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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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How Do You Sleep, Ronaldo? Bettors Might Like To Know

​​​​​​​Does footballer Cristiano Ronaldo play better if he gets more than six hours sleep before a match? Want to bet on it? The future of gambling may see this kind of highly personal data as fair game.
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Gambling

Argentine City of Córdoba Hits Last Minute Regulation Roadblock

Officials in the city of Córdoba are putting up a fight to oppose attempts by the Argentine province of the same name to regulate online gambling.
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Gambling

Nevada Adds Convicted Felon To ‘Black Book’

A mobster with ties to illegal gambling and a slot cheat have been removed from Nevada’s list of excluded persons after authorities confirmed their deaths on Thursday, prior to gaming regulators unanimously agreeing to ban convicted felon Leonard Morgan Hairston from the state’s casinos.
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Gambling

It’s Official: Maryland Mobile Sports Betting Launches Next Week

A two-year wait for mobile sports betting to launch in Maryland will come to an end on Wednesday, according to the state's chief lottery official.
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Gambling

News In Brief: November 14-November 18, 2022

The UK Gambling Commission remains silent on white paper timeline, former Texas governor Rick Perry joins push for sports betting legalisation and a slots operator is fined in Australia.
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Gambling

New York Fed To Partner With Major Banks On New CBDC Settlement Project

The Federal Reserve of New York has launched a new pilot that will study the feasibility of interoperable central bank digital currency (CBDC) and commercial bank digital money.
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Payments

Small Business Group Files Legal Claim Against New US AML Laws

The National Small Business Association has announced the filing of a constitutional challenge to the Corporate Transparency Act of 2019, which introduces new beneficial ownership rules.
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Payments

Klarna Takes Aim At Google With New Comparison Tool

Search less, save more, Klarna says, as the buy now, pay later giant launches a price comparison tool to help consumers shop smarter.
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Payments

FanDuel President Talks California Initiative, Online Casino Expansion

​​​​​​​As FanDuel hosted a presentation to highlight its strong performance in U.S. sports betting, one of its top executives addressed areas that have not gone as well as the company may have hoped, including online casino expansion and the failure of a sports-betting initiative in California.
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Gambling

Poland's Leading Bookmaker Sues Polish Football Association

Poland’s largest bookmaker STS has filed a lawsuit against the Polish Football Association (PZPN), seeking financial compensation for the losses the company claims it incurred as a result of the first coronavirus lockdown of 2020.
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Gambling

Maryland Regulators Approve State's Ten Mobile Sports-Betting Licensees

Mobile sports betting could officially begin next week in Maryland after members of the Sports Wagering Application Review Commission unanimously approved the first ten out of 21 pending mobile license applications.
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Gambling

Aborted Western Australia TAB Sale Cost Millions

The collapse of the privatisation of Western Australia state’s TAB racing network means the wagering business will remain in public hands for years to come, but only after costs of A$3.5m ($2.4m) to the taxpayer, according to the state gaming minister.
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Gambling

Curaçao Minister Says Gambling Reform Will Welcome 'Bonafide' Companies

Curaçao finance minister Javier Silvania promises a reformed gambling licensing system that will seek to entice “bonafide” companies with tax and banking support.
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Gambling

VIXIO Impact Index: Highest Global Regulatory Activity Since Sanctions

As global regulatory impact continues to rise in October, find out about the EU’s instant payments proposal and why firms shouldn’t view it, despite the European Commission's insistence, as a means to reduce compliance costs.
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Payments

Europol Crackdown On E-Commerce Fraud Leads To 59 Arrests

The European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Cooperation, better known as Europol, has released new data showing the success of a month-long operation targeting e-commerce fraud.
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Payments

Regulate Us! Crypto Firms Plead With UK Lawmakers

As the FTX blow up causes havoc across the world, crypto-asset players have told a cross-party group of members of UK parliament (MPs) that the industry would fare better if there was a regulatory framework in place.
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Payments

Compromise German Agreement Would Relax Sports-Betting Restrictions

A draft compromise agreement to end a series of legal battles over sports-betting licences in Germany would loosen restrictions on deposit limits and kinds of bets for those licensees who jump aboard, according to German gambling lawyers.
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Gambling

Former Major League Baseball Player Indicted Over Illegal Betting

A former Major League Baseball all-star faces up to five years in prison after agreeing to plead guilty to lying to federal agents about making nearly 900 bets on sporting events in 2019 with an illegal bookmaker in Los Angeles.
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Gambling

Irish Gambling Bill Gets Government Go Ahead

Ireland’s government has approved the publication of the Gambling Regulation Bill, setting out the country’s new regulatory framework and licensing rules, in a major milestone for the long-awaited reforms.
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Gambling

Five ASEAN Nations Sign MoU On Regional Payment Linkages Ahead Of G20 Summit

Five of the largest economies in Southeast Asia are setting their sights on a common QR code payment area and further instant payments linkages, building on existing bilateral agreements.
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Payments
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UK’s Final Safeguarding Rules Bring Relief, But Challenges Remain

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has been applauded for listening to the payments industry’s feedback on its proposed safeguarding rule overhaul, but experts warn that challenges still lie ahead for firms.
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US Focus On Stablecoins Leaves It An Outlier As CBDCs Proliferate

As interest in the potential of digital assets grows, regulators and traditional financial institutions are seeking ways to safely and securely adopt the positive features of cryptocurrencies, while offering protections from their worst excesses.
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Regulatory Influencer: UAE’s CBDC Is Imminent

On July 31, 2025, the Central Bank of the UAE (CBUAE) released a comprehensive report detailing progress towards the introduction of the digital dirham. The report reviews achievements to date, as well as the policy and design framework guiding the development of a secure, trusted and user-friendly central bank digital currency (CBDC) for individuals and businesses.
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Chile Senate Sets Up Final Showdown Over Online Gambling

After a Senate vote last week, Chile is now entering the final phases of a multi-year legislative process to regulate online gambling, with several pivotal policy questions due to be answered over the next few months.
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Philippine Central Bank Suspends In-App Gambling Payments

The Philippine central bank has severed a lucrative payments channel for the online gambling industry, forcing payments providers to suspend in-app transfers with 48 hours’ notice.
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‘Black Friday’ Crackdown On Illegal Gaming Cited As Effective Enforcement

Despite active enforcement efforts against offshore gambling websites, state gaming regulators and law enforcement officials believe it requires assistance from the U.S. federal government to effectively address a multi-billion-dollar problem.
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Australia’s Card Fraud Hits A$913m As Overseas Online Fraud Continues To Rise

Overseas card-not-present (CNP) fraud now accounts for the largest share of the country’s card fraud losses, according to new figures from the Australian Payments Network (AusPayNet).
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Zelle Slams New York Attorney General’s Lawsuit As “Political Stunt”

US payments company Early Warning Systems has rejected allegations, made in a lawsuit filed by the state’s attorney general, Leticia James, that it allowed fraud on its Zelle platform.
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PSR Announces Plans To Revoke Two Specific Directions

The UK’s Payment Systems Regulator (PSR) has opted to revoke Specific Direction 2 (SD2) and Specific Direction 4 (SD4), with the changes due to come into force in late August 2025.
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EBA Calls For Increased Use Of Suptech, But Warns That Challenges Remain

The authority believes that supervisory technology (suptech) tools can make anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing (AML/CTF) supervision more effective, but warns that legal, operational and resource hurdles could slow adoption.
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