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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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ESG Is A Business Opportunity, Not A Setback

Boards and senior executives must get their sustainability strategies right to remain relevant, as environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues emerge as a significant theme at Sibos 2022.
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Bahamas’ Sand Dollar Offers Key Lessons For Future Of CBDC

Two years after the world’s first central bank digital currency went live in the Bahamas, the company behind the technology used for the digital fiat argues important learnings from this test case can help policymakers in other jurisdictions with their own deployment.
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Cash Use Stabilises In UK, Eurozone Following Pandemic Decline, Say Central Banks

Cash use and ATM withdrawals have stabilised in the UK and Ireland after a pandemic-induced decline, while a significant proportion of eurozone merchants continue to prefer cash.
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UK Gambling Commission Calls For Regulator Collaboration

The head of the UK Gambling Commission has called on the world’s gambling regulators to intensify cooperation to the point of “taking action” on compliance enforcement and intelligence gathering.
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Gambling

Brazil's Bolsonaro Lays Ground For Sports-Betting Decree

Brazil President Jair Bolsonaro has reiterated his opposition to legalising gambling, but admitted that the regulation of sports betting is a foregone conclusion.
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Gambling

Data Key To Minimising Harm, Say Academics

Operators in EU member states and the UK can reduce gambling harms by sharing data on consumers, according to academic experts.
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Gambling

Peru, Brazil To Join Latin America's Regulated Online Market

Two upcoming regulatory deadlines are set to serve as critical milestones in the development of Latin America’s closely watched online market.
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Gambling

Star Entertainment Fined A$100m, Licence Suspended

The New South Wales state gambling regulator has fined The Star Entertainment Group’s Sydney casino a record A$100m ($61m) and suspended its licence following an operational review, but the casino will remain open under an external manager.
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Commercial, Tribal Casinos Embrace Cashless Gaming

Commercial and tribal casino executives believe cashless wagering will inevitably replace cash as the preferred method of betting, even as it creates another layer of anti-money laundering compliance scrutiny for operators.
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Gambling

Week In Crypto: Record-Breaking Hacks And Reg Action Highlight Another Bad Week For Crypto

As hackers wreak havoc on decentralised finance (defi) platforms, a US regulator has issued its largest crypto enforcement action to date following a multi-year investigation into suspected sanctions-busting.
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Payments

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 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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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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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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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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Hong Kong Ushers In New Stablecoin Regime

The Legislative Council has passed a stablecoins bill as part of a broader push to tighten oversight of crypto-assets that mirrors other international compliance rules.
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India Launches 'Financial Fraud Risk Indicator' To Tackle UPI Scams

The tool is intended to improve data sharing between the Department of Telecommunications, banks and Unified Payment Interface platforms in a bid to tackle digital payment fraud.
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BaFin Relaxes PSD2 Interface Rules For Card-Issuing PSPs

Germany’s financial regulator BaFin has announced that it will temporarily relax enforcement of certain technical and reporting requirements under the revised Payment Services Directive (PSD2) for account-servicing payment service providers.
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Manipulation-Based Scams On The Rise In Sweden, Warns Regulator

The Swedish financial watchdog has announced that payments fraud is declining overall, but says the use of tactics such as social engineering is increasing, echoing other countries in Europe and elsewhere.
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Mastercard Hit With £200m Bill For 'Unlawfully High' Fees

The UK’s Competition Appeal Tribunal has approved the settlement in the long-running class action centred on fees the card network imposed between 1992 and 2008.
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GENIUS Act Clears Initial Vote After Some Democrats Relent

In the US, key Democrat senators have softened their position on the bipartisan stablecoin regulation, meaning that it can progress to the next stage in the legislative process.
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'Transparency' Issue Opens Door For Consumer Duty Scrutiny In Payments

Recent guidance from the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) that identified issues with international payments may be a sign that the regulator is ramping up its use of supervisory tools for the Consumer Duty regime.
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Australia Launches Consultation Ahead Of AML/CTF Law Coming Into Force

The Australian government has launched a second public consultation on the country’s anti-money laundering and counter terrorism financing (AML/CTF) regime, following legislation passed last year.
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UK Government Moves To Tame 'Wild West' BNPL Market

HM Treasury has announced plans to regulate buy now, pay later (BNPL) lending, aiming to boost consumer confidence and give firms the certainty they need to innovate, grow and invest.
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Be Wary Of Overregulating Financial Services Use Of AI, MEPs Warn EU

In a draft report, legislators have called for greater clarity and consistency in the oversight of artificial intelligence (AI) in the financial sector, amid concerns that overlapping rules could stifle innovation and trigger legal uncertainty.
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