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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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FanDuel Licensed In Nevada; Maryland Lottery Advances DraftKings Application

FanDuel Group, which was required to exit Nevada’s legal gaming market almost seven years ago, will re-enter the state as a licensed company after gaming regulators approved its partnership with Boyd Gaming to redevelop and rebrand a retail sportsbook in downtown Las Vegas.
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Gambling

News In Brief: August 22-August 26, 2022

Malta's gambling regulator has cancelled a licence, Ontario issues a fine to Unibet for non-compliant advertising and companies line up for Massachusetts launch.
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Gambling

Fraud The Culprit For Higher Interchange Fees, Say Mastercard And Visa

The international card schemes have responded to the UK Treasury Select Committee’s investigation into recent increases in card transaction fees.
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Payments

Users Need Clearer KYC Guidance, Says Bank of Lithuania

Payment service providers (PSPs) are to be required to provide consumers with better guidance on how to comply with know your customer (KYC) rules, Lithuania’s central bank has said.
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Payments

CFPB Accuses Block Of Slow-Walking Agency Probe

The US Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has told a California judge that payments firm Block, run by Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey, has unduly delayed submissions in an ongoing investigation into the fintech firm’s fraud handling.
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Payments

German Payment Providers Could Cut Off Non-Whitelist Operators

​​​​​​​Operators in Germany that have applied for a new online licence but still have not been added to the federal regulator’s whitelist could be cut off by payment service providers (PSPs) next month, a legal expert has warned.
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Gambling

Marriage On The Rocks: Smoking And Casinos, You Can Blame Or Thank COVID-19

Casinos and smoking have always been joined at the hip, but one of the many legacies of the COVID-19 pandemic could be the eradication of smoke-filled gambling dens.
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Gambling

U.S. Gaming Industry Embracing Digital Payments With Cash On Decline

Walk onto any casino floor in the U.S. and you will still find most gamblers using cash to play a slot machine or place a sports bet, but a recent study on payment trends found the use of cash to pay for goods and services will continue to decline over the next three years.
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Gambling

Spreadex To Pay £1.36m Settlement Over UK Failures

UK-based operator Spreadex Limited, which runs spreadex.com, has agreed to pay £1.36m after a Gambling Commission investigation revealed a wide range of social responsibility and anti-money laundering (AML) failures.
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Gambling

FDIC Accuses Five Crypto Companies Of Misleading Customers About Deposit Insurance

Five crypto companies with operations in the US, including major exchange FTX, have been accused of misrepresenting the insurance status of customer deposits.
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Payments

LatAm Start-Up Launches First Pan-Regional A2A Service

Prometeo, a Uruguay-based open banking platform, has rolled out a first of its kind account-to-account (A2A) service that enables merchants to receive payments in real time and with no intermediaries.
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Payments

New Australian Government Keeps Up Crypto Reform Agenda

Australia’s new centre-left government has announced it is ready to start consulting on a framework for the regulation of the crypto-asset sector for industry and regulators.
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Payments

Marcos Names 'Bosom Buddy' Businessman To Helm PAGCOR

Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr has sworn in the new board of gambling regulator PAGCOR, with entrepreneur and Marcos ally Alejandro H. Tengco taking over as chairman and CEO.
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Gambling

U.S. iGaming Expansion Slowed By Federal Pandemic Aid, Self-Delusion

As sports betting continues to capture most of the headlines, industry executives say legalization of internet gaming has not kept pace because the gaming industry simply has not made a broad enough case to legislators and governors for legalizing iGaming.
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Gambling

UK Trade Group Challenges Public Health Recommendations

The Betting and Gaming Council has been rattled by a raft of 81 recommendations made in a study funded by Public Health England (PHE), calling their potential impacts on the gambling industry “worrying”.
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Gambling

Nevada Regulators Consider Cybersecurity Requirements For Gaming Operators

The Nevada Gaming Control Board will consider how to proceed with several proposed amendments to state gaming laws creating new cybersecurity requirements for operators at a workshop next month.
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Gambling

Brazilian Platform Lured Customers With Bitcoin Before Sudden Closure

​​​​​​​A sports-betting platform in Brazil that promised its players huge returns has mysteriously and suddenly shuttered, leaving subscribers scrambling to find out where their money has gone.
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Gambling

Why Cross-Border Payments Still Have Not Been Solved

Complex regulatory requirements, legacy systems and a long priority list at many financial institutions have resulted in improvements to cross-border payments failing to become more efficient, experts suggest.
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Payments

India’s NCPI Signs First Deal With UK Acquirer

It will soon be possible for Unified Payments Interface and RuPay customers to make in-store payments in the UK through PayXpert’s solution, the National Payments Corporation of India (NCPI) has announced.
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Payments

UK, EU Merchants Hit By PSD2 Switching Pains, Says Study

Hopes were high when the revised Payment Services Directive (PSD2) came into force in the EU and UK, but has the new legislation lived up to expectations?
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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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