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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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Singaporean Fintechs Take BNPL Regulation Into Their Own Hands

Singaporean buy now, pay later (BNPL) providers have joined forces to create an industry framework for the Singaporean market under the guidance of the Monetary Authority of Singapore.
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Payments

CMA Shuts Down OBIE As Mandate Ends

The UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) will replace the Open Banking Implementation Entity (OBIE) with a "future entity" as the latter completes its mission to implement open banking standards.
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Payments

Big Changes For Bigtech: Council And Commission Reach Agreement On Digital Markets Act

The Council of the EU and the European Parliament have reached a provisional political agreement on the Digital Markets Act, and final technical work will make it possible to finalise the text in the coming days.
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Payments

Despite Shortlist, Chicago Casino Still Years From Opening

Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot surprised almost no one last week by announcing the three finalists to develop and operate a $2bn state-of-the-art casino in the third most populous city in the United States.
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Gambling

Star Entertainment Probe Claims CEO Matt Bekier

The CEO and managing director of Australian casino operator Star Entertainment Group has submitted his resignation over company compliance failures exposed during an ongoing New South Wales state government regulatory review.
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Gambling

Camelot To Appeal Lottery Licence Decision In High Court

Camelot is reportedly set to launch a High Court challenge over claims the UK's gambling regulator broke the law when it changed the scoring system in deciding who should win the new National Lottery licence.
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Gambling

Lithuania Crypto Services Set For Increased AML Rules

The Ministry of Finance, together with financial regulators, has prepared amendments to the country’s anti-money laundering (AML) laws that are aimed at strengthening the operating conditions of crypto service providers.
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Payments

Digital Yuan To Fill Gap Left By Alipay And WeChat Pay

Various features in the e-CNY app, the Chinese digital wallet used to promote the pilot version of the country’s central bank digital currency, are designed to go into places where existing Chinese payments giants struggle, experts say.
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Payments

Week In Brief - March 25, 2022

A short roundup of some of the week's payments news you may have missed. This week we look at plans to monetise a new SEPA API access model scheme, the latest on cross-border CBDC initiative Project Dunbar, the rise in data protection complaints in Spain, and the launch of new international group to promote UK fintech.
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Payments

Thailand Outlaws Crypto Payments From April 1

The Thai Securities and Exchange Commission and Bank of Thailand have outlined new tough measures that will ban payments using crypto-assets from next month.
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Payments

Indian State Of 120m People Preparing Online Gaming Legislation

India’s massively populous Maharashtra state has moved closer to regulating online gaming, with the government reportedly preparing dedicated legislation that includes a 25 percent gaming tax.
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Gambling

World Lottery Association Suspends Russian Members

Eastern European lottery operators have succeeded in petitioning the World Lottery Association to suspend its members from Russia and Belarus.
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Gambling

NHL Partnership Approach Could Be Boon In Ontario Online Market

The National Hockey League (NHL) was one of the earliest of the major U.S. professional leagues to embrace sports betting through partnerships with operators, and with Ontario’s new online gaming market set to launch in less than two weeks, the league is poised to capitalize.
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Gambling

Bill To Ban Gambling Ads In Ireland Advances

​​​​​​​A bill to ban gambling advertising in Ireland will progress to the committee stage on March 29 after appearing to accrue government sympathy.
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Gambling

News In Brief: March 21-March 25, 2022

European operators to pool anti-cybercrime resources, a Missouri betting bill makes progress, while another in Minnesota narrowly survives its latest vote.
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Gambling

OBIE Updates Open Banking Roadmap

There are three remaining items that large UK banks have to put into effect this year, the latest update on the open banking roadmap shows.
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Payments

UK/EU Authorities Keep Up Pressure On Crypto-Assets

The UK’s Advertising Standards Authority has published a new enforcement notice regarding crypto-asset promotions, following recent interventions from the EU’s financial regulators, as well as Ireland’s central bank.
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Payments

Improvement Needed! EBA And EU Lawmakers Scrutinise AML Supervision

Lawmakers in Brussels have held a public hearing on the EU’s latest financial crime package and how it can be made effective. Meanwhile, the European Banking Authority's new report highlights why the current one is not.
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Payments

Canada Names First-Ever Open Banking Lead

Canada has picked former digital banking director Abraham Tachjian to help set up the country’s open banking regime, which is planned to launch next January.
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Payments

Missouri House Moves Forward On Sports Betting

Missouri’s House of Representatives advanced a modified sports-betting bill for passage on Wednesday, the most significant step taken to towards enacting legislation in the state after years of misfires.
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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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