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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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Affiliates Love Regulation, But Can't Quite Quit Grey Markets

Major affiliates say they love the stability of regulation and the protection it gives them from being short-changed by operators, but some are still happy to do significant grey market business.
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Gambling

Election Results, Internet Sunset Problematic For New Jersey Casinos

Even “Saturday Night Live” is making jokes about how a truck driver spent a grand total of $153 on his campaign but still managed to defeat the New Jersey Senate president in the November 2 election.
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Gambling

EU Finance Ministries Pile On Political Pressure For The EPI

Seven of the EU’s national finance ministries have published a joint statement in support of the European Payments Initiative (EPI).
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Payments

Now Is Not The Time For A Retail CBDC, Singapore Says

On balance, the case for a retail central bank digital currency (CBDC) in Singapore is not urgent, the Monetary Authority of Singapore has said in a new research paper.
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Payments

U.S. Continues Crackdown Against Ransomware In Whole-Of-Government Effort

In a coordinated multi-agency effort, the U.S. Treasury and the Department of Justice have taken a series of actions against ransomware groups, including the designation of a virtual currency exchange network, the seizure of $6.1m paid in ransom, and the release of an updated ransomware advisory for financial institutions.
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Payments

BNY Mellon Offers Solution To Facilitate ISO 20022 Transition

The U.S. bank has launched a one-stop-shop online resource center to help financial institutions prepare for the adoption of the new message standard that is going to be mandated in major economies within the next couple of years.
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Payments

Eleven Bookmakers To Be Prosecuted In NSW, Sportsbet Fined

The gambling regulator in Australia’s New South Wales state is prosecuting 11 bookmakers in 15 cases, VIXIO GamblingCompliance has learned, with market leader Sportsbet the latest to be convicted.
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Gambling

Risky Financial Products Replacing Gambling Sponsorships, Researchers Warn

​​​​​​​Risky gambling-like trading and cryptocurrency products are filling the void left by gambling football sponsorships as they are outlawed by regulators, academics have warned.
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Gambling

New Jersey Governor Vetoes Bill Permitting Sports-Betting Promo Deductions

Days after being re-elected to a second term, New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy has vetoed legislation that would have allowed sportsbook operators to deduct bonuses from their taxable revenues.
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Gambling

Curaçao 'Licensees' Clog Gambling Blacklists, Rile Regulators

Buccaneering Curaçao-based online gambling companies crowd blacklists all over Europe and Australia, with nearly 40 percent of all blacklisted companies in 18 countries traceable to an address on the Caribbean island.
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Gambling

Nordic Payments Council Consults On Changes To Credit Transfer Rules

The Nordic Payments Council (NPC) is consulting on proposed changes to its rulebooks, including levelling up its old ISO 20022 messaging format to the latest 2019 version. The changes are aimed at ensuring the payment schemes keep up with the evolution of the payment market, and follow the SEPA payment schemes as much as possible.
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Payments

Lithuania’s FIU Uncovers 20x Increase In Suspicious Transaction Reports

Lithuania has transformed into one of the EU’s hubs for fintech, but as a result is increasing the volume of suspicious transactions — have payment institutions and the regulators got the resources they need to cope?
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Payments

U.S. Passes Historic Infrastructure Bill With Crypto Reporting Provision

Following lengthy negotiations, the U.S. Congress has passed the $1.2trn Infrastructure Bill that will update the country’s infrastructure. As passed, the act will require certain crypto transactions to be reported for tax purposes.
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Payments

Online Slot Harm Report Shocks Researchers

​​​​​​​Researchers in the UK have said they were shocked to find no significant correlation between behavioural markers of harm and the volatility, return to player or hit rate of online slot games.
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Gambling

New York State Of Nine: Gaming Commission Selects Sports-Betting Operators

The New York State Gaming Commission has selected nine operators to offer mobile sports betting in the most coveted market in the United States, with bet365 and Penn National's Barstool among those failing to secure a license.
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Gambling

Dutch Trade Groups Agree On Responsible Slogan

Gambling associations in the Netherlands have jointly backed the introduction of a new responsible gambling slogan, saying they could quickly implement it as a temporary measure.
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Gambling

Crypto Cowboys: Wyoming Wants To Be Pioneer On Virtual Currency Wagering

With an economy based largely on cattle, oil and mining, policymakers in Wyoming have grabbed the attention of gaming operators, attorneys and payment processors after becoming the first state to regulate the use of cryptocurrency for wagering on sporting events.
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Gambling

Malaysian Deputy Minister Touts Review Of Gambling Laws

Malaysia’s deputy home minister has confirmed the government is continuing to review legislation related to gambling, amid lawmaker complaints over ease of access to online products, but did not say if regulation is on the cards.
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Gambling

Competition Authority Envisages UK Open Banking Future

The UK's Competition and Markets Authority has published a new update regarding its vision for the “future entity” to replace the Open Banking Implementation Entity.
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Payments

China’s New CBDC Wallet To Have No Transaction Cap, Confirms PBOC Official

Some 140m people had opened wallets for China's new digital yuan as of October and used it for transactions totalling around 62bn yuan ($9.7bn), according to a senior official at the People’s Bank of China (PBOC).
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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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