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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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Daily Dash: New Dutch Study Finds That Young People Underestimate Money Muling Risks

A new study in the Netherlands has found that young people underestimate the likelihood of money mules getting caught, while in Romania, BLIK has continued its expansion with a new authorisation from the central bank.
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Payments

FDJ To Finalise Kindred Acquisition For €2.5bn

La Française des Jeux (FDJ) has announced it will finalise the acquisition of Kindred Group for almost €2.5bn, after fulfilling the condition precedent of controlling more than 90 percent of the capital of Kindred.
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Gambling

U.S. Regulators Continue Crackdown On Illegal Gaming

U.S. regulators are continuing to take action against unregulated forms of gaming, with officials in two states sending out new cease-and-desist notices on Thursday.
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Gambling

Brazil Regulator Flexes Muscles With Whitelist Omissions

Major Brazilian football teams may be forced to suspend lucrative sponsorship deals with one of the most prominent online betting brands in Brazil after Curaçao-based Esportes da Sorte was not included on the Brazilian regulator’s whitelist of temporarily approved operators.
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Gambling

Malta Suspends GoldWin Licence Over 'Threat' To Players

The Malta Gaming Authority has suspended GoldWin's licence, an online gambling company previously fined by the Netherlands Gambling Authority.
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Gambling

Sweden's Channelisation Still Shy Of Promised Mark

The Swedish Gambling Authority has published the channelisation rate for the year 2023, which came in at 86 percent. That number is still below the 90 percent that was projected when the Swedish market was first re-regulated in 2019. 
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Gambling

Ireland's Gambling Bill Will Be Passed 'In The Coming Weeks', Ministry Of Justice Hopes

Ireland's Department of Justice said it is “hoped” that the long-awaited Gambling Regulation Bill 2022 will progress through the remaining stages and be enacted “in the coming weeks”, but there is still no definitive timeline for its completion.
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Gambling

Card Fraud Hits Fresh Highs In Australia Due To Offshore Fraudsters

Australians are facing a card fraud epidemic as overseas fraudsters continue to target the country, leading to significant losses for consumers.
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Payments

Payment Groups Express Concern Over ECB Non-Bank Access Policy

Lobbyists representing the payments and fintech industries in the EU have urged the European Central Bank (ECB) to rethink its Eurosystem policy on access to payment systems for payments and e-money institutions.
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Payments

Daily Dash: Barclays Clashes With Bank Of England On Retail CBDC

A new paper from Barclays has questioned the central bank’s motivations for potentially issuing a retail CBDC, while EU regulators have named a new head of oversight under the Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA).
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Payments

U.S. Appeals Court Permits Election Markets To Launch

A federal appeals court has upheld a lower ruling that effectively permits wagering on U.S. elections, including the presidential race.
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Gambling

Canadian Operators Push Back On National Ad Rules, Urge Fully Regulated Online Market

A senator’s efforts to establish a national framework for regulating the advertising of online gaming, including sports betting, was opposed Tuesday by the chief executive of the Canadian Gaming Association, who urged lawmakers to instead support a fully regulated industry.
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Gambling

Dutch Trade Group Warns On New Affordability Deposit Limits

New affordability-linked deposit limits took effect on Tuesday in the Netherlands, and a top online gambling group is warning that successive restrictions are boosting the attractiveness of the illegal market.
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Gambling

Brazil Casino Bill Unaffected By Online Gaming Drama, Insists Key Senator

The chief sponsor of a pending Senate bill to regulate land-based casinos and bingo halls insists that his proposal will be unaffected by the series of negative headlines now impeding online gaming in Brazil.
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Gambling

News In Brief: September 30-October 4, 2024

Michigan bills would earmark more money for problem gambling prevention, New York adds advertising restrictions, the NCAA considers athlete betting and Kenyan politicians are urged to pass new legislation.
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Gambling

Clean Sweep For Google Pay As Dutch Banking Apps Pull Out Of Mobile Payments

To the consternation of consumer watchdogs, Google’s takeover of the Dutch mobile payments market for Android users is now complete, following ING’s decision to withdraw its own mobile payments app.
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Payments

Wero Says Bonjour As It Launches In France

The European Payments Initiative has officially launched its digital payment wallet, Wero, in France, following its launch in Germany during July.
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Payments

EBA's Latest Q&As Offer Increased Clarity On PSD2 Implementation

The European Banking Authority (EBA) has published three new Q&As covering transaction risk analysis, inactivity periods and contingency mechanism exemptions in relation to the EU’s revised Payment Services Directive (PSD2).
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Payments

Daily Dash: French Authorities Launch National Campaign To Combat Payment Fraud

France has introduced a nationwide campaign to alert the public to sophisticated fraud techniques, while the UK has outlawed targeting mainstream audiences with ads for certain types of crypto-asset products.
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Payments

Brazil Publishes Whitelists Ahead Of Online Betting Blockade

Brazil’s gambling regulator has published the names of nearly 200 whitelisted betting sites that will not be subject to blocking during the final months of a transition period to a national licensing regime.
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Vixio View: The FCA’s Plans Shift to Data-Led Enforcement in 2026/27

Payments firms in the UK should see greater clarity and feel less regulatory burden, but must ensure their adoption of technology enables real-time, data-led compliance that supports consumer protection and operational resilience.
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Regulatory Framework - European Union Report

This Regulatory Framework - European Union Report provides a detailed overview of European Union legislations which apply to financial services. The report contains: A legislative landscape. The authorities framework. Definitions. Upcoming legislation. A regulatory landscape.
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Middle East Conflict is Stress Testing Global Payments and Accelerating Structural Trends

The war is acting as a catalyst for increasing digitisation and data sovereignty, with efficiency becoming less of a priority than resilience in the context of state-sponsored cyber targeting of critical infrastructure.
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Regulatory Influencer: The UK’s Incoming Enhanced Safeguarding Rules and Their Knock-On Effects

The UK’s Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) new safeguarding rules will come into effect on May 7, 2026. The upcoming changes will only relate to the interim rules introduced in the August 2025 policy statement (PS25/12) under the “Supplementary Regime”, which enhances safeguarding requirements under the Electronic Money Regulations 2011 (EMRs) and the Payment Services Regulations 2017 (PSRs).
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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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