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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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Probe Finds Star Entertainment Unfit For NSW Casino Licence

The Star Entertainment Group is unfit to hold a casino licence in New South Wales (NSW) state, according to an independent regulatory review, but the state gambling regulator is yet to decide the company’s fate.
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Gambling

New Entrants Seek To Disrupt U.S. Sports Betting Market

As sports-betting brands with origins in fantasy sports or the casino industry continue to dominate the U.S. landscape, a series of new players are entering the field this football season seeking to disrupt the market.
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Gambling

Cyprus Updating Safer Gambling Regulations

​​​​​​​The National Betting Authority (NBA) of Cyprus is adding a raft of safer gambling best practices into its rules for online bookmakers.
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Gambling

The Fight Against Money Laundering Needs More Focus, Acknowledges DNB

A more risk-based approach will sharpen the focus of efforts to keep the financial sector free from financial crime, De Nederlandsche Bank (DNB) has said in a new report.
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Payments

‘The Vast Majority Are Securities’ - SEC’s Gensler Confirms Crypto Reg Stance

The head of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has reiterated his view that most crypto-assets are securities, adding that crypto-related firms should focus on compliance sooner rather than later.
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Payments

Australia Launches 'Enforcement Investigation' Into Entain

Australian financial crime enforcer AUSTRAC has announced an “enforcement investigation” into sports-betting giant Entain Group, potentially impacting any Entain moves on rival Tabcorp Holdings' monopoly status.
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Gambling

South African Draft Remote Gambling Bill Aims To Fill Legal Gap

​​​​​​​South Africa’s second largest political party is looking to introduce overarching online gambling regulations, following years of failed attempts to fully open up the sector.
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Gambling

Massachusetts Gaming Regulators Urged To Consider In-Play Betting Ban, Ad Restrictions

An academic report looking at the potential impact of sports betting on Massachusetts has recommended a ban on in-game wagering, which researchers say is disproportionately utilized by problem gamblers.
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Gambling

1xBet Loses Licences in Ukraine

Ukraine’s gambling regulator has reversed course on controversial operator 1xBet and ejected it from the country’s online gambling market over ties to Russia, after earlier giving it the go-ahead to remain.
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Gambling

Maryland Regulators Won’t Extend Sports-Betting Application Deadline

The Maryland Sports Wagering Application Review Commission (SWARC) gathered in Baltimore on Friday to allow industry stakeholders to share their opinions on proposed sports-betting licensing regulations.
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Gambling

Week In Crypto: US Regulator Claims Celsius Was Insolvent Three Years Ago; Love Islanders Struck Down By ASA

New analysis indicates that Celsius was already insolvent long before this year’s crypto crash, Love Island celebrities get issued a cease and desist order and an old Binance AML probe resurfaces.
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Payments

Cruel Summer For Maltese Bank As AML Watchdog Hits It With Fine

Novum Bank, owned by a Dutch billionaire, has become the latest financial institution to be fined by Malta’s Financial Intelligence Analysis Unit (FIAU).
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Payments

Visa, Mastercard Namechecked By NZ Regulator In New Price Cap Plans

Under new legislation, Mastercard and Visa will be the initial focus of the New Zealand Commerce Commission’s work to encourage more competition and efficiency in the island’s retail payment system.
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Payments

Daily Dash: Wise Hit By $360,000 AML Fine In UAE

UAE authorities fine Wise for AML breach, Indian banks team up with Singapore’s DBS for real-time cross-border remittances and Nigeria looks to attract digital asset firms
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Payments

Massachusetts Regulators Discuss And Adopt Initial Sports-Betting Regulations

Even with the NFL season underway, regulators in Massachusetts plan to take their time in crafting implementing rules for sports betting, including through consideration of new policy recommendations to ban in-play betting and limit advertising.
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Gambling

Ireland Gambling Regulator CEO Appointment A 'Milestone'

​​​​​​​Ireland’s minister of state has hailed the “milestone” of appointing long-time senior civil and public servant Anne Marie Caulfield as the designated CEO of the country’s planned independent gambling regulator.
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Gambling

News in Brief: September 5-September 9, 2022

The head of global gambling firm Entain has joined those predicting action to restrict football sponsorships will be part of long-awaited UK reforms to gambling laws.
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Gambling

Australian Banks Prepare To Launch New National Digital ID System

Four of Australia’s largest banks have put their support behind a new national digital identity infrastructure known as ConnectID.
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Payments

Moneygram Must Sort AML Deficiencies By End-2022, Says Swedish Watchdog

Sweden’s Finansinspektionen (FI) has told US cross-border payments company Moneygram that it must solve its money laundering deficiencies by December 30 at the latest, in the latest enforcement action from the regulator.
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Payments

FCA, Treasury Disagree With MPs Over ‘Have Regard’ Recommendation

The UK government and the Financial Conduct Authority have taken the opposite view to the Treasury Select Committee on whether the latter should legally ‘have regard’ for financial inclusion matters.
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Serbia Joins SEPA As Balkan Expansion Continues

The European Payments Council has approved adding the Republic of Serbia to the geographical scope of the Single Euro Payments Area (SEPA), in a win for the country’s payment service providers.
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CFPB's Decision To Vacate 1033 Rule Creates Confusion In US Open Banking

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has determined that its own open banking rule, finalised in October 2024, is unlawful and should be set aside, according to a court filing submitted last week.
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Canada's Real-Time Payment System Moves A Step Closer With New Consultation

Payments Canada has launched a consultation on the legal architecture of its much-delayed Real-Time Rail payments system.
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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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