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FINRA Fines UBS $20M for Anti-Money Laundering Violations

FINRA has fined UBS Financial Services $20M for anti-money laundering violations. FINRA found that UBS Financial again failed to establish and implement an AML compliance program reasonably expected to detect and cause the reporting of suspicious transactions involving foreign currency wires. FINRA also found that UBS Financial did not reasonably implement its customer due diligence program with respect to certain retail customers and failed to timely detect and report suspicious money movements by those customers. "Member firms operating in global markets bear a responsibility to design and implement AML programs that are tailored to their business model and capable of reasonably monitoring transactions for potentially suspicious activity," said Bill St. Louis, Executive Vice President and Head of Enforcement at FINRA. "This action underscores FINRA's approach to progressive discipline, which includes escalating sanctions for recidivist misconduct." In settling this matter, UBS Financial accepted and consented to the entry of FINRA's findings, without admitting or denying them.

Company Plans to Repurchase at Least $1B of Shares Over Next Three Months

The company said, "Maintaining strong capital position and balance sheet for all seasons; CET1 capital ratio of 14.4% and CET1 leverage ratio of 4.4%; accruing for mid-teens percentage growth in dividend and completed our latest share repurchase program in July; continuing with another share repurchase program of $3B which we intend to complete at the latest by the end of 2Q27 and which is already reflected in our CET1 capital. We plan to repurchase at least $1B of shares over the next three months."

Company Outlook for Third Quarter Market Conditions

The company said, "As we enter the third quarter, market conditions remain broadly constructive, supported by healthy client engagement, the continued broadening of market leadership and historically elevated equity dispersion. At the same time, ongoing geopolitical developments and volatile energy prices lead to high levels of uncertainty around the inflation and interest rate outlook. This could contribute to changes in macroeconomic conditions, periods of elevated volatility and more measured investor sentiment. For the third quarter, in addition to seasonal factors, we expect Global Wealth Management net interest income to increase modestly, broadly in line with the sequential uptick recorded in the second quarter of 2026. In Personal & Corporate Banking, we expect net interest income to be flat to slightly higher sequentially. We are focused on maintaining a high level of engagement with our clients as we execute on the final stages of the integration and as we continue to strategically invest in our franchise to drive long-term growth."