Insights Archive

March 2, 2023

Northern Ireland Gambling Reform 'Highly Unlikely' Before 2027

The Northern Ireland All Party Group on Reducing Harm Related to Gambling predicts that the next phase of the country’s gambling reform will “take several years to complete”.

March 2, 2023

Chicago Mayor's Ouster Unlikely To Delay Progress On Bally's Casino

The repudiation of Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot in her bid for re-election is not expected to hinder the development of Bally’s Corporation’s $1.7bn destination-resort casino in the third largest city in the United States.

March 2, 2023

Austrian Ruling Suggests No Flood Of Bet Loss Refund Claims

Online casino operators have been pounded by claims for refunds of player losses in Austria, but a recent Supreme Court ruling suggests there will be no similar flood of claims for sports-betting reimbursements.

March 1, 2023

UK More Likely To Have CBDC Than Not, BoE Cunliffe Tells MPs

Although the Bank of England has not yet taken a decision on whether to issue a digital pound, it is more likely for the UK to adopt one than not, Jon Cunliffe, deputy governor of the Bank of England, has said.

March 1, 2023

Klarna UK Brings Back Late Payment Fees, As Global Losses Hit $1bn

Klarna’s UK business has announced that late payment fees will be returning to the platform, while Klarna’s global business has hit the headlines again following record losses in 2022.

March 1, 2023

Taking Matters Into Their Own Hands: How The Euro Banking Association Is Helping PSPs Prevent Fraud Without Regulation

The Euro Banking Association fraud taxonomy aspires to create a pan-EU set of definitions to help banks, fintech and payments operators grapple with the ever-evolving problem. VIXIO speaks to the association to find out more.

March 1, 2023

Data Protection Laws Hindering Financial Crime Fight, Say Payment Execs

Top payments industry professionals believe that existing data protection laws are acting as a “barrier” in the fight against financial crime, but is a “central depository” for the sharing of such data the solution?

March 1, 2023

FATF Suspends Russia Membership, Adds Nigeria, South Africa To Greylist

The international standard-setting body has decided to suspend Russia’s membership as a result of its year-long aggression against Ukraine while announcing updates to its “greylist”.

March 1, 2023

Missouri VLT Bill Backers Seek Other Legislative Opportunities

After coming up short five times in efforts to legalize video lottery terminals (VLTs) as part of legislation legalizing retail and mobile sports betting in Missouri, one veteran Republican state senator still believes regulating and taxing these machines is crucial to halting the expansion of grey-market games.

March 1, 2023

Massive Promotional Spend Powers Ohio's First Sports-Betting Month

Ohio regulators announced Tuesday that the state has shattered the all-time U.S. record for gross revenue in its first month of sports betting, aided by a stunning promotional blitz by the market leaders.

March 1, 2023

Australian Anti-Gambling Group Warns Of Predatory Facial Recognition

A leading Australian anti-gambling group is warning that gambling companies could use facial recognition technology to subvert responsible gambling reforms, a key election issue for the nation’s most populous state.

March 1, 2023

Belgian Regulator Takes Aim At Ad Ban

Belgium's planned ban on gambling advertising has come under renewed fire from the country’s gambling regulator over fears it will strengthen the black market, despite there being no firm evidence to support the claim.

March 1, 2023

UK Will Ban VIP Pampering, Set Slots Limits, Newspaper Says

The long-awaited UK gambling white paper will ban VIP loyalty packages, set online slots limits and will finally arrive at the end of this month, according to the Financial Times.

February 28, 2023

UPDATE: US Financial Data Privacy Law Introduced In Congress

Patrick McHenry, the chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, has formally introduced a bill that seeks to modernise the 20+ year-old federal privacy law.

February 28, 2023

Up Your Compliance Game, Bank Of Lithuania Tells Payments Firms

Lithuania’s central bank has chastised payments and electronic money institutions in the country, telling VIXIO that the rapid growth currently being experienced in the sector must go hand-in-hand with better compliance.

February 28, 2023

New York Regulators Approve New Sports-Betting Advertising Rules

New York regulators approved a set of proposed rules on Monday that would enact new marketing restrictions on college campuses and severely limit affiliate marketing agreements.

February 28, 2023

Czech Finance Minister Targets Gambling Tax Hike

The Czech Republic’s finance minister, Zbyněk Stanjura, has said he is planning to introduce a higher tax rate for gambling.

February 28, 2023

Operators, Affiliates Seek Changes To Massachusetts Marketing Regulations

The Massachusetts Gaming Commission is scheduled to vote on Wednesday on amendments to its operative rule prohibiting marketing affiliate revenue-share or cost-per-acquisition deals, following public input from affiliate representatives and sports-betting operators.

February 27, 2023

UK Government’s Payment Services Regulations Review and Call for Evidence

This analysis focuses on the objectives of the review, as well as what the government has intentionally left outside its scope, its connection with other government initiatives and potential impacts on the payments industry.

February 27, 2023

Data Dive: Exploring Northern Europe’s Dominance In EU Payments Licensing

Following new data published by the European Banking Authority exploring the authorisation processes of payment firms between 2019 and 2021 across the EU, VIXIO takes a brief look at the trends behind these numbers, which show significant activity in Northern Europe.

February 27, 2023

US Axes Low-Cost Cross-Border Service Due To Low Adoption

The US Federal Reserve has announced the end of its little-known international ACH service called FedGlobal to Europe and Canada in the coming months.