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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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UK Gambling Commission Hands Out Suspension For Self-Exclusion Failure

​​​​​​​The UK Gambling Commission has suspended LEBOM Limited from transacting with consumers for not being integrated into the GAMSTOP self-exclusion scheme.
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Gambling

Open Banking Kicks Off In Saudi Arabia Early Next Year

Industry participants welcome Saudi Arabia’s open banking framework, which is expected to launch in the first quarter of 2023.
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Payments

UK MPs Criticise Government Transparency Over ’Controversial’ Regulator Power In Finance Bill

A planned amendment to the Financial Services and Markets Bill, which greatly extends the powers of the UK government to direct financial regulators to take action, has been delayed, which the Treasury Select Committee has called "sub-optimal" due to a lack of parliamentary scrutiny it will receive.
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Payments

South Africa To Launch Modernised Instant Payment Service In 2023

After being a pioneer in setting up instant payments 16 years ago, South Africa is now preparing to launch a new instant payment service looking to mirror the success of similar services in India, Singapore and Thailand.
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Payments

Doomed Sports-Betting Propositions In California Could Cost $700m

With just five days left until the November 8 election, the amount spent on two apparently futile propositions to legalize sports betting in California is expected to set a new national record of up to $700m.
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Gambling

North Dakota Governor Rejects Tribes' Online Gaming Request

North Dakota Governor Doug Burgum has denied tribes’ request for exclusive online gaming rights in the final draft of new gaming compacts, saying Wednesday that there is no clear legal path for him to unilaterally expand the state’s gambling laws to allow the five tribes to offer internet wagering across the state.
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Gambling

Australian Regulator Orders AML Audits For bet365, Sportsbet

Australia’s financial transactions regulator has ordered Flutter Entertainment-owned Sportsbet and bet365 to be audited after claiming “reasonable grounds” to suspect the bookmakers violated or are violating anti-money laundering (AML) legislation.
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Gambling

Lula's Election Shuffles Deck For Gambling In Brazil

Luiz Inácio Lula Da Silva's election as President of Brazil should not alter the landscape for gambling expansion in Brazil and leaves open a window for sports betting to become regulated before the end of this year, according to experts speaking at the SBC Summit Latinoamerica in Miami on Tuesday.
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Gambling

MPs Pass Motion To Reverse Dutch Gambling Tax Cut

Scrapping a planned cut to online gambling tax in the Netherlands may be on the cards after MPs backed a motion to keep the levy at 29 percent.
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Gambling

Seventeen Operators Exit Ontario After iGaming Licensing Deadline

With a licensing deadline expiring two days ago, 17 operators that remain unlicensed to do business within Ontario's regulated iGaming market have ceased operations until their applications are completed, the Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario confirmed on Wednesday.
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Gambling

Industry Needs 'Adult' To Step In, Says Danske Spil Boss

The gambling industry needs tough, clear regulations to keep it in check, as it cannot seem to agree on how to regulate itself, says the CEO of Denmark’s largest operator.
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Gambling

News In Brief: October 31-November 4, 2022

Postcode Lottery breaks ad rules in the Netherlands, Ohio approves new sports-betting licences and Rwanda suspends slots approvals.
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Gambling

Singapore Progresses To Next Stage With Programmed CBDC Project

Project Orchid has provided the Monetary Authority of Singapore with a "sharpened understanding" of central bank digital currency (CBDC) use cases, including adding conditions to what it can be used for, but the regulator still has no plans to issue one.
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Payments

We Appreciate Consumer Duty Will Be Hard, FCA Acknowledges

Senior officials at the UK financial watchdog have defended the controversial new policy as a way to improve competition and support cost of living pressures during an implementation webinar.
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Payments

Hong Kong Launches Next-Gen SME Open Banking Data Platform

The Commercial Data Interchange (CDI), a new financial data-sharing infrastructure, launched last week, marks the next step in Hong Kong’s open banking journey as it targets improved services for small businesses.
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Payments

Australia Imposes Tougher Warnings On Online Wagering Ads

Australia’s federal government has released a series of compulsory, more robustly worded responsible gaming warnings to be rotated across online wagering commercials and promotions in print, broadcast and online media.
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Gambling

Caesars Pulls Las Vegas Casino Sale, Eyes New York License

Even prior to the completion of Eldorado Resorts' $17.3bn acquisition of Caesars Entertainment more than two years ago, executives emphasized they were working on a potential sale of a Las Vegas Strip property to pay down debt, but that plan has now been scrapped.
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Gambling

Swedish Stakeholders Renew Calls For Debt Register, Loan Ban

​​​​​​​There are renewed calls in Swedish local media to protect gamblers by introducing a national debt register and the ability to ban loans to indebted people, but barriers to introducing such a system persist.
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Gambling

Personnel Moves - October 2022

New government ministers in the UK and Sweden, MGM adds digital boss, Aristocrat appoints tribal envoy as non-executive and new lottery chief selected in Brazil.
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Gambling

Turkey To Launch Digital Lira In 2023 Linked To eID

Turkey has announced plans to introduce a central bank digital currency by next year, which will combine with a digital identity system.
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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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