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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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Belgian Gambling Regulator Backs More Ad Restrictions

The Belgium Gaming Commission has published its views on gambling advertising, revealing support for more restrictions and for its enforcement powers to be expanded.
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Gambling

NFT Fraud On The Rise In U.S. As Tokens Not Regulated For Gambling

Although the U.S. gaming industry has quickly embraced online gaming and cashless wagering, new frontiers are emerging in non-fungible tokens (NFTs) and cryptocurrency that come with new business opportunities but also new opportunities for fraud.
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Gambling

Binance Hires Former FCA, FINRA Regulators In Latest Compliance Personnel Shake-Up

Binance, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange by volume, has hired two former regulators from the UK and the US as part of a new compliance charm offensive.
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Payments

Baltic Leaders Want Ukraine To Join EU As Lithuania Calls For Tougher Russian Sanctions

As Prime Ministers of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania issue a statement condemning Russia’s “unprovoked” aggression in Ukraine and calling for Ukraine’s entry to the European Union, Lithuania’s finance minister says further sanctions are needed.
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Payments

News In Brief: April 25-April 29, 2022

The Bank for International Settlements and Bank Indonesia launch TechSprint to solve the challenges of wholesale and retail central bank digital currencies.
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Payments

Chopra Is Going After Fintechs Now

The US Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has revived a dormant authority to examine nonbank companies that pose risks to consumers.
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Payments

Crypto Boost? Industry Players Mull What Elon Musk’s Twitter Acquisition Means

Twitter has announced that it has accepted a bid from Elon Musk to acquire the social media platform, in a sign that it could become more engaged with crypto-assets.
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Payments

More Clarity Needed On Crypto Access To Fed Accounts

Large industry players are pushing for more clarity on how reserve banks will evaluate crypto firms’ requests to the US payment system as a Federal Reserve consultation ends.
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Payments

UK India Business Council Calls For Central Gaming Regulator

The UK India Business Council has called on India’s central government to regulate gaming, including sports betting, and allow regional governments to cede day-to-day oversight to a national regulator.
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Gambling

Comparing European Problem Gambling Rates Difficult, Says Study

​​​​​​​“Highly diverse” methods of recording problem gambling in Europe make it difficult for any valuable cross-country comparisons to be made, according to a study written for the European Gaming and Betting Association.
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Gambling

Swedish Watchdog Investigates Klarna, Loomis Over Money Laundering Concerns

The payment service providers (PSPs) are being investigated by Sweden’s Finansinspektionen over how they operate their money laundering systems, following investigations earlier this year into other PSPs.
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Payments

Several Major Economies Launch New Cross-Border Privacy Agreement

Jurisdictions including the US, Japan and Singapore have established a cross-border forum to promote collaboration in data privacy.
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Payments

Nothing Stopping Crypto Payments From Going Mainstream, Says Morgan Stanley

A new report from US bank Morgan Stanley has spoken of a world in which bitcoin payments are so convenient that we will use them to pay for coffee.
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Payments

Massachusetts Senate Seeks 'Whistle-To-Whistle' Ban On Sports-Betting Ads

A closely watched sports-betting bill in Massachusetts has been amended and approved by a key Senate committee, with new provisions added to prohibit any advertising around televised sporting events.
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Gambling

Trio Of U.S. Court Decisions Could Change Face Of Indian Gaming

Upcoming rulings in three Indian gaming cases could have a historic impact on the future of not only tribal but commercial gambling operations across the United States.
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Gambling

Kenya, Ghana, Uganda Attempting To Increase Gambling Tax Take

As governments across Africa seek to recover from the financial impact of COVID-19 restrictions, gambling finds itself in the crosshairs of several budget and financial proposals.
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Gambling

Alleged Online Poker Operators In Australia Face Huge Fines

Australia’s national online gambling regulator has launched a civil lawsuit against two men and a company in Queensland state for providing online poker services in Australia, with potential fines running into the millions of dollars.
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Gambling

Smaller Tribal Operators Must Play To Strengths To Maximize Sports-Betting Opportunity

While sports betting in the U.S. to date has been dominated by major players such as FanDuel, DraftKings and BetMGM, dozens of operators including domestic and internationally-based commercial operators and local tribal casinos are looking for ways to stand out from the crowd.
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Gambling

Bahamas Sets Sights On Becoming Crypto Hub

The government of the Bahamas, home of the Sand Dollar, has published a white paper detailing its digital asset strategy up to 2026, including information on how citizens can pay tax with digital assets.
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Payments

Challenger Banks Failing To Tackle Financial Crime, FCA Says

A review carried out by the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has called out challenger banks for not properly assessing financial crime risk, as well as failing to carry out adequate due diligence on customers.
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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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