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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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Japan To Prosecute Up To 130 Online Gamblers, Crypto Implicated

Japanese police have launched a nationwide wave of prosecutions against users of offshore gambling websites from home or on mobile devices, dramatically escalating the government鈥檚 crackdown against the nation鈥檚 illegal gambling ecosystem.
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Gambling

Ukraine's Parliament Committee Approves Draft Bill To Close Regulator, Ban Advertising

A Ukrainian parliament committee has adopted an amended bill, 9256-D, which proposes to shut down Ukraine鈥檚 gambling industry regulator, the Commission for the Regulation of Gambling and Lotteries (KRAIL), and replace it with a new authority next year.
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Gambling

NCLGS Targets Sweepstakes With Model iGaming Legislation

The National Council of Legislators from Gaming States (NCLGS) has released its draft of its Model Internet Gaming Act and is recommending that state legislatures include a ban on online sweepstakes games in any legislation.
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Gambling

UK Prime Minister Says Promised Gambling Regulatory Reform Has Been Delivered

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer and other industry stakeholders, from affiliates to health experts, have praised his government's plans to generate 拢100m to prevent and tackle gambling harm, as GambleAware calls for the quick appointment of a prevention commission.
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Gambling

Daily Dash: HSBC Fined In Isle Of Man For Violating AML Restraining Order

HSBC has been hit with a 拢300,000 fine in the Isle of Man for continuing to process payments for a customer whose accounts were under a restraining order.
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Payments

MiCA ESG Disclosures Set To Bring 'Substantial Change' To EU CASPs

Experts believe the way crypto-asset service providers (CASPs) in Europe operate will change significantly with the introduction of new environmental, social and governance (ESG) disclosures.
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Payments

Wyoming Regulators To Involuntarily Exclude Bettors Who Harass Athletes

The Wyoming Gaming Commission has begun the process to amend its regulations to put any gambler found to have harassed a college athlete onto the state鈥檚 involuntary exclusion list.聽
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Gambling

Mexican Deputy Says Gambling Reform Bill Is 'Weeks Away'

A key congressional ally of President Claudia Sheinbaum has said the new administration will soon submit a bill to reform Mexico's law that governs gambling, which has not been changed since 1947.聽
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Gambling

Rwanda's New Gambling Policy To Introduce 'Robust' Regulatory Regime

Rwanda鈥檚 government has published a new gambling policy with three key pillars: minimise the negative impacts of gambling; maximise the economic benefits; and introduce a robust regulatory and compliance regime.
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Gambling

'Incompetent, Dishonest, Opaque' 鈥 UK Lawmakers Call For Reform Of FCA

UK lawmakers have lambasted the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) in a cross-party report that calls for the agency to be reformed, if not abolished.
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Payments

Daily Dash: HSBC Shuts Down Retail Payments To Russia, Belarus

HSBC has announced that it has stopped processing payments to or from Russia and Belarus for all personal banking customers.
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Payments

鈥榃e Need Not Rush To Regulate AI鈥, Says Fed Governor Bowman

A member of the US Federal Reserve Board has argued in favour of a wait-and-see approach to regulating artificial intelligence (AI), given the dangers of imposing rules on the technology too early in its development.
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Payments

UK's 72-Hour Payment Delay Rules Disappoint Industry

Payment firms fear the unintended consequences of the government-approved delays to payments, which are aimed at giving banks time to investigate potentially fraudulent transactions.
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Payments

UK To Impose Mandatory Gambling Levy Of Up To 1.1 Percent

The UK government has announced plans to impose a levy of up to 1.1 percent on gross gambling yield to generate 拢100m to 鈥済uarantee increased, ringfenced and consistent funding to prevent and tackle gambling harm鈥, and confirmed earlier plans for online slots stake limits.
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Gambling

Brazil Taking Final Steps In Transition To Regulated Market

Brazil鈥檚 gambling regulator has confirmed that licensed operators will be able to migrate current players to their Brazilian platforms as a new regulatory regime kicks in on January 1.
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Gambling

France Fines Operators For Return To Player Rates

France鈥檚 National Gaming Authority has issued eight fines and one warning to operators for exceeding the return to player rate for online sports betting in the year 2022.聽
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Gambling

U.S. iGaming Advocates Prepare For Uphill Battle In 2025

Despite the rapid expansion of sports betting, supporters of legalizing internet gaming have had little success opening new states as concerns over problem gambling and the cannibalization of land-based casinos have deterred all but a few legislative efforts.
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Gambling

Ontario Seeks Court Approval To Allow International Liquidity

The highest court in Ontario is set to consider whether the province鈥檚 regulated online gaming sites can legally allow local gamblers to play with people outside Canada.
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Gambling

Northern Ireland Focusing On 'Practical Changes', Advertising A Matter For DCMS

Northern Ireland鈥檚 Department for Communities hopes to issue an initial gambling industry code of practice in 2025, as pressure mounts on the UK鈥檚 Department for Digital, Culture Media & Sport (DCMS) to update the country鈥檚 advertising rules.
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Gambling

Regulatory Influencer: UK Regulators Refine Operational Resilience for Critical Third Parties

The Bank of England, Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) and Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) have unveiled the finalised framework for operational resilience of critical third parties (CTPs) within the UK financial sector. Published in Policy Statement PS16/24, the framework establishes clear guidelines for the management and oversight of third-party services crucial to the financial system. The initiative follows extensive consultation and addresses risks tied to the growing reliance on third-party service providers.
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天涯海角社区鈥檚 Verdict: Inside the UK FCA鈥檚 Open Finance Strategy

The Financial Conduct Authority鈥檚 (FCA) Open Finance Roadmap, published in April 2026, demonstrates the regulator鈥檚 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, 天涯海角社区 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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天涯海角社区 View: The UK鈥檚 Crypto Perimeter Clarification 鈥 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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Regulatory Influencer: Are the Americas Entering a New Phase of Risk-Based Supervision? Argentina Leads the Way

Between January and March 2026, the Argentine National Securities Commission (CNV) introduced a series of targeted reforms aimed at simplifying reporting obligations, modernising administrative procedures, and reducing regulatory burdens for investment firms.
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Experimental Legal Regime Formalises Russian Crypto Trade Settlements

New legislation may help to take decentralised finance from a workaround for sanctions to a supervised payment rail, moving cross-border payments from a legal grey area, increasing stability and reducing costs.
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Latest Proposed Rules for Bank-Issued Stablecoins in the US Introduce Fresh Challenges

The new framework signals a high-barrier, high-discretion regime that could narrow the market to a handful of systemic players that can respond to shifting regulatory demands, leaving smaller banks on the sidelines.
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Kenya鈥檚 Crypto Framework Risks Squeezing Out Local Innovation

The end of a key consultation period means the modernisation of crypto and digital assets regulation continues to advance, but strict rules could inadvertently disadvantage local start-ups and lead to capital flight and consolidation.
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Twin Announcements Signal Major Overhaul of US AML/CTF Regulation

The new proposed rulemakings aim to force a shift from static policy design to real-time operational maintenance, requiring firms to prove that their compliance frameworks actually stop illicit activity rather than just documenting it.
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Regulatory Influencer: New Zealand鈥檚 AML Levy - Privatising the Cost of Effective Supervision, A One-Off or More to Come?

The New Zealand Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has released the AML levy proposal outlining its plans to impose a charge on anti-money laundering (AML) reporting entities to fund the establishment and running of a standalone AML regulator for the country. While the AML Amendment Bill and the AML Supervisor and Levy Bill, which form the legal basis for this proposal, have yet to be passed in parliament, the levy鈥檚 stated implementation date of July 2027 could mean a costly recurring bill for AML reporting entities from next year.
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UK鈥檚 Payments Association Calls For APP Fraud Regulation To Target Digital Platforms

The industry body has called for new regulations that would impose strengthened fraud prevention standards across social media, online marketplace and instant messaging platforms operating in the UK.
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