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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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Curaçao Now Targets End-Of-Year Gambling Reform

​​​​​​​The Curaçao government is promising a long-delayed reform of gambling legislation to fix what an independent body calls “shortcomings in regulation” by the end of the year.
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Gambling

More M&A Activity Expected Amid Stock Sell-Offs

U.S. gaming stocks continue to extend their recent losing as investors worry about ongoing inflationary pressures, but there are still merger and acquisition opportunities within the industry, according to a panel of financial analysts.
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Gambling

LUNA’s Crash Landing: Algorithmic Stablecoin Experiment Ends In Tears

TerraUSD, a US dollar stablecoin that runs on the Terra blockchain, appears to have met its maker after shedding 70 percent of its market cap in a single day.
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Payments

Counting The Cost: How Will The LUNA Crash Impact Crypto Regulations?

With the Terra blockchain halted on May 12, both TerraUSD, an algorithmic US dollar stablecoin, and LUNA, its collateral token, are now officially laid to rest.
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Payments

PSR Fines NatWest Group For Interchange Overcharge

The UK’s Payment Systems Regulator (PSR) has punished the retail banking group after four of its banks failed to comply with the Interchange Fee Regulation.
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Payments

Commission Sets Sights On Stronger Consumer Protection Rules

The European Commission has adopted a reform of the current EU Rules on Distance Marketing of Consumer Financial Services, which govern distance selling.
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Payments

The Tinder Swindler: Dating Apps Accuse Google Of Anti-Competitive Behaviour In California Lawsuit

Match Group, owner of popular dating apps Tinder, Match and OKCupid, is suing Google after accusing it of establishing an in-app payments monopoly.
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Payments

NSW Regulator Laments 'Scary' Lack Of Control Over Slots

The head of the New South Wales (NSW) state gambling regulator complained to government officials in December that his agency had “very few regulatory levers to pull” on the poker machine (slots) industry, according to leaked documents.
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Gambling

Minnesota House Approves Sports-Betting Bill

​​​​​​​The Minnesota House of Representatives passed legislation that would legalize sports betting in the state Thursday night, but even House legislators acknowledged the bill is not likely to clear the Senate.
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Gambling

Brazil Senate Poll Finds Popular Support For Casino Expansion

A poll conducted by Brazil’s Senate has suggested strong popular support for casino expansion, even though a vote on a sweeping measure that passed the lower house in February seems highly unlikely until after October’s elections.
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Gambling

UK Children See Fewer TV Gambling Ads As Habits Shift

​​​​​​​Children across the UK are seeing fewer gambling adverts on TV, but the Advertising Standards Authority is warning that the real challenge for the industry has shifted online.
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Gambling

BetMGM Pulls Back In High-Tax New York

BetMGM executives have said the MGM-Entain joint venture has made “a concerted decision” to lessen its pursuit of mobile sports-betting customers in New York due to the state’s steep tax rate.
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Gambling

News In Brief: May 9-May 13, 2022

Mr Green loses another fine appeal, Kyrgyzstan plans gambling law overhaul and Kansas sports-betting bill signed into law.
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Gambling

Political Agreement Reached On DORA

The European Parliament and European Council have reached a political agreement on the Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA), meaning that one of the key covenants of the EU’s digital finance plans comes a step closer to being signed into law.
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Payments

UK Government Touts Digital Identity And New Data Laws

The UK has begun to come up to speed with the EU and Australia in its move to enhance digital identity solutions, but faces a fallout with Brussels as it hints at reforming the General Data Protection Regulation.
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Payments

EMVCo Proposes New Contactless Payment Specifications

The global technical body owned by the major international card networks is proposing new specifications to streamline global contactless payment acceptance.
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Payments

Afterpay Targets Everyday Items In The US Following Rite Aid Deal

Afterpay has partnered with pharmacist Rite Aid, making it the first drugstore in the US to offer buy now, pay later services.
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Payments

Awareness And Trust Lacking In Digital Payments, Says PSR Panel

The UK’s Payment Systems Regulator (PSR) has said that it wants to improve awareness of digital payments, as well as tackle the current barriers that can manifest for consumers.
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Payments

Dear CEO, Do Not Tell Consumers They’re Guaranteed A Loan!

The UK’s Financial Conduct Authority has warned consumer credit firms to be clearer in advertising loans, or face regulatory action.
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Payments

Anniversary Of Historic Sports-Betting Ruling Finds U.S. Supreme Court In Turmoil

Four years after making perhaps the most significant legal ruling in the history of the United States' gambling industry, the U.S. Supreme Court is mired in a controversy threatening its credibility.
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Regulatory Influencer: Modernizing US AML – The Burden of 'Simplification'

After years of industry advocacy and growing acknowledgment from regulators that the current anti-money laundering (AML) framework is not operating as effectively as it should, two significant proposals signal where the future of AML compliance may be headed in the United States.
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India Considers Measures to Fight Rising Digital Payments Fraud

A Reserve Bank of India (RBI) discussion paper has proposed a series of measures to address rising fraud levels in digital payments and ensure that consumers adopting new modes of payment are not making themselves more vulnerable to scams.
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Revised EU Payments Regulation Package Moves Closer With Release of Draft Texts

Regulated firms across Europe can start to prepare in earnest for the new payments regulation framework, as the long period of high-level speculation ends and the roadmap for implementation becomes clear.
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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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