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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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Georgia Bill Seeks Legal Sports Betting Without Referendum

Legislators in Georgia have started to discuss a new plan to bring sports betting to the Peach State, the latest effort in a multi-year saga that has seen lawmakers employ several different strategies.
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Gambling

Brussels Publishes Pan-EU Digital Wallet Toolbox

In preparation for legislation, the European Commission has published the first version of a common EU toolbox for digital identity solutions.
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Payments

PhonePe Becomes First Provider To Support UPI International Payments

PhonePe, one of India’s largest fintechs, has announced that it will become the first platform to support cross-border payments made via India’s Unified Payments Interface (UPI).
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Payments

Down But Not Out: What Next For Crypto Post FTX?

Sam Bankman-Fried and the FTX collapse has not brought about the end for crypto, market players suggest, as they look to 2023 with optimism that things will turn around for the industry.
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Payments

Beware The Kraken: SEC Forces Kraken To End Crypto Staking

The crypto exchange has agreed to pay $30m and end its crypto staking programme to settle an investigation by the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).
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Payments

Flutter Considers Additional US Listing, With Chance Of Full Move

Flutter Entertainment has said it will consult shareholders on a plan to additionally list its shares on US exchanges, with a possibility of later making a US exchange its primary listing.
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Gambling

Kyrgyzstan Proposes Years In Prison For Illegal Gambling

Kyrgyzstan’s Ministry of Internal Affairs wants to introduce strict punishments for people organising illegal gambling in the country.
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Gambling

Ukrainian Regulator Empowered To Sanction Russia-Backed Firms

Ukraine’s gambling regulator has been granted additional powers to punish companies with links to Russia.
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Gambling

Fixed-Odds Wagering Struggling For Widespread U.S. Adoption

Fixed-odds betting on horseracing is a natural evolution of the U.S. gaming industry but something that has been lost in all the attention sports betting and internet gaming has received over the last five years, according to a betting company executive.
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Gambling

U.S. Betting Operators Facing Legislative Pushback Over Advertising

The recent introduction of federal legislation to ban sports-betting advertising underscores a wider 2023 trend of U.S. lawmakers putting the industry on the defensive against proposed marketing restrictions.
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Gambling

EU Parliamentarians Back EU-Wide Digital Wallet

The new digital identity framework would provide EU citizens with digital access to key services across borders in the trading bloc.
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Payments

India Flags Dedicated Law For Online Gaming

India’s information technology minister has confirmed the government’s commitment to passing an online gaming law, which would pave the way for formal national regulation with state government assent.
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Gambling

California Referendum Re-Run Not Expected In 2024

California tribal leaders are not anticipating a further referendum on sports betting in 2024 after last November’s crushing defeat of a sportsbook-backed ballot initiative and amid a lack of full alignment among tribes on mobile wagering.
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Gambling

Two U.S. States Differ On Gambling But Governors Find Common Ground

Utah and New Jersey are like night and day when it comes to casinos and sports betting, but the governors of both states were on the same page in advocating responsible gaming during the annual winter meeting of the National Governors Association in Washington, D.C.
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Gambling

Flutter Expands African Presence With Morocco Deal

Flutter-owned Sisal has continued its expansion into Africa by inking a contract with Marocaine des Jeux et des Sports to provide sports betting in Morocco.
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Gambling

Chile Operators Argue Over Online Gambling Tax Rates

Negotiations about the shape of Chile’s online gambling bill continue behind the scenes of the congressional Economy Commission, with offshore operators and land-based casinos duking it out over tax rates and licence conditions.
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Gambling

APP’s Enough! UK Regulator Consults On Fraud Name And Shame Plans

The Payment Systems Regulator wants to see greater transparency on how financial firms are treating victims of authorised push payment scams.
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Payments

Week In Crypto: Binance Suspends USD Withdrawals As Banking Partner Faces Lawsuit

Signature Bank, once the go-to bank of the crypto industry, finds itself in the spotlight again as it distances itself from Binance, while new allegations emerge of its collusion with FTX.
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Payments

US Government Report Says In-App Payments Are Uncompetitive

Apple and Google rules for in-app purchases are under the spotlight in the US after the Department of Commerce said the current model is harmful to consumers and developers.
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Payments

ECB Study Finds Cash Still King, As Switzerland To Vote On Keeping Cash Forever

A recent study by the European Central Bank (ECB) has found that cash is still the eurozone’s most common payment method, while Swiss voters have secured a referendum on keeping cash.
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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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