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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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MEPs Cautiously Optimistic About EU Digital Identity Proposal

Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) have welcomed the EU’s proposal for electronic identification (eID), although concerns have been raised about the risks for data privacy and interoperability.
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Payments

Ireland’s Payments Boom: Brexit Pushes Players To Dublin

Despite a relatively small payments market, Ireland has been an important beneficiary of the UK’s withdrawal from the EU, as companies set up shop looking to use the destination to passport into the single market.
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Payments

PSD3 Watch: MEP Raises Prospect Of New Fraud Prevention Measures

A Dutch member of the European Parliament (MEP) has probed the European Commission on the possibility of introducing delay and chargeback options for SEPA transfers to new IBAN accounts.
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Payments

Entain Acquires Sports Interaction Ahead Of Ontario Opening

Entain has acquired the parent company of Avid Gaming and its online betting and gaming brand Sports Interaction for approximately $235m (C$300m) as it prepares for the transition to a regulated market in Canada's largest province.
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Gambling

Hungary Ending Online Monopoly Without Caveats Unlikely, Says Lawyer

Legal changes proposed by the Hungarian government would allow private operators to apply for an online licence, ending the current monopoly, but at least one legal expert does not expect animosity between the government and offshore companies to conclude any time soon.
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Gambling

Brazil Gambling Vote Imminent In Landmark Year For Lotteries, Sports Betting

The lower house of Brazil’s Congress is preparing to vote this month on a plan to open one of the world’s largest untapped gambling markets to casinos, bingo machines and online gaming.
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Gambling

Gone, But Not Forgotten - Diem’s Payments Legacy

After the Diem Association announced that its project was coming to a close, VIXIO spoke with experts to assess just how impactful the stablecoin project ended up being.
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Payments

Project Hamilton Moves To Next Stage

The Federal Reserve Bank of Boston has published a white paper following its initial technological research into a central bank digital currency.
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Payments

First Year Into AMLA - What Has Been Done And What To Expect?

One year after the U.S. adopted the historic Anti-Money Laundering Act 2020 (AMLA), experts discuss how the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) is dealing with its tasks to implement the act and what lies ahead.
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Payments

Insane' New York Market Shatters Records In First Month Of Mobile Betting

Despite mobile sportsbooks only being in operation for a portion of the month, New York broke U.S. records for monthly sports-betting handle and gross revenue in January.
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Gambling

Japan's Online Casino Boom: How Long Can It Last?

Online gambling in Japan has enjoyed some of the most dramatic growth of any gambling sector anywhere in the world, but its era of operating in shadows with affiliate assistance and amid tenuous law enforcement may be nearing a turning point.
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Gambling

Flutter Confirms Desire To Run UK National Lottery

The UK's biggest bookmaker has said it wants the National Lottery back under the control of a domestic operator in a late bid to win the licence.
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Gambling

MPs Pile On Pressure For Government To Act On Fraud

A group of UK parliamentarians have called on the government to extend the powers of the Payment Systems Regulator and act faster on fraudsters and scammers.
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Payments

Nexi Goes Global! European Payments Firm In Line To Develop UAE Instant Payments

SIA, part of Nexi Group, G42 and Accenture have been selected by the Central Bank of the United Arab Emirates to build and operate their instant payments platform over the next five years.
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Payments

HMRC DeFi Manual Contradicts Government Approach To Crypto, Trade Body Says

The UK's HM Revenue & Customs has updated its manual regarding the tax treatment of crypto-assets as used for lending and staking with decentralised finance (DeFi) platforms, in a move that some argue goes contrary to the existing government approach.
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Payments

Week In Brief - February 4, 2022

A short roundup of some of the week's payments news you may have missed. This week we look at falling share prices at PayPal, new AML reports in Poland and Croatia, proposals to level up Thailand's financial sector, and China's three-year crackdown on money laundering.
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Payments

UK Researchers Pledge To Uncover Gambling Harm Impact

Britain's oldest independent economic research institute is undertaking a project to measure the costs of gambling harm ahead of the government’s Gambling Act Review white paper.
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Gambling

Western Australia Probe Findings Could Imperil Ex-Crown Boss

A barrister representing former top Crown Resorts executive Barry Felstead has objected to provisional findings of Western Australia state’s probe into Crown Perth that could see him prosecuted and even jailed.
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Gambling

Belgium Set For Slots Crackdown But No Cut Yet In Age Restrictions

Belgian politicians are set to agree a crackdown on slot machines and the use of bonuses by operators to entice new gamblers, but wider reform of advertising rules and age limits are a long way off.
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Gambling

Penn Targeting Profitability, Ontario Over 'Irrational' U.S. Marketing Battle

Penn National Gaming expects to see profitability from its U.S. interactive division as early as this coming football season, CEO Jay Snowden said during a quarterly earnings call on Thursday.
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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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