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Three months after withdrawing a bill that sought to impose restrictions on cross-border transfers of personal data, the Indian government has had a rethink, publishing a new bill with fewer localisation requirements.

Turkey’s Banking Regulation and Supervision Agency has published a draft amendment to its payment card regulations aimed at incentivising international players to partner with local processors in the country.

​​​​​​​Sweden’s culture committee wants legislators to reject proposals relating to the “adjusted moderation” of gambling advertising in a government bill introduced earlier this year designed to enhance controls on the industry.

Norway has reinstated a series of multi-million euro fines against Kindred, only weeks after a deal to suspend the enforcement was reached, according to the Stockholm-listed operator.

Czech lottery giant Allwyn has agreed to buy current UK National Lottery operator Camelot in a deal that is set to end the bitter legal battle between the two.

When FanDuel started to see marketing spend decline among its competitors following this year’s Super Bowl, the Flutter-owned company saw an opportunity to hit the accelerator, according to CEO Amy Howe.

A second application process for three online-only licenses is the latest chapter in the story of an Illinois sports-betting market that has become the second largest in the U.S. but taken on a very different shape than was anticipated when a state law was passed three years ago.

The EU’s supervisory authorities have launched a joint call for evidence on greenwashing and how best to tackle it. This includes wanting to hear from payment institutions.

Another week in crypto is dominated by the collapse of FTX, whose celebrity endorsers are now facing a class action lawsuit. Meanwhile, the contagion spreads to FTX partners Genesis and BlockFi.

This regulatory analysis will: look into the background of instant payments (IPs) in Europe and the motivation of the European Commission to take legislative action in this field; provide an overview of the current institutional and legislative framework that applies to IPs in the European Union (EU); explore the key legal obligations and definitions introduced by the proposed IPs regime; and examine the implications of the proposed measures for PSPs from a compliance, enforcement and business perspective.

The US Treasury warns that fintechs may take advantage of an exemption applicable to small banks to circumvent the federal interchange fee cap on debit card transactions.

The Consumer Duty will help with managing the entry of bigtech firms into the UK retail financial service, ensuring a level playing field, the chief executive of the financial services watchdog has said.

UK Chancellor warns of increased bigtech scrutiny, the Clearing House (TCH) has published its US real-time payments transactions data for the first time, and the European Central Bank joins new EU cloud network initiative.

​​​​​​​Does footballer Cristiano Ronaldo play better if he gets more than six hours sleep before a match? Want to bet on it? The future of gambling may see this kind of highly personal data as fair game.

Officials in the city of Córdoba are putting up a fight to oppose attempts by the Argentine province of the same name to regulate online gambling.

A mobster with ties to illegal gambling and a slot cheat have been removed from Nevada’s list of excluded persons after authorities confirmed their deaths on Thursday, prior to gaming regulators unanimously agreeing to ban convicted felon Leonard Morgan Hairston from the state’s casinos.

A two-year wait for mobile sports betting to launch in Maryland will come to an end on Wednesday, according to the state's chief lottery official.

The UK Gambling Commission remains silent on white paper timeline, former Texas governor Rick Perry joins push for sports betting legalisation and a slots operator is fined in Australia.

The Federal Reserve of New York has launched a new pilot that will study the feasibility of interoperable central bank digital currency (CBDC) and commercial bank digital money.

The National Small Business Association has announced the filing of a constitutional challenge to the Corporate Transparency Act of 2019, which introduces new beneficial ownership rules.

Search less, save more, Klarna says, as the buy now, pay later giant launches a price comparison tool to help consumers shop smarter.