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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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Brazilian Football Teams May Not Comply With Betting Investigation

An investigation into betting sponsorships and advertising by Brazil’s national consumer protection secretariat Senacon appears to have slowed, amid word from insiders that some of the implicated sports teams will refuse to hand over copies of their partnership contracts.
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Gambling

For Better Or Worse, Gaming's Politicization Grows As U.S. Elections Approach

Legendary California Assembly Speaker Jesse “Big Daddy” Unruh coined the phrase, “Money is the mother’s milk of politics,” and the gambling industry is increasingly being perceived as a cash cow in elections.
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Gambling

News In Brief: September 26-September 30, 2022

Malta still loves its online gambling industry and BetMGM faces multi-million New Jersey lawsuit from problem gambler.
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Gambling

Payments Firms Rally To Support Ukraine With Cheaper Remittances

Fintechs and card schemes have signed a joint statement committing to providing the war torn EU membership candidate with cheaper, more accessible, remittances between itself and the EU.
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Payments

Wall Street Banks Fined Nearly $2bn Over WhatsApp Use

Sixteen Wall Street firms have agreed to pay a total of $1.81bn to settle charges that their employees used their personal WhatsApp accounts to communicate with clients to avoid creating records and evade regulatory and bank oversight.
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Payments

PSR Outlines APP Fraud Strategy

The UK’s Payment Systems Regulator (PSR) has unveiled its proposals to protect consumers against rising authorised push payment (APP) scam losses and fraud, including mandatory reimbursement above a threshold.
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Payments

Philippine Regulator Resists Calls For Online Gambling Ban

Philippine gambling regulator PAGCOR has defended its record supervising the offshore-facing online segment amid mounting support for legislation that would ban the industry in its entirety.
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Gambling

Investors Still Bullish On Gambling M&A Despite Economic Downturn

Mergers and acquisitions activity in the gaming industry could continue at a high volume even in the event of an economic downturn, according to leading U.S. investment analysts.
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Gambling

Bill To Ban Betting Advertising Advances In Chilean Congress

The sports commission in Chile’s Chamber of Deputies has voted to approve an amended bill that would ban all betting sponsorships and advertising after a one-year grace period for teams, leagues and offshore operators to unwind their existing partnerships.
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Gambling

Uneasy Lies The Head Of Gambling's King Of The South

As the casino industry celebrates its 30th anniversary this year in Mississippi, the Magnolia State’s reluctance to embrace online betting continues to pose a threat to its status as the South’s top gaming state.
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Gambling

FCA (Finally) Grants Revolut Crypto Approval

The UK challenger bank has won registration from the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) after a prolonged approval process.
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Payments

AML Software Market Expected To Triple In Value By 2028, Says New Research

As new research highlights the explosive growth of the anti-money laundering (AML) software market, VIXIO speaks with vendor Lucinity about the challenges and opportunities of the industry.
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Payments

Buy Now, Pay Later Must Comply Now, FTC Warns

The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has warned businesses engaged in buy now, pay later (BNPL) offerings that they may violate federal rules if they fail to satisfy some basic consumer protection principles.
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Payments

UPDATE: Luxembourg’s Regulator Fines Unzer, Following Bafin Action

Luxembourg’s financial regulator has fined the payments firm Unzer for failing to comply with anti-money laundering (AML) regulations in the country.
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Payments

Major Market Michigan Exceeding Expectations On iGaming

It is one of the most perplexing questions in the U.S. gaming industry — why are other states so reluctant to regulate internet gaming when early adopters such as Michigan are generating so much more revenue from their online casinos than mobile sports betting?
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Gambling

Betfred.Com Fined For Customer Interaction, AML Errors

The UK Gambling Commission has fined the operator of Betfred.com £2.87m over social responsibility and anti-money laundering failures.
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Gambling

Thailand Upset Over Online Gambling Master Licensor In Laos

The Thai government is preparing to lodge a complaint with neighbouring Laos for allowing a company to issue licences for foreign-facing online gambling operations.
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Gambling

UK Industry Wonders If 'Single Customer View' May Die With New Government

UK-focused gambling operators await a white paper that could provide guidance on whether they need to adopt enhanced player protection measures such as affordability checks, but worry that in the meantime a “zealous” Gambling Commission might overstep the mark with its single customer view.
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Gambling

New York City Casinos Seen As Threat To New Jersey

The prospect of three new licenses to operate full-fledged casinos in or around New York City will come with the most expensive licensing price tag in U.S. history, as analysts and executives warn the new casinos will have a major impact on the financial wellbeing of Atlantic City.
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Gambling

UPDATE: California Governor Vetoes Bipartisan Crypto Bill

California Governor Gavin Newsom has surprised lawmakers by returning a bipartisan crypto bill back to the State Assembly without his signature.
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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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Polymarket Blocked In Australia After Regulator Probe

Australia’s national online gambling regulator has declared Polymarket to be a prohibited service after completing a probe into the prediction market platform that included a formal warning to its U.S.-based owners.
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Pennsylvania Senators Propose Bipartisan Deal To Regulate Skill Games

A bipartisan bill is being proposed by two Pennsylvania senators regarding the regulation of skill games, a contentious issue that has divided lawmakers, skill game suppliers and the state’s regulated gaming industry.
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Regulatory Influencer: Isle of Man Signals Major Crackdown on AML Failures in Gambling Sector

The Isle of Man is entering a new era of regulatory enforcement, with recent actions and legislative reforms from the Gambling Supervision Commission (GSC) focusing on money laundering risks in the gambling sector. Driven by rising concerns over the exploitation of global online gambling hubs by transnational crime groups, particularly out of East and Southeast Asia, the island is tightening its financial crime defences and regulatory scrutiny.
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Chile Delays Phasing-Out Of Coordinate Cards Until 2026

The Chilean Financial Market Commission (CMF) has delayed by one year the elimination of coordinate cards as an authentication method for electronic payments and transfers, moving the deadline from 2025 to August 1, 2026.
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Indian States Push For National Solution To Online Skill Gaming

India’s regional governments are intensifying pressure on New Delhi to create or block a national regulatory framework for online gaming, as the Supreme Court wraps up hearings in a case critical to the industry’s future.
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Former Regulators Say Increased Fines May Not Be Effective Enforcement Deterrent

Former state regulators say including top executives in compliance actions, including potential individual sanctions, may be a more effective deterrent for bad behavior in the U.S. market than headline-grabbing fines.
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Next Few Months Could Dictate The Future Of Norway's Gambling Market

Europe’s last monopoly market is at a crossroads, as controversies surrounding the Norwegian state-owned operator Norsk Tipping have sparked major social and political concerns ahead of a critical parliamentary election on September 8, which will likely determine the future of the country’s gambling market.
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EBA Q&As Clarify Key Areas of DORA Application

New Q&As from the European Banking Authority (EBA) address the management of ICT third-party risks and obligations related to the Register of Information (RoI).
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