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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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Lawmakers Click Their Heels But Can't Legalize Sports Betting In Kansas

As lawmakers face an early May recess of the 2022 Kansas legislature session, committees in both the House and Senate have yet to seriously consider whether to move forward with a previous bill or any new proposals to legalize sports betting in the state.
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Gambling

News In Brief: February 7-February 11, 2022

The Dutch advertising regulator has said an online slots ad showing multiple winners is not misleading consumers.
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Gambling

Incoming! McGuinness Confirms Instant Payment Regulation

In the second half of 2022, the European Commission will set out its plans for instant payments legislation, the commission’s financial services chief has announced.
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Payments

U.S. Seizes Largest Ever Bitcoin Asset, Here Is How

The U.S. Department of Justice has seized a record 94,000 Bitcoin, worth $3.6bn, refuting criticism that criminals can hide behind cryptocurrencies.
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Payments

Belgian Banking Watchdog Draws Attention To Payments And E-Money Governance

The National Bank of Belgium has written to e-money and payment institutions in the country telling them to sort out management shortcomings before the end of the year.
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Payments

You Can Now Send £1m On Faster Payments

UK consumers and businesses can now use Faster Payments to make retail purchases of up to £1m, which could mean significant savings in large transactions such as home purchases.
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Payments

Australia's Sportsbet Fined Millions For Spamming Customers

Flutter Entertainment-owned Australian corporate bookmaker Sportsbet has been walloped with a A$3.7m ($2.7m) fine and compensation combo, and will undergo a governance review after spamming customers for more than a year.
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Gambling

Will U.S. Leagues Face Sports-Betting Crisis After Super Bowl?

The Super Bowl on Sunday will cap a banner season for the National Football League and the U.S. sports-betting industry, but a lawsuit alleging offers of payments to fix games looms as a threat to professional sports leagues and their gambling partners whom they once shunned.
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Gambling

Brexit Means ICE Should Move To EU, Top Exhibitor Says

​​​​​​​One of the biggest exhibitors at ICE London is calling for the gambling conference to be moved to continental Europe “as soon as possible” due to Brexit complications, as ICE organisers themselves ponder the future.
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Gambling

Irish Politician Says Study Reflects Need For Regulator

The number of gamblers in Ireland has fallen, according to a health survey, but high rates among the vulnerable have prompted fresh calls for a dedicated regulator.
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Gambling

California Tribes Pledge $100m To Defeat Online Sports-Betting Ballot Initiative

A coalition of California gaming tribes has formed a committee to campaign against a ballot initiative to authorize online sports betting proposed by FanDuel, DraftKings and other major U.S. operators, setting up a $200m battle royale over the referendum.
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Gambling

Payments Dominated Fintech Investment In 2021, KPMG Says

2021 was a record year of global investment in the payments sector, driven by the continued acceleration of digital trends, increasing adoption and use of digital and contactless payments, and growing demand for alternative payments models like buy now, pay later.
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Payments

Just More Boring News? Experts Split On Apple’s New Venture Into Payment Terminals

Apple has announced that it is launching a payment terminal product, but how significant is this development? VIXIO spoke with payments industry experts to discuss the implications of the latest product diversification from the technology giant.
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Payments

Meta Threatens To Pull Out Of Europe Amid Unresolved Privacy Dilemma

Europeans could be cut off from Facebook and Instagram as enforcement of data privacy rights heat up in Europe and the regulatory framework guiding transatlantic data flow is still in the making.
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Payments

Singapore Sets Out Fraud Payments Framework

Banks in Singapore have implemented substantial measures to bolster the security of digital banking that was announced in January, the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has confirmed.
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Payments

Indian Cabinet Exploring Proposal To Regulate Fantasy Sports

The Indian Cabinet has said for the first time that multiple ministries are considering a discussion paper on fantasy sports regulation produced by the government’s top think tank.
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Gambling

Seneca Nation To Resume Gaming Payments To New York Amid Federal Probe

Even though federal regulators continue to investigate whether the tribe's Indian gaming compact is legal, the Seneca Nation plans to pay the state of New York hundreds of millions of dollars to settle its dispute with the state.
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Gambling

Belgian Cross-Sell Banning Bill Raises Alarm

Trade groups are protesting a bill in Belgium that would ban cross-selling or allowing customers to transfer funds between betting and online casino accounts.
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Gambling

Some NFTs Fall Under FinCEN Remit, U.S. Treasury Says

U.S. regulators weigh non-fungible tokens (NFTs) in the context of anti-money laundering (AML) for the first time, concluding that certain NFTs could be subject to U.S. AML regulations.
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Payments

Spaniards Choose Instant Payments More Than Anyone Else In The EU

The Spanish national payment network processed 570m instant payment transactions in 2021, beating all the countries in the eurozone, including the Netherlands or Belgium, Iberpay has 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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