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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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Thailand Unveils New Payment System Vision As Part Of Digital Economy Master Plan

The Bank of Thailand has published new guidelines outlining its vision for the country’s future payment system, as it seeks to more than double the number of digital payments per capita by 2024.
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Payments

Fraud Is Not Only Zelle’s Problem, Bank CEOs Tell Congress

Contrary to media reports, fraud is not flourishing on Zelle, US megabank CEOs say, arguing that, in fact, it is safer than rival peer-to-peer (P2P) platforms.
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Payments

India's Tax Man Puts Online Gaming Operators On Notice

India’s central tax enforcer has issued a blanket warning to online gaming operators that it will imminently collect more than $12bn in unpaid taxes, compounding pressure on an industry under attack from multiple state governments.
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Gambling

U.S. Regulators Stressed By Relentless Surge Of Technology

Staying on top of advances in online gaming while also maintaining vigilant oversight of brick-and-mortar casinos is pushing U.S. gambling regulators to the brink.
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Gambling

Industry Refocus Needed To Secure Online Casino Expansion, Say Execs

Leading gaming executives have pointed to a need for the industry as a whole to adapt strategically and adjust its priorities in order for online casino expansion to ramp up in the United States and reverse its current stagnation.
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Gambling

African Market 'The Next Frontier' But Volatility Remains, Says Panel

Gambling businesses looking to enter African markets must be prepared for regulatory and tax volatility, understand the data about local markets and be patient, according to a panel with an array of experience on the continent.
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Gambling

Fintechs Launch Open Finance Association To Keep Pressure On Brussels And London

The Open Finance Association is ready to finish the job the Payments Services Directive started and create a well functioning open finance ecosystem, the new not-for-profit organisation declared.
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Payments

Week In Crypto: NY Court Orders Tether To Show Reserves; J.P. Morgan CEO Calls Crypto A ’Ponzi Scheme’

New York wants bank statements and more from Tether, Jamie Dimon throws crypto under the bus (again) and Kraken CEO resigns after 11 years on the job.
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Payments

Australian Regulator Says More Needed To Improve Card Acceptance

In its first report on least cost routing (LCR), a feature that is intended to reduce the costs of card payments for merchants, the Reserve Bank of Australia finds limited uptake and points at the industry’s role in it.
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Payments

ICIJ Blasts US Treasury For Delay In Setting Up Beneficial Ownership Register

ICIJ, the investigative group of journalists behind the so-called FinCEN Files, the massive leakage of banks’ suspicious activity reports, has pointed out that a new database aimed at addressing regulatory gaps in the US anti-money laundering framework is “taking way too long”.
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Payments

Daily Dash: US Senator Queries Ratings Firms Over ESG Scoring

Republican senator calls on ratings firms to share ESG methodologies, Iran pilots a CBDC and Citi announces it is exiting the UK retail banking market.
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Payments

Philippines To Start Mass Deportation Of Online Gambling Workers

The Philippines’ justice secretary has announced the deportation of at least 281 Chinese citizens who worked illegally for offshore-facing online gambling companies (POGOs) and warned as many as 40,000 foreigners now fall into this category.
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Gambling

Maryland Mandates Rolling Start For Mobile Betting, As Massachusetts Mulls Launch Approach

On the same day that Maryland regulators resolved to award licenses for online sports betting on a rolling basis, counterparts in Massachusetts were urged by numerous operators to instead establish a universal launch date for legal sports wagering.
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Gambling

Brazilian Executives Bet On Regulation By March

Brazilian executives have told the industry it can reasonably expect regulations for sports betting soon after the presidential election is over on October 30.
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Gambling

Fire-Breathing U.S. Casino Leaders Urge Destruction Of Illegal Industry

In unusually harsh rhetoric, the mild-mannered CEO and president of the American Gaming Association on Thursday called for the annihilation of the unlawful gambling industry and the head of Penn National described illegal operators as “cockroaches.”
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Gambling

News In Brief: September 19-September 23, 2022

New lotteries created in Brazil, William Hill fined $100,000 in Nevada and PlayUp to complete SPAC listing.
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Gambling

MiCA’s Final Draft Text Excludes DeFi And NFTs

Non-fungible tokens (NFTs) and decentralised finance (DeFi) look set to remain untouched by the EU’s Markets in Crypto-Assets (MiCA) regulation, as seen by VIXIO.
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Payments

Real-Time Payments: Next Stop New Zealand

Payments NZ, the operator of New Zealand’s core payments system, has set its sights on real-time payments as the next chapter in the country’s payments modernisation journey.
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Payments

Hungary Card Payments Boom, But Mixed Picture About SCA Impact

Card payments are booming in Hungary, central bank data shows, despite early fears that the introduction of strong customer authentication (SCA) would hold back the growth of digital payments. However, as card usage grows so does fraud.
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Payments

Nevada Committee Nears Regulations For Esports Betting

A Nevada special committee has taken another step forward in establishing a regulatory framework that would make it easier for sportsbooks to take wagers on rapidly growing esports competitions.
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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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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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Regulatory Influencer: UK’s Updated Safeguarding Regime Will Demand More From Payment Firms

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has issued a policy statement ( PS25/12) outlining new safeguarding rules and signalling a significant compliance overhaul.
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UK Open Banking Takes Step Into Future As Details Of Future Entity Outlined

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has issued a statement setting out the standard-setting body’s likely responsibilities.
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News In Brief: August 11-August 15, 2025

BetBlocker, ROGA partner on U.S. blocking software, while Texas Sands PAC sits on $9.3m.
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