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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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Labor Shortage Is Lingering, Atlantic City Casino Executive Says

One of the many harmful impacts of COVID-19 on casinos has been the difficulty of retaining and hiring enough workers, and the gaming industry is still struggling to find a solution, an Atlantic City casino executive has said.
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Gambling

DraftKings Will Not Bid Again For Entain

DraftKings has said it will not be making a new offer for Entain, ending for now the billion-dollar battle with MGM to acquire the UK-headquartered gambling giant.
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Gambling

Social Media Ads Appeal To Kids More Than Adults, Researchers Find

Gambling advertising on social media is significantly more appealing to children and young people than to adults, research suggests.
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Gambling

Ireland Has Gambling Advertising In Its Crosshairs

An Irish cross-party parliamentary committee wants to immediately suspend any legal standing for gambling adverts that can be seen by children online.
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Gambling

Turf War Between Online Casino And Online Lottery Persists In Pennsylvania

The relationship between online casino and online lottery remains incongruous as the two genres are forced to co-exist in several major U.S. markets, particularly in Pennsylvania.
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Gambling

UK Government Payments Plan Draws Mixed Response

The UK government’s priorities following the Payments Landscape Review are welcome, but they cannot pin hopes on authorities such as Pay.UK being able to deliver them, payments insiders have cautioned.
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Payments

CFPB Picks Up Slack With New Bigtech Inquiry

Living up to his reputation, Rohit Chopra is giving the teeth back to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) as he launches an inquiry into bigtech payment platforms.
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Payments

Confirmation Of Payee Readies For Phase Two, But It Is No Silver Bullet

Phase one of the Confirmation of Payee (CoP) implementation has had a positive impact, the UK's Payment Systems Regulator said, which is now considering the extension of the service to more payment service providers. However, CoP alone will not be enough to prevent fraud.
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Payments

ESAs Score National Authorities Well, But Hint At New Convergence Requirements

The European Banking Authority and the other supervisory authorities outline improvements needed for national competent authorities.
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Payments

California Crafts Policy To Report Non-Prosecuted Cardroom Financial Crimes

Policymakers in California are considering creating a new reporting system to make it more difficult for cardroom employees who were fired or quit their jobs for financial crimes to continue working in the gaming industry.
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Gambling

New Italian Gambling Chief Vows Action

Italy’s new gambling minister has promised action on tender extensions and said that the country’s gambling laws are not fit for a “civilised” society.
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Gambling

Top Macau Lawyer Warns Judiciary In 'Subservient' Decline

The long-time head of Macau’s lawyers association has publicly attacked creeping politicisation of the casino hub’s judiciary, warning of damage from magistrates who “tout” patriotism.
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Gambling

UK Treasury Opens BNPL Consultation

The buy now, pay later (BNPL) phenomenon comes to loggerheads with regulators as HM Treasury opens a consultation on how it should be overseen.
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Payments

Swedish Banking Watchdog Sets Danske Bank AML Deadline

Danske Bank must rectify its anti-money laundering (AML) and counter-terrorist financing deficiencies by June 30, 2022, the Finansinspektionen has warned.
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Payments

Week In Brief - October 22, 2021

A short roundup of some of the week's payments news you may have missed.
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Payments

FCA To Fill Gaps After Identifying Payments Firms Outside Its Reach

As innovation is changing the traditional payments landscape, the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has identified areas where new market players can escape its regulatory reach. In its new Perimeter Review, the FCA advises the government on how to fill these gaps.
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Payments

U.S. Supreme Court To Hear Texas Tribal Gaming Case

For years, gaming tribes viewed the U.S. Supreme Court as a hostile forum but the court’s decision this week to hear arguments in a Texas Indian gaming case shows the tide may be shifting and commercial casinos could benefit.
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Gambling

Ireland Publishes Plan For Gambling Regulation

Ireland has finally published its long-awaited General Scheme of Gambling Regulation Bill, after it was approved by the government earlier this week.
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Gambling

German Court Says Sports-Betting Tax Is Not Unconstitutional

Germany’s Federal Fiscal Court has ruled that the country’s hefty online sports-betting tax rate is not “suffocating” and does not violate German or European law.
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Gambling

News In Brief: October 18-October 22, 2021

The UK regulator is moving forward with a project to overhaul its prevalence surveys, uncertainty in California and more Maryland casinos get sports betting go ahead.
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Gambling
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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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