an important role in financing that early growth—but the next step depends on capital markets in a way the early stages did not. The Next Stage of Growth Needs Capital Markets The financial markets can be particularly effective at allocating capital—a scarce resource—among competing ideas.  They draw on many investors with differing appetites for risk, liquidity, and investment horizons, so they offer the ability to finance even the riskiest, most innovative ideas, in a way that bank lending cannot.  In a bank-dependent economy, the most innovative ideas, which are often the riskiest, can struggle to take hold.  In the United States, by contrast, new businesses can access a multitude of sources for finance, including venture capital, angel investors, and crowdfunding.  Those investors actively seek risk and share in the upside, so the most disruptive ideas get backed more often.  However, the risk of failure can be significant.  Banks, by their nature and the deposits they hold, are not intended to take that kind of equity risk, which is why the capital markets play a crucial role.  In 2024, former European Central Bank President Mario Draghi released his report on European competitiveness.  Europe’s capital markets, he found, remain fragmented, and the flow of savings into them is lower than other major economies—only about 5% of global venture-capital funds are raised in the EU, compared to 52% in the United States.[15] While European households save more than American households, their savings are generally not channeled into higher risk, higher return investments.[16] The result, in the report’s words, is that the EU “relies excessively on bank financing, which is less well-suited to fund innovative projects,” with banks “ill-equipped to finance innovative companies,” lacking the expertise to assess them and the means to value their largely intangible collateral.[17] The pattern is even sharper across Central and Eastern Europe. The banking sector dominates the financial system of most countries in the region, and households hold a higher share of their financial assets in cash and deposits than the EU average—including in Poland, where households hold over half their financial assets in cash and bank deposits.[18] Europe has recognized the need for change.  The European Commission’s Savings and Investments Union seeks to transform the roughly €10 trillion of EU household savings currently sitting in low-yield deposits into capital investment in firms that drive economic growth.[19] In Poland, the proposed Personal Investment Account—the OKI—aims to move savings into capital markets by offering tax-free returns on assets up to a certain amount.[20] These are meaningful steps toward unlocking the potential of capital markets. At the same time, Europe is moving to ease the burden on business.  After launching its “Omnibus” simplification effort in 2025, the EU adopted a directive this past February that narrows two of its most demanding sustainability mandates—the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive and the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive.[21] Framed as a matter of competitiveness, it raises the thresholds so that far fewer companies are covered and extends the compliance date for the due-diligence obligations to 2029.[22] The SEC has been making similar adjustments in the United States.  Several weeks ago, the Commission proposed to rescind its own climate-disclosure rule and return to financial materiality as the test on what must be disclosed.  This is a reminder that financial regulation must focus on improving market quality and efficiency, not as a tool to achieve political and social goals in areas where legislatures and governments have failed to act.  Disclosure serves investors and the markets best when it is tied to financial materiality and where the benefits of such disclosure outweigh the costs to produce such disclosure.  I particularly worry about regulatory requirements that place the heaviest burden on smaller and newer companies, which may dissuade such companies from going public at all.  That points to a larger truth: capital does not stand still.  When regulators fail to provide an optimal framework, market participants do not wait around—they go to where the rules work, and when they do, investors lose and competition suffers.  The best way to keep capital at home is not to wall it in, but to build markets worthy of investors.  This work is on-going in the United States as well.  Over the past year, the SEC has reviewed its core disclosure rules to refocus them on what is financially material, to modernize the registered offerings process, and to expand accommodations for smaller and newer companies.  The goal is to have regulations that create-on ramps to more public companies, not obstacle courses.   Conclusion To close my remarks, I would like to express my sincere appreciation to the Catholic University of America for its dedication and efforts to facilitate closer ties between Poland and the United States.  Millions of Americans have ancestral ties to Poland.  Yet, for the duration of the Cold War, opportunities for person-to-person exchanges between our two countries were nearly non-existent.  I hope that the next chapter of Poland’s will be shaped, in part, by a deepened connection between the Polish and American people, including in business, government, and education.  Investments in the capital markets will be one element of that connection.  Thirty-five years after this region’s new start of freedom and opportunity, I look forward to watching this important partnership grow to new levels and achieve the mutual benefits that it will bring to our respective nations.  Thank you. [1] My remarks reflect solely my individual views as a commissioner and do not necessarily reflect the views of the full U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission or my fellow Commissioners. [2] Nat’l Park Serv., Thaddeus Kosciuszko, https://www.nps.gov/thko/learn/historyculture/kosciuszkobio.htm(last visited Jun. 12, 2026). [3] Mount Vernon, Casimir Pulaski, https://www.mountvernon.org/library/digitalhistory/digital-encyclopedia/article/casimir-pulaski (last visited Jun. 12, 2026). [4] Nat’l Park Serv., Casimir Pulaski Memorial, https://www.nps.gov/places/000/brigadier-general-count-casimir-pulaski-memorial.htm(last visited Jun. 12, 2026).  [5] Mark T. Uyeda, Capital, Choice, and the Pursuit of Happiness: Remarks at the SEC Speaks in 2026 (Mar. 19, 2026), https://www.sec.gov/newsroom/speeches-statements/uyeda-remarks-sec-speaks-031926. [6] Smuniewski, Urych & Zanini, "The Principles of Economic Transformation in Poland After 1989 According to President Lech Wałęsa, European Research Studies Journal, Volume XXIV, Issue 2 - Part 1, 1227, 1233 (Jun. 2021), https://ersj.eu/journal/2185. [7] Id. at 1237. [8] Richard C. Breeden, Internationalization of the Securities Markets: The Challenges and the Promise for the 1990s, 3-6 (May 18, 1990), https://www.sec.gov/news/speech/1990/051890breeden.pdf. [9] Id. [10] See Support for East European Democracy (SEED) Act of 1989, Pub. L. No. 101-179, 103 Stat. 1298 (1989). [11] Interview by SEC Hist. Soc’y with Robert Strahota 4 (Apr. 18, 2006), https://www.sechistorical.org/collection/oral-histories/strahota041806Transcript.pdf. [12] Id. at 9. [13]  Calculations by the SEC Div. of Econ. & Risk Analysis (DERA), based on World Development Indicators, https://databank.worldbank.org/source/world-development-indicators. [14] Id. [15] Mario Draghi, The Future of European Competitiveness—Part A: A Competitiveness Strategy for Europe, 29-30 (Sept. 2024), https://commission.europa.eu/topics/competitiveness/draghi-report_en. [16] Id. at 63. [17] Id. at 64. [18] Int’l Monetary Fund, Eur. Dep’t, Republic of Poland: 2025 Article IV Consultation-Press Release; and Staff Report, 50 (Jan. 2026), https://www.imf.org/-/media/files/publications/cr/2026/english/1polea2026001-source-pdf.pdf. [19] See Eur. Comm’n, Savings and Investments Union Strategy: Better Financial Opportunities for EU Citizens and Businesses (Mar. 19, 2025), https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/api/files/document/print/en/ip_25_802/IP_25_802_EN.pdf. [20] Int’l Monetary Fund, supra note 18, at 50-51. [21] See EU Omnibus I, Directive (EU) 2026/470 (adopted Feb. 24, 2026), https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX%3A32026L0470&qid=1772093160638. [22] See Press Release, Council of the EU, Council Signs Off on Simplification of Sustainability Reporting and Due Diligence Requirements to Boost EU Competitiveness (Feb. 24, 2026), https://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/press-releases/2026/02/24/council-signs-off-simplification-of-sustainability-reporting-and-due-diligence-requirements-to-boost-eu-competitiveness/

The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) today clarified the standards for its decisions on filings. OCC filing decisions are governed by 12 CFR 5.13. As stated in the regulation, the OCC may approve, conditionally approve or deny a filing. In addition, the OCC may return a filing as materially deficient where it lacks sufficient information for the OCC to make a determination under the applicable statutory or regulatory criteria. This communication is to remind the public that the OCC strictly adheres to the regulation and to explain how the OCC implements it, which aligns with the agency’s historical practices. The OCC is committed to acting on all filings in a timely manner appropriate to the nature and complexity of the filing. However, the OCC may return a filing without a decision if it finds the filing to be materially deficient. In that respect, it is paramount that filings contain all information necessary for the OCC to evaluate the filing as part of the initial submission. Otherwise, the OCC will return a materially deficient filing before engaging in any meaningful processing of the filing. This includes the failure to furnish required biographical and financial information of individuals and corporate background and financial report for entities, as well as any required information requested by the filing form. In addition, the OCC may return a filing as materially deficient if, after attempting to have the filer furnish all required information for the OCC to assess the statutory or regulatory criteria through an additional information request, the responses do not sufficiently respond to the requests. This includes where the organizers of a de novo charter have not demonstrated that all products and services have been defined with particularity, including how they will be operationalized, or have not fully defined the associated governance, risk management, and compliance management infrastructure to manage these products and services. The OCC approves a filing when it finds the filer has favorably met the appropriate statutory, regulatory and policy criteria related to the filing type. Where appropriate, the OCC will condition an approval to ensure the filer will operate in a safe and sound manner, consistent with OCC policy, and comply with applicable laws and regulations. When the OCC finds a significant supervisory, Community Reinvestment Act (if applicable), or compliance concern exists with respect to the filer, approval is inconsistent with law, regulation, or OCC policy, or the filer fails to provide requested information, the agency plans to deny the filing. A filing is inconsistent with law or regulation if it does not meet the applicable statutory or regulatory criteria for that filing type. Under the regulation, if the OCC denies a filing, the OCC must notify the filer in writing of the reasons for the denial. In addition, the OCC plans to make all denial decisions public in order to provide the industry and all applicable stakeholders awareness of how the OCC has applied the decision criteria in that proposal. The denial of an application does not prohibit the applicant from filing a subsequent application. Ultimately, it is important that the public understand how filings are decided under applicable laws, regulations, and policy. Related Link Bulletin 2026-27, “Filing Decision Process”

FINRA has expelled from membership Reid & Rudiger LLC (the firm) and barred cofounders Clifford Reid and CEO Edward Rudiger, Jr. from association with any member firm for churning and excessively trading customer accounts in violation of Regulation Best Interest (Reg BI) and FINRA rules.  Separately, FINRA suspended the firm’s supervisors, Marc Harrison and Kelli Mezzatesta, who both failed to identify and investigate red flags related to Rudiger’s and Reid’s pervasive misconduct, for three months in all principal capacities. FINRA also fined them $5,000 each and required them to complete 20 hours of supervision-related continuing education.  Excessive trading in a customer's account is trading that generates commissions for the broker but is not in the customer’s best interest. Churning is excessive trading undertaken with an intent to defraud or with reckless disregard for a customer’s interests. “This action underscores FINRA’s unique role as a self-regulatory organization committed to protecting retail investors from misconduct,” said Bill St. Louis, Executive Vice President and Head of Enforcement at FINRA. “The egregious churning and excessive trading in this case resulted in significant customer losses over nearly six years, warranting the firm’s expulsion and permanent bars for the registered representatives responsible.” FINRA determined that the firm and its cofounders excessively traded a total of 20 accounts, several of which were also churned over the course of six years with an intent to defraud or with reckless disregard for customers’ interests. This misconduct caused customers to incur approximately $2 million in commissions and trading costs and approximately $2.7 million in losses.  Both Reid and Rudiger recommended to customers a high-volume, high-cost market-timing strategy that made it virtually impossible for customers to make a profit. This misconduct violated the Care Obligation of Reg BI, Section 10(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and Rule 10b-5, and FINRA Rules 2111, 2020 and 2010.  The misconduct was evident through disproportionate commissions and trading costs that resulted in high cost-to-equity ratios, which represents the return on a customer’s investments that would have been needed to cover commissions and expenses. This included: An account with an annualized cost-to-equity ratio of more than 111%, which means the account would have needed to generate returns of 111% just to break even; An account with an annualized cost-to-equity ratio of more than 69% and a resulting loss of more than $345,000; and An account with an annualized cost-to-equity ratio of more than 67% and a resulting loss of nearly $400,000. The firm and Rudiger, as CEO, failed to establish and maintain a supervisory system reasonably designed to detect and act upon churning and excessive trading.  In addition, the firm, as well as Harrison and Mezzatesta, failed to take reasonable steps to supervise the trading in the affected customers’ accounts, despite numerous red flags indicative of excessive trading and churning. They also did not consider customers’ cost-to-equity ratios in the course of trading supervision or use available exception reports that could have assisted in identifying the violative trading. In settling these matters, the firm, as well as Reid, Rudiger, Harrison and Mezzatesta accepted and consented to the entry of FINRA’s findings without admitting or denying them. FINRA makes available disciplinary actions and other information on its Disciplinary Actions Online database. In addition, FINRA publishes on its Monthly Disciplinary Actions page a summary of disciplinary actions against firms and individuals for violations of FINRA rules; federal securities laws, rules and regulations; and the rules of the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board. FINRA’s use of fine monies is limited to specific purposes set forth in its public Financial Guiding Principles, which are approved by its Board of Governors. FINRA publicly itemizes and discloses how it uses fine monies each year.

Following the publication of Monetary Policy Summary and minutes of the Monetary Policy Committee meeting on 18 June 2026, the Governor will give his usual pooled broadcast interview. The transcript of this interview will be published at 1.30pm on this page: Transcript of the Governor's pooled broadcast interview following the publication of the Monetary Policy Summary and minutes of the Monetary Policy Committee meeting on 18 June 2026

The attached tables and charts released on Wednesday summarize the economic projections made by Federal Open Market Committee participants in conjunction with the June 16-17 meeting. Projections (PDF) | Accessible Mate

The Federal Open Market Committee approved the following statement for release by a 12 – 0 vote: The Committee decided to maintain the target range for the federal funds rate at 3-1/2 to 3-3/4 percent, in support of the Federal Reserve's dual mandate. The Committee reaffirmed its policy of maintaining ample reserves in the banking system. Economic activity is expanding at a solid pace despite elevated uncertainty that owes, in part, to the conflict in the Middle East. Productivity growth and capital investment are strong. Job gains have kept pace with the workforce, and the unemployment rate has changed little. Inflation remains elevated relative to the Committee's 2 percent goal, in part reflecting supply shocks that have driven price increases in certain sectors, including energy. The Committee will deliver price stability. Implementation Note issued June 17, 2026

CME Group, the world's leading derivatives marketplace, today announced its longest-serving Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Terry Duffy will transition to Executive Chairman on March 1, 2027. Lynne Fitzpatrick, currently President and Chief Financial Officer, will be named Chief Executive Officer and will join the CME Group Board of Directors at that time. Duffy has been at the helm of CME Group for more than 25 years when he was appointed Chairman in 2002, then Executive Chairman in 2006 and Chairman and Chief Executive Officer in 2016. Throughout his tenure, Duffy has led the company, and in turn the industry, through significant and ongoing transformation. He built a global trading powerhouse that traded an average daily volume of 28.1 million contracts last year and commands a market cap of more than $95 billion, up more than 8,000% since Duffy took the company public in 2002.  Under Duffy's leadership, CME Group transitioned from floor-based to electronic trading and became the first U.S. exchange to go public. He successfully completed the industry's first merger with cross-town rival the Chicago Board of Trade in 2007, a combination that few believed would come to fruition and an achievement that was quickly followed by the acquisition of the New York Mercantile Exchange in 2008. He also guided the company through times of turbulence including the global financial crisis of 2008 and the downfall of trading firm MF Global. His long, proven track record of innovation continues and has included the 2018 acquisition of NEX, a landmark partnership with Google Cloud in 2021, and a groundbreaking venture with FanDuel in 2025 that expands the reach of CME Group benchmark products to a new audience of millions of potential U.S. retail traders. "Leading CME Group through more than 25 years of transformative growth has been among the highest honors of my life," said Duffy. "Since first stepping onto the trading floor in the 1980s, I have been a believer that strong, transparent and regulated markets are a powerful force in driving progress for economies, businesses and individuals. Together with my Board, colleagues both past and present, and our employees across the globe, I am proud to have played a role in turning my conviction into history, as CME Group has grown from a Chicago institution to a true global powerhouse – all while generating billions in daily efficiencies for market users globally. "I am pleased our company is so well positioned and have never been more optimistic about its future potential. As I begin this transition to Executive Chairman, I look forward to working even more closely with Lynne, our soon-to-be CEO, to deliver enhanced benefits to our clients and new value for our shareholders. With more than 20 years of strategic and financial expertise and strong leadership abilities, Lynne is the right person at the right time. She will continue moving our company forward for our clients, shareholders and our entire global team." "On behalf of the CME Group Board, I thank Terry for his tremendous leadership, not only as the longest running Chairman and CEO in our company's history, but also as the foremost champion of our business, our markets and the global futures industry," said Charlie Carey, Lead Director of the CME Group Board of Directors. "As a friend and colleague for more than 40 years, I've had a front row seat to watch Terry successfully deploy the strategic vision that has propelled CME Group into one of the strongest global financial services organizations in the world. We are pleased he will remain as Executive Chairman to work with Lynne, a strong, accomplished leader in her own right, as she steps into the role of CEO and continues to build and expand our company's leading position in this very dynamic marketplace." Fitzpatrick said, "It is my privilege to have been able to work with and learn from Terry over the last 20 years, and I am honored to have the opportunity to succeed him as CEO next March. I appreciate the confidence that he and the Board have placed in me, and I look forward to working with our investors, clients and employees around the world as we grow our core business and create value for our shareholders."  Duffy Biographical Information A leading voice of the financial industry, Duffy joined CME Group as a runner in the lean hog pit in 1980. He purchased a seat to become a member and founded his trading company, TDA Trading, in 1981. Duffy joined the Board of Chicago Mercantile Exchange in 1995, was named Vice Chairman in 1998 and Chairman in 2002. He became Executive Chairman of the Board of CME Group in 2006, Executive Chairman and President in 2012, and was named to his current role of Chairman and CEO in 2016. He regularly testifies before Congress on key issues facing derivatives markets, clients and global market users. He has been named FOW's International CEO of the Year, one of TabbFORUM's 40 Innovators in Financial Markets, a member of the Futures Industry Association's Hall of Fame and included in Crain's Who's Who in Chicago Business. Under his leadership, CME Group has received a wide range of industry awards recognizing the company, clearing house, technology, product innovation and brand value. Duffy was inducted into the Futures Industry Hall of Fame by the Futures Industry Association in 2025. He was appointed by President Bush and confirmed by the U.S. Senate in 2003 to join the Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board (FRTIB), a position he held until 2013.  He serves as Co-Chair of the Mayo Clinic Greater Chicago Leadership Council and is a Board member of the CME Group Foundation. He attended the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater and received a Doctor of Public Service, honoris causa, from Saint Xavier University and a Doctor of Humane Letters from DePaul University. Fitzpatrick Biographical Information Fitzpatrick was appointed President and Chief Financial Officer in 2024. She previously served as Chief Financial Officer since 2023, Deputy Chief Financial Officer since 2022 and Managing Director of Corporate Development and Treasurer since 2017. Since joining CME Group in 2006, Fitzpatrick has held a variety of positions with increasing levels of responsibility within the organization. She previously worked as an investment banker at Credit Suisse and UBS. Fitzpatrick has been named to Crain's 40 Under 40 and recognized as one of Crain's Chicago Business Notable Leaders in Finance. She holds a bachelor's degree in economics from Brown University and an MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business.

CUSIP Global Services (CGS) today announced the release of its CUSIP Issuance Trends Report for May 2026. The report, which tracks the issuance of new security identifiers as an early indicator of debt and capital markets activity over the next quarter, found a monthly increase in request volume for new municipal identifiers, while requests for new corporate identifiers declined. North American corporate CUSIP requests totaled 7,989 in May, which represents a 10.9% decrease on a monthly basis. On an annualized basis, North American corporate requests were up 9.6% over May 2025 totals. Requests for new U.S. corporate debt identifiers fell 0.4% and requests for new U.S. corporate equity identifiers fell 0.8% for the month of May. The aggregate total of identifier requests for new municipal securities – including municipal bonds, long-term and short-term notes, and commercial paper – rose 10.3% versus April totals. On a year-over-year basis, overall municipal volumes were down 4.1% through the end of May. Texas led state-level municipal request volume with a total of 160 new CUSIP requests in May, followed by New York (119) and California (98). “We’re seeing some mixed results in the CUSIP issuance dataset this month, as municipal issuers continue to request new identifiers at a rapid clip and corporate issuers pull back a bit,” said Gerard Faulkner, Director of Operations for CGS. “Overall, volumes remain within historical norms for this time of year, which suggest a relatively steady new issuance environment for the near-term.” Requests for international equity CUSIPs rose 10.4% in May and international debt CUSIP requests were up 34.6%. On an annualized basis, international equity CUSIP requests were up 4.7% and international debt CUSIP requests were up 16.7%. To view the full CUSIP Issuance Trends report for May, please click here. Following is a breakdown of new CUSIP Identifier requests by asset class year-to-date through May 2026: Asset Class 2026 YTD 2025 YTD YOY Change U.S. Corporate Equity 6,072 4,769 27.3% Private PlacementSecurities   2,416 2,028 19.1% Syndicated Loans 1,329 1,124 18.2% International Debt 3,231 2,768 16.7% Short-Term MunicipalNotes 363 340 6.8% International Equity 756 722 4.7% Long-Term MunicipalNotes 221 214 3.3% CDs < 1-year Maturity 3,731 3,941 -5.3% U.S. Corporate Debt 13,186 13,627 -3.2% CDs > 1-year Maturity 3,011 3,251 -7.4% Municipal Bonds 4,238 4,582 -7.5% Canada CorporateDebt & Equity 2,308 2,829 -18.4%  

The London Metal Exchange (LME) has today signed an agreement with the Shanghai Futures Exchange (SHFE) to launch an LME-listed futures contract that will allow market participants outside China to acquire exposure to the SHFE flat steel market. The new LME contract – LME Steel HRC Shanghai – will be cash-settled against the Steel HRC Shanghai (SHFE) monthly US dollar price. The necessary currency conversions and other pricing tasks will be undertaken by Commodity Pricing and Analysis Limited (CPAL), a sister company to the LME. John Williamson, LME Chairman, said: “This is an exciting development for both markets. It will give companies outside China easier access to one of the world’s most liquid commodity contracts alongside the simplicity of trading a cash-settled LME contract. “Our suite of cash-settled steel contracts will be enhanced by this agreement and it will strengthen the LME’s links with the world’s largest producer and consumer of metals.” Mr. Tian Xiangyang, Chairman of SHFE, said: “China has a large-scale and well-established steel industry, supported by a mature and well-regulated futures market. "This cooperation will further attract global steel enterprises and financial institutions to participate in price formation, and continuously enhance the international influence of China's steel futures products." Trading is expected to commence in October 2026, and the LME will announce a launch date for the contract following final regulatory non-objection.

The United Kingdom has imposed its largest ever penalty for a breach of Russian financial sanctions since the 2022 invasion of Ukraine. UK travel technology firm fined more than £1 million for breaching UK financial sanctions against Russia. Sabre Global Technologies Limited made funds and economic resources available to a designated Russian airline for seven months in 2022, and tested alternative payment routes to get around UK sanctions. Third penalty issued under OFSI’s new settlement policy, as the UK continues ironclad support of Ukraine. The £1 million fine has been levied against a technology firm – Sabre Global Technologies Limited (SGTL) – that repeatedly breached UK financial sanctions.   The action by the Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation (OFSI) – part of HM Treasury – underlines the UK’s increasingly robust enforcement of the Russia sanctions regime in support of Ukraine and sends clear compliance lessons to industry. The penalty is also the first issued by OFSI for a circumvention offence, and comes as the UK steps up enforcement action on those seeking to evade our sanctions regime.  SGTL, which provides travel technology services, continued to provide Russian carrier Ural Airlines access to its Global Distribution System service for seven months after it was designated by the UK in May 2022. SGTL was notified of the designation on the day it took effect. After payments to its UK bank were blocked for sanctions concerns, SGTL explored alternative ways of receiving payments from Ural Airlines. This included asking Ural Airlines to send a test payment to a non-UK SGTL bank account, intending for future settlements to be routed through this account. This amounted to circumvention of UK sanctions. Prime Minister Keir Starmer said: Those who seek to evade our sanctions regime and support Putin’s cronies should be in no doubt, we will come after you. It is vital we support Ukraine and continue to ramp up pressure on Russia, as every pound flowing into Putin’s war chest is being used to fuel conflict in Europe and undermine our security. Chancellor Rachel Reeves said: Our support for Ukraine is ironclad. This largest ever penalty for breaches of financial sanctions since Russia’s 2022 illegal invasion sends a clear message - we will take decisive action against those who break UK financial sanctions and help fund Russia’s war machine. The UK alone has sanctioned more than 3300 individuals, businesses and ships under the Russia sanctions regime. This latest action follows sanctions packages in May which targeted the infrastructure underpinning Russia’s war economy, including crypto exchanges and maritime services. SGTL has been fined a total of £1,000,920.59 for breaches of the Russia (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019. More information The penalty notice is available at: Imposition of Monetary Penalty - Sabre Global Technologies Limited (SGTL) In line with OFSI’s enforcement guidance, the case was assessed to be “most serious.”  SGTL actively circumvented UK financial sanctions, continued to provide services to Ural Airlines for several months after potential breaches had been identified, and directly undermined the purpose of the sanctions regime by providing an economic resource to a designated person. At the time of the breaches, SGTL faced a number of compliance issues, including in relation to staffing and process. OFSI found that SGTL lacked effective senior oversight of sanctions and was unable to properly assess or mitigate its sanctions risks. SGTL made a voluntary disclosure to OFSI, cooperated with the subsequent investigation, and have undertaken remediation to improve their future compliance with sanctions. This was the third penalty resolved under transitional arrangements in OFSI’s new settlement policy, introduced in February 2026.

Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc. (NYSE: BR), a global Fintech leader, today announced it has joined Anthropic's Project Glasswing, a new industry initiative focused on using frontier AI models to help secure the world's most critical software and strengthen cyber defense. Broadridge's participation underscores its commitment to supporting the security of the financial services industry. "Cybersecurity is fundamental to the resilience of financial markets," said Tim Gokey, CEO of Broadridge. "We are participating in Project Glasswing to apply frontier AI models to our own systems, helping us stay ahead of emerging threats and supporting a safer financial ecosystem." Project Glasswing brings together organizations that build or maintain software for critical infrastructure, including financial services, to address a rapidly evolving threat landscape. As part of the initiative, participants will use Claude Mythos Preview, Anthropic's unreleased frontier model, to strengthen defensive security efforts across foundational systems that represent a significant portion of the world's shared cyberattack surface.

The MENA Fintech Association (MFTA), the leading not-for-profit fintech ecosystem enabler and industry advocacy platform across the Middle East and Africa, today announced a strategic collaboration with Fintech.TV, the premier global media platform dedicated to financial innovation, capital markets, fintech, digital assets, and the future of finance. The partnership will establish a dedicated series of high-impact on-air discussions, executive interviews, thought leadership programs, and ecosystem-focused broadcasts featuring global policymakers, regulators, financial institutions, fintech founders, investors, technology innovators, and industry leaders. Powered by the MENA Fintech Association and amplified through Fintech.TV’s international media reach, the initiative aims to showcase the rapid evolution of the UAE and broader MENA fintech landscape while facilitating meaningful dialogue around the future of financial services, innovation, regulation, and digital transformation. The collaboration will serve as a global platform for advancing conversations across critical sectors including payments, digital banking, embedded finance, open finance, digital identity, Web3, digital assets, tokenization, artificial intelligence, sustainable finance, financial inclusion, cross-border innovation, and emerging regulatory frameworks. Through exclusive programming and executive-level discussions, the alliance will provide a unique channel for industry stakeholders to share insights, shape market narratives, promote innovation, and contribute to the development of forward-looking policy frameworks that support responsible growth across the global fintech ecosystem. As the UAE continues to strengthen its position as a leading international hub for financial innovation, entrepreneurship, and digital economy development, the partnership seeks to further elevate regional success stories, connect local innovators with international audiences, and foster greater collaboration between public and private sector stakeholders. The initiative will also support broader ecosystem development objectives by creating opportunities for knowledge exchange, cross-border partnerships, investment attraction, regulatory engagement, and thought leadership across key financial centers worldwide. "The future of fintech will be shaped by those who lead global conversations, not simply participate in them. Through the MENA Fintech Association’s partnership with FINTECH.TV, we are creating a powerful international platform that positions the MENA region at the center of financial innovation, policy dialogue, and industry leadership - connecting regional excellence with global influence." — Nameer Khan, Chairman, MENA Fintech Association The MENA region is rapidly becoming a global hub for fintech innovation, entrepreneurship, and investment. At FINTECH.TV, we are excited to partner with the MENA Fintech Association to spotlight the leaders and ideas transforming the industry. By combining MFTA’s ecosystem leadership with FINTECH.TV’s international media platform, we will deliver impactful conversations, amplify regional innovation, and connect the MENA fintech community with audiences around the world. Troy McGuire Co-Founder and Global Head of Content and Operations, FINTECH.TV  The partnership reflects a shared commitment to strengthening global fintech connectivity, promoting informed policy discourse, and accelerating the next generation of financial innovation through strategic collaboration, media engagement, and industry leadership. By bringing together influential voices from across government, finance, technology, and investment communities, MFTA and Fintech.TV aim to create one of the region's most influential platforms for fintech dialogue, market intelligence, and ecosystem advancement.

Chetwood Bank has announced the launch of its Wholesale Banking division with the appointment of Alex Grove as Managing Director of Wholesale Banking, Toby Sharp FRICS as Director of Commercial Real Estate and Nirvan Sunderam as Managing Director of Wholesale Risk. Through the Wholesale Banking division, Chetwood Bank provides tailored funding solutions to corporate, institutional and specialist lending customers. Its role is to originate, structure and manage larger-scale lending relationships that support the bank’s strategic growth, diversify income, and make disciplined use of capital. Grove will join Chetwood Bank’s Executive Committee and will lead the Wholesale Banking division as the UK digital challenger bank continues to build capability across structured finance, commercial real estate, and wider investment activity. Sharp will report directly to Grove, while Sunderam will lead the second-line risk function for Wholesale activities reporting into the bank’s Chief Risk Officer. Chetwood Bank has grown to a £7 billion balance sheet, funded primarily through retail deposits, and combines retail savings with mortgage lending and Wholesale Banking activity. The bank has a £3 billion mortgage lending portfolio and lent £1 billion through active forward flow relationships in the last financial year, while also expanding to participate in structured finance markets and non-GBP assets. The appointments bring together senior expertise across investment management, commercial real estate, market risk, and structured finance. Grove has held senior roles at Intrum, BAWAG P.S.K., and Morgan Stanley; Sharp has held senior real estate finance and securitisation roles at Hamburg Commercial Bank, BAWAG P.S.K., and Credit Suisse; and Sunderam has held senior structuring and risk roles across Bank of America, UBS, and Pemberton Capital Advisors. Paul Noble, CEO of Chetwood Bank, said: “This is an important step for our Wholesale Banking division, giving us leadership capability that reflects the scale of the opportunity ahead and the standards we set for how we operate. Alex, Toby and Nirvan bring experience across the areas that matter most to this part of the business, from structured finance and investment management to commercial real estate and risk, and I’m confident their expertise will strengthen how we evolve and build long-term relationships with institutional partners.” Alex Grove, Managing Director of Wholesale Banking at Chetwood Bank, said: “I am very much looking forward to working with Paul and the rest of the team. Chetwood Bank is an outstanding platform on which to build a leading wholesale business, and we intend to make the most of this opportunity.”

BNP Paribas’ Securities Services business, a leading global custodian with EUR 14.3 trillion in assets under custody1, today announces its mandate with BCC Risparmio & Previdenza S.G.R.p.A., the asset management company of the Iccrea Cooperative Banking Group, to provide an integrated suite of services covering EUR 8 billion in assets under administration, including the Aureo open-ended pension fund and Italian-domiciled UCITS funds. Under this mandate, Securities Services at BNP Paribas provides BCC Risparmio & Previdenza with services including custody, fund accounting, transfer agency, middle office and OTC collateral management, in addition to the depositary bank services. The offerings also fit into BNP Paribas Group's integrated bank model, supporting SGR’s operational needs from custody to administration, and to investment banking through a single point of contact. BCC Risparmio & Previdenza, the asset management arm of the BCC Iccrea Group, supports the Group in developing solutions in asset management and pension. The company manages approximately EUR 38 billion in assets. Andrea Cattaneo, Head of Italy, Switzerland and Iberia, Securities Services, BNP Paribas, commented: “We are pleased to support BCC Risparmio & Previdenza, a key partner in the Italian asset management landscape and the cooperative banking sector. This mandate is a testament to the confidence placed in our ability to tailor our offering to the specific needs of each client to ensure operational efficiency. We appreciate the trust from the management team of BCC Rispamio & Previdenza, and we are proud of how our team has successfully delivered the onboarding services.” Andrea Cecchini, Chief Executive Officer of BCC Risparmio & Previdenza S.G.R.p.A., commented: “Our range of products has grown significantly over time. We are delighted to sign this agreement with BNP Paribas. Leveraging its leading position in Europe, global operating model, and regulatory expertise, its Securities Services team has enabled us to guarantee high service quality to our BCC customers and provides us with complete assistance for our non-Italian law solutions. This also marks a new step for us to advance the quality of our products and to answer the evolving needs of our customers.” As of 31 March 2026. Source: BNP Paribas’ Securities Services website    

Archax, the UK/EU regulated digital asset platform, today announced the launch of $GOVY, a tokenised, perpetual US Treasury Bill (T-Bill) product, designed to align with high-quality liquid assets (HQLA) principles. $GOVY gives investors direct, legally-enforceable exposure to auto-rolling, short-dated US government securities with embedded on-chain settlement, custody and delivery rights - and with no active management required by the investor. The Archax $GOVY token represents ownership of continuously rolling, short-dated T-Bills, removing the operational complexity typically associated with managing maturing T-Bill positions. The product then combines the capabilities of blockchain-based smart contracts - instant settlement, 24/7 availability - with the expectations of traditional institutional clients, such as legal enforceability, collateral eligibility, regulated custody. Crucially, without using a fund or SPV structure. “$GOVY brings together the safety and familiarity of US T-Bills with the operational advantages of tokenisation,” said Graham Rodford, CEO and co-founder of Archax. “Professional and institutional investors can now access government yield in a structure that is fully regulated, legally robust and operationally simple - without the friction of traditional settlement cycles, SPVs or fund wrappers.” How $GOVY Works Investors can subscribe through an Archax brokerage account, or from whitelisted wallets using eligible stablecoins. Archax purchases and tokenises the corresponding T-Bills, which are held 1:1 in regulated custody. As each T-Bill matures, it is automatically replaced within the $GOVY token by the next equivalent short-dated instrument, providing perpetual, continuously rolling exposure. Investors can redeem $GOVY for stablecoins or take delivery of the underlying T-Bill at any time. Importantly, investors retain legal ownership of their specific underlying T-Bills throughout. Key Features and Benefits   FCA-Regulated InfrastructureArchax is authorised by the UK Financial Conduct Authority to custody both traditional and tokenised securities. Although issued and governed by FCA regulations, the product is available outside the UK too. Direct Legal OwnershipLegal title to the underlying T-Bills is held in an insolvency-remote nominee vehicle under UK trust law. No opaque SPV structures or fund wrappers, nor use of lesser regulatory jurisdictions.  Pool Token Structure Leverages Archax’s innovative, patent-pending ‘pool token’ technology to provide single-token access to rolling tokenised T-Bills, which the investor can ‘open’ to take delivery of the underlying tokenised T-Bills they own, at any time. Institutional-Grade CustodyArchax is the regulated digital asset custodian for the $GOVY tokens, utilising Northern Trust for custody of the underlying US T-Bills. Multi-Currency IssuanceThe $GOVY launch will soon be followed by similar products in other currencies and tenors, including: GBP (£GOVY) and EUR (€GOVY). Operational EfficiencyInvestors can utilise instant subscriptions and redemptions to a single token with continuously rolling entitlement to T-Bills, without manual roll management. Cost EfficiencyLow custody and transaction fees with no additional intermediary or fund management layers. $GOVY will initially be available to non-US investors and will be issued on Ethereum, Hedera and Stellar, with support for other blockchains to follow. Transferability is restricted to whitelisted wallets, ensuring compliance with regulatory and investor eligibility requirements. The underlying assets consist of short-dated US T-Bills held 1:1 against the issued tokens. The launch of GOVY tokens marks another milestone in Archax’s mission to build regulated infrastructure for the tokenisation, custody, trading and distribution of both cryptoassets and real-world assets. For more information on GOVY, visit https://govy.finance/.

Triparty collateral solution strengthens capital efficiency, operational scalability, collateral and liquidity management for a growing international client base  Euronext, the leading European capital market infrastructure, and BNY, a global financial services company, today announced a strategic collaboration to enhance the collateral management capabilities of Euronext Clearing across asset classes, notably for cleared repo. By leveraging BNY’s world-class collateral infrastructure and $7.8 trillion liquidity pool, this collaboration enhances the collateral management capabilities of Euronext Clearing, enabling members to manage their cleared activity more efficiently, including margin and default fund contributions. Euronext joins a growing number of CCPs trusting BNY’s collateral solutions to support efficient and scalable cleared market activity. This initiative represents a key step in expanding Euronext’s pan-European repo clearing offering, supporting clients with more efficient, flexible and scalable collateral solutions as demand for cleared repo continues to grow across Europe. Advancing capital efficiency through collateral optimisation Under this collaboration, BNY will act as a triparty agent, enabling enhanced collateral management capabilities for Euronext’s members. By combining BNY’s Global Collateral Platform with clearing capabilities from Euronext Clearing, clients will have access to automated and flexible collateral solutions designed to improve operational efficiency, optimise margin and balance sheet usage, and enhance liquidity management. As an independent third party, BNY’s leading platform for managing collateral at scale will support the selection, valuation and substitution of collateral, ensuring compliance with eligibility requirements while enabling efficient collateral optimisation. Importantly, clients will be able to manage both cleared and uncleared exposures on a single integrated platform, providing greater transparency, control, operational consistency and potential optimisation benefits across all their collateral activity. Supporting the next phase of European cleared repo market evolution The collaboration comes at a time of structural change in European repo markets, as participants are facing tighter balance sheet constraints, evolving regulatory expectations and increasing demand for centrally cleared solutions.  Euronext Clearing’s value proposition now extends beyond Italian government bonds to a broader range of asset classes, enabling the onboarding of international banks and institutional clients. Enabling scalable growth under Innovate for Growth 2027 Collaborating with BNY is a foundational element in the scaling of Euronext’s expanded repo clearing offering. It forms part of Euronext’s broader “Innovate for Growth 2027” strategy, aimed at strengthening its post-trade franchise and delivering best-in-class clearing and collateral management solutions. This collaboration marks the expansion of Euronext’s triparty collateral ecosystem, building on earlier integrations with triparty agents, and reinforcing Euronext Clearing as a scalable and flexible platform for collateral optimisation. Camille Beudin, Chief Diversification Officer, Euronext, said: “This collaboration with BNY represents another important milestone in the execution of our Innovate for Growth 2027 strategy. By enhancing our triparty collateral capabilities, we are enabling clients to manage collateral more efficiently, optimise capital usage and access deeper liquidity pools. This is central to our strategy to build a more integrated, resilient and competitive European market infrastructure.”  Gesa Johannsen, Executive Platform Owner for Global Collateral Platform, BNY, said: “As the collateral industry increasingly adopts clearing solutions, we are excited to collaborate with Euronext Clearing, bringing our global expertise in designing capital-efficient, integrated repo clearing and collateral solutions to the European market. By connecting Euronext Clearing into BNY’s $7.8 trillion Global Collateral platform, clients benefit from access to deep liquidity and can seamlessly optimise collateral across cleared and uncleared obligations on a single, integrated platform.”

Bitso provides a secure and seamless gateway for cross-border liquidity between Latin America and Asia, embedding compliance directly into its core infrastructure  At the closing of the Stablecoin Conference 2026, the company also revealed the winners of its annual global accelerator program, The Push 2026 Bitso Business, the B2B arm of Bitso, Latin America's leading digital financial services group, announced today during the second day of the Stablecoin Conference 2026 the expansion of its operations to Asia. Driven by a surge in demand from Asian enterprises looking to explore new, trusted business opportunities across Latin America, Bitso’s global infrastructure is now actively enabling these corridors through its fully compliant regulatory rails. Alongside the geographic expansion, Bitso Business launched a unique API in Colombia, designed to equip clients with a comprehensive real-time payments experience in the country. Additionally, the company disclosed new expansions to its investment portfolio by revealing the winners of The Push 2026, its annual global stablecoin startup accelerator.  The new builders Bitso is accelerating and investing in include: Etherfuse (Mexico): Offers tokenized sovereign bonds for global markets, giving anyone access to government-backed yields that are freely transferable onchain. Checker (USA): A global network enabling financial institutions to access and execute multiple digital asset operations via a single API. Latitude (USA): Unlocks the global economy for businesses with real-time global fiat payouts and stablecoin on/off-ramps. li>Saf.Money (El Salvador): Delivers simple and fast cross-border settlements in Central America by uniting Bitcoin, stablecoins, and bank rails into a single network. "As Bitso Business expands its operations globally, we address the number one concern of financial institutions: compliance and trust," said Imran Ahmad, Bitso COO and General Manager of Bitso Business. "Throughout our decade-long journey, we have consistently prioritized security over rapid growth. Every time we launch a new product or enter a new market, we ensure we are fully compliant from day one. This commitment is, in fact, our greatest competitive advantage. We have spent over ten years working alongside regulators and local authorities to build a rock-solid framework, and it is exactly this infrastructure that now allows us to seamlessly bridge Latin America with Asia, giving our clients a secure, trusted gateway to move liquidity across continents." Ahmad continued: "Today’s announcements solidify a belief we hold deeply: to truly transform the way people move money and unlock new business opportunities for Latin America, you must build with a relentless focus on infrastructure, people, and security. That is why we are investing heavily in advanced technology, backing the broader ecosystem, and placing compliance as a non-negotiable priority in everything we do. Through the Bitso group, we have built a suite of specialized entities, including Nvio and Juno, that enables us to offer a single, unified infrastructure for FX, onchain liquidity, and instant local on/off-ramps. Corporate clients do not want to manage separate, fragmented providers for their crossborder operations. By packaging this into a single API, we give businesses a full real-time experience that handles local pay-ins, payouts, tokenized assets, and FX instantaneously."  

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission today issued a Request for Information to assist the Commission in identifying regulations, guidance documents, orders, no-action letters, and other items (“CFTC regulatory item(s)”) that unduly impede fintech firms from entering into partnerships with federally regulated institutions as well as CFTC regulatory items that could be amended to streamline application processes for eligible fintech firms.   This Request for Information will assist the Commission in complying with its obligations under Executive Order 14405. Additionally, the Request for Information will help the Commission identify which CFTC regulatory item(s) could be updated to facilitate innovation and competition for fintech firms.  The comment period will be open for 21 days after publication in the Federal Register. Comments may be submitted electronically through Regulations.gov or by the other methods detailed in the request. All comments received will be posted on Regulations.gov. RELATED LINKS Request for Information: Identifying Regulations to Facilitate Innovation and Competition to Financial Products and Services for Fintech Firms