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July 8, 2022

New Jersey Readying Responsible Gambling Guidelines

New Jersey’s online casinos and sportsbooks are being pushed to up their game on responsible gambling through new guidelines that will require implementation by next year of systems to flag signs of problematic player behavior.
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July 8, 2022

News In Brief: July 4-July 8, 2022

A trailblazing former Nevada regulator gets top job at Las Vegas NFL team.
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July 7, 2022

FCA Appoints Financial Crime Chief To Head Payments, Crypto Work

The UK's Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has appointed six directors as it grapples with expanded post-Brexit responsibilities.
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July 7, 2022

United Arab Bank Joins Arab Monetary Fund’s Cross-Border Payments Platform

United Arab Bank has become the latest bank to join Buna, a cross-border payments platform owned by the Arab Monetary Fund.
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July 7, 2022

Google Restricts South Korea’s Leading Messaging App Over Payments Dispute

Google has introduced a ban on new updates to the KakaoTalk messaging app in South Korea, following an alleged violation of its in-app payments rules.
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July 7, 2022

Danish FSA Sets Out BNPL Regulation

The Danish Financial Supervisory Authority (DFSA) is consulting on how to regulate the burgeoning buy now, pay later (BNPL) market, which could see Denmark joining European counterparts such as the UK and Ireland in adding new rules.
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July 7, 2022

Chile's Casinos Take On Foreign Online Operators In Court

Chile’s deeply entrenched casino industry, which began when the first casino opened in Viña del Mar in 1931, is waging legal warfare on online gaming and sports-betting platforms.
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July 7, 2022

UK Gambling Commission Suspends Bet-At-Home Licence

The Gambling Commission has suspended the operating licence of Bet-at-home.com Internet Limited as it carries out a review triggered by suspected social responsibility and anti-money laundering failings.
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July 7, 2022

Trump To Campaign In Las Vegas For Internet Gambling Foe

Beleaguered former President Donald Trump is scheduled to attend a campaign rally on Friday in Las Vegas for a U.S. Senate candidate in Nevada who opposes internet gambling.
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July 7, 2022

UK Study Finds Gambling Sites Not Prioritising Harm Reduction

​​​​​​​A new study argues that the design of UK online gambling sites and apps are putting consumers at higher risk of gambling harm.
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July 6, 2022

Nexi Wins Partnership With Irish Payments Project

Ireland’s first instant mobile payment service, Synch Payments, has announced that it is partnering with Italian payments system Nexi as its platform and service provider.
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July 6, 2022

India’s Central Bank Tightens M&A Rules For Non-Bank Payment System Operators

The Reserve Bank of India has issued a new directive aimed at increasing supervision of merger and acquisition (M&A) activity among non-bank payment system operators.
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July 6, 2022

Apple To Allow iOS Apps In South Korea To Use Third-Party Payment Processors

Apple has opened up its App Store in South Korea to alternative payment processors, but for developers who want to opt into the scheme, they will still be charged high commission rates.
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July 6, 2022

Interview: PSR Chief Wants To Get Fraud Right, But ’We Need To Improve Incentives’

Chris Hemsley, managing director at the UK's Payment Systems Regulator (PSR), speaks to VIXIO about the regulator’s plans to rein in fraud and enhance competition.
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July 6, 2022

UK Gambling Minister Says Treasury Would Pay £600m Damages

​​​​​​​If Camelot is successful in its current bid to be awarded up to £600m in damages, the UK Treasury will likely end up footing the bill, according to Chris Philp, the minister in charge of gambling policy.
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July 6, 2022

Nevada Regulators Closer To Updating Gaming License Requirements

As the gaming industry continues to evolve in Nevada, regulators have spent considerable time this year updating the state’s rules related to licensing, associated equipment, junket registrations and sports-betting data, among other areas.
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July 6, 2022

Online Casino Depends On Risky Gamblers, UK Study Suggests

​​​​​​​A new British study suggests that the online casino industry draws a significant percentage of players and revenue from those with at least a moderate risk of developing a problem-gambling habit.
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July 5, 2022

ESG Taxomania! But Convergence On The Horizon

Sustainability experts, including a senior leader at Mastercard, have stressed the need for corporations and governments to solve the data gap that currently exists, yet warned that a common taxonomy is a long way off.
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July 5, 2022

EU Payments Regulation Gets Thumbs Up From Start-Ups, But Compliance Burden Is Causing Problems

A new survey by Stripe has revealed that a majority of start-up companies are satisfied with the opportunities that the revised Payment Services Directive (PSD2) has provided them, believing that it has enhanced competition opportunities in the trading bloc.
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July 5, 2022

India Mulls Bringing Domestic SWIFT-Alternative Across Border

As Western sanctions on Russia continue to bite and affect trade around the world, India has been the latest country to look at a potential alternative to the SWIFT messaging network.
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July 5, 2022

US Lawmaker Seeks To Level Up Financial Data Privacy

A discussion draft released by a Republican Congressman would give consumers GDPR-like rights over their financial data and update a 23-year-old federal law.
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