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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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California Sports Betting Battle Top Of Mind At Tribal Gaming Convention

November’s election in California, which could feature as many as three different proposals to legalize sports betting in the state, is looming large over this year’s Indian Gaming Tradeshow and Convention.
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Gambling

German Regulator Faces Multiple Betting Lawsuits, Publication Says

Legal action has targeted provisions including those limiting live bets and setting a €1,000 monthly limit on deposits, according to German magazine WirtschaftsWoche. The council has been reviewing licence applications since January 2020 but on January 1, 2023, its authority passes to the planned central regulator, the Joint Gaming Authority for the Federal States (GGL).  The council has supplied 41 licences, although some companies have several.
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Gambling

Senecas Take To The Streets In Gaming Feud With New York

About 200 people supporting the Seneca Nation marched in the streets of Buffalo, New York, last week as the tribe’s bitter conflict with Democratic Governor Kathy Hochul over gaming revenue continues to escalate.
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Gambling

German Football Club Pauses Unibet Sponsorship Over Lack Of Licence

​​​​​​​Borussia Mönchengladbach of Germany’s Bundesliga football league has paused its sponsorship with Kindred’s Unibet as the online gambling operator has not yet obtained a German sports betting licence.
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Gambling

China’s Ant Group To Acquire Stake In Singapore Payments Firm 2C2P

After its aborted IPO in 2020, Ant Group is quietly building out its overseas business on a lighter budget, with its majority stake acquisition of a regional merchant payments platform.
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Payments

ASPSPs Called Out As EBA Publishes Latest SCA Q&As

The European Banking Authority (EBA) has continued to clarify parts of the strong customer authentication (SCA) regulatory technical standards (RTS), delving into issues including mobile-initiated credit transfers and redirects.
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Payments

EU Shifts to Humanitarian Aid in Ukraine Conflict

Although sanctions continue, priorities are gradually shifting from punishing Russia to helping those trapped in the crossfire.
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Payments

News In Brief: April 19-April 22, 2022

FinCEN issues advice for U.S. banks to help identify kleptocracy and foreign public corruption.
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Payments

Durbin Blasts Interchange Fee Hike

Senator Richard Durbin (D-IL) tells Visa and Mastercard to halt the planned increase of unregulated credit card fees as the change is set to take place.
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Payments

SCA Implementation: What’s Expected from PSPs in the UK and EU?

Strong customer authentication (SCA) in the UK was expected to be implemented from March 14, 2022. This regulatory analysis focuses on the implementation and impact of SCA in the UK and the EU, as well as the UK Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) related expectations from payment service providers (PSPs).
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Payments

Maine Grants Indian Tribes Exclusivity For Mobile Sports Betting

Maine’s four federally recognized Indian tribes will control mobile sports betting in the state under the terms of legislation backed by Governor Janet Mills and approved by both chambers of the legislature Tuesday night.
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Gambling

Wakayama’s IR Bid Near Collapse After Assembly ‘No’ Vote

The Wakayama Prefectural Assembly has voted down the city’s proposed integrated resort (IR) package, condemning the city’s bid to likely failure just eight days before Japan’s national application deadline.
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Gambling

Pennsylvania Grey-Market Games Debate Stalls, Lawsuit Claims Machines Illegally Targeted

In Pennsylvania, lawmakers remain far from reaching a consensus over how to handle thousands of “grey-market” machines, also known as skill-based games, which have appeared throughout the state and resemble slot machines but are unregulated.
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Gambling

Resilient Ukrainian Regulator Joins GREF

​​​​​​​Ukraine’s gambling regulator is continuing to offer guidance and support to the industry despite the ongoing Russian invasion and has joined forces with its peers across the continent.
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Gambling

Cryptocurrency Markets Too ‘Illiquid’ To Support Mass Russian Sanctions Evasion, Says Study

A new report by Chainalysis, a crypto analytics firm, has cast doubt on the idea that Russian oligarchs could use cryptocurrency to evade sanctions and move wealth overseas en masse.
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Payments

WhatsApp Pay To Double Indian User Base

India has granted WhatsApp Pay the permission to enrol 60m new users, a move that some believe has the potential to shake up the Indian payments landscape.
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Payments

Are The UK’s Crypto Plans Really That Exciting?

Experts are divided on just how significant the UK’s new crypto plans are, after HM Treasury published its stablecoin consultation response earlier this month.
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Payments

SCA Triggers £4.3m Daily Loss For UK Retailers

UK merchants have been hit by the new strong customer authentication (SCA) rules block on non-compliant online transactions.
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Payments

U.S. Audience For Esports Not Minors, Executive Reminds Gaming Regulators

Nevada regulators are supportive of an effort by the gaming and video game industries to develop a viable esports wagering industry in the state, despite integrity risks to the sector, as interest in competitive video game competitions has increased over the last two years.
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Gambling

NFTs Plagued By Fraud But Could Still Help Affiliate Market, Experts Say

Non-fungible tokens and cryptocurrency markets are still beset by rampant fraud and wash trading, but gambling affiliates might still be able to cautiously integrate NFTs into their business plans, experts have said.
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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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