Insights

Your window into the complex world of compliance and regulations

Our industry experts regularly spend time with lawmakers, regulators and industry participants to get to the heart of regulatory issues. We deliver our expert insights across multiple media to ensure timely delivery of information to meet your everyday needs.

From quick blog insights through to industry events, we provide you with the depth and breadth of knowledge needed to help you make the right business decisions, staying compliant and gaining a competitive advantage.

Automatic Pix Goes Live, Enabling Recurring Payments in Brazil

Pix, Brazil’s instant payments system, has introduced a recurring payments mechanism, aiming to simplify bill payments for consumers.
Read more

Pay.UK Sets Out Ideas For Reforming UK’s Payments Infrastructure

Payment system operator Pay.UK has unveiled a package of proposed reforms to the organisational framework for interbank payments, urging “radical” change to prevent the UK falling behind on infrastructure and innovation.
Read more

EBA Recommends Enforcement Pause To Avoid PSD2-MiCA Compliance Duplication

The European Banking Authority (EBA) has issued a No Action letter aiming to reduce the risk of crypto-asset firms needing to obtain two separate licences for certain payment activities under overlapping European rules.
Read more

Enforcement Overhaul At FCA Welcome News For Regulated Firms

The UK Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) attempt to increase the transparency of its enforcement investigations could also speed up investigations, which experts say would be good news for the financial services sector.
Read more

AI Can 'Revolutionise' Gambling Industry, Says Developer 

Artificial intelligence (AI) has the potential to “revolutionise” decision-making and security, as well as improve products in the casino and sports-betting industry, according to a software expert working in the implementation of AI.
Read moreRead more
Gambling

What's Next For The CFPB's Rulemaking On Non-Bank Payment Apps?

After a 60-day consultation period, the US Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) is currently reviewing its proposed regulations on non-bank payment apps. Facing a backlash from the industry, how are the proposals likely to evolve?
Read moreRead more
Payments

AI Will Continue To Present Opportunities ... And Risks

Artificial intelligence (AI) never strayed far from the headlines last year, and 2024 looks set to be the same story. However, the risk of AI being used by bad actors could lead to problems for the financial services sector.
Read moreRead more
Payments

STET Finalises SEPAmail.eu Acquisition

One of the EU’s key infrastructure providers has completed its acquisition of French payment fraud prevention service SEPAmail.eu, in a sign of clearing houses bringing on value-added services for customers.
Read moreRead more
Payments

Daily Dash: Visa Completes $1bn Acquisition Of Pismo Card-Issuing Platform

Visa has sealed a major acquisition of Pismo, a global cloud-native issuer processing platform, and Germany’s financial regulator has named operational resilience as one of its key focuses in 2024.
Read moreRead more
Payments

'Fixed-Odds' In Focus As Brazil Mulls Limits On Online Casino

Legal experts are hoping to convince government officials that Brazil’s new online gambling law is broad enough to encompass a full range of online casino products, despite recent indications that certain popular games could be prohibited.
Read moreRead more
Gambling

Missouri Legislators Begin New Sports-Betting Effort

Missouri legislators have begun the process of once again trying to move sports-betting legislation, although the weariness of multiple failed attempts was on display during a hearing on Tuesday.
Read moreRead more
Gambling

Tribes Hold Key To Sports Betting In Holdout U.S. States

A decision by proponents to discontinue efforts to put a sports-betting initiative proposal on the state ballot in November underscores the pivotal role that Indian tribes will play in eventually bringing legal sports wagering to California and other states.
Read moreRead more
Gambling

US, UK, Australia Impose New Sanctions On Hamas Officials

Governments in the three jurisdictions have unveiled a new set of designations, following actions taken by the EU last week.
Read moreRead more
Payments

Daily Dash: Worldline Expands Paytech Partnership With Google Cloud

Worldline has announced that more of its paytech infrastructure will be moving to Google Cloud, a Volante survey has found that instant payments are a “must-have” for US banks, and a Hong Kong central bank imposter is on the loose.
Read moreRead more
Payments

Irish Researchers Defend High Problem Gambling Estimate

Ireland’s Economic and Social Research Institute has said it stands by its estimate that one in every 30 adults experience problem gambling in Ireland after its data was challenged by Flutter CEO Peter Jackson in the local media.
Read moreRead more
Gambling

New South Wales Regulator Puts Slots Venues On Notice

The New South Wales state government said it is engaged in an “escalation in enforcement response” against improper ATM locations in licensed gambling venues, part of a wider, toughening response to industry non-compliance.
Read moreRead more
Gambling

Colorado Clarifies Responsible Gambling, Patron Exclusion Rules

The Colorado Limited Gaming Control Commission has signed off on amendments to its casino and sports-betting regulations to clarify and expand the requirements for responsible gambling and who has access to its voluntary exclusion list.
Read moreRead more
Gambling

Nigerian State Regulators Call For Continental Enforcement Agreements

The head of Nigeria’s trade association for state gambling regulators has called for standardised technical requirements for gaming machines and an agreement with regulators on the continent to tackle illegal gambling. 
Read moreRead more
Gambling

TSB Issues 'Urgent Warning' To Consumers Over Facebook Marketplace Scams

A new report from TSB has found that more than a third of adverts on Facebook Marketplace could be scams, following similar warnings last year in response to a "huge" rise in Facebook fraud.
Read moreRead more
Payments

DORA 'Takes Shape' As First Guidelines Sent For Commission Approval

The Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA) comes into effect in less than a year, as firms try to get their heads around the EU’s mammoth IT regulation.
Read moreRead more
Payments

Daily Dash: Spotify 'Outraged' By Apple's New 27 Percent Commission On In-App Payments

Spotify has condemned the outcome of a major antitrust lawsuit against Apple, Crédit Agricole has taken a minority stake in Worldline, and the payments department of a US government agency has been hacked for $7.5m.
Read moreRead more
Payments

Ecuador Withdraws Casino Openings Amid Violence

Ecuador’s embattled new President Daniel Noboa has withdrawn a petition to reopen casinos and gaming halls in the country from the Constitutional Court two weeks after first proposing it. 
Read moreRead more
Gambling

Michigan Cracks Down On Sweepstakes Casinos

Three sweepstakes-based casino and sports-betting operators have been forced to exit the Michigan market after receiving cease-and-desist letters from state gaming regulators accusing them of offering illegal online gambling.
Read moreRead more
Gambling

Daily Dash: EU Launches New Sanctions Framework Targeting Hamas

The EU has launched an expanded sanctions framework to target funders of Hamas, and Trustly has completed its merger with Paris-based recurring payments platform SlimPay.
Read moreRead more
Payments
Archive
Thank you! Your submission has been received!
Oops! Something went wrong while submitting the form.

Premium Content

Our premium content is available to users of our services.
To view articles, please log in to your account, or sign up today for full access:

Regulatory Influencer: Poland Proposes Targeted Simplification of EU Financial Services Rule

On June 2, 2025, the Polish Financial Supervisory Authority (KNF) announced that it had submitted a package of proposals intended to simplify regulatory frameworks across the EU financial services sector to the EU member states, the European Commission and other institutions within the EU Financial Services Committee. These proposals form part of a broader initiative led by the Polish Ministry of Finance, which aims to harmonise and streamline EU regulations to support the competitiveness of the European Union’s economy, including that of Poland.
Read article

Regulatory Influencer: AML Compliance Is Key Under Hong Kong’s Stablecoins Ordinance

Under Hong Kong’s new Stablecoins Ordinance, another milestone in the global trend towards regulating digital assets in the same way as traditional financial services, any person who issues stablecoins referencing an official currency must obtain a licence from the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA).
Read article

Norwegian Consumer Council Reports Klarna For Breaching Regulatory Requirements

In a submission to the Norwegian Consumer Authority, the consumer advocacy group has accused the Swedish fintech firm of repeatedly violating Norway’s credit marketing regulations.
Read article

Singapore To Require Offshore Crypto Firms To Be Licensed Or Cease Operations By June 2025

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has clarified the scope of its regulatory regime for providers of digital tokens, crypto-assets used for payments.
Read article

FCA Moves To Boost AI Use With New Sandbox

UK financial services firms will be encouraged to experiment with artificial intelligence (AI) as part of the Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) strategy to support economic growth through technological innovation.
Read article

Australia Calls For Greater Collaboration In Battle Against Fraud

Businesses should join forces and share data to advance the fight against increasingly sophisticated scams, according to the Australian National Anti-Scam Centre.
Read article

FCA Sets Out New Transparency Rules For Enforcement Investigations

The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has outlined significant changes to its enforcement rules, although it has stopped short of implementing some of the more controversial elements of its original proposal.
Read article

Cash Mandate Moves Closer To Being Law In New York State

Retailers will not be able to refuse cash payments in New York if Governor Kathy Hochul signs off on legislation that has passed both houses of the state legislature.
Read article

Regulatory Influencer: Canada Retail Payments Activities Act — Safeguarding of End-User Funds

This report is the third installment in a four-part series analyzing the RPAA and identifying key components of the law that PSPs should consider when doing business in Canada. This report focuses on the requirement to safeguard end-user funds.
Read article

Regulate Smarter, Say European Players In Light Of Trump’s Deregulation

Despite the US leadership pushing for an increasingly deregulated financial services market, some payments players and politicians in Europe are adamant that standards being watered down is not the way to boost growth.
Read article
Still can’t find what you’re looking for? Get in touch to speak to a member of our team, and we’ll do our best to answer.