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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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New Swedish Government Could Soften Rules On Advertising, Bonuses

Sweden's government is set to change after a closely fought election, heralding a new approach to the gambling industry, experts predict.
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Gambling

Will Tough UK Gambling Restrictions Spread Elsewhere?

UK gambling lawyers and executives fear proposed player affordability measures and wonder whether such restrictive measures are a “sign of things to come” for the rest of the world’s gambling industry.
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Gambling

Temporary Licenses Cloud Massachusetts Sports-Betting Rollout

As the Massachusetts Gaming Commission continues the process of creating regulations to oversee legal retail and mobile sports betting, regulators will gather twice more this week to consider how to certify independent testing labs and hear from interested operators.
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Gambling

Anonymity Of Gamblers Disappears As U.S. Gaming Industry Enters Digital Era

The days when people could gamble without anyone else knowing are rapidly fading as the online industry expands and produces data crucial for tracking and preventing gambling addiction.
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Gambling

Week In Crypto: LUNA Co-Founder Issued Arrest Warrant And Guilty Plea In Coinbase Insider Trading Case

South Korea issues arrest warrants for the developers of the LUNA token, a guilty plea is entered in crypto’s first insider trading case and Celsius opens up about its "hero’s journey" to redemption.
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Payments

VIXIO Impact Index: August Offers Firms Regulatory Breathing Space

Seasonally low volume of global regulatory events provide compliance teams with some welcome respite, but change is on the way as new Prime Ministers in the UK and Australia look to shake up the payments space, particularly in the non-bank lending sector.
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Payments

Common API Standard Divides Industry And Regulatory Representatives

The European Banking Authority (EBA) has proposed that the next Payment Services Directive introduce a common API standard. However, TrueLayer’s public policy chief, speaking during a VIXIO webinar, says there are other options to improve current market problems.
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Payments

Daily Dash: EU Extends Russian Sanctions And Proposes New Cybersecurity Safeguards

The European Council announces that Russia sanctions will continue, while the European Commission proposes a new cybersecurity trustmark for software and connected products in its fight against ransomware. Elsewhere, Uruguayan policymakers propose a bill to regulate crypto.
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Payments

California Poll Points To Long Odds On Mobile Sports Betting

A new poll is showing long odds for California to legalize online sports betting this November, despite proponents led by FanDuel and DraftKings raising their stakes and now committing nearly $170m to their referendum campaign.
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Gambling

New Jersey Looks At Extending Online Gaming Market To 2033

An Assembly committee has unanimously agreed that internet gaming in New Jersey should be allowed to continue for another decade, as playing slot machines or table games online has become an integral part of the gaming experience in the Garden State.
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Gambling

Indian Government Draft Report Backs Online Gaming Regulation

A cross-ministry committee exploring the regulation of India’s online gaming industry has produced a draft report recommending national online gaming legislation and a national regulator, as well as a mechanism to block unregistered platforms.
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Gambling

Spain Approves Addiction, Fraud Safeguarding Bill

The Chamber of Deputies has approved a bill to modify the gambling regulation law in Spain by improving protections against fraud and safeguards for vulnerable gamblers, and it will now move on to the Senate for debate.
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Gambling

Kindred Threatened With Huge Fine In Norway

The Norwegian Gambling Authority is threatening to fine Kindred NOK437m (€43m) if it does not cease offering online gambling in the country within the next three weeks.
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Gambling

News In Brief: September 12-September 16, 2022

Wynn Resorts, Related Companies partner to target downstate New York casino licenses, Missouri lawmaker pushing for a special session to cover sports-betting bill and Tasmania becomes first Australian state to introduce mandatory slot loss limits in 2024.
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Gambling

Hong Kong Tests Use Of Faster Payments System In CBDC Applications

Residents of Hong Kong may soon be able to top up their e-CNY wallets and make cross-border e-CNY payments using the country’s Faster Payments System.
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Payments

Peru To Create A Pix-Like Payment Service By 2023

Following the modernisation of its payment system earlier this year, Peru’s private clearing house has now revealed plans to launch a payment solution similar to Brazil’s popular Pix.
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Payments

Time To Come Together? Why Merging EMD/PSD Makes Sense

A senior official at the European Banking Authority (EBA) has explained why the regulator backs bringing E-money and Payment Services Directives (EMD/PSD) together in Europe, as panellists at a VIXIO webinar discuss what a future PSD3 could look like.
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Payments

BNPL Code On Track To Launch This Year, Confirms Singapore Regulator

Buy now, pay later (BNPL) products' success in the region has prompted the Monetary Authority of Singapore to act faster than originally anticipated, with consumers using the payment method to be under stricter rules.
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Payments

Australian Lawmakers To Probe Online Gambling Damage

A lower house committee in the Australian parliament will probe social damage from online gambling, potentially paving the way for new of controls on the industry.
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Gambling

U.S. Tops Global Market Size Rankings As Shake-Up Continues

Four U.S. states figured among the top ten regulated online gambling markets in the world during the first half of 2022, with the U.S. as a whole soaring past the UK to become the largest market in the world at country level.
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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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