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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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Reserve Bank Of India Streamlines KYC Requirements In Updated Guidelines

The Reserve Bank of India has added new updates to its know your customer (KYC) guidelines, in an effort to ease compliance with anti-money laundering legislation.
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Payments

Rule 1033 'A Significant Evolution' For US Open Banking

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has activated its open banking requirements for banks and fintechs in the US, a move that has been welcomed by payments players even if they have their concerns.
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Payments

Maltese Regulator Proposes Updates To Corporate Governance Regulations

The Malta Financial Services Authority has announced plans to update the regulatory framework governing company service providers, which includes directorship and company secretary services.
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Payments

Charity Lotteries Bid For Legislative Protection

A coalition of charity lotteries has published a report seeking to show that the sector is among the safest forms of gambling.
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Gambling

Philippines Issues Order On POGO Ban, Confusion Remains

The Philippine President has issued a long-promised order prohibiting foreign-facing online gambling operators (POGOs) and services, but confusion remains over the status of Cagayan Economic Zone Authority licensees and B2B operations.
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Gambling

Second Trump Administration Unlikely To Revisit Wire Act Reversal

Although past transitions from Democratic to Republican administrations have led to fundamental changes in federal policy on online gambling, the second Trump administration is not expected to revisit its first-term initiative to reinterpret the Wire Act.
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Gambling

U.S. Study Cites Sports Betting’s Negative Impact On Gamblers’ Finances

Researchers have found that the rapid growth of legal sports betting across the United States has come at a financial cost for those who can least afford to gamble.
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Gambling

The Curious Case Of Portugal’s Santa Casa: How The Portuguese Lottery Found Itself In Debt To A Brazilian Cartel 

Portugal’s national lottery operator, Santa Casa da Misericórdia, found itself in hot water after an investigation by local papers discovered that it owed R$200,000 (US$35,000) to the Primeiro Comando da Capital (PCC), Brazil’s largest criminal organisation. 
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Gambling

France Launches Online Casino Consultation

France’s budget and public accounts minister officially opened the government consultation exploring the possibility of opening online casinos on Wednesday (November 6).
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Gambling

Week In Crypto: Trump Allies Promise US Strategic Bitcoin Reserve

Following Donald Trump’s victory in the US presidential election, a US senator believes that their bill to create a US Strategic Bitcoin Reserve is destined to succeed.
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Payments

Hong Kong Aims To Tighten Direct Debit Protections In New Circular

The Hong Kong Monetary Authority has issued guidelines addressing the responsibilities of banks regarding payment card direct debit authorisations.
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Payments

Daily Dash: UK's FCA Secures Convictions In £1.5M Crypto Fraud

The UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has secured convictions against two individuals involved in a £1.5m cryptocurrency investment fraud, while Swiss bank UBS has developed and successfully piloted a blockchain-based payment solution.
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Payments

News In Brief: November 4-November 8, 2024

An increasing number of young people in England, Scotland and Wales are gambling, the Malta Gaming Authority (MGA) awards the first batch of new ESG seals in a bid to improve the gambling industry's image and sustainability, Bovada exits Tennessee after a recent saga with a local gambling regulator, and Minnesota Running Aces cardroom and racetrack is advocating for a compromise benefiting tribal and charitable gaming.
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Gambling

Canadian Senate Approves Sports-Betting Advertising Bill

A bill opposed by the Canadian gaming industry that proposes to establish a national framework for regulating sports-betting advertising has been approved by the Senate, sending the measure to the House of Commons for further consideration.
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Gambling

'Inadequate' Dutch Online Gambling Law, Implementation Requires Urgent Changes

An evaluation of the Netherlands' online gambling law by the Ministry of Justice and Security concluded many “urgent” changes are needed to better protect consumers from gambling-related harm, including “shielding” vulnerable groups from gambling adverts.
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Gambling

CBDC Will 'Likely' Replace Stablecoins In Digital Asset Markets, Says US Treasury

The US Treasury has claimed that stablecoins will "likely" need to be replaced by central bank digital currency (CBDC) to ensure the safety and soundness of digital asset markets.
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Payments

Lithuania Makes New EU Proposals For Fintech Access To Payment Systems

The member state’s delegation to the European Council recommends a greater degree of flexibility in the rules covering safeguarding and non-bank payment service providers’ use of client funds to ensure liquidity.
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Payments

Finland's Future Market Threatened By Affiliate Crackdown

Finnish gambling stakeholders worry that the country's revamped market will not be able to maintain strong channelisation if the government implements a ban on traditional affiliate marketing.
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Gambling

Operators Quizzed On Suppliers' Offshore Activity

Licensed operators are increasingly being asked if their suppliers also service the black market, evidenced most recently at a gathering of Nordic gambling executives.
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Gambling

UK Charity Unveils Plan To Help Banks Tackle Gambling Harms

A UK centre of expertise on money and mental health problems has developed a new three-year plan to help banks tackle gambling harms and released new research on the role they play in tackling gambling harms.
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Vixio View: The FCA’s Payments Priorities Offer Clarity Rather Than Novelty – Except on AI

Although the priorities mostly emphasise the importance of effective execution and positive outcomes for consumers and the market, payments firms operating in the UK should note the warning that on-paper compliance is no longer enough.
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Regulatory Influencer: United States Advances Artificial Intelligence Governance Architecture for Financial Services

Rather than introducing sweeping artificial intelligence (AI) legislation, US policymakers are constructing a sector-based governance architecture for AI in financial services, built around voluntary frameworks, supervisory coordination and existing regulatory structures.
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US CBDC Ban and Stablecoin Compromise Point to Potential Digital Asset Framework

Following a Senate vote to prohibit the Federal Reserve from issuing a central bank digital currency (CBDC), an agreement on stablecoin yields has established a boundary between passive interest and activity-based rewards.
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Singapore and US Frameworks Aim to Guide the Rapid Integration of AI

The initiatives contrast in approach and intent, but together signal a transition from abstract artificial intelligence (AI) theory towards concrete regulatory implementation and sector-specific oversight.
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Regulatory Influencer: DORA Year Two - Moving from Implementation to Application

Regulation (EU) 2022/2554 on digital operational resilience for the financial sector (DORA) became applicable across EU member states on January 17, 2025. As we enter the second year of application, how has the regulation transformed the operational resilience of the financial sector in Europe?
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UK Court of Appeal Decision Means Continued Uncertainty on Interchange Fees

Permitting Visa and Mastercard to challenge the Competition Appeal Tribunal’s (CAT) previous ruling returns the UK payments sector to legal volatility, leaving the cost of card acceptance an unsettled question as regulators promote alternatives.
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New US Cyber Strategy Offers Ambition But Few Details

The Trump administration’s vision for cybersecurity signals its priorities, which include working closely with the private sector to identify fraud networks and suspicious financial flows, but stakeholders must wait to learn of any new obligations.
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Decoding the UK Regulatory Grid: Banking, Credit and Lending Analysis

The ninth edition of the UK’s Regulatory Initiatives Grid, published in December 2025, sets out the country’s financial services regulatory agenda for the next two years. In this piece, Vixio examines what the regulators have outlined in the banking, credit and lending section of the latest grid, explains the likely impact of developments on financial institutions and suggests what the regulators’ stated priorities tell us about the direction of travel in the UK.
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Deepening of Poland’s Crypto Regulation Deadlock an Existential Threat to Local Industry

The country still lacks a regulatory framework for digital assets, creating a significant challenge for Polish crypto firms, which may be forced to suspend operations or rapidly migrate to other EU jurisdictions to maintain market access.
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Regulating by Result: Converging Global Standards for Subscription Transparency and Consumer Protection

Subscription-based business models have become a defining feature of digital commerce, prompting increased regulatory scrutiny of recurring payment practices. As recurring billing has expanded across sectors, including media, fintechs, and retail memberships, regulators are increasingly focused on consumer protection issues such as transparency of pricing and renewal terms, informed consumer consent, ease of cancellation, and prevention of so-called “subscription traps”.
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