Roundup

WorldPayments Monitor — 2026-11-01

Assembled deterministically from our recent research runs and ranked by date and importance.

Previous editions

New or updated since 2026-10-25

New to this edition or changed since the last one.

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    US-VT · Licensing, Authorisation & Market Access · 2026-06-16

    Act 142 expands money-transmission definition to cover virtual-currency business activity and creates a new commercial-financing licence regime.

    Vermont General Assembly · T1 · Confirmed

    Also tracked by crypto:crypto_licensing, financial-integrity:D5

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    US-OR · Licensing, Authorisation & Market Access · 2026-10-19

    Coinme multistate BSA/AML settlement forces Oregon kiosk exit.

    Oregon Division of Financial Regulation · T1 · Probable

    Also tracked by crypto:commercial_activity, financial-integrity:D5

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    US-IA · Commercial Intelligence & Fintech · 2026-05-19

    NMI acquired Des Moines-headquartered A2A payments provider Dwolla (announced 2026-05-19); backfilled this cycle as not previously captured.

    NMI · T1 · Probable

    Also tracked by financial-integrity:D8

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    AT · Commercial Intelligence & Fintech · 2026-10-21

    Raiffeisenbank concession lapse (merger) and Wero/EPI instant-payments extension to Austria.

    FMA Österreich · T1 · Confirmed

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    US-NH · Consumer Protection & APP Fraud · 2026-06-19

    SB 482 crypto-kiosk consumer protections enacted, effective 16 December 2026.

    LegiScan · T1 · Probable

    Also tracked by financial-integrity:D5

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    KZ · Licensing, Authorisation & Market Access · 2026-10-01

    NBK fined 'Magnat' LLP for currency-control breaches, dated 1 October 2026, illustrating ongoing supervisory activity.

    National Bank of Kazakhstan · T1 · Probable

    Also tracked by financial-integrity:D1

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    MT · Product Innovation & Market Development · 2026-10-19

    MFSA's 19 October 2026 circular on prediction markets/event contracts has payments-adjacent implications for settlement and client-money treatment of such products.

    Malta Financial Services Authority · T1 · Probable

    Also tracked by advennt:regulated_activity_classes, crypto:consumer_protection, financial-integrity:D5

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    EC · Licensing, Authorisation & Market Access · 2026-08-01

    BCE-GG-007-2026 sets a 30 Nov 2026 compliance deadline for the instant-payments messaging standard.

    LatAm Fintech Hub · T3 · Probable

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    MA · Licensing, Authorisation & Market Access · 2026-10-22

    CEC annual meeting issued favourable opinions on ten texts (22 Oct 2026).

    Hespress FR · T1 · Probable

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    US-HI · Stablecoins & Digital Money · 2026-10-01

    Act 224 cash-deposit kiosk ban took effect Oct 1, 2026; SB3184 (bank/credit-union digital-asset custody, 1:1 reserve) final disposition unconfirmed; SB2757 died in committee.

    Decrypt · T2 · Probable

    Also tracked by crypto:crypto_licensing, financial-integrity:D5

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    DO · Product Innovation & Market Development · 2026-08-24

    SGPI phased product roadmap disclosed (P2P/P2B first, QR/gov/POS/cross-border later).

    Inmobiliario.do · T3 · Probable

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    SE · Stablecoins & Digital Money · 2026-10-22

    Riksbank revives digital krona preparatory-legislation request citing stablecoin/digital-euro pressure.

    CoinDesk · T3 · Probable

    Also tracked by crypto:stablecoin_regime

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    CR · Industry Structure & Commercial Dynamics · 2026-09-16

    BCCR considered ceding fintech governance to CONASSIF; no instrument issued.

    elfinancierocr.com · T3 · Probable

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    TR · Licensing, Authorisation & Market Access · 2026-09-11

    No change identified since 2026-10-18 to the dual-regulator (TCMB/BDDK) payments licensing architecture.

    PaymentBrief · T3 · Probable

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    DZ · Product Innovation & Market Development · 2026-10-22

    Bank of Algeria instruction sets practical modalities for factoring by banks/financial establishments.

    Algérie Éco · T3 · Uncertain

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    LU · Stablecoins & Digital Money · 2026-10-02

    CSSF published its first tokenisation FAQ (2 Oct 2026) addressing DLT representation of fund assets.

    National Law Review · T3 · Probable

    Also tracked by financial-integrity:D5

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    PH · Product Innovation & Market Development · 2026-10-21

    GCash reported exploring a move into digital banking following the Mynt IPO proceeds.

    Fintech News Philippines · T3 · Uncertain

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Still developing

Carried from earlier editions, unchanged.

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    US-AR · Licensing, Authorisation & Market Access · 2026-10-08

    Licensed money transmitter Coinme ordered under multistate consent order to exit crypto-kiosk business by Jan 1, 2027.

    Arkansas Securities Department · T1 · Confirmed

    Also tracked by financial-integrity:D5

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    US-NC · Stablecoins & Digital Money · 2026-07-08

    NCCOB opened implementing rulemaking for the Virtual Currency Kiosk Consumer Protection Act.

    North Carolina General Assembly · T1 · Confirmed

    Also tracked by crypto:crypto_licensing, financial-integrity:D5

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    US-LA · Licensing, Authorisation & Market Access · 2026-06-09

    Louisiana Money Transmission Act (HB1230/Act888) replaces prior licensing law, effective 2026-07-01.

    Louisiana Legislature · T1 · Confirmed

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    US-KS · Licensing, Authorisation & Market Access · 2026-04-16

    HB 2591 extends money-transmitter licensure to virtual-currency kiosk operators.

    Kansas Legislature · T1 · Confirmed

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    US-SC · Stablecoins & Digital Money · 2026-05-19

    State CBDC-acceptance ban newly documented; no private stablecoin regime exists.

    South Carolina Legislature Online · T1 · Confirmed

    Also tracked by financial-integrity:D5

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    US-WA · Licensing, Authorisation & Market Access · 2026-10-08

    WA DFI multistate consent order against Coinme crypto-kiosk operator.

    Washington State Department of Financial Institutions · T1 · Probable

    Also tracked by crypto:crypto_licensing, financial-integrity:D5

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    CA-KAH · Licensing, Authorisation & Market Access · 2026-10-19

    KGC Commission quorum restored after governance gap.

    Mohawk Council of Kahnawà:ke · T1 · Probable

    Also tracked by advennt:licensing_and_regulation

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    CZ · Stablecoins & Digital Money · 2026-10-20

    ČNB post-MiCA-transition supervisory update: 11 CASPs authorised, 5 applications under review, renewed fraud-risk warning.

    Czech National Bank · T1 · Probable

    Also tracked by financial-integrity:D5

Regulatory horizon

Ranked within this monitor (per_consumer); tie-break recency_date_desc, jid_asc, module_asc, url_asc. Index tool 1.5.0, edition policy 1.2.0.