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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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CBDC Pilots Ready For Take Off In Brazil, Russia And Japan

Brazil, Japan and Russia have become the latest economies to announce a pilot for a central bank digital currency (CBDC) as global momentum continues.
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Payments

U.S. Betting Operators Begin To Re-Evaluate League, Team Partnerships

U.S. sports-betting market leaders have begun to take different stances in pursuing partnerships with professional sports leagues and their teams that have been a common but expensive marketing tool in recent years.
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Gambling

Australia's Online Regulator Punishes BetDeluxe Over Spam

Australia’s national online gambling regulator has fined corporate bookmaker BetDeluxe more than A$50,000 ($34,200) for spamming customers and ordered an operational review, the second such punishment since issuing a massive fine to Flutter subsidiary Sportsbet.
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Gambling

Swedish Regulator Will Not Issue Umbrella Supplier Licence

The Swedish Gambling Authority has said it will not issue umbrella licences or permits to online gaming suppliers, despite major concerns from industry stakeholders that this will be costly and time-consuming.
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Gambling

Greece To Use TIPS For Government Payments

The Bank of Greece has announced it will be the first central bank in the Eurosystem to join the TARGET Instant Payment Scheme (TIPS) as the beneficiary's bank for domestic and cross-border government payments.
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Payments

UPDATE: Custodia Bank Sues Fed (Again) After Failed Master Account Application

Custodia Bank, a major digital asset bank based in Wyoming, has filed an amended complaint against the US Federal Reserve following the rejection of its master account application last month.
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Payments

PayPal, Zip Back Australian BNPL Regulation

Large firms in the buy now, pay later (BNPL) arena support the Australian government's plans to regulate the growing sector, but could the collapse of provider Openpay affect final policy decisions?
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Payments

Finnish Health Body Says Evidence For Licensing Lacking

The Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare (THL) has warned the government that any change to the current licensing system must be based on evidence, which it claims does not show an increase in problem gambling or gambling outside the monopoly.
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Gambling

Brazil Betting Scandal Adds To Urgency For Regulatory Regime

A high-profile football match-fixing scandal in Brazil’s second division is piling pressure on the new Lula government to now swiftly implement a licensing system for sports betting, more than four years after legislation was enacted.
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Gambling

Virginia Budget Proposal Reinstates Sports-Betting Promotional Tax Deductions

As the Virginia General Assembly gets set to close out this year’s regular legislative session on Saturday, the fate of restoring promotional tax credits for sports-betting operators will be left up to lawmakers negotiating the fate of this session’s budget proposal.
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Gambling

Bally's, Gamesys Partner Acquires Fourth Japan-Facing Gaming Website

A Bally’s Corp partner online gambling company has acquired Japan-facing website CasinoSecret, expanding its Japanese exposure to four brands, amid hardening government rhetoric against the industry.
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Gambling

UK Lawmaker Says Sports Sponsorship Ban Should Be Phased In

A Conservative member of the UK parliament has called for phasing out sports sponsorships instead of banning them, saying they are key to survival for second-tier professional sports.
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Gambling

PSP Leaders Confirmed For Digital Euro Rulebook Group

The European Central Bank has nominated members for the Rulebook Development Group for a digital euro, which features representatives from the payments and electronic money sectors.
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Payments

Banks Call US Beneficial Ownership Rules ‘Fatally Flawed’

US banks have said the Treasury’s beneficial ownership rules do not facilitate combating illicit finance and should be withdrawn.
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Payments

Pragmatic Play Bets Big On Venezuela

Pragmatic Play, one of the only international gambling companies to openly acknowledge it is pursuing online operations in Venezuela, has big hopes for the struggling country’s economic future.
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Gambling

Lack Of Swedish Umbrella Supplier Licence Will Be Costly, Warns Industry

The Swedish trade association for online gambling (BOS) has written a letter to the gambling regulator to express its concern about the lack of umbrella licences for suppliers just days before applications are set to be accepted.
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Gambling

Almost A Year Since LUNA Crash Landing, SEC Charges Terraform And CEO

A US regulator has filed charges against Terraform, the company behind the TerraUSD stablecoin and its former CEO Do Kwon, accusing them of orchestrating a $40bn securities fraud.
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Payments

Week In Crypto: Stablecoin War Declared As New York Shuts Down Binance USD, While SEC Readies Lawsuit

The first shot in a regulatory crackdown on stablecoins may have been fired this week, after a New York regulator ordered Paxos to cease issuing BUSD and a federal regulator threatened that stablecoins could be securities.
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Payments

Enforcement Action Galore And There Could Be More, Reveals TransUnion

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has three ongoing probes into credit reference agency TransUnion, as the company expresses concern about increased scrutiny from regulators.
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Payments

Variable Recurring Payments And Fraud Take Centre-Stage In Key Open Banking Report

The Strategic Working Group has issued its final report on open banking in the UK, outlining short-, medium- and long-term priorities for open banking, and eventually open finance, to be a success.
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Wyoming Stablecoin Launch The Latest Step In Mainstreaming Of Digital Assets

The Frontier Stable Token (FRNT) is the first fiat-backed, fully reserved stable token issued by a public entity in the US, and demonstrates the impact of both ongoing advocacy of cryptocurrencies and the GENIUS Act.
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Mapping EU Legislation: Regulation (EU) 2023/1114 (MiCA)

Regulation (EU) 2023/1114 (Markets in Crypto-Assets – MiCA) was published on June 9, 2023. It provides specific rules and requirements for crypto-assets, related services and activities that were previously not covered by Union legislative acts on financial services. This Mapping EU Legislation: MiCA page lays out the key dates, transition deadlines for member states, as well as any RTS, ITS, delegated regulation, implementing regulation or guideline issued and published. It will be updated in line with any MiCA update.
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FanDuel Takes Plunge Into Prediction Markets

FanDuel has taken a major step toward entering the surging prediction-market space Wednesday, announcing a partnership with the largest derivatives exchange operator in the U.S.
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Regulatory Influencer: New Jersey Bans Online Sweepstakes Casinos But Who’s Next?

New Jersey has joined the list of U.S. states that have chosen to completely ban sweepstakes casinos.
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India Bill Banning Real-Money Online Gaming Passes Lower House

A bill banning online real-money gaming has passed India’s lower house within hours of its introduction and with no debate, signalling a central government ambush on an industry now staring at oblivion.
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Nevada Gaming Salon Reform Up First On Post-Legislative Regulatory Agenda

After a Nevada legislative session that included the passage of several gaming reform bills, state regulators have begun the process of considering new regulations or amendments to current rules that are required to implement the statutory changes.
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Brazil VLT Market Advancing, But Legal Challenges Loom

Brazilian state and municipal governments are not waiting for new federal legislation to expand their gaming markets through video lottery terminals offering casino-style games, with the state of Rio de Janeiro now entering the fray.
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Treasury and States Step Up Fight Against Digital Asset Fraud

The US Treasury has launched a consultation on tackling illicit finance in crypto, and Illinois has introduced sweeping consumer protection laws, signalling growing federal–state momentum against digital asset fraud.
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US Banks, Fintechs Clash Over ‘Exorbitant’ Open Banking Access Fees

With Section 1033 in limbo, banks’ proposed charges for account data access highlight legal ambiguities and regulatory gaps that could shape the trajectory of open banking policy in the US.
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Thailand Launches Sandbox For Tourist Crypto-To-Baht Payments

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has launched an 18-month sandbox, TouristDigiPay, allowing visitors to convert digital assets into Thai baht for spending as e-money, linking regulated asset operators and e-money providers.
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