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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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Brazil Levels Playing Field With Tighter Rules For Large Fintechs

New Brazilian fintech regulations require large payment firms that engage in deposit-taking and lending to meet the same standards as traditional banks.
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Payments

Norway Orders Gambling Ads Pulled From Discovery Channels

The Norwegian Media Authority has ordered television distributors in the country to remove gambling advertising from Discovery channels such as Eurosport Norway, a decision the media company said it may appeal.
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Gambling

Federal Regulation Required For U.S. Gaming Industry To Embrace Digital Currencies

The Biden administration’s order directing federal agencies to coordinate efforts to regulate digital currencies has been welcomed by those in the gaming industry who believe regulators need a federal framework to feel comfortable with cryptocurrencies as a form of payment.
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Gambling

New Powers For Payments Oversight Coming For Singapore

Singapore’s government has set out to parliament how the city-state will amend its financial services law, including new compliance requirements for payments services and crypto-assets.
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Payments

Finally! UK Government Unveils Crypto Plans

Stablecoins are to be recognised as a valid form of payment and the Royal Mint is making a non-fungible token, HM Treasury has announced.
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Payments

Request To Pay Innovations To Kick Off In 2022

Pay.UK is set to launch three new features for the request to pay overlay service later this year, which is expected to help give a competitive edge to payment providers, reduce fraud and aid struggling small and medium-sized enterprises.
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Payments

Footballers Banned From UK Gambling Ads Under Tougher Rules

Leading footballers will be banned from marketing gambling products under new rules designed to curb their appeal to young people, a UK advertising body has announced.
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Gambling

India Seizes $54m From Lottery Mogul Santiago Martin

India’s economic crimes agency has seized 4.1bn rupees ($54m) in bank account and mutual fund holdings controlled by notorious “Lottery King” Santiago Martin. The latest salvo in a decades-long battle between law enforcement and the gaming mogul.
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Gambling

Ontario Ends Grey-Market Status With Historic Online Gaming Launch

A new era of online gaming in Canada officially launched on Monday as 13 approved operators went live in Ontario with regulated sports betting and online casino offerings.
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Gambling

Greek Watchdog Backs Online Casino Boost

Revenues for Greece's thriving online market passed €700m for the first time in 2021, as the gambling regulator recommended to government that a hike in the maximum online casino stake would benefit the market still further.
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Gambling

Swedish Treasury Targets Black Market, Duty Of Care

​​​​​​​Sweden’s State Treasury has called for more action against unlicensed operators and for consumer protection measures to be bolstered.
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Gambling

G7 Nations Need Common Crypto Regulations, Says Bank Of Japan Official

Stablecoins are in the crosshairs as policymakers focus on sanctions busters, while Japan’s central bank digital currency study forges ahead.
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Payments

Malaysia Unveils Plans To Study CBDCs, Rejects Proposal To Make Bitcoin Legal Tender

Malaysia’s central bank has published a new report outlining plans to study both wholesale and retail central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) for a range of use cases, while debate rages over digital assets.
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Payments

Crypto Players Express Disappointment Following Brussels’ Travel Rule Vote

New transfer rules have been voted through by members of the European Parliament (MEPs), igniting frustration among the crypto industry who feel like they are being unnecessarily targeted.
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Payments

Crypto Mining Investment Shows Bitcoin’s Potential Green Future

Despite a widespread assumption that Bitcoin mining is bad for the environment, there are many factors that could one day lead it to be encouraged rather than denounced by regulators.
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Payments

UK’s Rapid Scam Response Scheme Prevents Over £200m In Attempted Fraud

UK Finance has said that its Banking Protocol rapid scam response scheme has prevented tens of thousands of people from becoming victims of fraud since 2016.
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Payments

Is Your Compliance Team Ready To Deal With ’Blitz-Scaling’?

As the UK fintech space continues to expand at lightspeed rates, compliance teams have often struggled in the background to keep up with the pace of change. With the promise of a more agile Financial Conduct Authority and the nascent digital currency space, compliance teams are facing a number of challenges.
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Payments

Louisiana Takes Spotlight For March Madness Betting Finale

If Kansas wins Monday’s National Collegiate Athletic Association men’s college basketball championship game against North Carolina, a furniture store owner in Houston, Texas, will win at least $6.27m from online wagers he made in Louisiana.
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Gambling

Camelot To Fight For Lost Lottery Licence In Court

​​​​​​​Camelot has launched a legal appeal against the Gambling Commission’s decision to award the UK National Lottery tender to Allwyn.
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Gambling

Ukraine's Regulator Makes Controversial Return

Ukraine’s gambling regulator has said it has resumed operations and will focus on supervising online operators, in part because much of the nation’s land-based industry has been literally destroyed.
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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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