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October 28, 2024

Gaming Expansion A Long Shot In Lone Star State In 2025

While progress has been made in recent years towards gaming expansion in Texas, the path to legalization of casino gaming or sports betting remains daunting due to the state’s political climate and steep requirements to enact legislation.
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October 28, 2024

Fight Against Online Casino Games Begins In France

The budget amendment that would legalise online casino games in France has been met with favour by the French public and opposition by land-based casinos and local politicians. 
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October 28, 2024

Regulatory Influencer: No More Hiding Complaints From Us, Says Dubai Authority

The Dubai Financial Services Authority (DFSA) has published its latest thematic review of complaints handling among firms within the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC).
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October 28, 2024

Daily Dash: UK Government To Expand On Open Banking With New Data Laws

The UK government has introduced a bill that promises an economic boost of £10bn over the next decade via expanded data-sharing capabilities, while India has revoked remittance provider UAE Exchange Centre’s certificate of authorisation.
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October 28, 2024

B2B And B2C Companies In US Face Varying Credit Card Surcharging Challenges

US organisations experience credit card surcharging differently based on their type, meaning they also have different compliance challenges and face different levels and types of potential regulatory intervention.
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October 28, 2024

Norway Urges Better Compliance With European Card Choice Laws

The Norwegian Financial Supervisory Authority has issued a notice urging improved transparency and functionality regarding payment brand choices for co-badged payment cards.
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October 28, 2024

Polish Consumer Watchdog Issues New Guidance On Preventing Payments Fraud

The president of the Office of Competition and Consumer Protection (UOKiK) is aiming to reduce the risk of fraudulent transactions, strengthen consumer protection and increase security as the digital payment environment evolves.
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October 28, 2024

Isle Of Man Dismisses UN Report On Online Licensee Crime Links

The Isle of Man’s gambling regulator has rejected and described as “disappointing” a United Nations report that links the co-founder of a purged online gambling licensee to criminal operations in Southeast Asia.
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October 25, 2024

Brazil Regulator Weighs In On Platforms, Live Casino, International Liquidity

Operators will be able to deploy multiple platforms under their licences but may not offer multi-jurisdictional progressive jackpot games, according to Brazil’s gambling regulator.
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October 25, 2024

Las Vegas Sands Concerned Online Gaming Will Impact New York Casino

As a New York court was issuing a decision reversing a lower-court ruling that supported a lawsuit blocking Las Vegas Sands from leasing a 72-acre site for a potential gaming resort, the company’s CEO was expressing his concern about online gaming’s impact on land-based casinos.
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October 25, 2024

Ukraine Regulator Praises Tech Firms But Trade Group Wants Google To Lift Restrictions

Ukraine’s gambling regulator, KRAIL, has praised major technology firms for collaborating with it to tackle illegal gambling, but the local trade group has warned that licensed companies are unable to advertise their marketing campaigns online as a result.
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October 25, 2024

BIS Clashes With Fed's Waller On Bilateral Instant Payments Linkages

An official from the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) has disagreed with a Federal Reserve governor’s views on the value of bilateral instant payments linkages for cross-border payments.
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October 25, 2024

Week In Crypto: All Charges Dropped Against Binance Executive Detained In Nigeria

A Binance compliance executive is relieved of criminal charges in Nigeria, the FBI arrests a man for hacking an SEC social media account to inflate the price of Bitcoin, and India is considering banning crypto (again).
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October 25, 2024

Lawsuit Accuses CFPB Of Jeopardising Consumers With New Open Banking Rules

Two US banking groups filed a lawsuit against the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) just a day after the regulator published the open banking final rule, challenging the agency’s rulemaking under Section 1033 of the Dodd-Frank Act.
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October 25, 2024

Daily Dash: Dubai Financial Watchdog Scrutinises Authorised Firms' Complaints Handling

The Dubai Financial Services Authority has released a thematic review of how authorised firms in the emirate manage customer complaints, while HSBC Hong Kong has joined China's Cross-Border Interbank Payment System as a direct participant.
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October 25, 2024

US Election Bets Heat Up, But Are They A Reliable Predictor?

Billionaire Elon Musk insists that election betting is “more accurate than polls, as actual money is on the line” — but is that true?
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October 25, 2024

News In Brief: October 21-October 25, 2024

More offshore fines in the Netherlands, Illinois to suspend wagers on injuries and Massachusetts to investigate leading operators over golf bets.
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October 24, 2024

Brazil Regulator Preparing To Tackle Black Market

Brazil’s regulator is preparing to deploy a host of enforcement tools to counteract a well-established offshore market, once a regulatory regime becomes fully effective next year.
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October 24, 2024

Poland Establishes New Unit To Regulate Gambling Industry

Poland’s Ministry of Finance has set up a new department which will exclusively oversee the country’s gambling industry.
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October 24, 2024

Australian State Government Takes Swift Action On Agencies' Unlawful Surcharging

The state authorities in New South Wales have launched an urgent response after it was revealed that multiple government agencies had unlawfully charged merchant fee surcharges on millions of transactions.
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October 24, 2024

Danish Regulator Censures 'Security And Compliance' Focused Crypto Firm

Coinify, a company that enables merchants to accept crypto payments, has been reprimanded by the Danish Financial Supervisory Authority over compliance failures related to money laundering controls.
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