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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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Apple Hit With US Class Action Suit Over Tap And Pay

An Iowa card issuer has accused Apple of unlawfully restricting rivals’ access to tap and pay contactless technology and charging issuers “supracompetitive” fees.
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Boyd To Launch Nevada Esports Platform As Regulatory Realignment Nears

As a policy advisory committee moves closer to defining how esports should be regulated in Nevada, a senior executive for Boyd Gaming has said the company is strongly exploring offering esports along with its other race and sports-betting options in the largest U.S. gaming market.
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Gambling

Peru's Online Gambling Law Faces Harsh Criticism For Perceived Loopholes

Peru is on the cusp of legalising online gambling after the approval of Bill 2070/2021 in the dead of night on Friday, but criticism of the new law has already begun.
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Gambling

Ukrainian Petition Calls For Expulsion Of Russia-Linked Gambling Operator

​​​​​​​A petition to Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky is demanding the national gambling regulator review and ultimately rescind the licence of a company that it says is linked to 1xBet in violation of rules barring Russian influence.
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Gambling

PayID Bringing Down Scams And Mistaken Payments, Aussie NPP Announces

One in four payments that have used the Australian PayID look-up service have been stopped and/or amended, helping prevent mistaken payments and reducing the likelihood of being tricked by a scammer, the country’s national payments infrastructure has said.
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Payments

Only A Digital Euro Offers Trust Required For Digital Age, Says ECB

The European Central Bank (ECB) has said that only a digital euro can provide the trust and reliability of central bank money to support payments in the digital age, while at the same time dismissing crypto-assets as “inefficient”.
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Payments

Dutch Central Bank Slaps Binance With €3.3m Fine

De Nederlandsche Bank (DNB) has found that Binance offered crypto-services in the country without registering. Binance has said it is now close to meeting Dutch regulatory requirements.
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Payments

India And Indonesia To Expand Central Bank Cooperation On Payment Systems, Regulations

Bank Indonesia and the Reserve Bank of India have signed a memorandum of understanding that will lead to greater information sharing and other ties between the two central banks.
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Payments

’Heavy Tech’ Investing Key To Harm Prevention, Says FCA

The UK’s financial watchdog has increasingly been investing in data and technology to reduce consumer harm and intervene more effectively, said its chief executive in a US speech.
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Payments

U.S. Sports-Betting Operators Struggling With Double-Digit Tax Rates

New York’s sky-high tax rate has forced mobile sports-betting operators to lobby lawmakers for some relief and scale back their marketing spend to reduce ongoing financial losses, as industry executives urge other states not to replicate the model.
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Gambling

UK Loot Box Plan Is A Gamble, Says Expert

​​​​​​​The UK is “gullible” for relying on self-regulation to tackle loot boxes and their associations with gambling harms, according to an expert on the in-game purchase items, who also warns that banning them is difficult to implement and enforce.
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Gambling

Genting Snaps Up Casino 36

Genting UK, the Malaysian-owned operator of more than 30 of the UK's 120 active casinos, has confirmed that it is poised to acquire Casino 36, which runs three casinos in the Midlands and Greater Manchester.
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Gambling

Uruguay Examines Raising Gambling Tax

​​​​​​​Uruguayan Senator Sergio Botana has demanded that the overdue regulation of the last article of the country’s budget law include an increase of the tax on gambling from 0.75 to 1 percent.
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Gambling

New Jersey Regulator Calls Out Lotteries, Racing, On Responsible Gambling

New Jersey’s top gambling regulator is challenging state lotteries, racing commissions and other agencies to join casinos and sports-betting operators in developing responsible gambling programs to avoid a devastating addiction crisis in the gaming industry.
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Gambling

Bank Of America Fined $225m For Bad Fraud Detection During Pandemic

US agencies have found that Bank of America unlawfully froze unemployment benefits during the peak of the coronavirus pandemic as a result of a faulty fraud detection programme.
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Payments

STEP2 Migration To Continuous Gross Settlement Is ’Better Than Instant’

The switch to a continuous gross settlement mechanism effectively creates a new near real-time pan-European payments service with added advantages for certain payment use cases, says EBA Clearing.
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Payments

P27: Where Are We Now?

P27 has garnered interest way beyond the Nordic region that it is intended to serve, but questions still remain about how its remit will work and just how much say banks beyond the founders will have on its development.
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Payments

DC Council Questions Sports-Betting Monopoly Model

District of Columbia Council members have sharply criticized the performance of the city’s lottery-led sports-betting program and called for a pivot to a model that would permit private operators to offer mobile wagering.
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Gambling

Political Anger In Tamil Nadu, As Kerala Targets Online Rummy

Hostility to online rummy in the southern Indian states of Tamil Nadu and Kerala is threatening to boil over, amid opposition politician anger and as governments move to defy court rulings defending skill gaming with stakes.
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Gambling

Romania Approves Winnings Tax Hike

The Romanian gambling industry faces a range of tough tax increases, including fees on player winnings, after the government approved an emergency ordinance and amendments to the country’s fiscal code.
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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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