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Europe Advances Plans For Real-Time Payments Connectivity With Asia

By linking its TARGET Instant Payment Settlement (TIPS) system with India and Southeast Asia, the European Central Bank (ECB) is accelerating real-time payments globally and challenging European payment service providers (PSPs) to prepare for faster flows and competitive pressures.
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Prolonged Limbo On Open Banking Leaves US Financial Sector Navigating Uncertainty

A renewed push from Democratic senators highlights how the stalled Personal Financial Data Rights (PFDR) rule is forcing banks and fintechs to rethink strategy, as shifting political priorities threaten a stable data-access framework for the long term.
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US Open Banking Rule Highlights Industry Divisions Over Data And Fees

By defining who can access consumer data, whether fees are allowed and compliance timelines, the Personal Financial Data Rights final rule (PFDR Rule) underscores continuing legal and market tensions between banks and fintech innovators.
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EBA Slams Fintechs Over Lax Compliance In New AML Risk Assessment

In its latest risk assessment, the European Banking Authority (EBA) has warned that poor practices and a lack of experience at fintechs, including payments and crypto firms, are undermining efforts to tackle financial crime.
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Pakistan Off Greylist As FATF Completes Plenary

The global money laundering and financing watchdog has removed Pakistan from its list of countries under increased monitoring after four years.
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Payments

Santander’s ’Radical Plan’ To Protect Consumers From APP Fraud

UK payment system upgrades are needed so that fraud prevention can be built into their design, says a new report by Santander, outlining what needs to be done by the industry and regulators to tackle authorised push payment (APP) fraud.
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Payments

A Revolution In Cross-Border Payments? IXB Pilot Readies For Live Service

VIXIO caught up with the pan-European payments clearing house, EBA Clearing, to talk the prospects and roadmap for its new Immediate Cross-Border Payments (IXB) as participants gear up for live testing.
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Payments

Norway Joins Germany In Questioning Twitch Gambling Streams

Norway is just as annoyed as Germany at a Twitch move to ban only some streamed online casino games from its platform, saying streamers of unlicensed slots are breaking the law, and other European countries could soon follow their lead.
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Gambling

Bill Introduced To Open D.C. Sports-Betting Market

A group of District of Columbia councilmembers have begun a push to introduce a competitive mobile sports-betting market in the nation’s capital and end the DC Lottery’s near-monopoly on mobile betting in the district.
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Gambling

Brazil's Fantasy Sports Sector Seeking Legal Clarity From Congress

Brazil’s nascent fantasy sports industry is lauding last week’s approval of a bill to establish a legal framework for electronic video games that would also formally recognise fantasy competitions as games of skill.
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Gambling

Nigerian State Clarifies Gambling Ban

​​​​​​​Nigeria’s Anambra state government has been forced to clarify that a reported state-wide ban on gambling activities only pertains to casino games in hotels, restaurants and bars, after misleading local media reports.
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Gambling

Oral Arguments Scheduled In Landmark Florida Online Sports-Betting Case

On December 14, a panel of three judges in Washington, D.C. will preside over a hearing to determine whether Florida should be allowed to resume online sports betting, and their decision is likely to have historic ramifications for both the tribal and commercial gaming industries.
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Gambling

Esports Betting Regulations Move Forward In Nevada

It took a special committee less than 20 minutes on Monday to unanimously approve Nevada’s first regulations for wagering on esports competitions, as the gaming industry looks to take advantage of the vast economic potential that competitive video games offer.
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Gambling

US Court Declares CFPB Funding Unconstitutional

A US court decision says the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's (CFPB) funding structure is unconstitutional, striking a potential blow to the agency’s work and calling into question all previous rules.
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Payments

Jump In Money Laundering Cases, EU Agency Reveals

More than 600 cases were brought to Eurojust, the EU’s judicial agency, in 2021, representing more than double those registered in 2016.
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Payments

Deep Dive: Decrypting Crypto’s Regulatory Past, Present and Future

This deep dive will look at the crypto story’s past, present and future, charting how crypto-related regulatory activity has changed in volume, impact and scope since January 2019, how different governments are currently reacting to this burgeoning sector and what the future holds for cryptocurrency regulations in payments.
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Payments

In Their Best Political Year Yet, Gaming Tribes Eye Oklahoma Governor

With victories already achieved in Florida and Maine and a historic triumph at hand in California, gaming tribes are gaining traction in their campaign to oust perhaps their most despised foe, Republican Governor Kevin Stitt of Oklahoma.
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Gambling

Irish Laws Ready 'Very Soon', Says Panel

​​​​​​​Ireland’s progress towards establishing an independent gambling regulator and introducing new legislation has been welcomed by a panel representing a wide range of industry stakeholders.
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Gambling

Mendoza Province Publishes Regulations For Online Gaming

The Argentine province of Mendoza has published a 133-page resolution which sets out the regulatory guidelines and technical requirements for online casino games and sports betting.
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Gambling

Charitable Gaming Clashes With North Dakota Tribes Over Online Gambling

Efforts by North Dakota’s five Native American tribes to secure exclusive rights to offer internet gaming and sports betting would devastate the charitable gaming industry in the state, lobbyists and members of veterans organizations told Republican Governor Doug Burgum on Friday.
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Gambling

Week In Crypto: Tether Named in US AML Probe, Japan Tightens AML Laws And Texas Investigates FTX

A US investigation into an alleged sanctions-busting ring brings more bad news for Tether, Japan doubles its penalties for AML offences and Texas pursues FTX in an untimely securities probe.
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Payments

HSBC In Hot Water Over Greenwashing Claims

The international bank has received a scolding from the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) over complaints it is misleading consumers about its environmental, social, and governance (ESG) credentials.
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Payments

Daily Dash: US Consumer Watchdog Takes Action On Junk Data

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) says companies need to do more to ensure false data isn’t in consumer credit reports, UK law firms lack scrutiny over money laundering and Malta begins to recover investment woes post-grey list.
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Payments

T2: Judgement Day (Extended)

The European Central Bank (ECB) has announced that it is no longer going ahead with a planned launch of T2, its new real-time gross settlement system next month, citing technical and geopolitical issues.
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Vixio’s Verdict: Inside the UK FCA’s Open Finance Strategy

The Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) Open Finance Roadmap, published in April 2026, demonstrates the regulator’s commitment to open finance as part of its broader smart data strategy and signals early intent to engage with industry as it develops the relevant regulatory framework.
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CASS 15 Resolution Pack Checklist for FCA-Regulated Payment Institutions and E-Money Institutions

To help firms build and maintain a complete, accurate and readily accessible resolution pack, Vixio has created this guide, which breaks down the CASS 15 requirements into actionable workstreams that organisations can use to ensure their documentation is complete.
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Vixio View: The UK’s Crypto Perimeter Clarification – Mapping the Transition to FSMA

In Consultation Paper CP26/13, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) adds an extra level of granularity to its plans for the cryptoasset regulatory regime, aiming to avoid edge cases and provide clarity for affected entities.
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Regulatory Influencer: Are the Americas Entering a New Phase of Risk-Based Supervision? Argentina Leads the Way

Between January and March 2026, the Argentine National Securities Commission (CNV) introduced a series of targeted reforms aimed at simplifying reporting obligations, modernising administrative procedures, and reducing regulatory burdens for investment firms.
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Experimental Legal Regime Formalises Russian Crypto Trade Settlements

New legislation may help to take decentralised finance from a workaround for sanctions to a supervised payment rail, moving cross-border payments from a legal grey area, increasing stability and reducing costs.
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Latest Proposed Rules for Bank-Issued Stablecoins in the US Introduce Fresh Challenges

The new framework signals a high-barrier, high-discretion regime that could narrow the market to a handful of systemic players that can respond to shifting regulatory demands, leaving smaller banks on the sidelines.
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Kenya’s Crypto Framework Risks Squeezing Out Local Innovation

The end of a key consultation period means the modernisation of crypto and digital assets regulation continues to advance, but strict rules could inadvertently disadvantage local start-ups and lead to capital flight and consolidation.
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Twin Announcements Signal Major Overhaul of US AML/CTF Regulation

The new proposed rulemakings aim to force a shift from static policy design to real-time operational maintenance, requiring firms to prove that their compliance frameworks actually stop illicit activity rather than just documenting it.
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Regulatory Influencer: New Zealand’s AML Levy - Privatising the Cost of Effective Supervision, A One-Off or More to Come?

The New Zealand Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has released the AML levy proposal outlining its plans to impose a charge on anti-money laundering (AML) reporting entities to fund the establishment and running of a standalone AML regulator for the country. While the AML Amendment Bill and the AML Supervisor and Levy Bill, which form the legal basis for this proposal, have yet to be passed in parliament, the levy’s stated implementation date of July 2027 could mean a costly recurring bill for AML reporting entities from next year.
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UK’s Payments Association Calls For APP Fraud Regulation To Target Digital Platforms

The industry body has called for new regulations that would impose strengthened fraud prevention standards across social media, online marketplace and instant messaging platforms operating in the UK.
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