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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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Singapore Wants To Axe Corporate Cheques By 2025

The Monetary Authority of Singapore is consulting on a proposal to eliminate corporate cheques by 2025 as processing costs soar, with the aim of also migrating remaining consumer users to alternative payment methods.
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Payments

World Record Powerball Lottery Drawing Delayed

Viewers tuned in across the United States at 11pm Eastern time on Monday to see if they had the winning ticket that would guarantee them the largest lottery jackpot in world history. There was just one problem.
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Gambling

Puerto Rico Issues More Sports-Betting Licences

The Puerto Rico Gaming Commission has authorised seven new companies to operate or support sports betting on the island, according to the agency's interim executive director.
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Gambling

Election Day Means End Of The Beginning For California Sports Betting

It appears to be only a matter of how big the loss will be for two California sports-betting measures on Tuesday, but the debate is not going away and the question is when, not if, a rematch will occur.
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Gambling

UK Education Department Scolded Over Child Data Used By Gambling Firms

​​​​​​​The UK’s data watchdog wants to hand the Department for Education a £10m fine for allowing the personal information of up to 28m children and young people from the age of 14 to be used to benefit gambling companies.
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Gambling

U.S. Sports-Betting Execs Cheer More Rational Marketing Environment

As investors appear more focused than ever on sports-betting operations becoming profitable, executives say companies' promotional expenditures have clearly declined compared with past years.
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Gambling

Fintech Association Documents Mounting Problems With APIs

The European Third Party Providers Association has published a new EU-wide registry of obstacles compiled by third-party providers, which highlights the many problems experienced with application programming interfaces (APIs).
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Payments

ECB Keeps Up Market Rapport In Digital Euro Work

The European Central Bank (ECB) is inviting experts from the payments industry to take part in technical talks to explore options for the provision of programmable payment services as part of the digital euro.
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Payments

Gambling Spared As Colombian Tax Plan Passes

Colombian President Gustavo Petro’s tax reform plan has passed the Senate and the House of Representatives, implementing only minor changes to the occasional gains tax that applies to gambling winnings.
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Gambling

Crown Resorts Savaged Anew With A$120m In Fines, Warnings

The Victoria state casino regulator has punished Crown Resorts anew with fines totalling A$120m ($77m) for serious and illegal misconduct, but growing regulator anger over current management’s “recidivism” may bode much worse for Crown’s survival.
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Gambling

European Trade Group Bosses Share Political Woes

Last week’s Scandinavian Gaming Show gave a group of European trade association chiefs a chance to gather on stage together, lamenting shared woes on unhelpful politicians who select only the best ideas for crackdowns from their neighbours.
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Gambling

Arbitrator Gives Fox Option To Buy FanDuel Stake At $20bn Valuation

An arbitrator has ruled that Fox Corporation can buy more than 18 percent of FanDuel in an option that values the U.S. sports betting and fantasy sports brand at more than $20bn.
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Gambling

’The Right Thing To Do’: New Zealand BNPL Reg Plans Take Shape

New Zealand becomes the latest jurisdiction to be set on regulating the alternative payments product after its increase in use during the pandemic and pressures arising from the cost of living crisis.
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Payments

Singapore Beefs Up CBDC Cross-Border Settlement Project Ubin

The Monetary Authority of Singapore's work with international partners on a wholesale central bank digital currency (CBDC) project has been expanded to become Ubin+.
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Payments

Canadian Government Delivers On Election Pledge To Rein In Credit Card Fees

Canada’s government has announced plans to cap credit card fees for small businesses as it seeks to deliver on election promise.
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Payments

Week In Crypto: First DeFi FX Transactions On Public Blockchain, MoneyGram Launches Crypto Trading

Following months of reporting on crashes, fines and bankruptcies, Week in Crypto is decidedly upbeat this week as J.P. Morgan, DBS and SBI complete the first cross-border transactions on a public blockchain, MoneyGram launches crypto trading and Visa taps into World Cup fever with new NFTs.
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Payments

Daily Dash: FCA Looks For Cost Of Living Answers

The UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has called on consumer credit firms to send data in hopes of better understanding the cost of living crisis, Australia has said it will focus on crypto and greenwashing next year, and Stripe has laid off staff due to concerns of economic downturn.
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Payments

Industry Confident Finnish Monopoly On Borrowed Time

Finland could hand out licences for online gambling as soon as 2025, with the prevailing sentiment suggesting it is a case of when, not if, the nation’s monopoly is dismantled.
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Gambling

Apollo Seeks $620m Distribution From Nevada Assets

The private-equity owners of The Venetian Las Vegas are seeking regulatory approval to distribute $620m to investors and hand out bonuses to employees, but gaming regulators have questioned the soundness of returning such a large dividend less than eight months since the acquisition closed.
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Gambling

Latin American Operators At Odds Over Online Betting Sponsorships

Lawyers and operators have given contrasting perspectives on the legality of online sports-betting sponsorships for football teams in unregulated markets such as Chile, Uruguay and Brazil.
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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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