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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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Amazon And EPI Among Companies Tapped By ECB For Digital Euro Project

The European Central Bank (ECB) has announced that it will collaborate with five companies, which range from bigtech to EU banking institutions, to develop potential user interfaces for the digital euro as the project veers forward.
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Payments

Twitch Bans Gambling Streams From Unlicensed Sites

Internet livestreaming giant Twitch announced Tuesday that it will prohibit streams of gambling content originating from sites that are not licensed in the United States or other jurisdictions that provide “sufficient consumer protection.”
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Gambling

UK National Lottery Transition Officially Underway

The process to hand over the reins of the UK National Lottery has officially started, according to the UK’s gambling regulator.
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Gambling

Betway Penalised In UK For Ads On Children's Pages Of Football Club

​​​​​​​Betway will pay a £409,000 penalty for marketing on the children’s section of West Ham United football club’s website, the UK’s Gambling Commission has announced.
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Gambling

German Court Throws Out Local Tax On Bookmaker Shops

​​​​​​​Germany’s highest administrative court has ruled that municipalities may not levy an additional betting tax on retail shops, in a victory for bookmakers including Tipico, Tipwin and Playtech’s HappyBet.
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Gambling

California Lacking Knowledge On Problem Gambling, Audit Finds

With less than two months before Californians decide the fate of two ballot initiatives to open the nation’s largest state to legal retail and mobile sports betting, a recent audit found the state agency charged with raising awareness of problem gambling is unprepared for any expansion of gaming.
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Gambling

More Principles Based, Less Detailed: Danish Regulator Outlines PSD3 Hopes

Speaking exclusively to VIXIO, Denmark’s payments regulation lead has suggested changes to strong customer authentication (SCA), banks’ obligations and APIs should be on the agenda for the next iteration of the Payment Services Directive (PSD3).
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Payments

Who Bears The Costs? The Challenges To Durbin’s Credit Card Bill

Since US Senator Richard Durbin introduced the Credit Card Competition Act in August, banks, credit unions and other market players have reacted against the proposed legislation. VIXIO takes a look at some of the issues driving the debate.
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Payments

FATF, Interpol Launch New Forum To Intensify Global Asset Recovery

The two agencies have launched a new forum that will coordinate cross-border tracing, seizure and confiscation of criminal assets, with a focus on cyber-enabled financial crime.
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Payments

Support For POGO Ban Swells Amid Rescue Of 173 Staff

A bill that would ban all offshore-facing and local online gambling in the Philippines has attracted heavyweight support amid police raids on two operations that freed 173 captive staff from at least five countries.
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Gambling

IGT Wins Wire Act Case Against Justice Department In Rhode Island

The U.S. Wire Act of 1961 does not prevent International Game Technology (IGT) from continuing online gambling and lottery operations in Rhode Island and other states, a federal judge ruled last week.
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Gambling

German Regulator Says It Expects More Freedom Next Year

​​​​​​​The German “super regulator” may at last be freer to make independent decisions from January 1, 2023 if a representative of the regulator is correct.
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Gambling

New Swedish Government Could Soften Rules On Advertising, Bonuses

Sweden's government is set to change after a closely fought election, heralding a new approach to the gambling industry, experts predict.
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Gambling

Will Tough UK Gambling Restrictions Spread Elsewhere?

UK gambling lawyers and executives fear proposed player affordability measures and wonder whether such restrictive measures are a “sign of things to come” for the rest of the world’s gambling industry.
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Gambling

Temporary Licenses Cloud Massachusetts Sports-Betting Rollout

As the Massachusetts Gaming Commission continues the process of creating regulations to oversee legal retail and mobile sports betting, regulators will gather twice more this week to consider how to certify independent testing labs and hear from interested operators.
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Gambling

Anonymity Of Gamblers Disappears As U.S. Gaming Industry Enters Digital Era

The days when people could gamble without anyone else knowing are rapidly fading as the online industry expands and produces data crucial for tracking and preventing gambling addiction.
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Gambling

Week In Crypto: LUNA Co-Founder Issued Arrest Warrant And Guilty Plea In Coinbase Insider Trading Case

South Korea issues arrest warrants for the developers of the LUNA token, a guilty plea is entered in crypto’s first insider trading case and Celsius opens up about its "hero’s journey" to redemption.
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Payments

VIXIO Impact Index: August Offers Firms Regulatory Breathing Space

Seasonally low volume of global regulatory events provide compliance teams with some welcome respite, but change is on the way as new Prime Ministers in the UK and Australia look to shake up the payments space, particularly in the non-bank lending sector.
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Payments

Common API Standard Divides Industry And Regulatory Representatives

The European Banking Authority (EBA) has proposed that the next Payment Services Directive introduce a common API standard. However, TrueLayer’s public policy chief, speaking during a VIXIO webinar, says there are other options to improve current market problems.
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Payments

Daily Dash: EU Extends Russian Sanctions And Proposes New Cybersecurity Safeguards

The European Council announces that Russia sanctions will continue, while the European Commission proposes a new cybersecurity trustmark for software and connected products in its fight against ransomware. Elsewhere, Uruguayan policymakers propose a bill to regulate crypto.
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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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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

Greece’s gambling regulator is updating the country's gambling laws.
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Efforts To Regulate BNPL Introduce New Challenges For Providers

With the use of buy now, pay later (BNPL) services increasing worldwide, authorities are working out how to ensure they are properly regulated and that consumers have an appropriate level of protection.
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Allwyn Under Fire As National Lottery Remains Deeply Contentious

New UK National Lottery operator Allwyn is under investigation by the Gambling Commission over alleged delays in its rollout of promised reforms, as the regulator itself faces a two-pronged legal assault over its handling of the nationwide draw.
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Philippine Online Interests Form Trade Body As Peril Grows

Leading Philippine online gambling companies have created an industry association to promote compliance and public awareness as the Senate scrutinises bills calling for tighter regulation or a full ban.
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Trump Order Tightens US Debanking Rules, Boosting Access for Crypto Firms

In a sweeping move aimed at guaranteeing fair access to financial services for all Americans, President Trump has issued an executive order targeting “politicized or unlawful debanking” by financial institutions and federal regulators.
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Use Your Registration Or Lose It, AUSTRAC Warns Remittance Service Providers

Australian remittance service businesses must use their registration or see it cancelled, the Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre (AUSTRAC) has said, launching a voluntary deregistration drive.
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