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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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Ontario Bonus Limits Change Launch Model Compared To U.S.

While Ontario’s new online gaming market is set to launch on Monday with operators that include many of the leaders in the neighboring United States, the path to building market share will be a different one than the typically bonus-heavy American approach.
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Gambling

Cyprus Rebounding From COVID-19, Says Betting Authority

Gambling in Cyprus has “quite quickly” recovered to pre-COVID levels, according to the latest figures released by the National Betting Authority and the country’s only licensed casino operator, Melco.
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Gambling

Oklahoma Tribes Supportive Of Sports Betting, Relationship With Governor Remains Strained

Matthew Morgan, chairman of the Oklahoma Indian Gaming Association, believes gaming tribes will support efforts to legalize sports betting but it remains questionable if the current governor would even sign a bill.
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Gambling

Australia Names First In Line For Magnitsky Sanctions

Australia has sanctioned 39 Russians accused of serious corruption and involvement in the death and abuse of the lawyer Sergei Magnitsky, the foreign minister has announced.
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Payments

‘I Told You So’: Reactions To EPI’s Card Abandonment

The European Payments Initiative (EPI) has pulled away from cards after half of its shareholders quit, which nobody is surprised by, but what comes next for the EU’s payments strategy?
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Payments

Russian Regulators Strike Back Against Sanctions

Russian regulatory actions initially aimed at softening the blow of sanctions has now become a full on battle to save the Russian rouble, while the government imposes retaliatory measures against foreign governments, businesses and individuals.
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Payments

U.S. To Go Its Own Way In Open Banking And Finance Initiatives

This analysis outlines key developments of open banking and finance in the U.S. at the federal level and what is to come. This includes the work currently being carried out by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) to improve consumers’ access to their data and build the foundation for the U.S.’ open banking regulatory framework.
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Payments

Crypto, Card Acquiring And Fraud Take Centre Stage In PSR Annual Plan

Shaping new crypto regulations, improving the card-acquiring market and preventing fraud are some of the seven key projects the UK's Payment Systems Regulator (PSR) is planning to focus on in the year ahead.
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Payments

Ukraine Demands Gambling Industry Severs Ties With Russia

Ukraine’s gambling regulator has praised operator Parimatch for completing its withdrawal from the Russian market and urged other industry stakeholders to cut all ties with the country.
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Gambling

Kansas Sports-Betting Bill In Flux Before Friday Deadline

Legislation to permit sports betting in Kansas experienced a rollercoaster ride on Tuesday that leaves its status uncertain as a key legislative deadline approaches this week.
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Gambling

Huddleston Cautious On Affordability In Latest UK Debate

​​​​​​​As the long wait for the UK white paper persists, politicians continue to debate the big issues, with the minister overseeing the review appearing to tread a careful line on affordability checks and advertising.
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Gambling

Seneca Nation Accuses New York Of Forcing Payment To Resolve Gaming Compact Dispute

The Seneca Nation claims New York officials employed coercive tactics to force a vote this week by the tribe’s council to pay the state almost $565m to resolve a gambling compact dispute.
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Gambling

BoE Teams Up With MIT To Explore CBDC Tech Design

The Bank of England (BoE) has become the latest central bank to partner with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) to explore technical aspects of a central bank digital currency (CBDC).
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Payments

EU AML Body Should Have Powers To Regulate Crypto, EBA Chair Suggests

The rapid growth of crypto-assets in the EU needs to be accounted for in the trading bloc’s financial crime package, the EU’s banking watchdog chief has suggested in a letter to co-legislators.
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Payments

’We Need To Think Ahead’: Key EU Regulators Make Biggest PSD3 Hints So Far

The Payment Services Directive has become a worldwide reference point, according to the European Commission’s financial services chief, but time has come for reform.
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Payments

Experts Sceptical Over Transatlantic Data Privacy Pact

Although the new EU-U.S. "in principle" agreement is a significant step to enabling transatlantic data flow, there is still very little known about the specifics, leaving experts wondering whether the new framework will fall short of addressing EU concerns about surveillance and privacy.
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Payments

Irish Government 'Enthusiastic' About Regulatory Reform

James Browne, the minister of state for law reform, has said he is “especially enthusiastic” about progressing gambling regulations in 2022, in the latest government bulletin on Ireland’s protracted legal reforms.
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Gambling

Georgia House Committee Revives Gaming Expansion, Sports-Betting Bills

With the end of the legislative session approaching next week, Georgia legislators have launched another effort to expand gaming in the state, including state-wide mobile sports betting and potentially casinos.
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Gambling

Continental Drift: U.S., Europe On Different Tracks For Online Gambling Enforcement

One day before New Jersey published the joint largest fine of the post-PASPA era of U.S. sports betting earlier this month, the UK Gambling Commission issued a penalty almost 100 times that amount, underlining different approaches to enforcement actions on the two sides of the Atlantic.
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Gambling

Bank Of England Begins To Set Out Crypto Regulatory Ambitions

The UK authorities’ deluge of recent crypto-asset interventions has continued with the Bank of England making further rumblings about the need for regulation, while also outlining what it regards as the main risks.
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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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