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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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Ontario Regulator Proposes Ban On Athletes In Sports-Betting Advertising

Ontario regulators are proposing a new regulatory standard that would prohibit the use of current and former professional athletes in sportsbook advertisements.
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Gambling

UK Study Scrutinises Esports Gambling Sponsorships

A new UK academic study has found that half the esports teams in two of the sector’s top video games are sponsored by gambling operators, leading researchers to suggest that gambling companies could be “targeting the next generation of gamblers”.
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India GST Officials Probing Parimatch, Other Online Bookmakers

A leading tax enforcement organ in India has launched a probe into India-facing online gambling operators in Cyprus, Mauritius and the Cayman Islands, leading to the arrest of one man allegedly linked to Ukrainian operator Parimatch.
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Malawi Unveils Gambling Regulation Details

Malawi has opened a brief consultation on a raft of proposed gambling regulations, as it continues its push to expand its market and open up online licensing.
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Brazil's Sports-Betting Tax Rate Announced At Public Hearing

Brazil’s Chamber of Deputies' Finance Committee held a public hearing on Wednesday on the regulation of sports betting and imminent presidential emergency decree, with a senior government official confirming a proposed effective tax rate of 15 percent of gross gaming revenue.
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Gambling

News In Brief: April 10-April 14, 2023

Ohio's lottery director has suddenly resigned and a Ugandan draft law proposes a gambling tax hike.
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Gambling

Microsoft In Trouble Over Sanctions Violations

The software giant has found itself in hot water with US authorities over sanctions violations following the Russia-Ukraine conflict.
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Payments

‘There Will Be Control’: European Central Bank’s Lagarde Reveals CBDC Plans During Prank Call

The head of the European Central Bank (ECB) has been caught in a prank phone call from Russian comedians, who feigned interest in digital currency while pretending to be the president of Ukraine.
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Payments

US Financial Consumer Agency Outlines ‘Abusive’ Acts

Based on statutory definition and a decade of precedent, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau lays out what it considers abusive conduct in consumer financial markets.
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Payments

Uzbekistan Again Plans To Legalise Sports Betting

The President of Uzbekistan has instructed ministers to submit proposals on the legalisation of sports betting by the end of 2023, to bring to an end to more than 15 years of prohibition.
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Gambling

Ghana Tax Hikes Incoming

Ghana’s need to address its mounting public debt has put gambling in the crosshairs, with tax hikes on the industry one hurdle away from being introduced.
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Gambling

Spain Sanguine On Deposit Limits

The industry remains unusually unperturbed by a planned royal decree in Spain that seeks to make online gambling deposit limits universal, instead of applying per operator, as they do now.
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Gambling

UPI To Offer Credit Gateway From Banks To Consumers, Says RBI Governor

The governor of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has said that UPI, the country’s popular instant payments system, could soon be repurposed to deliver credit directly from banks to consumers.
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Payments

Will Apple Pay Later Legitimise BNPL?

Buy now, pay later (BNPL) momentum has notably slowed in 2023 as many providers struggle to deal with the rising cost of borrowing, but insiders believe that Apple’s foray into the market is a step forward for the industry which could further cement it as a mainstream payment option.
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Payments

Maryland Bills To Boost Sports Betting Best Practices Sent To Governor

Three sports betting bills are now on Maryland Democratic Governor Wes Moore’s desk waiting for his signature or veto, after receiving legislative approval prior to the state legislature adjourning its 2023 session on Monday.
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Gambling

India's Online Rules In Force

The online gambling space in India is now under formal central government regulation following the gazetting of amendments to information technology rules on Thursday.
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Gambling

Ontario Gaming Officials Outline Goals For Second Year of Online Gaming

While the first year of Ontario’s private online gaming market was the subject of praise last week at a Toronto event, top gaming officials did outline some of their priorities for improving the model going forward.
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Gambling

Albania Online Sports Betting Draft After Failed Ban

Albania’s Ministry of Finance and Economy has published a draft law to amend gambling regulations and allow for online sports betting.
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Gambling

U.S. iLottery Lagging Sports Betting's Rapid Rollout

Internet casino gaming is not the only segment of the U.S. online gambling market struggling to expand to new states, with interactive lottery or iLottery offerings also moving at a much slower pace than mobile sports betting.
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Pressure Builds On Japan's Vast Online Gambling Industry

In the year since VIXIO GamblingCompliance published its last detailed examination of Japan’s online gambling industry, pressure has slowly mounted on the Japanese government to enforce the law against online gambling activity or else regulate it, but in the meantime a billion dollar industry continues to blossom unabated.
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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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