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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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UK Government Publishes Post-Brexit Financial Services Bill

The UK has published its long-awaited Financial Services and Markets Act, including commitments to regulate stablecoins, protect access to cash and improve consumer protection from fraud.
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Payments

HM Treasury Plots Payments Regulation Overhaul

The UK’s finance ministry has confirmed plans to review the applicability of the current payments regime, including new regulatory powers and the potential introduction of the Senior Managers and Certification Regime (SM&CR).
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Payments

Week In Crypto: Tesla Dumps Bitcoin As Industry Players Claim Worst Is Over

Tesla adds to a crisis of confidence in the crypto markets, BNP Paribas spots an opportunity for high-end customers, while J.P. Morgan and Grayscale claim the worst of the collapse is now over.
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Payments

PSR Planning To Make Open Banking Attractive For Cash Users

In its response to the Digital Payments Initiative report, the UK’s Payment Systems Regulator (PSR) is looking at ways to make digital payments more attractive for those that still rely on cash and encourage the use of open banking in account-to-account retail transactions.
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Payments

FCA Says New Regs May Address Its Limits To Stop Harm Caused By Third Parties

In its latest perimeter report, the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) highlights potential gaps where it lacks the power to step in and the actions the authority is taking to reduce harm linked to these gaps.
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Payments

Spanish Supreme Court Questions Ad Restrictions

​​​​​​​Spain’s Supreme Court has said there is reason to think the country’s gambling ad ban could be unconstitutional.
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Gambling

Insurance Coverage For U.S. Problem Gamblers Yields Mixed Results

More U.S. health insurance companies are offering coverage for gambling addiction, but that does not necessarily mean healthcare providers are celebrating.
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Gambling

Criticism Of Peru's Online Gambling Law Continues

The fallout continues from Peru’s rush to legalise online gambling last week, with industry insiders weighing in on the detrimental effect of merging two bills into one without careful examination of the text, which appears contradictory in several places.
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Gambling

German Regulator Irks Internet Firms With Call For Voluntary Website Blocking

A call by the new Germany-wide gambling regulator for internet service providers (ISPs) to voluntarily block unlicensed gambling sites is stirring controversy among the ISPs and some legislators.
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Gambling

News In Brief: July 18-July 22, 2022

Legal online casino games will become available for the first time in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia.
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Gambling

Europeans Can Now Use Alternative Billing Systems For In-App Purchases On Google Play

Google has announced that non-gaming apps that operate in the European Economic Area (EEA) may allow customers to use alternative billing systems to pay for digital goods and services via the Google Play store, pre-empting forthcoming regulations.
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Payments

Swedish Court Rules In Consumer’s Favour Over Fraud Payments

Sweden’s Supreme Court has ruled that a consumer that fell victim to a phishing scam is in line for compensation after unwittingly giving away their details to a fraudster.
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Payments

Paraguay On Path To Adopt Crypto Law

Last week, Paraguay’s Congress passed a bill that would regulate crypto-related activities in the country.
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Payments

BNPL Complaints Begin To Emerge, But Fraud Comes Out On Top For Italian Consumers

Banca d'Italia has hinted at new buy now, pay later (BNPL) regulation, despite only receiving five complaints regarding the deferred payment method in 2021. Meanwhile, fraud continues to be the biggest issue faced by consumers.
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Payments

Massachusetts Running Out Of Time To Legalize Sports Betting

With less than two weeks left in the legislative session, lawmakers in Massachusetts are running out of time to resolve their differences on tax rates and whether to allow wagering on college sports.
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Gambling

Belgium Sets New Weekly Deposit Limit

A Belgian royal decree has set a new €200-a-week deposit cap for online gambling accounts, with regulator and bank checks needed for players to lift the limit.
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Gambling

Illegal Online Betting Rampant, Warns Racing Federation

The Asian Racing Federation is warning that growth in illegal online betting is much faster than growth in legal markets, with poor regulation, new technology and the pandemic posing threats to racing integrity.
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Gambling

Meta Targets Small Businesses With New In-Chat Instagram Payments

Meta has launched a major new update to its Instagram social network app that allows users to message and pay for goods and services directly within the app's chat function.
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Payments

Lithuania’s Central Bank Slaps Down Payments Institution Over High-Risk Activities

UAB Best Finance has been temporarily prohibited from providing services to customers from outside the European Economic Area (EEA), according to the Baltic financial supervisor.
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Payments

Google Quietly Resurrects Google Wallet While Axing Google Pay

This week Google has relaunched Google Wallet — the app it once replaced with Google Pay — but this time round the wallet is much more than just a payments app.
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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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