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EBA Slams Fintechs Over Lax Compliance In New AML Risk Assessment

In its latest risk assessment, the European Banking Authority (EBA) has warned that poor practices and a lack of experience at fintechs, including payments and crypto firms, are undermining efforts to tackle financial crime.
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AI Joint Venture Demonstrates UAE’s Digital and Financial Ambitions

The Middle Eastern state continues to harness financial services as an asset, moving to modernise its payments infrastructure through a public-private initiative involving the deployment of artificial intelligence (AI).
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Brazil Minister Rattles Industry With Regulatory Remorse

The government minister responsible for Brazil’s federal betting regulator is considering stricter rules on advertising and online casino games and says he would even outlaw online gambling altogether if given the opportunity.
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Romanian Government Eyes Legislation To Decentralise Gambling Licensing

Romanian Prime Minister Ilie Bolojan has announced that his government plans to propose a draft legislation that will enable municipal authorities to decide on licences for local gambling outlets.
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No Change There Then! UK Finance Unveils Latest Hellish Fraud Stats

Lower fraud figures are not a reason to be cheerful, UK Finance has said, as it releases its latest statistics.
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Payments

NCPI Global Expansion Continues With Worldline Partnership

The collaboration will see Worldline become the first EU acquirer to accept Unified Payments Interface and RuPay cards, two products of the National Payments Company of India (NPCI), on behalf of European merchants.
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Payments

Payments Outage Cripples Australian Banks

Commonwealth Bank, Westpac, ANZ and NAB are among the banks affected by an industry-wide outage at Australia’s payment system.
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Payments

Daily Dash: G20 TechSprint Winners Announced

The Bank for International Settlements and Bank Indonesia unveil the winners of their central bank digital currency competition, trade association reports surge in EU ATM attacks and US regulator reveals the high fees in college banking.
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Payments

Safety, Cybersecurity Remain Concerns Among Nevada's Recovery

As their Macau casinos remain open but continue to struggle financially from government-imposed coronavirus restrictions, Wynn Resorts CEO Craig Billings said he never thought he would see the day when his company's properties in Las Vegas and Boston were out-earning those casinos in the Chinese enclave.
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Gambling

Court Says Critic Can Call Curaçao Sub-Licensing System 'Illegal'

A blogger and critic of Curaçao gambling practices has won an appellate court ruling deeming her claim that the master-sublicence licensing system is “illegal” to be “plausible” and legitimate criticism.
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Gambling

News In Brief: October 10-October 14, 2022

Flutter wins billion-dollar case over FanDuel acquisition, Dutch regulator throws out "illegal" operators and Malta suspends an operating licence.
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Gambling

Sibos 2022: MAS Chief Says Cross-Border Payments ’Not Fit For the 21st Century’

A Singaporean central banker has lamented the current state of cross-border payments as "not fit for the 21st century", arguing that innovation is urgently needed to tackle speed, cost and friction issues.
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Payments

DC Fintech Week: Let Us Operate As Banks, Crypto CEO Tells US Regulators

US bank regulators are “allergic” to the idea of letting crypto intermediaries operate as banks, preventing them from providing better consumer protections and financial stability, Custodia Bank CEO Caitlin Long said as she reveals a new turn in its ongoing lawsuit against the Federal Reserve.
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Payments

Ontario iGaming Improves Revenue In Second Regulated Quarter

With more operators transitioning from the grey market into the regulated space ahead of an October 31 deadline, revenue performance improved in the second quarter of regulated online gaming in Ontario.
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Gambling

Meghalaya To 'Completely Scrap' Gaming Law

In a stunning about-face, the Indian state of Meghalaya has announced it will repeal groundbreaking land-based and online gaming legislation following intense political and social opposition to the law.
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Gambling

U.S. Sports Leagues Take Kinder, Gentler Approach In Lobbying For Sports Betting

When sports wagering began to expand across the United States four years ago, the nation’s major sports leagues became notorious for their aggressive lobbying tactics to shape the market in their own image, but times are changing.
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Gambling

One Third Of Investment Funds Exclude Gambling

​​​​​​​The number of investment funds with policies that exclude gambling has increased by 5 percent over the past year, according to a Morgan Stanley survey on investors' exclusionary policies.
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Gambling

Sibos 2022: Industry Optimism Despite Complicated Road Ahead For ISO 20022

ISO 20022’s implementation should be treated as a collaborative and "non-competitive" matter for the payments ecosystem, as the co-existence period with legacy messaging standards begins next month.
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Payments

Scameter: Hong Kong’s New Tool In Fight Against Fraud

The Hong Kong Monetary Authority has launched a new search engine tool that allows consumers to screen payees for connections to fraud cases prior to making a transaction.
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Payments

PSR Mandates CoP For 400 More Payment Firms

The UK's Payment Systems Regulator (PSR) is directing around 400 payment service providers to implement confirmation of payee (CoP) to their customers.
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Payments

Instant Payments Surge In Australia As Legacy Payments Migrate

Australia’s fast-growing instant payments system looks set to continue its expansion, as the country migrates its legacy payments to the new platform. Meanwhile, new services such as buy now, pay later (BNPL) continue to disrupt traditional card payments.
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Payments

Chinese Envoy Denies Gambling Blacklist Includes Philippines

A communication breakdown between the president of the Philippine Senate and the Chinese ambassador has exposed a possible tourism blacklisting for the Philippines over Chinese involvement in the local gambling industry.
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Gambling

U.S. Gaming Industry Threatened By Offshore Sites, Grey-Market Machines

The U.S. gaming industry faces serious challenges from inflation, rising energy costs, higher interest rates and labor shortages but executives and lobbyists warn the biggest underlying threat to their businesses comes from illegal gambling.
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Gambling

GGPoker Parent Will Pay UK Gambling Commission Penalty

The company that operates GGPoker will pay a £673,000 penalty for failures in social responsibility and anti-money laundering (AML) policies.
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UNLV Gaming Institute Enlists Industry Leaders For Advisory Board

The University of Nevada, Las Vegas International Gaming Institute has unveiled an inaugural advisory board to support its work across research, education, and innovation for the gaming sector.
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New ECJ Ruling Reduces Liability For Payment Services

Consumers may lose their right to a refund for unauthorised card transactions if they do not report them promptly, even when notification is made within the 13-month statutory deadline, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) has ruled.
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New Zealand’s Central Bank Proposes Oversight Of Its High-Value Payment System

The Reserve Bank of New Zealand (RBNZ) has launched a consultation on a proposal to bring the High Value Clearing System (HVCS) under formal regulation, aligning it with international norms.
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CBUAE’s Commitment To Digital Dirham Highlights Divergence From US Policy

The Central Bank of the United Arab Emirates’ (CBUAE) detailed progress report on the development of the digital dirham outlines its hopes for the central bank digital currency (CBDC).
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New York BNPL RFI A Sign Of Things To Come In US Payments Regulation

The New York State Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) is seeking feedback from buy-now-pay-later (BNPL) lenders and other stakeholders in an example of state-level regulation replacing federal oversight.
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NSW Defers Cut To Casino Daily Cash Limits By Two Years

The New South Wales (NSW) state government has deferred a legislated 80 percent cut in the cash transaction limit for casino customers by two years, in the latest concession for Sydney’s struggling casino duopoly.
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Illinois Latest State To Ban Sports-Betting Ads For Colleges

Efforts to limit students’ exposure to gambling advertisements on college campuses have been challenging for state gaming regulators, as the rapid expansion of new forms of gaming have left them in some instances playing regulatory catch-up.
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Kenya's Long-Awaited New Gambling Law Reaches Final Hurdle

Kenya’s long-awaited Gambling Control Bill 2023 has reached its final hurdle before it becomes law.
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Social Features, Black Market Streams Under Scrutiny As UK Online Safety Law Takes Effect

Key provisions of the UK’s huge new Online Safety Act are now in effect, creating fresh compliance hurdles for gambling firms and social platforms.
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FinCEN Steps Up Drive Against Crypto ATMs Being Used For Crime With Warning Note

Financial institutions must be vigilant in monitoring virtual currency kiosks for suspicious activity, the US Treasury Department’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) has warned.
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