title: United States – Rhode Island Payments Regulation Monitor | World Payments Monitor canonical: https://payments.gi/jurisdictions/united-states-rhode-island/ date_modified: 2026-10-21 publisher: Asymmetric Intelligence # United States – Rhode Island US-RI schema world-payments-v1 trajectory: not yet assessed Last updated 2026-10-21 · 14 modules · 57 sourced findings · 131 sources in the cumulative register 14 Modules baseline.modules[] 57 Findings modules[].findings[] 27 Tier-1 sources run_metadata.t1_source_count Confidence mix (sums to 14 rendered modules; click to filter) ** United States federal law** that applies in United States – Rhode Island is covered once, on the [United States](https://payments.gi/jurisdictions/united-states/) page. This page covers United States – Rhode Island’s own layer: its own law, regulators and enforcement. ## Jurisdiction brief _Standing brief, as of 7 July 2026._ #### Lead Signal Rhode Island enters World Payments Monitor coverage as a newly baselined jurisdiction, and the standout signal from this first pass is a three-front legal collision over prediction markets. Rhode Island Attorney General Peter Neronha filed suit against Kalshi and Polymarket on 21 May 2026 in Providence County Superior Court, alleging that their event contracts constitute unlicensed sports gambling and casino gaming under state law. Kalshi filed suit that same week in the US District Court for the District of Rhode Island seeking a temporary restraining order and preliminary injunction, arguing that the Commodity Exchange Act preempts state gambling law over CFTC-designated exchanges. The CFTC then filed its own suit against Rhode Island in the same federal court to halt state enforcement against CFTC-designated contract markets, converting the dispute into a three-front federal-state jurisdictional clash that is now the state's most significant live legal-precedent contest touching payments-adjacent commercial activity. #### Other Developments The Division of Banking supervises currency transmission, electronic money transfer, and virtual-currency business activity in Rhode Island through a single Currency Transmitter License under RI Gen. Laws Ch. 19-14 and 19-14.3. A challenger correction to the state's standing profile matters here: a 2022 DBR bulletin's suggestion that Rhode Island was in the process of adopting the multistate Money Transmission Modernization Act is superseded by the CSBS tracker, which shows only partial MTMA provisions enacted -- tangible net worth and permissible-investment standards via H.B. 7282 -- rather than full harmonization as of mid-2026. Rhode Island's 2025 crypto-kiosk law, signed by Gov. Dan McKee on 26 June 2025, caps daily crypto-ATM transactions at $2,000 for new users and $5,000 for existing users. The law also creates fraud-reimbursement rights for new kiosk users, modeled explicitly on how financial institutions refund credit-card fraud victims. S603 established a standalone cybersecurity regime for DBR-licensed nonbank financial institutions, effective 2 July 2025, modeled on NYDFS Part 500 but with a more lenient 3-business-day breach-notification window against New York's 72 hours. The practical stakes of breach exposure were underscored by the RIBridges state benefits system breach, which produced a $6.3 million settlement with Deloitte Consulting and up to $5,000 in reimbursement for affected individuals. Rhode Island permits merchants to surcharge credit-card transactions up to 4% following the 2013 interchange antitrust settlement, with point-of-sale disclosure required and debit and prepaid cards excluded from surcharging. A more consequential and unresolved fight is brewing around H8212/S2522, an Illinois-modeled bill that would prohibit interchange fees on the tax and tip portions of transactions; card-network and bank interests warned in March 2026 committee testimony that the bill could affect roughly 9,000 US issuers and 14,000 Rhode Island retailers, though its final 2026-session disposition remains unverified as of this cycle. Cross-border payment flows continue through nationally licensed money transmitters and banks under the general Ch. 19-14/19-14.3 framework, since no Rhode-Island-specific corridor or remittance statute exists. Citizens Financial Group, headquartered in Providence, reports $226.4 billion in assets as of 31 December 2025, with roughly 3,100 ATMs and 1,000 branches across 14 states and DC. Washington Trust is described as the oldest community bank in the nation and the largest state-chartered bank headquartered in Rhode Island. Rhode Island has not established a dedicated state fintech regulatory sandbox or open-banking mandate, leaving innovation-adjacent activity limited to licensing modernization and consumer-protection responses to crypto kiosks. Correspondent-banking access for Rhode Island's community and regional banks runs through federal AML/CDD frameworks and relationships with super-regional partners such as Citizens Financial Group, a structure traceable to the state's move to federal deposit insurance after the 1990-91 RISDIC collapse. Commercial-event coverage remains thin, with the only identified Rhode-Island-linked deal in the trailing twelve months being Beeline's completed transaction with MagicBlocks on 21 August 2025, a deal whose value was not publicly disclosed. #### Cross-Monitor Connections Rhode Island's currency transmission licensees must maintain active FinCEN registration and BSA compliance as a statutory condition of state licensure, a Sentinel.gi-fed baseline for which no dedicated Rhode Island bulletin was retrievable this cycle. A December 2025 guilty plea in a Rhode Island BEC and wire-fraud money-laundering conspiracy, prosecuted by the US Attorney's Office for the District of Rhode Island, involved victims including the Town of Bristol defrauded of nearly $9 million -- content flagged for FIM's original illicit-finance analysis rather than WPM's own conclusions. #### Outlook The jurisdiction risk tracker places Rhode Island at ELEVATED risk with a tightening regulatory direction, driven by the crypto-kiosk consumer-protection regime, the new nonbank cybersecurity law, the unresolved interchange-fee bill, and the escalating prediction-market litigation. Two verification gaps deserve near-term attention: Rhode Island's precise MTMA-adoption status needs a current DBR-sourced confirmation, and H8212/S2522's disposition through the remainder of the 2026 legislative session remains unresolved. The Kalshi/Polymarket/CFTC litigation is likely to produce the most consequential near-term precedent in this baseline, given its direct test of federal preemption over state gaming law. trust tier: ai_unverified _Standing brief, as of 7 July 2026._ #### Regulatory Status Licensing and market access run through a single Currency Transmitter License administered by the Division of Banking under RI Gen. Laws Ch. 19-14 and 19-14.3, covering currency transmission, electronic money transfer, and virtual-currency business activity alike. That baseline required a correction this cycle: rather than the full Money Transmission Modernization Act harmonization implied by a 2022 DBR bulletin, the CSBS tracker shows Rhode Island has enacted only partial MTMA provisions -- tangible net worth and permissible-investment standards via H.B. 7282. Conduct and safeguarding obligations for currency transmission licensees are codified across RI Gen. Laws 19-14.3-3.5 through 3.9, including BSA/FinCEN registration duties, EFTA/Regulation E compliance, and a prohibition on unfair, deceptive, or fraudulent practices under 19-14.3-3.8. Virtual-currency licensees must also satisfy a VC-custody reserve obligation, holding sufficient virtual-currency to cover the aggregate entitlements of their customers under 19-14.3-3.6. Rhode Island treats virtual-currency kiosks as money transmission requiring DBR approval and registration of each machine before activation, with quarterly location reporting due within 45 days of quarter-end under 19-14.3-3.9. A 2025 law (S 0016A/H 5121A), signed by Gov. Dan McKee on 26 June 2025, caps daily kiosk transactions at $2,000 for new users and $5,000 for existing users -- a date corrected this cycle from an earlier research error that had misplaced the signing a full year later. New kiosk users also gained fraud-reimbursement rights modeled explicitly on how financial institutions refund credit-card fraud victims. S603 gives DBR-licensed nonbank financial institutions a standalone cybersecurity regime, effective 2 July 2025, modeled on NYDFS Part 500 but with a materially more lenient 3-business-day breach-notification window versus New York's 72-hour standard, signalling a lighter compliance posture. The RIBridges state benefits system breach produced a concrete illustration of that exposure, resulting in a $6.3 million settlement with Deloitte Consulting and reimbursement of up to $5,000 for affected individuals. Rhode Island merchants may surcharge credit-card transactions up to 4% following the 2013 interchange antitrust settlement, subject to point-of-sale disclosure; debit and prepaid cards cannot be surcharged. A live but unresolved legislative threat comes from H8212/S2522, an Illinois-modeled bill that would bar interchange fees on tax and tip amounts; as of March 2026 committee testimony, card-network and bank interests warned of impact on roughly 9,000 US issuers and 14,000 Rhode Island retailers, and the bill's final 2026-session disposition remains unverified as of this baseline cycle. No dedicated corridor or remittance statute exists; cross-border flows -- including material Providence-area remittance outflows to the Dominican Republic and Central America -- run through nationally licensed money transmitters and banks under the general exemption framework. Industry structure remains bank-anchored: Citizens Financial Group, headquartered in Providence, reports $226.4 billion in assets as of 31 December 2025, roughly 3,100 ATMs, and about 1,000 branches across 14 states and DC. Washington Trust is the oldest community bank in the nation and the largest state-chartered bank headquartered in Rhode Island, with the state's payments-adjacent commercial fabric otherwise dominated by a community-bank cluster and a small independent fintech presence, including Beeline. The dominant live dispute is the three-front litigation among AG Peter Neronha, Kalshi, Polymarket, and the CFTC over whether prediction-market event contracts constitute unlicensed gambling under state law or fall under exclusive federal CFTC jurisdiction, filed and escalating from 21 May 2026 onward in Providence County Superior Court and the US District Court for the District of Rhode Island. Merchant acquiring has no distinct state licensing regime: processors and ISOs are exempt from currency-transmission licensing when their participation is limited to processing, clearing, or settlement solely for transactions between persons already exempt from licensing, leaving merchant risk management to run entirely at the card-network program level, including VAMP. No dedicated state fintech regulatory sandbox or open-banking mandate has been established; innovation-adjacent activity is limited to licensing modernization and private-sector, consumer-protection-response-led initiatives such as the crypto-kiosk reforms. Consumer protection runs primarily through the Deceptive Trade Practices Act (RI Gen. Laws Ch. 6-13.1), enforced by the Attorney General's Consumer Protection Unit against unfair or unlawful business practices, including the Centurion Filing Services settlement over a deceptive certificate-of-good-standing scheme. AML/CFT intelligence for Rhode Island is Sentinel.gi-fed under WPM methodology; the statutory baseline confirms that currency transmission licensees must maintain active FinCEN registration and BSA compliance as a condition of licensure, though no dedicated Sentinel.gi bulletin specific to Rhode Island's payments context was retrievable this cycle, so readers should treat Sentinel.gi as the authoritative feed for deeper illicit-finance analysis. Enforcement reality is illustrated by a December 2025 guilty plea, prosecuted by the US Attorney's Office for the District of Rhode Island, in a BEC and wire-fraud money-laundering conspiracy that defrauded victims -- including the Town of Bristol -- of nearly $9 million; this illicit-finance content is cross-flagged to FIM as the monitor of record for original AML/CFT analysis. Correspondent banking access for Rhode Island's community and regional banks runs through federal AML/CDD frameworks and relationships with super-regional partners such as Citizens Financial Group; the state's move to federal deposit insurance after the 1990-91 RISDIC collapse is the formative structural precondition, and no Rhode-Island-specific correspondent-banking statute exists. Commercial intelligence remains thin for Rhode Island: the only identified deal in the trailing twelve months is Beeline's completed corporate transaction with MagicBlocks on 21 August 2025, with the deal value not publicly disclosed, and coverage here should be read as a lower bound given structurally thin private-company signal for smaller US states. #### Outlook Rhode Island's overall trajectory this cycle is tightening: the jurisdiction risk tracker places the state at ELEVATED risk, driven jointly by the crypto-kiosk consumer-protection regime, the new nonbank cybersecurity law, the unresolved interchange-fee bill, and the escalating prediction-market litigation across W1a, W2, W3, W4, W7, W10, and W11. Two verification gaps stand out for the next cycle: Rhode Island's precise Money Transmission Modernization Act adoption status needs a current DBR-sourced confirmation rather than reliance on a stale 2022 bulletin, and the disposition of H8212/S2522 through the remainder of the 2026 legislative session remains unresolved and should be checked against the current legislative calendar. The Kalshi/Polymarket/CFTC litigation is the most consequential near-term legal watch item, since its resolution on federal preemption over state gaming law will likely inform how other states treat CFTC-designated prediction markets going forward. 14 of 14 modules Signal Density Selections OR within a group, AND across groups. Press / to search. ### W1a Licensing, Authorisation & Market Access moved 1 gap Confirmed confirmed 2026-07-05 Rhode Island regulates payments licensing through a state money-transmitter regime (RI Gen. Laws Title 19, Ch. 19-14 and 19-14.3), supervised by the Division of Banking within the Dept. of Business Regulation (DBR). Currency transmission, electronic money transfer, and virtual-currency business activity all route through a single Currency Transmitter License applied for via NMLS. The regime sits within the federal/state dual structure typical of US state MTL law, with statutory exemptions for banks/credit unions and a bond/net-worth floor. Movement — NEW RI MTL regime for virtual-currency businesses confirmed with $50k bond / $100k net worth requirement_First-write baseline capture for this JID._ Open gap — wpm-int-4 Rhode Island's Money Transmission Modernization Act adoption status is ambiguous between a stale 2022 DBR bulletin (implying ongoing full adoption) and the CSBS tracker (showing only partial enactment via H.B.7282); requires a current DBR-sourced confirmation._no under-indexing note recorded_ No sub-brief written this cycle The module carries open gaps but no narrative analysis was authored this cycle. Flagged for the next research pass. no periodic updates on record for this sub-brief ** Sources and findings (6)** 1. T1 [https://dbr.ri.gov/banking-securities-and-charitable-organizations/banking](https://dbr.ri.gov/banking-securities-and-charitable-organizations/banking) retrieved 2026-07-05 2. T1 [https://webserver.rilegislature.gov/Statutes/TITLE19/19-14.3/19-14.3-1.htm](https://webserver.rilegislature.gov/Statutes/TITLE19/19-14.3/19-14.3-1.htm) 3. T1 [https://dbr.ri.gov/media/23641/download](https://dbr.ri.gov/media/23641/download) retrieved 2026-07-05 4. T4 [https://www.jwsuretybonds.com/states/rhode-island/money-transmitter-bond](https://www.jwsuretybonds.com/states/rhode-island/money-transmitter-bond) retrieved 2026-07-05 5. T2 [https://mortgage.nationwidelicensingsystem.org/slr/PublishedStateDocuments/RI-Electronic-Money-Transfer-Company-New-App-Checklist.pdf](https://mortgage.nationwidelicensingsystem.org/slr/PublishedStateDocuments/RI-Electronic-Money-Transfer-Company-New-App-Checklist.pdf) retrieved 2026-07-05 6. T4 [https://faisalkhan.com/solutions/licensing/money-transmitter-license-mtl/rhode-island-money-transmitter-license/](https://faisalkhan.com/solutions/licensing/money-transmitter-license-mtl/rhode-island-money-transmitter-license/) retrieved 2026-07-05 ### W1b Conduct, Safeguarding & Promotions Confirmed confirmed 2026-07-05 Conduct and safeguarding obligations for RI currency transmission licensees are codified in RI Gen. Laws 19-14.3-3.5 through 3.9, covering mandatory customer disclosures, prohibited acts (fraud, BSA/EFTA non-compliance, deceptive advertising), and virtual-currency safeguarding (maintaining sufficient VC holdings to satisfy customer entitlements). The Attorney General's Consumer Protection Unit provides an additional conduct backstop under the state Deceptive Trade Practices Act. Absence reason not determinable No sub-brief exists and the JID records no gap or review marker explaining why. The renderer will not invent a reason. no periodic updates on record for this sub-brief ** Sources and findings (5)** 1. T1 [https://law.justia.com/codes/rhode-island/title-19/chapter-19-14-3/section-19-14-3-3-8/](https://law.justia.com/codes/rhode-island/title-19/chapter-19-14-3/section-19-14-3-3-8/) retrieved 2026-07-05 2. T2 [https://stevenscenter.wharton.upenn.edu/publications-50-state-review/](https://stevenscenter.wharton.upenn.edu/publications-50-state-review/) retrieved 2026-07-05 3. T2 [https://stevenscenter.wharton.upenn.edu/publications-50-state-review/](https://stevenscenter.wharton.upenn.edu/publications-50-state-review/) retrieved 2026-07-05 4. T1 [https://riag.ri.gov/what-we-do/protect-rhode-island-consumers](https://riag.ri.gov/what-we-do/protect-rhode-island-consumers) retrieved 2026-07-05 5. T1 [https://law.justia.com/codes/rhode-island/title-19/chapter-19-14-3/section-19-14-3-3-8/](https://law.justia.com/codes/rhode-island/title-19/chapter-19-14-3/section-19-14-3-3-8/) retrieved 2026-07-05 ### W2 Stablecoins & Digital Money Probable confirmed 2026-07-05 Rhode Island treats virtual-currency business activity (including stablecoin transmission) as currency transmission requiring licensure under Ch. 19-14/19-14.3, with dedicated kiosk-operator licensing, disclosure, and reserve-sufficiency rules. A newly enacted 2026 law (signed by Gov. McKee, effective June 23, 2026) caps daily crypto-kiosk transaction values, reflecting a consumer-protection-driven tightening of the digital-money regime rather than a bespoke stablecoin issuance framework. Absence reason not determinable No sub-brief exists and the JID records no gap or review marker explaining why. The renderer will not invent a reason. no periodic updates on record for this sub-brief ** Sources and findings (5)** 1. T2 [https://stevenscenter.wharton.upenn.edu/publications-50-state-review/](https://stevenscenter.wharton.upenn.edu/publications-50-state-review/) retrieved 2026-07-05 2. T1 [https://webserver.rilegislature.gov/Statutes/TITLE19/19-14.3/19-14.3-3.9.htm](https://webserver.rilegislature.gov/Statutes/TITLE19/19-14.3/19-14.3-3.9.htm) retrieved 2026-07-05 3. T3 [https://www.moneylaundering.com/news/amid-federal-stall-us-states-tackle-cryptocurrency-atm-fraud/](https://www.moneylaundering.com/news/amid-federal-stall-us-states-tackle-cryptocurrency-atm-fraud/) retrieved 2026-07-05 4. T3 [https://www.governing.com/policy/fearing-scams-states-add-regulations-to-crypto-atms](https://www.governing.com/policy/fearing-scams-states-add-regulations-to-crypto-atms) retrieved 2026-07-05 5. T3 [https://rhodeislandcurrent.com/2025/02/12/r-i-house-bill-would-limit-transactions-add-warning-labels-to-crypto-kiosks/](https://rhodeislandcurrent.com/2025/02/12/r-i-house-bill-would-limit-transactions-add-warning-labels-to-crypto-kiosks/) retrieved 2026-07-05 ### W3 Operational Resilience & Critical Infrastructure Probable confirmed 2026-07-05 Rhode Island enacted a standalone cybersecurity regime for DBR-licensed nonbank financial institutions (S603, effective July 2, 2025), modeled closely on NYDFS Part 500 but with a more lenient three-business-day breach notification window. This sits alongside the general RI Identity Theft Protection Act / data breach notification law (500-resident AG notice trigger), and was tested in practice by the 2024/2025 RIBridges state-benefits-system breach and its $6.3M Deloitte settlement. Kept on Dataprotection.gi, not restated here: data and cloud switching obligations on service providers, including notice periods and charges. [Open its jurisdiction pages on Dataprotection.gi →](https://dataprotection.gi/jurisdictions/) Absence reason not determinable No sub-brief exists and the JID records no gap or review marker explaining why. The renderer will not invent a reason. no periodic updates on record for this sub-brief ** Sources and findings (5)** 1. T3 [https://www.alstonprivacy.com/rhode-islands-new-cybersecurity-law-for-nonbank-financial-institutions/](https://www.alstonprivacy.com/rhode-islands-new-cybersecurity-law-for-nonbank-financial-institutions/) retrieved 2026-07-05 2. T3 [https://www.americanbanker.com/news/rhode-island-writes-its-own-cybersecurity-rules-for-nonbanks](https://www.americanbanker.com/news/rhode-island-writes-its-own-cybersecurity-rules-for-nonbanks) retrieved 2026-07-05 3. T3 [https://www.cooley.com/news/insight/2025/2025-07-30-rhode-island-enacts-new-financial-institutions-cybersecurity-law-with-immediate-effect](https://www.cooley.com/news/insight/2025/2025-07-30-rhode-island-enacts-new-financial-institutions-cybersecurity-law-with-immediate-effect) retrieved 2026-07-05 4. T3 [https://pivitstrategy.com/rhode-island-cybersecurity-laws-you-should-know-2026/](https://pivitstrategy.com/rhode-island-cybersecurity-laws-you-should-know-2026/) retrieved 2026-07-05 5. T3 [https://www.hipaajournal.com/rhode-island-ri-bridges-system-hack/](https://www.hipaajournal.com/rhode-island-ri-bridges-system-hack/) retrieved 2026-07-05 ### W4 Scheme & Network Compliance 1 gap Confirmed confirmed 2026-07-05 Rhode Island permits credit-card surcharging up to 4% (following the 2012-13 national interchange antitrust settlement), subject to point-of-sale/entry disclosure norms, while debit and prepaid cards cannot be surcharged. A more aggressive Illinois-style bill to prohibit interchange fees on the tax/tip portion of transactions (H8212/S2522) was actively debated in the RI General Assembly through March 2026 but has not been enacted, drawing organized opposition from card-network and bank interests. Open gap — wpm-int-3 The enactment status of RI's interchange-fee-on-tax/tip prohibition bills (H8212/S2522) beyond March 2026 committee testimony is unresolved as of this baseline cycle; requires verification against the current legislative calendar._no under-indexing note recorded_ No sub-brief written this cycle The module carries open gaps but no narrative analysis was authored this cycle. Flagged for the next research pass. no periodic updates on record for this sub-brief ** Sources and findings (5)** 1. T1 [https://www.ri.gov/press/view/21158](https://www.ri.gov/press/view/21158) retrieved 2026-07-05 2. T3 [https://merchantcostconsulting.com/lower-credit-card-processing-fees/credit-card-surcharge-laws-by-state/](https://merchantcostconsulting.com/lower-credit-card-processing-fees/credit-card-surcharge-laws-by-state/) retrieved 2026-07-05 3. T1 [https://www.rilegislature.gov/Special/comdoc/House%20Corporations%202026/03-03-2026--H7607--Frank_McMahon(Interchange%20Legislation%20Materials)--cor.pdf](https://www.rilegislature.gov/Special/comdoc/House%20Corporations%202026/03-03-2026--H7607--Frank_McMahon(Interchange%20Legislation%20Materials)--cor.pdf) retrieved 2026-07-05 4. T3 [https://intellipay.com/surcharge-interchange-fee-legislation-2026/](https://intellipay.com/surcharge-interchange-fee-legislation-2026/) retrieved 2026-07-05 5. T3 [https://www.paymentsdive.com/news/interchange-card-swipe-fee-state-legislature-bills-illinois/743826/](https://www.paymentsdive.com/news/interchange-card-swipe-fee-state-legislature-bills-illinois/743826/) retrieved 2026-07-05 ### W5 Payment Corridor Dynamics Probable confirmed 2026-07-05 Rhode Island has no distinct state-level cross-border payment corridor regime; corridor access runs through nationally licensed money transmitters and banks (Western Union, Ria, Wells Fargo ExpressSend, Remitly, etc.) operating under the state's general Ch. 19-14/19-14.3 MTL framework. Providence's substantial Latin American/Caribbean immigrant population makes remittance outflow corridors (Dominican Republic, Guatemala, other Central America) a material but state-law-agnostic feature of the payments landscape. Absence reason not determinable No sub-brief exists and the JID records no gap or review marker explaining why. The renderer will not invent a reason. no periodic updates on record for this sub-brief ** Sources and findings (2)** 1. T4 [https://www.sharemoney.com/us/en/state/rhode-island](https://www.sharemoney.com/us/en/state/rhode-island) retrieved 2026-07-05 2. T1 [https://webserver.rilegislature.gov/Statutes/TITLE19/19-14.3/19-14.3-1.htm](https://webserver.rilegislature.gov/Statutes/TITLE19/19-14.3/19-14.3-1.htm) ### W6 Industry Structure & Commercial Probable confirmed 2026-07-05 Rhode Island's payments-adjacent banking sector is anchored by Citizens Financial Group (Providence HQ, one of the nation's largest bank holding companies) and Washington Trust (the nation's oldest community bank, RI's largest state-chartered bank), alongside a cluster of community banks (BankRI, BankNewport, Centreville Bank) organized under the Rhode Island Bankers Association. A small but visible private fintech/mortgage-tech presence (e.g., Beeline Holdings) supplements the bank-dominated structure; no distinct nonbank PSP cluster of national scale is headquartered in the state. Absence reason not determinable No sub-brief exists and the JID records no gap or review marker explaining why. The renderer will not invent a reason. no periodic updates on record for this sub-brief ** Sources and findings (4)** 1. T3 [https://www.citizensbank.com/about-us/our-company/overview.aspx](https://www.citizensbank.com/about-us/our-company/overview.aspx) retrieved 2026-07-05 2. T3 [https://wallethub.com/banks/rhode-island](https://wallethub.com/banks/rhode-island) retrieved 2026-07-05 3. T2 [https://ribankers.com/](https://ribankers.com/) retrieved 2026-07-05 4. T4 [https://pitchbook.com/profiles/company/435258-10](https://pitchbook.com/profiles/company/435258-10) retrieved 2026-07-05 ### W7 Legal & Litigation Confirmed confirmed 2026-07-05 The dominant live payments-adjacent litigation in Rhode Island as of mid-2026 is the multi-front dispute over prediction markets: AG Neronha's state-court suits against Kalshi and Polymarket alleging unlicensed sports gambling, met by Kalshi's federal suit against the state and a CFTC intervention asserting federal preemption over CFTC-designated contract markets. Historical consumer-protection enforcement (e.g., the Centurion Filing Services DTPA settlement) illustrates the AG's active use of the Deceptive Trade Practices Act against payment-adjacent deceptive schemes. Absence reason not determinable No sub-brief exists and the JID records no gap or review marker explaining why. The renderer will not invent a reason. no periodic updates on record for this sub-brief ** Sources and findings (4)** 1. T3 [https://www.wpri.com/money/lawsuit-targets-polymarket-kalshi-over-alleged-illegal-sports-gambling-in-ri/](https://www.wpri.com/money/lawsuit-targets-polymarket-kalshi-over-alleged-illegal-sports-gambling-in-ri/) retrieved 2026-07-05 2. T3 [https://turnto10.com/i-team/kalshi-takes-court-action-against-rhode-island-officials-exchange-prediction-market-sports-betting-laws-federal-lawsuit-attorney-general-regulations-may-21-2026](https://turnto10.com/i-team/kalshi-takes-court-action-against-rhode-island-officials-exchange-prediction-market-sports-betting-laws-federal-lawsuit-attorney-general-regulations-may-21-2026) retrieved 2026-07-05 3. T3 [https://www.sportsbettingdime.com/news/betting/cftc-sues-rhode-island-to-block-prediction-market-lawsuits/](https://www.sportsbettingdime.com/news/betting/cftc-sues-rhode-island-to-block-prediction-market-lawsuits/) retrieved 2026-07-05 4. T1 [https://riag.ri.gov/press-releases/following-enforcement-action-attorney-general-neronha-halts-deceptive-certificate](https://riag.ri.gov/press-releases/following-enforcement-action-attorney-general-neronha-halts-deceptive-certificate) retrieved 2026-07-05 ### W8 Merchant Acquiring & Risk Probable confirmed 2026-07-05 Rhode Island has no distinct state-level merchant-acquirer or ISO licensing regime; payment processors settling funds on behalf of merchants generally fall under the general currency-transmission licensing exemption for processing/clearing/settlement performed for exempt persons, or otherwise must hold the standard Currency Transmitter License. Merchant risk management (chargeback thresholds, MATCH-list exposure, high-risk MCC treatment) in Rhode Island operates entirely at the card-network level (Visa VAMP, Mastercard ECM/MATCH) rather than through bespoke state rules. Absence reason not determinable No sub-brief exists and the JID records no gap or review marker explaining why. The renderer will not invent a reason. no periodic updates on record for this sub-brief ** Sources and findings (2)** 1. T1 [https://law.justia.com/codes/rhode-island/title-19/chapter-19-14-3/section-19-14-3-1/](https://law.justia.com/codes/rhode-island/title-19/chapter-19-14-3/section-19-14-3-1/) retrieved 2026-07-05 2. T4 [https://koronapos.com/blog/high-risk-merchant-accounts/](https://koronapos.com/blog/high-risk-merchant-accounts/) retrieved 2026-07-05 ### W9 Product Innovation & Market Development Probable confirmed 2026-07-05 Rhode Island's product-innovation activity centers on responsive consumer-protection regulation of crypto kiosks (2025-26 legislative cycle) rather than a dedicated state fintech sandbox or open-banking initiative -- no RI-government-run regulatory sandbox was identified. Innovation activity is otherwise driven by private-sector participants (Beeline, Citizens Bank's digital platforms) and regional ecosystem events (Boston Fintech Week, CIC Providence) rather than state policy. Absence reason not determinable No sub-brief exists and the JID records no gap or review marker explaining why. The renderer will not invent a reason. no periodic updates on record for this sub-brief ** Sources and findings (3)** 1. T3 [https://thepublicsradio.org/business/new-bill-aims-to-regulate-crypto-atms-in-rhode-island/](https://thepublicsradio.org/business/new-bill-aims-to-regulate-crypto-atms-in-rhode-island/) retrieved 2026-07-05 2. T4 [https://leadiq.com/c/citizens/5a1d8a9624000024006455ac](https://leadiq.com/c/citizens/5a1d8a9624000024006455ac) retrieved 2026-07-05 3. T1 [https://dbr.ri.gov/banking-securities-and-charitable-organizations/banking](https://dbr.ri.gov/banking-securities-and-charitable-organizations/banking) retrieved 2026-07-05 ### W10 Consumer Protection & APP Fraud moved Confirmed confirmed 2026-07-05 Consumer protection in Rhode Island payments runs through the Deceptive Trade Practices Act (RI Gen. Laws Ch. 6-13.1), enforced by the AG's Consumer Protection Unit, with a targeted 2026 extension addressing authorized-payment fraud specific to crypto kiosks (reimbursement rights modeled on credit-card fraud protections for 'new' kiosk users). The Telephone Sales Solicitation Act adds a registration/enforcement layer relevant to telemarketing-driven payment fraud. Movement — NEW RI 2025 crypto-ATM consumer-protection law confirmed with fraud-refund mechanism_First-write baseline capture for this JID._ Absence reason not determinable No sub-brief exists and the JID records no gap or review marker explaining why. The renderer will not invent a reason. no periodic updates on record for this sub-brief ** Sources and findings (5)** 1. T1 [https://webserver.rilegislature.gov/Statutes/TITLE6/6-13.1/INDEX.htm](https://webserver.rilegislature.gov/Statutes/TITLE6/6-13.1/INDEX.htm) retrieved 2026-07-05 2. T1 [https://www.ri.gov/press/view/26301](https://www.ri.gov/press/view/26301) retrieved 2026-07-05 3. T3 [https://www.governing.com/policy/fearing-scams-states-add-regulations-to-crypto-atms](https://www.governing.com/policy/fearing-scams-states-add-regulations-to-crypto-atms) retrieved 2026-07-05 4. T3 [https://www.oceanstatemedia.org/the-publics-radio/new-bill-aims-to-regulate-crypto-atms-in-rhode-island](https://www.oceanstatemedia.org/the-publics-radio/new-bill-aims-to-regulate-crypto-atms-in-rhode-island) retrieved 2026-07-05 5. T3 [https://www.alfainternational.com/compendium/business-litigation-2/telephone-consumer-protection-act-tcpa/rhode-island/](https://www.alfainternational.com/compendium/business-litigation-2/telephone-consumer-protection-act-tcpa/rhode-island/) retrieved 2026-07-05 ### W11 AML/CFT & Financial Crime [Sourced from Sentinel.gi ↗](https://sentinel.gi/jurisdictions/united-states-rhode-island/#sec-dom-D7) Probable confirmed 2026-07-05 W11 baseline content is Sentinel.gi-fed per WPM methodology; no dedicated Sentinel.gi payments-context bulletin specific to US-RI was retrievable in this collection pass. The standing AML posture embedded in RI's payments regime is the statutory requirement that currency-transmission licensees maintain active FinCEN/BSA registration and comply with federal AML program requirements as a condition of state licensure, with active federal prosecutions in the District of Rhode Island illustrating enforcement reality. Absence reason not determinable No sub-brief exists and the JID records no gap or review marker explaining why. The renderer will not invent a reason. no periodic updates on record for this sub-brief ** Sources and findings (6)** 1. T1 [https://www.justice.gov/usao-ri/pr/california-man-pleads-guilty-role-multi-million-dollar-money-laundering-conspiracy](https://www.justice.gov/usao-ri/pr/california-man-pleads-guilty-role-multi-million-dollar-money-laundering-conspiracy) retrieved 2026-07-05 2. T? FIM (sentinel.gi) per-JID baseline profile — United States — Rhode Island — RI operates under the federal BSA/AML/OFAC framework administered by FinCEN and Treasury, plus state money-transmitter licensing (incl. virtual currency) via the RI Department of Business Regulation, Division of Banking. Casino BSA compliance covers the state's two commercial casinos. RI is excluded from FinCEN's Residential Real Estate GTO program, and the March 2025 CTA rollback exempted RI-formed entities from federal beneficial-ownership reporting. 3. T? FIM (sentinel.gi) gaps_register_cumulative (issue FIM-BASE-GAP-004) — Gap: sourcing-thinness 4. T? FIM (sentinel.gi) gaps_register_cumulative (issue FIM-BASE-GAP-003) — Gap: capacity-deficit 5. T1 FIM (sentinel.gi) sanctions_change_register (issue FIM-BASE-SANC-001) — Sanctions: OFAC listing 6. T? FIM (sentinel.gi) gaps_register_cumulative (issue FIM-BASE-GAP-002) — Gap: regulatory-failure ### W12 Correspondent Banking, Settlement & Access Probable confirmed 2026-07-05 Rhode Island has no state-specific correspondent-banking or settlement-access regulation; access runs through the federal AML/CDD framework applicable to all US correspondent relationships. The state's 1990-91 banking crisis (RISDIC collapse) is the formative historical reference point, after which all Rhode Island banks moved to federal deposit insurance -- a foundational condition for the state's current correspondent and settlement access via federally insured institutions such as Citizens Financial Group and Washington Trust. Absence reason not determinable No sub-brief exists and the JID records no gap or review marker explaining why. The renderer will not invent a reason. no periodic updates on record for this sub-brief ** Sources and findings (4)** 1. T4 [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhode_Island_banking_crisis](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhode_Island_banking_crisis) retrieved 2026-07-05 2. T1 [https://www.congress.gov/crs-product/IF10873](https://www.congress.gov/crs-product/IF10873) retrieved 2026-07-05 3. T3 [https://www.citizensbank.com/about-us/our-company/overview.aspx](https://www.citizensbank.com/about-us/our-company/overview.aspx) retrieved 2026-07-05 4. T1 [https://dbr.ri.gov/banking-securities-and-charitable-organizations/banking](https://dbr.ri.gov/banking-securities-and-charitable-organizations/banking) retrieved 2026-07-05 ### W13 Commercial Intelligence (M&A, Investment & Product) 1 gap Uncertain confirmed 2026-07-05 Trailing-12-month (July 2025-July 2026) commercial activity specific to Rhode Island-headquartered payments/fintech entities is limited; the clearest identified event is Providence-based Beeline's corporate deal with MagicBlocks in August 2025. Broader RI-linked commercial activity is dominated by Citizens Financial Group's ordinary-course corporate disclosures rather than discrete M&A/investment events within the window. Open gap — wpm-int-5 Private-company/fintech commercial signal for Rhode Island is thin -- only one W13 commercial event (Beeline-MagicBlocks) was identified in the trailing 12 months, consistent with the bias-correction note to under-index private-company signals._Private-company/fintech commercial-event coverage for smaller US states such as Rhode Island is structurally thin relative to Anglosphere/EU regulatory coverage; treat W13 findings here as a lower bound, not a comprehensive picture._ No sub-brief written this cycle The module carries open gaps but no narrative analysis was authored this cycle. Flagged for the next research pass. no periodic updates on record for this sub-brief ** Sources and findings (1)** 1. T4 [https://pitchbook.com/profiles/company/435258-10](https://pitchbook.com/profiles/company/435258-10) retrieved 2026-07-05 ** No modules match.** Filters combine as OR inside a group and AND across groups. ## Editorial metadata Provenance only. 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