Insights

Your window into the complex world of compliance and regulations

Our industry experts regularly spend time with lawmakers, regulators and industry participants to get to the heart of regulatory issues. We deliver our expert insights across multiple media to ensure timely delivery of information to meet your everyday needs.

From quick blog insights through to industry events, we provide you with the depth and breadth of knowledge needed to help you make the right business decisions, staying compliant and gaining a competitive advantage.

Automatic Pix Goes Live, Enabling Recurring Payments in Brazil

Pix, Brazil’s instant payments system, has introduced a recurring payments mechanism, aiming to simplify bill payments for consumers.
Read more

Sweepstakes Ban Under Consideration in New York, Vetoed In Louisiana

As one state legislature looks to reinforce regulatory actions against sweepstakes gaming operations, another has seen the governor veto a legislative ban, calling it unnecessary.
Read more

Pay.UK Sets Out Ideas For Reforming UK’s Payments Infrastructure

Payment system operator Pay.UK has unveiled a package of proposed reforms to the organisational framework for interbank payments, urging “radical” change to prevent the UK falling behind on infrastructure and innovation.
Read more

Presidential Decree Confirms Brazil Betting Tax Hike

A sharp increase in the main tax applied to online betting in Brazil became reality late Wednesday when an emergency decree was published in the Brazilian government’s official gazette.
Read more

Fewer Rules, More Costs? PRA Outline Priorities

Smaller banks are set to offer cheaper mortgages as the Bank of England’s Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) commits to easing rules following the UK's withdrawal from the EU.
Read moreRead more
Payments

PIX Scam May Lead to 12 Years’ Imprisonment

A new Brazilian bill would tighten penalties for social media scams, embezzlement and extortion involving PIX or WhatsApp.
Read moreRead more
Payments

APP Fraud Continues To Keep Banks Up At Night

TSB, one of the UK’s largest challenger banks, has put out an “urgent warning” about impersonation fraud in the UK, stating that it has accounted for one-third of fraud cases since the start of the year, and over a half of total losses (55 percent).
Read moreRead more
Payments

Royal Stamp Of Approval For CBDCs In New BIS Op-Ed

Queen Máxima of the Netherlands, who serves as the United Nations Secretary-General's Special Advocate for Inclusive Finance for Development, has joined the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) chief in endorsing the potential for central bank digital currencies (CBDCs).
Read moreRead more
Payments

The Year Of Losing Heavily: Taiwan’s Digital Bank Pioneers Count The Cost In Annual Results

Taiwan’s first two digital banking entrants have just completed their first year in business, with strong customer growth coming at the expense of profits.
Read moreRead more
Payments

Open For Business: Bank Of Thailand Scraps Red Tape Around FX Transactions

Thailand relaxes foreign exchange (FX) regulations as it seeks to help the private sector cut costs and improve risk management.
Read moreRead more
Payments

US Sanctions Crypto Mining Company For The First Time

In a landmark designation, the US Treasury has sanctioned Bitriver, the largest Russian provider for green cryptocurrency mining, in fear that the crypto farm could help Russia evade US sanctions.
Read moreRead more
Payments

Tribes Face Difficult Choice To Run Online Offering Or Sell Market Access

As more and more states legalize online sports betting and eventually, online casino, tribal nations with existing casino operations are faced with a need to adjust to an unfamiliar space in digital gaming.
Read moreRead more
Gambling

Mobile Sports Betting Still Months From Launch In Maryland

Although it has been almost six months since Republican Governor Larry Hogan was joined by politicians and retired athletes as he placed the first legal retail sports bet in Maryland at MGM National Harbor, mobile wagering still has not been launched.
Read moreRead more
Gambling

News Corp, BetMakers, Tekkorp Form Online Gaming Venture

Australia’s BetMakers Technology Group has confirmed the formation of Australasian online wagering venture NTD, backed by a consortium including News Corp Australia, US-based online gaming fund Tekkorp and veteran industry player Matt Tripp.
Read moreRead more
Gambling

News In Brief: April 18-April 22, 2022

Colorado pondering correct tax rates, Nevada regulator confirms investigation into Resorts World executive, Ontario clarifies bonus rule
Read moreRead more
Gambling

Crypto Payments Accelerating, Says New Research

As the adoption of cryptocurrencies surges, US consumers are increasingly keen to use their digital assets to pay for goods and services.
Read moreRead more
Payments

PSP Fine Slashed By Maltese Court

A payment service provider (PSP) whose licence was revoked by the Malta Financial Services Authority (MFSA) has had a €156,000 fine for anti-money laundering failures slashed by a court of appeal.
Read moreRead more
Payments

‘Fast-Moving’ Fintech, Defi Need Tougher Regulations, Says New IMF Report

A new report from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has called for greater regulation of “fast-moving” fintech firms, including neobanks and decentralised finance (defi) whose rapid growth could pose “systemic” risks to financial stability.
Read moreRead more
Payments

More Work To Be Done, FATF Compliance Report Says

No country can claim to have a perfect national framework to address money laundering, terrorist or proliferation financing, the Financial Action Task Force’s (FATF) president has said in a new report on compliance.
Read moreRead more
Payments

California Sports Betting Battle Top Of Mind At Tribal Gaming Convention

November’s election in California, which could feature as many as three different proposals to legalize sports betting in the state, is looming large over this year’s Indian Gaming Tradeshow and Convention.
Read moreRead more
Gambling

German Regulator Faces Multiple Betting Lawsuits, Publication Says

Legal action has targeted provisions including those limiting live bets and setting a €1,000 monthly limit on deposits, according to German magazine WirtschaftsWoche. The council has been reviewing licence applications since January 2020 but on January 1, 2023, its authority passes to the planned central regulator, the Joint Gaming Authority for the Federal States (GGL).  The council has supplied 41 licences, although some companies have several.
Read moreRead more
Gambling

Senecas Take To The Streets In Gaming Feud With New York

About 200 people supporting the Seneca Nation marched in the streets of Buffalo, New York, last week as the tribe’s bitter conflict with Democratic Governor Kathy Hochul over gaming revenue continues to escalate.
Read moreRead more
Gambling

German Football Club Pauses Unibet Sponsorship Over Lack Of Licence

​​​​​​​Borussia Mönchengladbach of Germany’s Bundesliga football league has paused its sponsorship with Kindred’s Unibet as the online gambling operator has not yet obtained a German sports betting licence.
Read moreRead more
Gambling

China’s Ant Group To Acquire Stake In Singapore Payments Firm 2C2P

After its aborted IPO in 2020, Ant Group is quietly building out its overseas business on a lighter budget, with its majority stake acquisition of a regional merchant payments platform.
Read moreRead more
Payments
Archive
Thank you! Your submission has been received!
Oops! Something went wrong while submitting the form.

Premium Content

Our premium content is available to users of our services.
To view articles, please log in to your account, or sign up today for full access:

Romanian Gambling Ad Restrictions Incoming But Lawyers Flag Need For Clarity

Romania’s new Audiovisual Code introduces several important changes, clarifications and restrictions; however, questions raised about the definitions, such as sports personality or influencer, have not been “thoroughly defined”, according to legal experts.
Read article

Australia’s Project Acacia Blossoming Into Six-Month Testing Phase

Project Acacia, Australia’s research program into wholesale digital currency, has reached a “significant milestone”, with participants selected to explore innovations in digital money and settlement infrastructure.
Read article

Big Tech Joins Forces With Telcos Under Hong Kong’s Latest Anti-Scam Charter

Financial regulators in Hong Kong have announced the launch of a new anti-scam charter that will see telcos and big tech firms participate for the first time.
Read article

U.S. Senate Fails To Roll Back Change To Gambling Tax Deductions

The effort to reverse one of the tax hikes in President Donald Trump’s “One Big, Beautiful Bill” came up short in the Senate on Thursday due to opposition from a lone senator who sought to add an exemption of religious colleges from the federal endowment tax.
Read article

Regulatory Influencer: Concurrent Market Liberalisation In The Two Congos

Two of the French-speaking jurisdictions within the Congo Basin, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and the Republic of Congo (Brazzaville), have simultaneously embarked upon devising gambling regulation. Following years of relying upon aged legislation, which monopolised the operation of gambling to state-owned entities, the Congolese market is finally liberalising.The bigger picture
Read article

California's Daily Fantasy Sports Opinion: Key Policy Points To Watch

California Attorney General Rob Bonta's opinion last week that deemed daily fantasy sports to be a form of illegal gambling is a new policy wrinkle in a state that has consistently been a flashpoint when it comes to the gaming market.
Read article

French Regulator Reignites Calls For Whistle-to-Whistle Ban and Loss Limits

France’s gambling regulator has once again reiterated calls to introduce a whistle-to-whistle advertising ban, as well as loss limits for players aged 18-25 years old.The president of France’s National Gambling Authority (ANJ), Isabelle Falque-Pierrotin, said changes to the country's regulatory framework are “essential” for a sustainable gambling industry model during her closing remarks at a conference addressing gambling addiction on June 27, 2025.
Read article

CFPB Suffers Double Shock As Budget Slashed And Redundancies Ruled Lawful

Opponents of the US Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) have experienced twin triumphs, as an injunction halting the agency's restructuring has been lifted and the federal budget bill has almost halved its funding.
Read article

Regulatory Influencer: The Key Updates to the EU’s Payment Services Package

The EU has for some time been working on updating its regulation of the payments sector, planning to issue a revised directive and to introduce a bloc-wide payment services regulation.
Read article

FCA’s £21m Monzo Fine Emphasises That Growth Must Be Responsible

By imposing the fine on the challenger bank, the UK financial services regulator has sent a reminder to disruptors that they must pay attention to their regulatory duties.
Read article
Still can’t find what you’re looking for? Get in touch to speak to a member of our team, and we’ll do our best to answer.