Latest binding changes

FCDO ·

UK and EU designate 24 Russian cyber and information-operations targets under sanctions

UK financial institutions must screen and block the 24 newly designated Russian cyber and information-operations targets, freeze their UK assets, and avoid facilitating any ransomware payment to them

OFAC ·

OFAC designates Ali Ansari, Smart Global Limited and three Iranian exchange houses

Sanctions-screening and correspondent-banking teams must block and report the newly designated Iranian financier, holding company, three exchange houses and front companies, and confine any Smart Global wind-down to General License Y

Bank of England ·

UK regulators begin overseeing four designated Critical Third Parties from 13 July 2026

Four designated technology providers (AWS, Google Cloud, Microsoft, Oracle) become Critical Third Parties under joint Bank of England, PRA and FCA oversight from 13 July 2026, with binding resilience and incident-communication obligations

BIS ·

BIS reclassifies UAE to EAR Country Group A:5, opening license-free STA exports under conditions

US exporters can ship specified military, satellite, dual-use and advanced-computing items to the UAE license-free only where STA conditions and recipient-approval are both met — otherwise standard EAR licensing still applies