Regulatory Week Ahead: 17-21 August 2026

The Week Ahead is calendar-led. Twelve verified events fall between 17 and 21 August, followed by three material AI consultation dates further out. Published developments from last week are not being presented as future events.

Gambling

Australia — Senate gambling reform report

**17 August · Parliamentary report date**

The Senate Environment and Communications Legislation Committee is due to report on the Interactive Gambling Amendment (Gambling Reform) Bill 2026 and the National Self-exclusion Register cost-recovery levy bill. This is a parliamentary milestone, not a compliance deadline.

Official inquiry page

Ireland — GRAI consultation

**20 August, 15:00 local time · Consultation closes**

GRAI is consulting on prescribed games, electronic records and accounts, and information and gambling-history access for remote account holders. Responses will inform whether the authority makes the proposed regulations.

Open the Atlas update · Official source

Australia — Tasmania gambling impact study

**21 August, 17:00 local time · Submissions close**

Tasmania's sixth social and economic impact study is accepting evidence on the benefits and costs of gambling. The study is part of the recurring review required under the Gaming Control Act 1993.

Official source

Financial Services

United States — Uncleared-swap margin

**17 August · Amendments take effect**

The CFTC amendments provide time-limited initial-margin relief for qualifying seeded funds and broaden eligible collateral for covered swap entities outside prudential-regulator margin rules.

Open the Atlas update · Official source

India — Data governance for regulated entities

**17 August · RBI consultation closes**

The draft guidance applies across banks, non-bank financial companies, asset reconstruction companies and credit-information companies. It puts data governance, ownership, quality, lineage and third-party controls into a board-level supervisory framework.

Open the Atlas update · Official source

South Korea — Lending-industry reform

**18 August · Consultation closes**

The draft addresses lender premises, borrower-documentation calculations and agencies that may request suspension of phone numbers linked to illegal lending.

Open the Atlas update · Official source

South Korea — VASP reporting

**20 August · Provisions take effect**

The decree addresses report-rejection grounds, major-shareholder review, customer identification and risk-based treatment of overseas providers and personal wallets, alongside former-employee provisions.

Open the Atlas update · Official source

Thailand — Gold-linked foreign exchange

**20 August · Consultation closes**

The Bank of Thailand is seeking views on foreign-exchange rules for gold-bar trading through gold shops. Responses will inform rulemaking; the consultation itself does not change the law.

Open the Atlas update · Official source

Kazakhstan — AIFC fees

**20 August · Consultation closes**

AFSA is taking comments on amendments to the AIFC Fees Rules. Firms operating in or considering the AIFC should review the proposed fee changes and scope.

Official source

Japan — Trading-hours liquidity

**21 August · IOSCO consultation closes**

The consultation examines liquidity and investor-protection risks associated with extended or overnight trading hours. Japan FSA has directed stakeholders to the IOSCO materials.

Official source

United Kingdom — Investment-cost disclosures

**21 August · FCA CP26/24 closes**

The FCA proposes a simpler framework for platforms, advisers and wealth managers to communicate product, distribution, advice and client-cash costs.

Official source

International — FATF Recommendation 16

**21 August · Feedback closes**

The draft guidance covers misdirected-payment controls, digital wallets, mobile money, financial inclusion and data protection under revised payment-transparency standards.

Open the Atlas update · Official source

Artificial Intelligence — Further ahead

European Union — Data sovereignty

**8 September · Targeted consultation closes**

The Commission is gathering evidence on measures to safeguard EU data sovereignty. The consultation is relevant to cloud, data infrastructure and AI supply-chain policy.

Official source

European Union — AI in cultural and creative sectors

**11 September · Call for evidence closes**

The Commission is collecting evidence for an AI strategy covering cultural and creative sectors, including adoption barriers, rights and sector-specific opportunities.

Official source

Norway — Automated regulatory decisions

**6 October · Consultation closes**

The proposal would create legal bases for Finanstilsynet to make fully automated decisions and to use personal data under defined conditions for system development and testing.

Read the Atlas analysis · Official source

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