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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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Brazilian Football Clubs Issue Tax Ultimatum

Some of Brazil’s biggest football clubs are threatening to pull their logos from sports-betting platforms if they do not receive a larger share of betting revenue once a regulatory regime is brought into full effect.
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Gambling

Iowa Gaming Regulators Issue $82,000 In Fines

Iowa gaming regulators have issued several financial penalties for companies that violated a myriad of sports-betting rules, including self-exclusion failures and accepting prohibited bets.
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Gambling

New Jersey Warned Of 30 Percent Revenue Loss From New York City Casinos

Jim Allen, the chief executive of Hard Rock International and Seminole Gaming, believes three possible new integrated resorts in downstate New York could cost the Atlantic City gaming market 20 to 30 percent of its annual revenue.
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Gambling

Dutch Regulator ’Expects More’ Risk Control From Payments Firms

A senior official at De Nederlandsche Bank (DNB) highlights the third-party risks facing the payments industry. Meanwhile, Italy’s deputy central bank governor says PSD3 needs to fix regulatory harmonisation to truly unleash the market's disruptive potential.
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Payments

Crypto Firms Brace For Impact As SEC Seeks To Redefine ’Exchange’

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has re-opened a consultation on a proposal that would amend the definition of an "exchange" under US law. Meanwhile, the battle for regulatory jurisdiction over Ethereum continues.
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Payments

’A Real Shame’ - P27 Future In Doubt After Swedish Licence Application Pullout

The pan-Nordic payments wannabe P27 has decided to withdraw its clearing licence application from Sweden’s Finansinspektionen, blaming a changing market — a decision that could perhaps signal the end of the ambitious project.
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Payments

U.S. Regulators, Gaming Industry Struggle To Eliminate Grey-Market Machines

Grey-market gaming machines continue their expansion across the country, leaving regulators and executives concerned the machines not only threaten the legal industry but also are a serious threat to gaming policy in their respective states.
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Gambling

Brazil Senate President Says Gaming Expansion Will Be Addressed This Summer

Brazil Senate President Rodrigo Pacheco confirmed on Friday that the legalisation of sports betting and other forms of gambling are part of the government's revenue calculations for its imminent fiscal plan.
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Gambling

Sports Leagues Lose Lobbying Battle Over Tennessee Official Data

Tennessee’s General Assembly has passed legislation to refine the state’s 2019 sports wagering law, after an amendment to retain a first-of-its-kind official league data mandate was rejected.
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Gambling

Week In Crypto: Coinbase Considers Move To UK As New SEC Rules Beckon

Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong charms the Brits on transatlantic tour, Tether comes under fire in a debate on a draft stablecoin bill and US lawmakers clash on whether crypto was to blame for recent bank failures.
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Payments

European Parliament Gives Green Light To Key Crypto Legislation

The EU’s first comprehensive legal framework for crypto-assets has been passed by a super majority in the European Parliament with no further obstacles expected.
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Payments

Major Data Breach At CFPB Puts 250,000 US Consumers At Risk

A former employee of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has made an unauthorised data transfer affecting more than 250,000 consumers and 50 financial institutions in what the agency described as a “major incident”.
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Payments

Daily Dash: UK Lawmakers Call For Regulatory Evolution

Backbench Conservatives have called for more accountability from UK regulators, pan-Nordic payments initiative P27 withdraws its clearing licence application in Sweden and New York’s attorney general has issued a new data security guide.
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Payments

Ontario Regulator Fines Three Operators Over Uncertified Online Slot Games

Ontario’s gaming regulator issued sanctions against three online casino operators on Thursday for offering uncertified virtual slot games on their platforms.
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Gambling

Macau Junket Mogul Levo Chan Jailed For 14 Years

A Macau court has jailed former Tak Chun junket supremo Levo Chan for 14 years over illegal gambling, fraud, money laundering and organised crime activity.
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Gambling

New Jersey Issues New Standards For Online Gambling Advertising

New Jersey’s Division of Gaming Enforcement has published new best practices for sports betting and gaming advertising, the fourth in a series of new guidelines to address emerging regulatory risks associated with online gambling.
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Gambling

Maltese Operator In Finnish Police Board Crosshairs

Finland’s National Police Board is investigating a Malta-licensed operator’s “large-scale” marketing to consumers in mainland Finland.
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Gambling

News In Brief: April 17-April 21, 2023

Nevada regulators remove and update outdated gambling regulations.
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Gambling

NCR Outage Hits Global Restaurant Chains Following Ransomware Attack

Restaurant owners who use the NCR Aloha point of sale system are currently experiencing "limited functionality" following a ransomware attack on an NCR data centre.
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Payments

Google Would Ease In-App Payment Rules Following UK Probe

Google said it would give app developers the choice to decide which billing system and in-app payments processor they want to use in exchange for closing a UK antitrust investigation.
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Ex-GVC Holdings CEO Among 11 Charged In UK Over Gambling Services In Turkey

The UK’s Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has charged 11 individuals with serious offences, including conspiracy to defraud and conspiracy to bribe, related to the provision of gambling services in Turkey between 2011 and 2018.
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Georgia Lawmakers Encouraged To Lift Casino, Sports Betting Ban

Sports betting remains illegal in Georgia as efforts during the 2025 legislative session failed to get a bill through either chamber of the General Assembly, a familiar pattern that has seen several years of industry optimism followed by lawmakers failing to pass any legislation.
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Spanish Lawmakers Push To Renew Ad Ban, Amp Pressure On Suppliers

Spanish authorities are once again attempting to restore a gambling advertising ban struck down by the courts and are also taking the opportunity to demand that suppliers stay away from the black market.
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All Eyes On Supreme Court As India Online Ban Ravages Industry

India’s online real-money gaming (RMG) companies and investors have begun closing operations, writing off hundreds of millions of dollars in losses and scrambling for new business plans after central government ambush legislation banned the RMG sector.
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U.S. Problem Gambling Surveys Draw Mixed Conclusions

Recent studies of the prevalence of problem gambling and problematic play have drawn a mix of conclusions about the effects of sports betting expansion.
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New York Moves To Ban Bulk Buying Of Lottery Tickets

New York regulators have moved to ban “bulk buying” of lottery tickets to prevent scandals such as two incidents that lead to changes with the Texas Lottery when an out-of-state syndicate bought nearly all the numerical combinations to win a $95m jackpot.
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Binance Audit Signals Next Phase Of Australia’s Crypto Regulation

The scrutiny of the world’s largest exchange reflects broader reforms aimed at closing gaps in virtual asset regulation and tackling money laundering risks in the digital asset sector.
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Brazil Regulator Reveals Revenue Data, Enforcement Activity

Brazil’s newly licensed online gambling operators generated more than US$3bn in gross revenue in the first six months after regulation, putting the Brazilian market well on track to become the second largest in the world.
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Malta Unveils Intensified AML/CTF Plan For The Year Ahead

The country’s Financial Intelligence Analysis Unit (FIAU) will scrutinise crypto companies’ ownership structures over the next year as part of its ongoing drive against illicit finance.
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CFPB Invites Comments On Proposed Changes To Open Banking Rule

Amid confusion around the regulation of open banking in the US, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has issued a request for comment to clarify industry views on key points.
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