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Cross-border payments remain a priority in South-East Asia, as the two states agree on yet another QR code linkage.

The US Federal Reserve is narrowing the timing of the launch of FedNow and says it will roll out the new instant payment platform at some point between May and July next year.

Ukrainian regulators appear to have given the green light to controversial operator 1xBet after saying it has no apparent links to Russia.

Brazil’s Ministry of Justice is seeking information from more than 50 football teams and leagues over their marketing partnerships with offshore betting companies that remain unregulated in the country.

Iowa gaming regulators are cracking down on sports-betting operators and their technology vendors, assessing a total of $160,000 in fines against Caesars, FanDuel and PointsBet in recent weeks for not complying with state law.

Ontario’s online gaming agency has released the first batch of market performance data since the province launched its competitive sports betting and online casino market in April.

Ontario's gaming regulator is targeting an October 31 deadline for grey market online gaming operators to complete their transition into the regulated market.

The newest name in Nevada’s notorious “Black Book” signals a shift away from organized crime figures and casino cheats that have occupied the list of excluded persons for more than six decades to include a Las Vegas man with a history of forcing women into prostitution at Las Vegas resorts.

The Swedish Gambling Authority (Spelinspektionen) has fined operator AB Trav och Galopp (ATG) after its player exclusion system failed after a system update.

​​​​​​​Denmark's government wants to ban gambling adverts from 15 minutes before until 15 minutes after sports matches on TV.

It is getting nastier every day in California as gaming tribes fight to keep sports-betting interlopers off their turf, but no matter how bitter the conflict becomes, the seeds of future business relationships are being sown.

Thomas Brandt, chairman of the Sports Wagering Application Review Commission (SWARC), sent a letter Friday to a legislative review committee urging them to approve the commission’s proposed emergency regulations, allowing them to begin the application process for competitive sports-betting licenses.

As operators look to transition from massive spending on customer acquisition to retaining those customers, some industry leaders argue that simpler approaches may be better.

A UK lawmaker has expressed concern about Iceland, a UK-based supermarket, offering consumers a buy now, pay later (BNPL) product to help them deal with the cost of living, while American Express has been told by India's regulators that it is able to onboard customers again.

Germany has jumped ahead of the EU with a new set of policies to deal with money laundering, as its finance ministry says it will be making a paradigm shift to “follow the money”.

In June 2022, the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) published a report, “Targeted Update on Implementation of FATF’s Standards on Virtual Assets (VAs) and Virtual Assets Services Providers (VASPs)”, which focuses on the state of the implementation of the travel rule, among other things. The travel rule is provided for in Recommendation 16 (R16) of the FATF standards and requires firms within the private sector to obtain and/or exchange beneficiary and originator information when making VA transfers across different jurisdictions. This regulatory analysis looks at the framework that included VAs and VASPs in the scope of FATF’s standards and provides details on legislative provisions which have been or will be implemented in various countries, as well as the consequences for a breach, when provided.

Mastercard has revealed plans for crypto payments to go mainstream, Coinbase is sued by another disgruntled exchange user and Tether says no to freezing Tornado Cash.

The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is consulting on a draft strategic plan for the next four years, which includes a focus on regulating new technologies, enhancing its fraud prevention tools and building a diverse and skilled staff.

The Association of Licensees, Operators and Providers of the Entertainment and Gambling Industry in Mexico (AIEJA) has requested that the federal government restructure and simplify taxes for casinos.

FanDuel Group, which was required to exit Nevada’s legal gaming market almost seven years ago, will re-enter the state as a licensed company after gaming regulators approved its partnership with Boyd Gaming to redevelop and rebrand a retail sportsbook in downtown Las Vegas.