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FinCEN Issues Warning On Terrorism Financing

Payments firms must look out for red flags indicating that they are being used to transfer funds to terrorist group ISIS and its global affiliates, US Financial Crimes Enforcement Network has said.
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European Commission Accuses 13 Member States Of Missing DORA Deadline

The European Commission has launched infringement proceedings against 13 EU member states for failing to fully transpose the flagship Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA) into national law by the January 17 deadline.
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Trump Administration To Scrap Corporate Transparency Act For US Citizens, Companies

In the latest twist to the rollout of the Corporate Transparency Act, the Trump administration has vowed to exempt US citizens and companies from its controversial beneficial ownership reporting requirements.
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SEC Issues Staff Statement On Meme Coins, Describes Them As 'Collectibles'

The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has announced that meme coins, such as the one issued by President Trump, are akin to "collectibles" and will not be considered "securities".
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Mexican Gaming Association Again Lobbies For Tax Reform

The Association of Licensees, Operators and Providers of the Entertainment and Gambling Industry in Mexico (AIEJA) has requested that the federal government restructure and simplify taxes for casinos.
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Gambling

FanDuel Licensed In Nevada; Maryland Lottery Advances DraftKings Application

FanDuel Group, which was required to exit Nevada’s legal gaming market almost seven years ago, will re-enter the state as a licensed company after gaming regulators approved its partnership with Boyd Gaming to redevelop and rebrand a retail sportsbook in downtown Las Vegas.
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Gambling

News In Brief: August 22-August 26, 2022

Malta's gambling regulator has cancelled a licence, Ontario issues a fine to Unibet for non-compliant advertising and companies line up for Massachusetts launch.
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Gambling

Fraud The Culprit For Higher Interchange Fees, Say Mastercard And Visa

The international card schemes have responded to the UK Treasury Select Committee’s investigation into recent increases in card transaction fees.
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Payments

Users Need Clearer KYC Guidance, Says Bank of Lithuania

Payment service providers (PSPs) are to be required to provide consumers with better guidance on how to comply with know your customer (KYC) rules, Lithuania’s central bank has said.
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Payments

CFPB Accuses Block Of Slow-Walking Agency Probe

The US Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has told a California judge that payments firm Block, run by Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey, has unduly delayed submissions in an ongoing investigation into the fintech firm’s fraud handling.
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Payments

German Payment Providers Could Cut Off Non-Whitelist Operators

​​​​​​​Operators in Germany that have applied for a new online licence but still have not been added to the federal regulator’s whitelist could be cut off by payment service providers (PSPs) next month, a legal expert has warned.
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Gambling

Marriage On The Rocks: Smoking And Casinos, You Can Blame Or Thank COVID-19

Casinos and smoking have always been joined at the hip, but one of the many legacies of the COVID-19 pandemic could be the eradication of smoke-filled gambling dens.
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Gambling

U.S. Gaming Industry Embracing Digital Payments With Cash On Decline

Walk onto any casino floor in the U.S. and you will still find most gamblers using cash to play a slot machine or place a sports bet, but a recent study on payment trends found the use of cash to pay for goods and services will continue to decline over the next three years.
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Gambling

Spreadex To Pay £1.36m Settlement Over UK Failures

UK-based operator Spreadex Limited, which runs spreadex.com, has agreed to pay £1.36m after a Gambling Commission investigation revealed a wide range of social responsibility and anti-money laundering (AML) failures.
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Gambling

FDIC Accuses Five Crypto Companies Of Misleading Customers About Deposit Insurance

Five crypto companies with operations in the US, including major exchange FTX, have been accused of misrepresenting the insurance status of customer deposits.
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Payments

LatAm Start-Up Launches First Pan-Regional A2A Service

Prometeo, a Uruguay-based open banking platform, has rolled out a first of its kind account-to-account (A2A) service that enables merchants to receive payments in real time and with no intermediaries.
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Payments

New Australian Government Keeps Up Crypto Reform Agenda

Australia’s new centre-left government has announced it is ready to start consulting on a framework for the regulation of the crypto-asset sector for industry and regulators.
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Payments

Marcos Names 'Bosom Buddy' Businessman To Helm PAGCOR

Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr has sworn in the new board of gambling regulator PAGCOR, with entrepreneur and Marcos ally Alejandro H. Tengco taking over as chairman and CEO.
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Gambling

U.S. iGaming Expansion Slowed By Federal Pandemic Aid, Self-Delusion

As sports betting continues to capture most of the headlines, industry executives say legalization of internet gaming has not kept pace because the gaming industry simply has not made a broad enough case to legislators and governors for legalizing iGaming.
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Gambling

UK Trade Group Challenges Public Health Recommendations

The Betting and Gaming Council has been rattled by a raft of 81 recommendations made in a study funded by Public Health England (PHE), calling their potential impacts on the gambling industry “worrying”.
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Gambling

Nevada Regulators Consider Cybersecurity Requirements For Gaming Operators

The Nevada Gaming Control Board will consider how to proceed with several proposed amendments to state gaming laws creating new cybersecurity requirements for operators at a workshop next month.
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Gambling

Brazilian Platform Lured Customers With Bitcoin Before Sudden Closure

​​​​​​​A sports-betting platform in Brazil that promised its players huge returns has mysteriously and suddenly shuttered, leaving subscribers scrambling to find out where their money has gone.
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Gambling

Why Cross-Border Payments Still Have Not Been Solved

Complex regulatory requirements, legacy systems and a long priority list at many financial institutions have resulted in improvements to cross-border payments failing to become more efficient, experts suggest.
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Payments

India’s NCPI Signs First Deal With UK Acquirer

It will soon be possible for Unified Payments Interface and RuPay customers to make in-store payments in the UK through PayXpert’s solution, the National Payments Corporation of India (NCPI) has announced.
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Pay.UK Sets Out Ideas For Reforming UK’s Payments Infrastructure

Payment system operator Pay.UK has unveiled a package of proposed reforms to the organisational framework for interbank payments, urging “radical” change to prevent the UK falling behind on infrastructure and innovation.
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Regulatory Influencer: Poland Proposes Targeted Simplification of EU Financial Services Rule

On June 2, 2025, the Polish Financial Supervisory Authority (KNF) announced that it had submitted a package of proposals intended to simplify regulatory frameworks across the EU financial services sector to the EU member states, the European Commission and other institutions within the EU Financial Services Committee. These proposals form part of a broader initiative led by the Polish Ministry of Finance, which aims to harmonise and streamline EU regulations to support the competitiveness of the European Union’s economy, including that of Poland.
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Regulatory Influencer: AML Compliance Is Key Under Hong Kong’s Stablecoins Ordinance

Under Hong Kong’s new Stablecoins Ordinance, another milestone in the global trend towards regulating digital assets in the same way as traditional financial services, any person who issues stablecoins referencing an official currency must obtain a licence from the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA).
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Norwegian Consumer Council Reports Klarna For Breaching Regulatory Requirements

In a submission to the Norwegian Consumer Authority, the consumer advocacy group has accused the Swedish fintech firm of repeatedly violating Norway’s credit marketing regulations.
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EBA Recommends Enforcement Pause To Avoid PSD2-MiCA Compliance Duplication

The European Banking Authority (EBA) has issued a No Action letter aiming to reduce the risk of crypto-asset firms needing to obtain two separate licences for certain payment activities under overlapping European rules.
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Singapore To Require Offshore Crypto Firms To Be Licensed Or Cease Operations By June 2025

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has clarified the scope of its regulatory regime for providers of digital tokens, crypto-assets used for payments.
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Enforcement Overhaul At FCA Welcome News For Regulated Firms

The UK Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) attempt to increase the transparency of its enforcement investigations could also speed up investigations, which experts say would be good news for the financial services sector.
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FCA Moves To Boost AI Use With New Sandbox

UK financial services firms will be encouraged to experiment with artificial intelligence (AI) as part of the Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) strategy to support economic growth through technological innovation.
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Australia Calls For Greater Collaboration In Battle Against Fraud

Businesses should join forces and share data to advance the fight against increasingly sophisticated scams, according to the Australian National Anti-Scam Centre.
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FCA Sets Out New Transparency Rules For Enforcement Investigations

The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has outlined significant changes to its enforcement rules, although it has stopped short of implementing some of the more controversial elements of its original proposal.
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