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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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Dutch Regulator To See If Operators Walk The Walk

The Dutch regulator will begin checking that operators are really putting their responsible gambling policies into practice, as it starts a new wave of supervision.
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Gambling

New Gambling Ad Controls May Vex UK Betting Industry

​​​​​​​At least one gambling lawyer thinks newly tightened restrictions on UK gambling ads aimed at protecting under-18s have more potential for grief for licensees than the much-dreaded affordability checks.
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Gambling

North Carolina House Committee Advances Sports-Betting Bills

A North Carolina House committee sent forward two bills that would legalize mobile sports betting in the state, a key step before the state legislative session’s scheduled end date next week.
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Gambling

Ethiopian Ministry Working To Ban Sports Betting

Ethiopia’s Ministry of Women and Social Affairs is working to ban sports betting in a bid to protect the country’s youth and avoid “various economic and social crises”.
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Gambling

Online Gambling Legislation Scrutinised In Peru

​​​​​​​The two bills on the docket to regulate sports betting and online gambling in Peru were the centre of attention at the Peru Gaming Show last week, with operators grumbling that legislation was happening too quickly and was technically lacking.
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Gambling

Israel And Hong Kong Central Banks Partner With BIS To Study Cybersecurity Of Retail CBDC

A new partnership with the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) Innovation Hub aims to double down on data security and improve resilience of retail central bank digital currencies (CBDCs).
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Payments

Irish Antitrust Watchdog Cautiously Clears Way For Banks’ Payments App

The Competition and Consumer Protection Commission has approved a payments app developed by Ireland’s retail banks to compete with fintechs following a 14-month investigation.
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Payments

VIXIO Interview: Lord Holmes Of Richmond

In an exclusive interview with VIXIO, Lord Holmes Of Richmond, one of Westminster’s most influential fintech and payments advocates, speaks to us about financial inclusion, central bank digital currencies and how much progress has been made with the UK’s landmark Kalifa Review.
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Payments

SEC Climate Risk Proposal Under Attack From Banks, GOP Lawmakers

The American Bankers Association and a group of 131 Republicans have called for the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to withdraw altogether its proposed climate risk disclosure framework.
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Payments

BetMGM To Be Profitable In 2023 As MGM Signals Progress In New York, Japan

MGM Resorts International has moved on from acquiring the 50 percent share in BetMGM owned by Entain after an $11bn bid was rebuffed as significantly undervaluing the company, according to CFO Jonathan Halkyard.
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Gambling

Illinois Population At Risk Of Problem Gambling, Report Finds

The Illinois Department of Human Services has released its first ever problem gambling report, which found more than 11 percent of the state’s population either has a gambling problem or is at risk of developing one.
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Gambling

EGBA Outlines European AML Challenges

European online gambling operators still face multiple anti-money laundering (AML) challenges across the continent, according to a Brussels-based trade association representing them.
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Gambling

Domino Effect: Two More Crypto Firms Restrict Withdrawals Due To Liquidity Issues

Finblox and Babel Finance have become the latest victims of an industry-wide crypto liquidity crunch, with both announcing new restrictions on customer withdrawals.
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Payments

Gibraltar Added To FATF Greylist As Malta Exits

Gibraltar has been added to the Financial Action Task Force's (FATF) greylist, as the watchdog confirms that Malta has been removed.
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Payments

India’s Central Bank Lifts Ban On New Customer Onboarding At Mastercard

The Reserve Bank of India has lifted a one-year ban on Mastercard onboarding new card customers in the country, as local card scheme RuPay sets its sights on Europe.
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Payments

UK Government Commits To Consumer Credit Reform

The plans will aim to help cut costs for businesses, simplify rules for users and allow regulators to act more quickly to protect consumers.
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Payments

Banks Freeze Accounts Of Takeover Target Okada Manila

Three banks have frozen the accounts of integrated resort Okada Manila, the Philippines' biggest casino, as an ownership battle threatens to strip more than 5,000 employees of salaries and imperil overall operations.
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Gambling

Gibraltar Added To FATF Greylist As Malta Exits

Gibraltar has been added to the Financial Action Task Force's (FATF) greylist, as the watchdog confirms that fellow gambling licensing hub Malta has been removed.
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Gambling

Paraguay Gambling Commission Ends Controversial Slots Deal

After months of scandal, Paraguay’s National Games of Chance Commission (Conajzar) has finally cancelled iCrop’s contract to supply coin slot machines in the country.
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Gambling

Win For UK Fintechs As AISPs Removed From AML Requirements

HM Treasury has removed the requirement for account information service providers (AISPs) needing to comply with UK money laundering regulations, but payment initiation service providers (PISPs) have not been so lucky.
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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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