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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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75 Percent Of UK Firms Use AI But Are Held Back By Regulation, Says FCA

A new survey by the Bank of England and the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has found that UK firms are adopting AI across a range of use cases, but remain cautious about regulatory constraints.
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Payments

Daily Dash: Dutch Authorities Urge Victims Of 'Pig Butchering' Fraud To Speak Out

In a new campaign, the Dutch Banking Association, Victim Support Netherlands and police are calling on victims of "pig butchering" scams, which combine dating fraud with investment fraud, to break their silence.
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Payments

Portugal Establishes Rules For Beneficiary Identification In Payment Transactions

The Banco de Portugal has attempted to enhance payment transparency and security by introducing new rules to identify final beneficiaries in transactions using payment references and direct debits.
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Payments

Australian Gambling Crackdowns Stalling, But Victoria On Track

Australia鈥檚 federal government and the states of New South Wales and Tasmania are walking back or delaying legislative responses to aberrant gambling, while reform leader Victoria is set to deliver a promise on carded slot machine play.
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Gambling

French Senate Backs Gambling Tax Increase

The French Senate has approved amendment 134 to the 2025 draft Social Security Finance Act that would increase taxes on certain online and brick-and-mortar gambling activities, after a similar amendment that was leaked in October was scuppered after uproar.聽
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Gambling

Dutch Regulator Fines Offshore Stalwart BetOnline 鈧1.1m

The Netherlands Gambling Authority has fined notorious offshore operator BetOnline 鈧1.1m for illegally offering its services in the Dutch market.
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Gambling

Wave Of Class Actions Against Sweepstakes Unlikely To Break Anytime Soon

The rise of new variants of fantasy sports and sweepstakes has been perhaps the story of 2024 in U.S. gambling regulation, but a string of class-action lawsuits threaten to stall these new offerings in 2025.
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Gambling

Daily Dash: Tether Custodian Nominated For Trump Cabinet Position

President-elect Donald Trump has confirmed the nomination of Tether鈥檚 US custodian for a position in his incoming Cabinet.
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Payments

Regulatory Influencer: The UK's National Payments Vision

The UK鈥檚 Labour government has unveiled the country鈥檚 long awaited National Payments Vision, which aims to drive forward issues such as open banking and fraud prevention. As part of this, the government has heralded account-to-account payments as a way to spur innovation, reduce costs and increase choice for both consumers and merchants.
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Payments

Daily Dash: EPC Calls For Interest In Verification Of Payee Service Providers

The European Payments Council (EPC) has announced a call for interest from organisations aiming to offer routing and/or verification mechanisms services under its Verification of Payee scheme.
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Payments

European Commission Diplomatically Displeased With ECB Over Safeguarding Decision

A senior European payments policy official has insisted he is "not judging" the European Central Bank (ECB) based on its position on safeguarding accounts for payments and e-money firms.
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Payments

Pennsylvania Could Become First US State To Launch Strategic Bitcoin Reserve

With the idea of strategic Bitcoin reserves gaining traction following Donald Trump鈥檚 election victory, Pennsylvania is in the running to become the first US state to open such a reserve.
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Payments

California Wire Fraud Bill Faces Uncertain Future

Governor Gavin Newsom鈥檚 veto of a law intended to strengthen protections for elders in California represents a setback for consumer protection in the US.
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Payments

Nigeria Supreme Court Nullifies National Lottery Act

Nigeria鈥檚 Supreme Court has ruled that the National Assembly does not have the power to legislate gambling, allowing individual states to oversee gambling in their jurisdictions in a move that potentially ends years of disputes between local authorities and the national gambling regulator.聽
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Gambling

Senator Warns Officials Against Aiding Illegal POGO Business

The Philippines鈥 most prominent anti-gambling senator has warned that government officials are 鈥渃oaching鈥 foreign-facing online gambling operators on how to evade a presidential ban on the sector.
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Gambling

Massachusetts Regulators Request Data On Sports-Betting Player Limitations

After holding several meetings regarding the unpopular practice of operators limiting winning sports bettors, Massachusetts regulators will now request specific data from its licensees related to the practice.
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Gambling

Week In Crypto: Another Former FTX Executive Is Spared Prison

A key accomplice to one of the largest frauds in history has been spared a prison sentence in return for his "outstanding cooperation" with US prosecutors.
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Payments

Daily Dash: Montenegro And Albania Join SEPA Payment Schemes In Balkan Boon For Payments

The European Payments Council has approved the inclusion of Montenegro and Albania in the Single Euro Payments Area (SEPA) payment schemes, expanding the initiative's geographical scope to 38 countries, including EU and non-EU members such as the UK and Switzerland.
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Payments

Global Open Finance Guidelines With A Royal Stamp Of Approval

A coalition including the Bank for International Settlements and the International Monetary Fund has announced new open finance guidelines intended to improve financial inclusion.
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Payments

New CFPB Rule Introduces Oversight Of Digital Payment Apps

The US Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has finalised a rule granting federal supervision over the largest digital payment apps, marking a significant expansion in oversight for big tech firms in the payments space.
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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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