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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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Chinese Regulator Issues Fraud Warning On Regulatory Imposters

Chinese regulators have warned that people are being psychologically deceived into giving away their money.
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Payments

Week In Crypto: Layoffs, Insolvencies And Possible Hedge Fund Collapse

It has been a rough week in crypto, with three major firms announcing layoffs, a lending platform facing a class action lawsuit and a crypto hedge fund once worth billions facing collapse.
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Payments

Peoples Trust: First New Direct Participant Of Canada’s ACSS Since 1984

Payments Canada has announced that Peoples Trust will become a direct participant of the country’s bulk payments system, the Automated Clearing Settlement System (ACSS).
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Malta To Be Removed From FATF Greylist, Say Reports

The Maltese media is reporting that Malta has been removed from the greylist of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), a move that would be a relief to the island country’s financial services and online gambling industries.
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Payments

The Policymakers And Firms Driving The Gulf’s Cashless Revolution

As cashless payments and fintech hots up across Gulf Cooperation Council countries, market participants warn of a skill shortage and some regulatory challenges.
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Payments

India’s Post Bank Launches New Platform To Grow Financial Services

A new financial inclusion platform looks to promote new innovative start-ups to develop solutions across a range of financial services, leveraging the Indian postal bank’s 430m customers.
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Payments

Malta To Be Removed From FATF Greylist, Say Reports

​​​​​​​The Maltese media is reporting that Malta has been removed from the greylist of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), a move that would be a relief to the island country’s financial services and online gambling industries.
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Gambling

Brazil Senate Leader Confirms No Gambling Regulation Before Election

The fallout continues from the news that Brazilian President President Jair Bolsonaro and his evangelical support bloc will stand against approving both broader gambling legislation and sports-betting regulation before the election in October.
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Gambling

Maryland Regulator Preparing Mobile Sports-Betting Draft Applications, Rules

One day after being publicly taken to task by the state’s governor for delays in the mobile sports-betting application process, Maryland gaming regulators say that draft applications and regulations could be released by the end of June.
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Gambling

News In Brief: June 13-June 17, 2022

Worldpay has been fined in Colorado, Uruguay still wants potentially online-linked casino bids and Australia launches casino crime hunt.
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Gambling

EBA Issues New Guidelines On Role And Responsibilities Of AML/CTF Compliance Officers

The European Banking Authority (EBA) has published new guidelines that aim to clarify the duties of anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing (AML/CTF) compliance officers.
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Payments

FCA Strengthens Branch Closure Checks To Combat ‘Branchwashing’

Along with updated good practice, the UK's Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is toughening its stance on temporary changes to branch services made during COVID-19 that have now become permanent.
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Payments

Digital Inclusion Could Become Constitutional Right In Brazil

Brazil is proposing a constitutional change to add the right for digital inclusion to the list of fundamental rights.
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Payments

Report Seeks Sweeping Changes To Tackle Dirty Money In British Columbia

The long-awaited final report on British Columbia’s public inquiry into money laundering confirmed that for more than a decade casinos in the province accepted hundreds of millions of dollars linked to organized crime and the drug trade.
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Gambling

UK Industry Requires 'Critical' Changes, Say Public Health Bodies

​​​​​​​Gambling in the UK has become increasingly easy to access, glamorised and promoted to a wide audience that includes children, according to representative bodies of public health experts.
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Gambling

Maryland Governor Wants Accelerated Mobile Sports-Betting Licensing Process

Maryland Governor Larry Hogan has slammed the state’s mobile sports-betting application review body and called for an accelerated timeline that would allow mobile wagering to begin in time for the National Football League (NFL) season in September.
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Gambling

U.S. Supreme Court Sides With Gaming Tribe In Casino Fight With Texas

In a 5-4 decision that could boost efforts to expand gambling in Texas, the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled the Tigua Indians of El Paso can continue electronic bingo operations.
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Gambling

Dutch Minister Rejects Call To Treat Gambling Like Cigarettes

​​​​​​​The Dutch minister in charge of gambling issues has rejected calls for a general ban on gambling advertising, saying he disagrees with a Belgian minister’s view that “gambling is the new smoking”.
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Gambling

Crypto Winter: Coinbase, BlockFi To Lay Off 1 In 5 Staff As Recession Fears Bite

Coinbase founder and CEO Brian Armstrong has announced plans to lay off about 18 percent of the company’s staff, due to fears of recession and declining revenues from crypto-trading.
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Payments

Banking Circle To Support Cross-Border Mobile Payments Between Austria, Germany And Switzerland

Banking Circle, a payments bank headquartered in Luxembourg, has agreed to provide foreign exchange and settlement services to two European mobile payment providers, TWINT and Bluecode.
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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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