Leadership Shuffle at JPMorgan: Marianne Lake will retire as Doug Petno and Troy Rohrbaugh move up as co-presidents, with Petno set to lead commercial & investment banking and Rohrbaugh taking consumer & community banking. Sanctions Compliance in Nigeria: The CBN ordered banks to freeze accounts and assets tied to six terrorism-financing individuals and four bureaux de change, with 48-hour compliance reporting and suspicious transaction filings. AI Governance Pressure on Banks: India’s RBI is pushing an AI “kill switch” and human oversight for model-driven decisions, alongside draft AI safety and accountability rules. Payments Disruption Risk: TIS warns ISO 20022 enforcement is now spilling into corporate payments, with non-compliant cross-border transfers facing rejection and more manual work. Crypto Exchange Deal: SBI Holdings agreed to buy Bitbank for about $289m, pending Japan’s Fair Trade Commission clearance. Retail Gold Clampdown: China’s banks and regulators tightened retail gold trading access and flows, including shutting private investor access to the Shanghai Gold Exchange. Consumer Demand Soft Spots: Germany’s consumer climate is stabilising but still low, while the UK CBI reports weak retail sales volumes and cautious outlook. Digital Banking Reliability: Reports say online banking services remain disrupted despite official claims of fixes after a cyberattack. Local Banking Appointments: Farmers Bank & Trust named Chad Rawls as chief banking officer, while Togo’s BIA-Togo and Orabank Togo highlighted new/ongoing CEO leadership.