Each month, the ORX News team publish a list of the five largest operational risk losses reported in the previous month by industry and region. The top five provides a snapshot of the stories in the ORX News database.
ORX News is the industry’s leading source of publicly-reported operational and non-financial risk loss events. Subscribers get full access to the summaries of the losses mentioned below. Each summary provides an overview of the loss and is categorised by over 50 dimensions including:
- Sector, country and region
- Business line and event type level 1 and 2
- ORX Reference Taxonomy standard level 1 and 2
Read on to discover the top operational risk loss events that have had the most impact based on loss amount and the largest losses by region.
Five largest operational risk losses in August 2026
1. KKR – $250 million
KKR fined USD 250 million by DoJ for failing to submit pre-merger documentation (ORX News subscribers log in to read the full summary)
2. UBS – $125 million
UBS fined USD 125 million by US regulators for AML failures (ORX News subscribers log in to read the full summary)
3. Comcast – $117.5 million
Comcast to pay USD 117.5 million to settle third-party data breach lawsuit (ORX News subscribers log in to read the full summary)
4. NewRez – $15.5 million
NewRez fined USD 15.5 million for force-placing unnecessary insurance in mortgage lending (ORX News subscribers log in to read the full summary)
5. PayPoint – $8.5 million
PayPoint suffers GBP 8.5 million loss after tribunal finds it abused its market position (ORX News subscribers log in to read the full summary)
Largest losses by region
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North America
KKR – $250 million
KKR fined USD 250 million by DoJ for failing to submit pre-merger documentation (ORX News subscribers log in to read the full summary)
Global
PayPoint – $8.5 million
PayPoint suffers GBP 8.5 million loss after tribunal finds it abused its market position (ORX News subscribers log in to read the full summary)
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