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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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Block Sued After Ex-Staff Stole Customer Data

US fintech giant is facing a class action lawsuit after a former employee of the firm siphoned off data about millions of customers.
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Payments

Singapore And Indonesia Pursue Payments Linkage

Cross-border payments remain a priority in South-East Asia, as the two states agree on yet another QR code linkage.
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Payments

FedNow To Launch In Less Than A Year

The US Federal Reserve is narrowing the timing of the launch of FedNow and says it will roll out the new instant payment platform at some point between May and July next year.
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Payments

Confusion As Ukraine Regulators Give Alleged Russian Operator Go Ahead

Ukrainian regulators appear to have given the green light to controversial operator 1xBet after saying it has no apparent links to Russia.
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Gambling

Brazil Begins Probe Into Sports-Betting Sponsorships

Brazil’s Ministry of Justice is seeking information from more than 50 football teams and leagues over their marketing partnerships with offshore betting companies that remain unregulated in the country.
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Gambling

Caesars, FanDuel, PointsBet Slapped With Sports-Betting Fines In Iowa

Iowa gaming regulators are cracking down on sports-betting operators and their technology vendors, assessing a total of $160,000 in fines against Caesars, FanDuel and PointsBet in recent weeks for not complying with state law.
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Gambling

Ontario Reports $162m In First Quarter Of Regulated Online Gaming

Ontario’s online gaming agency has released the first batch of market performance data since the province launched its competitive sports betting and online casino market in April.
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Gambling

Ontario Planning Halloween Deadline For Grey Market Transition

Ontario's gaming regulator is targeting an October 31 deadline for grey market online gaming operators to complete their transition into the regulated market.
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Gambling

Nevada Sets Precedent By Banning Sex Trafficker From State's Casinos

The newest name in Nevada’s notorious “Black Book” signals a shift away from organized crime figures and casino cheats that have occupied the list of excluded persons for more than six decades to include a Las Vegas man with a history of forcing women into prostitution at Las Vegas resorts.
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Gambling

Swedish Regulator Fines ATG For Exclusion Failure

The Swedish Gambling Authority (Spelinspektionen) has fined operator AB Trav och Galopp (ATG) after its player exclusion system failed after a system update.
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Gambling

Danish Tax Minister Proposing Advertising Restrictions

​​​​​​​Denmark's government wants to ban gambling adverts from 15 minutes before until 15 minutes after sports matches on TV.
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Gambling

How California's Ugly Sports-Betting War Could Lead To Common Ground

It is getting nastier every day in California as gaming tribes fight to keep sports-betting interlopers off their turf, but no matter how bitter the conflict becomes, the seeds of future business relationships are being sown.
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Gambling

Maryland Regulator Urges Legislative Approval Of Sports-Betting Regulations

Thomas Brandt, chairman of the Sports Wagering Application Review Commission (SWARC), sent a letter Friday to a legislative review committee urging them to approve the commission’s proposed emergency regulations, allowing them to begin the application process for competitive sports-betting licenses.
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Gambling

Gaming Executives Argue Simpler Approaches Better For Customer Retention

As operators look to transition from massive spending on customer acquisition to retaining those customers, some industry leaders argue that simpler approaches may be better.
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Gambling

Daily Dash: UK Supermarket Draws MP’s Ire Over BNPL Offering

A UK lawmaker has expressed concern about Iceland, a UK-based supermarket, offering consumers a buy now, pay later (BNPL) product to help them deal with the cost of living, while American Express has been told by India's regulators that it is able to onboard customers again.
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Payments

A ’Big Splash’? Germany Unveils New Financial Crime Package

Germany has jumped ahead of the EU with a new set of policies to deal with money laundering, as its finance ministry says it will be making a paradigm shift to “follow the money”.
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Payments

FATF Travel Rule: Update on Its Implementation Status Across Europe

In June 2022, the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) published a report, “Targeted Update on Implementation of FATF’s Standards on Virtual Assets (VAs) and Virtual Assets Services Providers (VASPs)”, which focuses on the state of the implementation of the travel rule, among other things. The travel rule is provided for in Recommendation 16 (R16) of the FATF standards and requires firms within the private sector to obtain and/or exchange beneficiary and originator information when making VA transfers across different jurisdictions. This regulatory analysis looks at the framework that included VAs and VASPs in the scope of FATF’s standards and provides details on legislative provisions which have been or will be implemented in various countries, as well as the consequences for a breach, when provided.
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Payments

Week In Crypto: Mastercard Partners With Binance; Tether Attacks Circle For Tornado Cash Freeze

Mastercard has revealed plans for crypto payments to go mainstream, Coinbase is sued by another disgruntled exchange user and Tether says no to freezing Tornado Cash.
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Payments

SEC To Prioritise Crypto, Climate Disclosure, Staff Diversity

The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is consulting on a draft strategic plan for the next four years, which includes a focus on regulating new technologies, enhancing its fraud prevention tools and building a diverse and skilled staff.
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Payments

Mexican Gaming Association Again Lobbies For Tax Reform

The Association of Licensees, Operators and Providers of the Entertainment and Gambling Industry in Mexico (AIEJA) has requested that the federal government restructure and simplify taxes for casinos.
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Regulatory Influencer: The GENIUS Act - From Statute to Supervision

With the Guiding and Establishing National Innovation for US Stablecoins (GENIUS) Act enacted into law last year, federal regulators are now required to implement its final rules by July 2026. Ultimately, these rules will create a legal framework for stablecoins, a unique form of cryptocurrency designed to maintain a steady value through pegs to a reserve asset.
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New Cross-Border Strategy Moves FedNow From Closed Loop to Open Rail

The notice of proposed rulemaking on plans to open the instant payments service to private-sector intermediaries is a step towards permitting its use in cross-border transactions, bringing the US into line with a global trend.
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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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