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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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Klarna And Stripe Announce Strategic Partnership

Klarna and Stripe, the two highest valued fintechs in the world, have announced a strategic partnership that will bring Klarna’s buy now, pay later product closer to consumers in 20 countries and enable Stripe to offer more competitive solutions to merchants.
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Payments

Rishi’s Budget Divides Opinion Among UK Finance Industry

Although the UK’s largest financial institutions are winners from the UK Chancellor’s budget announcement on Wednesday, others are concerned that it undermines the country’s burgeoning fintech sector.
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Payments

Remote Registration On Agenda In Illinois Session's Final Days

With an Illinois legislative session set to end on Thursday, an 11th-hour proposal has been put forward to end the state’s cumbersome in-person registration requirement for mobile sports-betting accounts.
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Gambling

Ukraine To Pick New Chief Regulator

Ukraine’s gambling regulator is preparing to choose who will lead it into the next four years, as parliament works to settle disputes over the process and finally deal with long-running tax problems.
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Gambling

Brazil Ready To Show Its Hand On Sports-Betting Regulations

Brazil will definitely launch its regulated sports-betting market before next year’s FIFA World Cup, with details of the regulatory process set to be revealed very soon, a key government official said on Tuesday.
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Gambling

UK Criminal Justice Oblivious To Problem Gambling, Says Charity

The UK must do more to address the impacts of crime related to problem gambling, according to a UK prison reform charity.
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Gambling

Harmonisation Key To Effectiveness Of AML Package, EU Players Warn

Although greater harmonisation has been welcomed almost universally in Europe, the EU’s anti-money laundering (AML) package must be serious about reining in fragmentation, private and state actors alike have warned.
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Payments

Indonesia Joins Payment Digitalisation Trend With New BI-FAST Service

Indonesia is about to join the region’s digitalisation trend as it announces plans to roll out a new instant payment service before the end of the year.
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Payments

B2B Payments Continue Steady Growth During Pandemic

Business-to-business (B2B) payments are showing particularly strong growth in the United States, indicating that the pandemic has changed businesses' payments habits in the long run, recent findings of the U.S. ACH association say.
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Payments

CBDC Starts Now? Nigeria Becomes Largest Economy To Date To Launch

Nigeria has unveiled its central bank digital currency (CBDC), the eNaira, becoming the first African country to do so.
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Payments

Dutch Market Withdrawal Pounds Kindred In October

Kindred Group's gross winnings fell off a cliff in October as the online gambling company was forced to pull out of the Netherlands.
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Gambling

Hard Rock, Caesars Plan New York City Casino Bids

Executives from two major casino operators said Tuesday that their companies expect to bid for a potential casino license in New York City.
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Gambling

New Jersey Sports-Betting Handle Expected To Surpass $10bn In 2021

The leading gaming regulator in New Jersey on Tuesday said his state’s sports-betting handle this year could double the highest amount ever recorded in Nevada.
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Gambling

UK Problem Gambling Rate Decreasing, Says Commission

The UK’s overall problem gambling rate and moderate risk rate have decreased over the past year, according to the Gambling Commission’s latest data.
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Gambling

Sweden Probes Crypto Exchanges’ AML Practices

The Swedish Financial Supervisory Authority (Finansinspektionen) has opened an investigation into two leading cryptocurrency exchanges as it believes these types of entities are particularly exposed to the risk of being exploited by criminals.
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Payments

Australia Tweaks Debit Card Regulations, But Leaves Schemes Fees Alone

Australia is to alter its rules governing dual-network debit cards and least-cost routing of  transactions, but has decided not to regulate scheme fees yet, the Reserve Bank of Australia said after concluding a review of the country’s retail payments regulation.
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Payments

UK Consultation on New Data Regime: Opportunities and Costs

On September 10, 2021, the UK government launched a consultation to reshape the data protection regulatory framework, looking at the country’s exit from the EU as an opportunity to enhance the current regime.
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Payments

The ECB Needs You: Experts Called Up To Join Digital Euro Talks

The European Central Bank (ECB) is inviting technology experts to take part in online technical talks to explore options for the design of a central bank digital currency, it has announced.
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Payments

Disgraceful' Crown Melbourne Leashed After Stay Of Execution

Crown Resorts has dodged a bullet after a Royal Commission into misconduct at its Melbourne casino opted against licence cancellation, but a government appointee will control the casino's operations for two years and enforce profound reform.
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Gambling

German Casino Regulation Called Cumbersome Compromise

The planned German state-by-state licensing system for online casino games is a “patchwork quilt with no chance of a functioning legal market”, an online gambling executive 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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