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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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India Mulls Bringing Domestic SWIFT-Alternative Across Border

As Western sanctions on Russia continue to bite and affect trade around the world, India has been the latest country to look at a potential alternative to the SWIFT messaging network.
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Payments

US Lawmaker Seeks To Level Up Financial Data Privacy

A discussion draft released by a Republican Congressman would give consumers GDPR-like rights over their financial data and update a 23-year-old federal law.
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Payments

Fanatics, ESPN Beginning To Make Sports-Betting Moves

Sports retail giant Fanatics and premier American sports media brand ESPN have long been regarded as sleeping giants in the U.S. sports-betting landscape but recent moves and public statements indicate the two are beginning to wake from their slumber.
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Gambling

Dutch Politicians Push For Loot Box Ban

​​​​​​​A motion to ban loot boxes in the Netherlands has support from politicians across six different major parties.
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Gambling

Potentially Disastrous Casino Strikes Averted On Holiday Weekend

Faced with costly strikes at the peak of the tourist season, brick-and-mortar casinos in New Jersey and Rhode Island reached tentative agreements with labor unions to prevent a walkout of workers during the Independence Day weekend.
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Gambling

Fed Delays ISO 20022 Migration To 2025

The US Federal Reserve has postponed the date of adoption of the ISO 20022 message format on Fedwire to help banks prepare for the launch of its new FedNow instant payment service.
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Payments

European Parliament Agrees First EU Rules For Tracing Crypto-Asset Transfers

The European Parliament has provisionally agreed a landmark bill that will see most transfers of crypto-assets regulated in the same way as traditional money transfers.
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Payments

Fraud, API Standards Central To EU’s Future Payments Vision

As preparations continue for a potential revision to the Payment Services Directive, payments chiefs in Brussels and Paris have warned that evolving fraud and technology standards must be front and centre.
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Payments

EU Reaches Provisional Agreement On Markets In Crypto-Assets Regulation

After almost two years of consultations, the European Council presidency and the European Parliament have reached a provisional agreement on the Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCA).
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Payments

ESG Accountability Offers Strategic Advantage, Say Executives

​​​​​​​Environmental, social and governance (ESG) standards are the next big thing in the gambling business, according to a panel of industry experts, who see it as a means to create a more sustainable product.
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Gambling

Personnel Moves - June 2022

The newly-active German regulator makes a key appointment, Nevada authority appoints new officials, Star Entertainment gets new CEO amid hearings fallout and Chilean trade group appoints an interim boss.
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Gambling

EU Leaders Reach Partial Position On New AML Watchdog

The European Council wants to expand the powers of the EU’s planned new anti-money laundering authority, but a row over where it should be based has prevented the Council from agreeing fully with the European Commission’s proposals.
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Payments

Week In Crypto: SEC Says No To Bitcoin ETF, 3AC Ordered To Liquidate

US regulators have rejected an application for a bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF), while crypto hedge fund Three Arrows Capital (3AC) has received a court order to liquidate.
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Payments

Europe’s Environmental Crime Problem

Crimes against the environment are increasingly drawing attention, as climate change has become crucial on the agenda of policymakers, yet Europol suggests the outlook remains bleak when tackling issues such as waste management and wildlife trafficking.
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Payments

US Immigrants Struggling To Get Fair Financial Services

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is looking at a number of issues that more than 44m US immigrants face when they try to access financial services.
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Payments

Crypto A Go In Two U.S. Sports-Betting States, But Others Staying On Sidelines

While deposits converted from cryptocurrencies were recently approved for online sports betting in Colorado and Virginia, New Jersey’s chief regulator has no plans to follow suit and continues to advise caution on the intersection between crypto and gaming in the U.S. market.
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Gambling

UK White Paper Contents 'Only Rumours', Say Industry Figures

​​​​​​​Gambling industry executives are sceptical of news reports claiming the contents of the much-anticipated UK Gambling Act review white paper have already been finalised.
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Gambling

Peruvian Officials Meet With Mental Health Experts As Legislation Advances

Plans to legislate sports betting and online gambling in Peru have edged forward with a government meeting to discuss protecting minors and gambling addicts, but the industry remains frustrated with elements of the planned consensus bill.
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Gambling

German States Take Hard-Line Stance On Slots, Poker Licensing

​​​​​​​Germany’s Gambling Committee, a group of 16 state regulators, has said it believes a transitional arrangement on virtual slots and poker has been dead for a year, and anyone offering such games without a licence can be considered “unreliable”.
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Gambling

Ontario Regulator Fines DraftKings Canada For Advertising Violations

Ontario regulators have dropped their most severe fine to date for violations of the province’s prohibition on inducements in gambling advertising, slapping DraftKings Canada with a C$100,000 fine.
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Finland’s Crypto-Assets Ban Faces Long-Term Challenges

Finland’s new gambling laws ban crypto-assets to curb harm, yet this restriction may inadvertently drive players toward offshore sites, potentially clashing with EU MiCA regulations regarding digital payment parity.
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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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