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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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US Consumer Watchdog Wants New Rules For Credit Reference Agencies

Although improvements have been made, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has warned that new compliance requirements may be necessary to bring down credit reporting firms' complaints.
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Payments

India Migrates Payments Fraud Reporting To New Suptech System

A new supervisory technology (suptech) system is now live in India, and has taken over as the main channel for banks and other financial institutions to report suspected payments fraud.
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Payments

Turkey Completes First CBDC Transactions

The Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey has run its first test transactions on the digital lira network, promising a report on progress so far.
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Payments

Massachusetts Grants Barstool Preliminary Mobile Sports-Betting License

After several weeks of expressing concerns about its Barstool Sports affiliation, Massachusetts regulators ultimately gave Penn Sports Interactive a conditional green light Wednesday to move forward with its online sports-betting platform in the state.
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Gambling

Albania Targets Q1 For Sports-Betting Law

Albania’s government is aiming to have a legal framework to un-ban sports betting again within the first three months of 2023.
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Gambling

New Year Brings New Nevada Cybersecurity Regulations

Nevada’s casinos have until the end of the year to perform a risk assessment of the vulnerability of their computer systems to cyberattacks that could potentially compromise customer data and negatively affect the state’s lucrative gaming industry.
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Gambling

Licence Renewals Bring German Betting Relief

Betway, Bet-at-Home and Happybet are among online gambling companies getting their German sports-betting licences refreshed for 2023, alleviating concerns that a committee of gambling regulators would block a significant number of renewals.
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Gambling

China To Launch State-Backed NFT Marketplace, But ’Cryptocurrency’ Still Illegal

After making cryptocurrency trading and mining illegal in 2021, China has unveiled its first "national-level compliant" exchange for the secondary trading of non-fungible tokens (NFTs).
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Payments

ECB Seeks Digital Euro Scheme Rulebook Support

The European Central Bank (ECB) is inviting payments and financial services experts to express their interest in contributing to the drafting of a rulebook for a digital euro scheme.
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Payments

Back To Work: A Recap Of Payment News While You Were Away

Following the festive break, VIXIO PaymentsCompliance provides a short round up of some of the key events over the past few weeks that you may have missed, including Croatia becoming the latest eurozone member, the completion of the US CBDC project, new Malaysian electronic money rules and Russia to allow transfers with "unfriendly states".
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Payments

New York Panel Approves $500m Casino License Fee As Applications Open

The process of acquiring one of three new licenses to operate full-fledged casinos in or around New York City officially comes with the most expensive price tag in U.S. history, after a state site selection board approved a minimum $500m license fee.
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Gambling

Spain Q3 Results Suggest Adjustment To Ad Ban

The Spanish gambling regulator has published its financial report for Q3 2022, suggesting that the country’s industry has thrived, but did not address hidden reasons why the data may be misleading.
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Gambling

Finnish Minister Pushing For Online Licensing

A Finnish government minister has said there is large cross-party support for the introduction of an online gambling licensing regime.
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Gambling

Personnel Moves - December 2022

Fresh deputy leadership in place at the European Casino Association, a new face at the top of the International Gaming Institute, more figures exit Star Entertainment and there's a new head regulator in Colombia.
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Gambling

The Battle For Your Wallet: 2022 Year In Review

After another year of disruption for the global payments industry, VIXIO takes a look at the trends that have shaped 2022, from the continued demise of cash to the rise of instant payments, open banking and the war on card fees.
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Payments

US Beneficial Ownership Rule Draws Broad Lines For Data Access

The US Financial Crimes Enforcement Network has set out its second set of rules governing beneficial ownership information, enabling agencies to directly access the database and use it for more general purposes.
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Payments

India Releases Draft National Online Gaming Rules

India has taken a major step towards constructing a national regulatory space for online gaming by focusing regulation into two ministries and releasing draft rules enshrining industry self-regulation and consumer protections.
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Gambling

Pennsylvania Reopens Application Period For Online Casino Licenses

The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board has reopened a two-month window for gaming companies primarily operating in other states to submit applications for internet gaming licences that are not tied to a land-based casino.
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Gambling

Long Island VLTs Add To New York Gaming Expansion

As state officials prepare to kick off the licensing process for three new casino-resorts, New York Governor Kathy Hochul has signed legislation to allow an existing casino facility in Long Island to double the size of its gaming floor.
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Gambling

Ohio Regulator Continues Sports-Betting Advertising Vigilance

The first bets were accepted in Ohio just seconds after 2022 became 2023 early on Sunday morning, but in the lead-up to launch, state regulators expressed their continued frustration with the advertising tactics of sports-betting operators and said they are already planning a six-figure fine for DraftKings over marketing violations.
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US Open Banking Rule Highlights Industry Divisions Over Data And Fees

By defining who can access consumer data, whether fees are allowed and compliance timelines, the Personal Financial Data Rights final rule (PFDR Rule) underscores continuing legal and market tensions between banks and fintech innovators.
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Belarus Moves To Centralise Crypto Under State Supervision

The Belarusian National Bank is seeking to evolve the country’s crypto framework, tightening the authoritarian government’s grip on the sector and signalling a new phase in its ongoing experiment with digital assets.
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Digital Euro Enters New Phase As First Issuance Nears

By continuing to drive the digital euro forward, the EU is signalling to financial institutions that they should prepare for its introduction, despite ongoing criticism and questions about the project.
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Regulatory Influencer: EU’s Consumer Credit Protection in the Age of Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL)

The transposition deadline of the revised Consumer Credit Directive (Directive (EU) 2023/2225 on credit agreements for consumers - CCD2) is November 20, 2025. Member states are required to adopt and publish laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with the directive by that date.
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Regulatory Influencer: First Step To Permanent Price Cap On UK-EEA Interchange Fees

On October 10, 2025, the UK’s Payment Systems Regulator (PSR) launched a consultation on the methodology for developing a price cap on cross-border interchange fees for transactions between the UK and the European Economic Area (EEA).
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US Democrats’ Letter Underscores Continuing Uncertainty At The CFPB

Open banking is one of several areas being disrupted by confusion over the future of the US Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), as lawmakers seek clarity on recent comments by its acting director, Russell Vought.
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Regulatory Influencer: Payments Authentication - A Global Comparative

Payment authentication is the process of verifying the identity of the person making a payment. It is a fundamental component of card-not-present (CNP) transactions and is a key measure in reducing fraud. This regulatory influencer lays out authentication requirements and exemptions across select jurisdictions in Europe and the Asian-Pacific region.
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African Nations’ Removal From FATF Grey List Offers Boost To Region

The news that Burkina Faso, Mozambique, Nigeria and South Africa are no longer subject to increased monitoring with regard to their anti-money laundering regimes should restore confidence among international payments organisations and open the jurisdictions to cross-border activity.
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Agentic AI and the Next Chapter in Payments Regulation

As the next phase of artificial intelligence (AI) begins to affect the payments sector, regulators will need to adapt and evolve existing frameworks to manage the risk to consumers.
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Australia’s Strategic Approach to Payments Modernisation

By adopting a comprehensive strategy to update systems and regulation, Australia is positioning itself to have a safe, effective and scalable payments infrastructure that can adapt to technological advances and evolving consumer behaviour.
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