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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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Massachusetts Regulators Hear Concerns About Effectiveness Of Self-Exclusion Programs

Current approaches to voluntary self-exclusion in the gaming industry need to evolve to encourage better take-up of the programs, problem gambling researchers and advocates told the Massachusetts Gaming Commission during a hearing on responsible gaming and sports betting.
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Gambling

Kindred Predicts Return To Dutch Top Spot In 2023

Kindred Group predicted it will return to number one position in the Netherlands by the end of next year, but will not break even in North America until 2026.
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Gambling

India’s Central Bank Enlisted In Crackdown On ‘Illegal Loans Apps’

India’s Ministry of Finance has declared a new multi-agency war on unregulated loan apps, which it accuses of entrapping customers, abusing licences and intimidating debtors to extort repayments.
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Payments

Republican Senators Rally Against CFPB Chopra’s Name-And-Shame Tactics

A dozen top Republican Senators have accused Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) director Rohit Chopra of abusing his authority and using tactics to unfairly damage financial institutions’ reputations.
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Payments

If You’re Tired Of Betting Restrictions, Try Wagering On Everything

Kalshi means everything in Arabic — and is the name of a global wagering network which strives to allow anyone to bet on anything.
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Gambling

Boyd Gaming Seeks Clarification Of Nevada’s Proposed Cybersecurity Requirements

Boyd Gaming, which operates 11 casinos in southern Nevada, has expressed its support for a regulatory proposal to amend state regulations creating cybersecurity requirements, but have suggested several revisions due to “certain practical limitations” of running a gaming company.
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Gambling

Finnish Politicians Open To Discuss Licensing

​​​​​​​Finnish politicians are opening up to the idea of a gambling licensing system, but the authority overseeing gambling has questioned the timing of the debate as more powers and staff are inbound.
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Gambling

IGT Drops UK Lottery Appeal

International Game Technology (IGT) has dropped the appeal that was blocking the transition of the UK National Lottery from Camelot to Allwyn, finally allowing the handover process to begin in earnest.
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Gambling

US Small Business Disbursements Driving Zelle Growth

Since its launch five years ago, the Zelle app has processed more than 5bn transactions, with disbursements and small business payments driving its most recent growth.
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Payments

APP Fraud Being Leveraged By Money Mules

Banking experts have acknowledged that the industry is struggling to solve the problem of money mules, with new fraud trends exacerbating the issue.
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Payments

Hong Kong, Thailand To Pursue Bilateral Faster Payments Linkage

As tourist footfall recovers, the central banks of Hong Kong and Thailand are looking to link faster payment systems, while nurturing new cost-reduction measures for merchants and consumers.
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Payments

Chile: The Guide To Grey Market Turmoil

Chile is currently mired in a complicated web of lawsuits and pending legislation that revolve around its grey market offshore online gambling operators.
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Gambling

Probe Finds Star Entertainment Unfit For NSW Casino Licence

The Star Entertainment Group is unfit to hold a casino licence in New South Wales (NSW) state, according to an independent regulatory review, but the state gambling regulator is yet to decide the company’s fate.
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Gambling

New Entrants Seek To Disrupt U.S. Sports Betting Market

As sports-betting brands with origins in fantasy sports or the casino industry continue to dominate the U.S. landscape, a series of new players are entering the field this football season seeking to disrupt the market.
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Gambling

Cyprus Updating Safer Gambling Regulations

​​​​​​​The National Betting Authority (NBA) of Cyprus is adding a raft of safer gambling best practices into its rules for online bookmakers.
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Gambling

The Fight Against Money Laundering Needs More Focus, Acknowledges DNB

A more risk-based approach will sharpen the focus of efforts to keep the financial sector free from financial crime, De Nederlandsche Bank (DNB) has said in a new report.
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Payments

‘The Vast Majority Are Securities’ - SEC’s Gensler Confirms Crypto Reg Stance

The head of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has reiterated his view that most crypto-assets are securities, adding that crypto-related firms should focus on compliance sooner rather than later.
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Payments

Australia Launches 'Enforcement Investigation' Into Entain

Australian financial crime enforcer AUSTRAC has announced an “enforcement investigation” into sports-betting giant Entain Group, potentially impacting any Entain moves on rival Tabcorp Holdings' monopoly status.
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Gambling

South African Draft Remote Gambling Bill Aims To Fill Legal Gap

​​​​​​​South Africa’s second largest political party is looking to introduce overarching online gambling regulations, following years of failed attempts to fully open up the sector.
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Gambling

Massachusetts Gaming Regulators Urged To Consider In-Play Betting Ban, Ad Restrictions

An academic report looking at the potential impact of sports betting on Massachusetts has recommended a ban on in-game wagering, which researchers say is disproportionately utilized by problem gamblers.
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UK Government Seeks to Create Safe Space for Advancing Payments Technologies

The announcement of a package of measures intended to boost the UK’s competitive edge and modernise its payments services regulation offers limited novelty, but represents further evolution of the country’s regulatory environment.
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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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