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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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U.S. Sports-Betting Industry Facing Fight To Avoid Tax Increases In 2025

Industry lobbyists warn that sports-betting tax rates will continue to be a hot topic in 2025, especially in those states facing significant budget deficits.
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Gambling

Peru Compliance Deadline Shifts Again

Peru’s deadline for approved online gambling operators to register their platforms and game providers and submit technical approvals has come and gone without any formal recognition from the regulator.
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Gambling

FIs Urged To Use AI-Powered 'DNA' To Fight APP Fraud

With losses to authorised push payment (APP) fraud set to rise, a payments expert at ACI Worldwide is urging financial institutions (FIs) to use AI and ISO 20022 to enable real-time exchange of risk information.
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Payments

Australian Parliament Passes Landmark AML Bill

Lawmakers in Australia have passed a landmark anti-money laundering (AML) bill that will bring a range of "high-risk" professions into the country’s AML regime for the first time.
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Payments

Curaçao Regulator Addresses Raft Of Allegations

Curaçao's Gaming Control Board has responded to a raft of allegations regarding the country’s licensing reforms, including denying assertions it embezzled money and refuting claims it lacks the authority to grant licences.
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Gambling

Argentina Advertising Ban Bill Advances To Senate

Argentina’s Chamber of Deputies has passed a bill aimed at preventing gambling addiction and restricting youth access to online betting, including banning nearly all advertising.
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Gambling

Daily Dash: Elon Musk Calls For Abolition Of CFPB

Tech billionaire Elon Musk, who is set to play a key role in the incoming Trump administration, has called for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) to be scrapped.
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Payments

Week In Crypto: Tornado Cash Sanctions Overturned By Appeals Court

A US Court of Appeals has ruled that the smart contracts behind Tornado Cash, a "notorious" cryptocurrency mixing service, cannot be sanctioned because they are "not capable of being owned".
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Payments

News In Brief: November 25-November 29, 2024

UK Gambling Commission chairman is stepping down from the role and Kick streaming platform is strengthening protections around gambling-related streams.
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Gambling

Japan To Prosecute Up To 130 Online Gamblers, Crypto Implicated

Japanese police have launched a nationwide wave of prosecutions against users of offshore gambling websites from home or on mobile devices, dramatically escalating the government’s crackdown against the nation’s illegal gambling ecosystem.
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Gambling

Ukraine's Parliament Committee Approves Draft Bill To Close Regulator, Ban Advertising

A Ukrainian parliament committee has adopted an amended bill, 9256-D, which proposes to shut down Ukraine’s gambling industry regulator, the Commission for the Regulation of Gambling and Lotteries (KRAIL), and replace it with a new authority next year.
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Gambling

NCLGS Targets Sweepstakes With Model iGaming Legislation

The National Council of Legislators from Gaming States (NCLGS) has released its draft of its Model Internet Gaming Act and is recommending that state legislatures include a ban on online sweepstakes games in any legislation.
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Gambling

UK Prime Minister Says Promised Gambling Regulatory Reform Has Been Delivered

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer and other industry stakeholders, from affiliates to health experts, have praised his government's plans to generate £100m to prevent and tackle gambling harm, as GambleAware calls for the quick appointment of a prevention commission.
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Gambling

Daily Dash: HSBC Fined In Isle Of Man For Violating AML Restraining Order

HSBC has been hit with a £300,000 fine in the Isle of Man for continuing to process payments for a customer whose accounts were under a restraining order.
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Payments

MiCA ESG Disclosures Set To Bring 'Substantial Change' To EU CASPs

Experts believe the way crypto-asset service providers (CASPs) in Europe operate will change significantly with the introduction of new environmental, social and governance (ESG) disclosures.
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Payments

Wyoming Regulators To Involuntarily Exclude Bettors Who Harass Athletes

The Wyoming Gaming Commission has begun the process to amend its regulations to put any gambler found to have harassed a college athlete onto the state’s involuntary exclusion list. 
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Gambling

Mexican Deputy Says Gambling Reform Bill Is 'Weeks Away'

A key congressional ally of President Claudia Sheinbaum has said the new administration will soon submit a bill to reform Mexico's law that governs gambling, which has not been changed since 1947. 
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Gambling

Rwanda's New Gambling Policy To Introduce 'Robust' Regulatory Regime

Rwanda’s government has published a new gambling policy with three key pillars: minimise the negative impacts of gambling; maximise the economic benefits; and introduce a robust regulatory and compliance regime.
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Gambling

'Incompetent, Dishonest, Opaque' — UK Lawmakers Call For Reform Of FCA

UK lawmakers have lambasted the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) in a cross-party report that calls for the agency to be reformed, if not abolished.
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Payments

Daily Dash: HSBC Shuts Down Retail Payments To Russia, Belarus

HSBC has announced that it has stopped processing payments to or from Russia and Belarus for all personal banking customers.
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Payments
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Vixio View: The FCA’s Payments Priorities Offer Clarity Rather Than Novelty – Except on AI

Although the priorities mostly emphasise the importance of effective execution and positive outcomes for consumers and the market, payments firms operating in the UK should note the warning that on-paper compliance is no longer enough.
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Regulatory Influencer: United States Advances Artificial Intelligence Governance Architecture for Financial Services

Rather than introducing sweeping artificial intelligence (AI) legislation, US policymakers are constructing a sector-based governance architecture for AI in financial services, built around voluntary frameworks, supervisory coordination and existing regulatory structures.
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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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