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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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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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Gambling

DraftKings, FanDuel Hoist White Flag In California But Pledge To Return

They stopped just short of an outright concession, but the chief executives of DraftKings and FanDuel on Tuesday acknowledged their sports-betting referendum in California is likely to fail on November 8.
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Gambling

DraftKings Boss Silent On Potential ESPN Partnership

Speaking at the Global Gaming Expo (G2E) on Tuesday, DraftKings CEO Jason Robins remained quiet on the topic of a reported major partnership with sports media giant ESPN.
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Gambling

Netherlands Ad Limits 'Unwarranted', Says Online Trade Group

​​​​​​​The Netherlands Online Gambling Association has said a raft of proposed advertising restrictions are “unwarranted” and “not based on evidence or analyses”.
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Gambling

’Fair And Correct’: PagBrasil CEO’s Verdict On New Interchange Rules

VIXIO sat down with PagBrasil’s CEO to discuss the implications of the upcoming changes to Brazil's prepaid card interchange fee regulation. He argues new rules are down to prepaid success in the market, while also discussing potential threats to credit cards from new Pix services to be launched next year.
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Payments

Singaporean Authorities Sanction Swiss Bank Official After STR Fail

The Monetary Authority of Singapore and the country’s police force have sanctioned a senior banker for failing to file suspicious transaction reports (STRs) at BSI Bank.
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Payments

Netherlands Delaying Ad Restrictions, Addressing Deposit Limits

Dutch gambling minister Franc Weerwind has announced a several-month delay to proposed advertising restrictions, as a raft of gambling policy queries were discussed during a Standing Committee on Justice and Security debate.
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Gambling

Popularity Of U.S. Sports Betting, Internet Gaming Drives Increase In Fraud

As mobile sports betting and online gambling increase in popularity in the U.S. so too does a broad range of illicit activities from identify theft to payments fraud and proxy betting, gaming industry executives warned Monday.
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Gambling

Paraguay's Sports-Betting Concession Process Plagued With Familiar Problems

Despite accusations of corruption, on October 31 regulator Conajzar will open envelopes which contain bids for the exclusive concession to operate sports bidding in Paraguay for the next five years, a contract that is reportedly worth $500m.
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Gambling

G2E Opens With Cybersecurity As Top Agenda Item For Regulators

Chief regulators of four major gambling states emphasized the importance of cybersecurity and discussed cultural differences between Europe and the United States during Monday’s opening session of the largest gaming conference in North America.
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Gambling

Optus Data Breach Prompts Australian Legislative Reform

Australia’s government is planning to propose changes to the country’s telecom laws to enable better information sharing with banks after a massive data breach at the telco firm exposed data of nearly 10m Australians.
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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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