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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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Texas Federal Judge Strikes Down 'Unprecedented' US AML Law

A federal judge in Texas has temporarily blocked the enforcement of an "unprecedented" anti-money laundering (AML) law, describing it as "likely unconstitutional".
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Payments

UK's National Payments Vision Offers Boost To Payments Industry

Market players feel leadership has been lacking on topics such as open banking and the direction of payments regulation, but are tipping the government’s National Payments Vision to turn things around.
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Payments

Increased Regulatory Scrutiny, M&A To Remain Key Trends For Suppliers In 2025

With 2025 on the horizon, suppliers can expect increased regulatory scrutiny to become the new normal, as regulators take a holistic view of supervision and tackling illegal gambling. 
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Gambling

UK Authorities To Assess White Paper Effects

The UK government and its gambling regulator have announced plans to assess their effectiveness of the ongoing white paper reforms, including by sourcing the views of a panel of experts by experience.
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Gambling

Nigerian State Regulators To Streamline Licensing

Nigerian state gambling regulators are streamlining their licensing regimes in the wake of a recent landmark court ruling that confirmed their right to regulate gambling in their jurisdictions.
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Gambling

Regulatory Influencer: U.S. CFPB Issues Final Rule Strengthening Oversight of Nonbank Payment Platforms

As financial technology continues to revolutionize how consumers transact, the U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has issued a final rule, “Defining Larger Participants of a Market for General-Use Digital Consumer Payment Applications,” which grants the CFPB expanded supervisory authority over certain nonbank entities that facilitate significant volumes of consumer payment transactions, marking a pivotal development for the payments industry.
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Payments

European Council Reaches Agreement On Open Finance Framework

The European Council has reached an agreement on the proposed Financial Data Access (FIDA) framework, which lays out the transition from open banking to open finance in the trading bloc.
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Payments

Daily Dash: Lithuanians Balance Digital Payments With Flexibility, Central Bank Survey Says

A Bank of Lithuania survey has highlighted evolving payment habits in the country, with 62 percent of consumers favouring payment cards and electronic settlements.
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Payments

Week In Crypto: Celsius CEO Pleads Guilty To Fraud, Faces 30 Years In Prison

Another multi-billion-dollar crypto fraudster is headed to prison, Coinbase vows to take revenge on anti-crypto US regulators, and Trump names a crypto acolyte as the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) chair.
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Payments

Australian Banks Join World's First Scams Intelligence-Sharing Network

Five Australian banks have joined the BioCatch Trust Network, a first-of-its-kind pilot for the sharing of behaviour-based intelligence to combat fraud and scams.
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Payments

News In Brief: December 2-December 6, 2024

Resorts Worlds names new CEO as it faces down illegal bookmaking allegation, Missouri certifies sports betting victory, AGA seeks to minimise athlete harassment and South Africa releases a new gambling advertising code.
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Gambling

FanDuel Fined For Improper Futures Bets In Massachusetts

Three wagers totaling $11 will cost FanDuel $10,000, after the Massachusetts Gaming Commission approved a staff recommendation to fine the company for accepting the improper futures bets on an in-state college team.
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Gambling

Nigeria: FIs Must Raise Compliance Game To Exit Grey List In 2025, Says Central Bank

The head of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has told financial institutions (FIs) that implementing a “robust” culture of compliance will be “critical” to the country’s exit from the Financial Action Task Force's (FATF) grey list in 2025.
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Payments

Daily Dash: US CFPB Proposes Rule To Stop Data Brokers Selling Sensitive Information

The US Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has proposed a new rule to restrict the sale of sensitive personal and financial information, aiming to prevent misuse of data by scammers, stalkers and foreign actors.
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Payments

MEPs Challenge Commission On AI Overregulation

The EU is facing questions on competitiveness and innovation in the artificial intelligence (AI) sector and the risk of stifling the technology’s growth in the trading bloc.
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Payments

UK Gambling Minister Warns of ‘Further Action’ On White-Label Companies

The new British gambling minister said she is reviewing the controversial practice of online gambling operators who use “white label” arrangements to market to gambling licensees outside the country.
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Gambling

U.S. Civil Suits Remain Popular Tactic For Sweepstakes Opponents

Sweepstakes gaming operators continue to face a steady stream of civil lawsuits challenging their business model in a variety of ways and seeking damages, with suppliers increasingly getting caught in the crossfire.
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Gambling

Betsson Operator Returns To Finland Payment Blocklist

Betsson has been returned to the payments blocklist in Finland after it failed in its Supreme Court challenge, marking the latest twist in an ongoing tussle with the country’s gambling regulator.
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Gambling

Brazil Senate Shelves Vote On Land-Based Gaming Expansion

Brazil’s Senate abruptly postponed its planned vote on a sweeping gaming expansion bill, after opponents insisted that senators’ attention be focused exclusively on an ongoing parliamentary investigation into online betting. 
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Gambling

UN Agency Urges Ban On Gambling Ads To Reduce Harm

​​​​​​​The World Health Organization has suggested that banning gambling advertising and ending sports sponsorships should be considered, along with counter-messages to reduce harm from gambling.
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US CBDC Ban and Stablecoin Compromise Point to Potential Digital Asset Framework

Following a Senate vote to prohibit the Federal Reserve from issuing a central bank digital currency (CBDC), an agreement on stablecoin yields has established a boundary between passive interest and activity-based rewards.
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Singapore and US Frameworks Aim to Guide the Rapid Integration of AI

The initiatives contrast in approach and intent, but together signal a transition from abstract artificial intelligence (AI) theory towards concrete regulatory implementation and sector-specific oversight.
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Regulatory Influencer: DORA Year Two - Moving from Implementation to Application

Regulation (EU) 2022/2554 on digital operational resilience for the financial sector (DORA) became applicable across EU member states on January 17, 2025. As we enter the second year of application, how has the regulation transformed the operational resilience of the financial sector in Europe?
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UK Court of Appeal Decision Means Continued Uncertainty on Interchange Fees

Permitting Visa and Mastercard to challenge the Competition Appeal Tribunal’s (CAT) previous ruling returns the UK payments sector to legal volatility, leaving the cost of card acceptance an unsettled question as regulators promote alternatives.
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New US Cyber Strategy Offers Ambition But Few Details

The Trump administration’s vision for cybersecurity signals its priorities, which include working closely with the private sector to identify fraud networks and suspicious financial flows, but stakeholders must wait to learn of any new obligations.
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Decoding the UK Regulatory Grid: Banking, Credit and Lending Analysis

The ninth edition of the UK’s Regulatory Initiatives Grid, published in December 2025, sets out the country’s financial services regulatory agenda for the next two years. In this piece, Vixio examines what the regulators have outlined in the banking, credit and lending section of the latest grid, explains the likely impact of developments on financial institutions and suggests what the regulators’ stated priorities tell us about the direction of travel in the UK.
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Deepening of Poland’s Crypto Regulation Deadlock an Existential Threat to Local Industry

The country still lacks a regulatory framework for digital assets, creating a significant challenge for Polish crypto firms, which may be forced to suspend operations or rapidly migrate to other EU jurisdictions to maintain market access.
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Regulating by Result: Converging Global Standards for Subscription Transparency and Consumer Protection

Subscription-based business models have become a defining feature of digital commerce, prompting increased regulatory scrutiny of recurring payment practices. As recurring billing has expanded across sectors, including media, fintechs, and retail memberships, regulators are increasingly focused on consumer protection issues such as transparency of pricing and renewal terms, informed consumer consent, ease of cancellation, and prevention of so-called “subscription traps”.
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UK’s New Fraud Strategy Represents Renewed Push to Combat its Fastest-Growing Crime

The plan aims to modernise the country’s response to the evolving threat via a more coordinated and technologically enabled prevention model based on improved analytical capabilities, stronger governance and deeper collaboration with industry.
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FCA Stablecoin Sprint Highlights the Need for 'Money-Like' Regulatory Treatment

Participants identified several foundational questions for the UK cryptoasset framework, including areas of regulatory treatment and infrastructure design that must be addressed for stablecoins to operate at scale as payment instruments.
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