Regulation
347 articles
Revolut’s Global Expansion Hits Regulatory Crossroads in 2026
As Revolut nears 50 million users and expands banking licenses across the EU, UK, and LATAM, its growth trajectory is increasingly shaped by divergent regulatory expectations—and strategic trade-offs.
Wise Under Scrutiny: $500M in Suspicious Cross-Border Flows Raises Systemic Questions
New regulatory scrutiny of Wise reveals $500M in flagged cross-border transfers—exposing gaps in real-time AML monitoring for digital-first money transfer providers.
Wise Under Scrutiny: What $500M in Suspicious Transactions Reveals About Modern Remittance Compliance
New regulatory scrutiny of Wise highlights systemic tensions between fintech scale, real-time remittance speed, and AML detection capabilities.
Wise Account Closures Raise Red Flags for Digital Wallet Compliance
A wave of Wise account closures—many with retained credit balances—exposes systemic tensions between fast-growing fintechs and evolving AML/CFT enforcement standards.
Wise’s US Trust Gap: When Transparency Meets Regulatory Friction
An analysis of rising consumer complaints against Wise in the US — not as a failure of tech, but as a structural mismatch between its global operating model and domestic regulatory expectations.
Wise Under Scrutiny: What $500M in Suspicious Transactions Reveals About Modern Remittance Compliance
A regulatory probe into $500M of flagged cross-border transfers exposes systemic tensions between fintech scalability, real-time payout expectations, and evolving AML enforcement standards.
PayPal’s US Cross-Border Shift: From Convenience to Compliance-Centric Infrastructure
New regulatory scrutiny and evolving user expectations are pushing PayPal to rearchitect its US outbound remittance stack — not just for speed, but for auditability, transparency, and embedded compliance.
Revolut to Launch in UAE After Securing Central Bank Licenses
Bloomberg reports that Revolut has obtained central bank licenses in the United Arab Emirates, clearing the path for the neobanking giant to launch its full suite of financial services in the Gulf region's largest economy.
Global Payments Regulatory Roundup: How New Rules Are Shaping Cross-Border Finance
BBC reports on the evolving regulatory landscape for cross-border payments, examining how new compliance frameworks across Europe, Asia, and the Americas are impacting fintech operators and traditional banks alike.
Digital Identity Verification Is the Bottleneck for Cross-Border Financial Inclusion
Over one billion people lack formal identification, blocking them from cross-border financial services. Digital identity innovations are beginning to bridge this gap with privacy-preserving verification methods.
The Compliance-as-Code Movement: Programmable Regulation for Cross-Border Fintech
Cross-border payment platforms are encoding regulatory requirements directly into their software architecture, creating self-enforcing compliance systems that scale with the business.
Automated Risk-Scoring Models Reduce False Positives in Transaction Monitoring
Machine learning transaction monitoring is replacing rigid rule-based systems, dramatically reducing the volume of legitimate payments blocked by overly conservative fraud detection algorithms.