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FinCEN Issues Warning On Terrorism Financing

Payments firms must look out for red flags indicating that they are being used to transfer funds to terrorist group ISIS and its global affiliates, US Financial Crimes Enforcement Network has said.
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European Commission Accuses 13 Member States Of Missing DORA Deadline

The European Commission has launched infringement proceedings against 13 EU member states for failing to fully transpose the flagship Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA) into national law by the January 17 deadline.
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Trump Administration To Scrap Corporate Transparency Act For US Citizens, Companies

In the latest twist to the rollout of the Corporate Transparency Act, the Trump administration has vowed to exempt US citizens and companies from its controversial beneficial ownership reporting requirements.
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SEC Issues Staff Statement On Meme Coins, Describes Them As 'Collectibles'

The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has announced that meme coins, such as the one issued by President Trump, are akin to "collectibles" and will not be considered "securities".
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Brazil Betting Decree To Map Out Enforcement Powers, Restrict State Lotteries

Under the cloud of an escalating match-fixing scandal, Brazil’s government is set to finally publish implementing legislation to establish a regulatory regime for sports betting that will be reinforced by payments and website blocking of unlicensed sites.
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Malta Defends Foreign Judgment Bill

Malta’s government ministry responsible for a bill that aims to prohibit foreign judgments from being enforced against gambling providers licensed in the country has defended its plans.
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Gambling

Fifth Birthday Of Historic U.S. Supreme Court Decision On Sports Betting

It seems appropriate for Mother’s Day to fall this year on the same day as the fifth anniversary of the United States Supreme Court decision which gave birth to what has quickly become the world’s largest sports-betting market.
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Texas Sports-Betting Bill Passes House, But Senate Approval Unlikely

Texas took a giant step toward eventually legalizing sports betting on Thursday when the state’s House of Representatives narrowly approved a constitutional resolution to allow online wagering.
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Ecuador's Road To Regulation: In Conversation With Francisco Briones

VIXIO GamblingCompliance sat down with Francisco Briones, the director general of Ecuador's Internal Revenue Service, to discuss the country’s road to gambling regulation.
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Swedish Ruling Could Reduce Past And Future Fines

The Supreme Administrative Court of Sweden has ruled that penalty fees issued by the Swedish Gambling Authority should be based on gross gaming revenue (GGR), not annual turnover.
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Singapore Proposes Broad Reform Of Payments Regulation

The Monetary Authority of Singapore has proposed new amendments to the Payment Services Regulations 2019 in a bid to streamline the country’s rules for payment firms.
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Payments

Latest EU Sanction Proposals Target Third-Country Circumvention

The European Commission marked Europe Day with a visit to Kyiv and an 11th package of sanctions against Russia.
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Payments

Capital One Accuses Walmart Of Scrapping Credit Card Deal To Fly Solo

The US retail giant is seeking to end a deal with Capital One citing bad customer service on the bank’s side, but Capital One argues the real motive is linked to Walmart’s strategy to build its own financial super app.
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Payments

Brazil Betting Operators Announce Advertising Code

An association of Brazil-facing operators has announced a new self-regulatory code for betting advertising, including a ban on any televised ads until after 9pm.
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Gambling

No Exclusivity, No Sports Betting, Tribes Warn Minnesota Lawmakers

With less than two weeks left before the Minnesota legislature adjourns its 2023 session, supporters of sports betting are running out of time to garner enough support from the state’s two racetracks and skeptical senators to get a bill through both chambers and onto the governor’s desk.
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Fanatics Gaming Boss Talks Sports-Betting Strategy

One of the biggest sources of intrigue in the U.S. sports-betting industry for 2023 is the emergence of a new well-capitalized competitor in the form of sports merchandise giant Fanatics, whose top gaming executive spoke Wednesday about the company’s forthcoming launch in several states.
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Malta Wants To Ban Foreign Judgments Against Gambling Firms

The Maltese government wants to prohibit foreign judgments, including those from within the European Union, from being enforced against gambling providers licensed in Malta.
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U.S. iGaming Advocates Eyeing Illinois For 2023 Breakthrough

Leading U.S. operators are now looking to Illinois to get iGaming expansion on the board for 2023, as budget surpluses and lingering cannibalization concerns continue to stifle legislative efforts in other states.
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News In Brief: May 8-May 12, 2023

A Denmark gambling harm research group has revealed the donations it received from the local industry and Kyrgyzstan issues its first casino licence after un-banning the sector.
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PSR ’Watching’ Tech Companies Carefully

A senior official at the UK's Payment Systems Regulator (PSR) has disclosed that the organisation is keeping a close eye on bigtech’s growing role in payments, joining other regulators across the continent.
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Payments

Florida Lawmakers Say No To CBDC In Near-Unanimous Vote

Lawmakers in Florida have passed a bill that seeks to ban the use of a federal or foreign central bank digital currency (CBDC) within the state, although the governor has acknowledged that the bill is largely symbolic.
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Payments

Colombia Mandates Open Data In Ambitious National Development Plan

Colombia’s fintech industry is celebrating the passage of Gustavo Petro’s $250bn development plan, which includes significant advances for the country’s payments space.
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Payments

Vermont Sports-Betting Vote Caps Historic Five-Year U.S. Gaming Expansion

Just days before the fifth anniversary of the landmark court decision that opened the door for a sports-betting boom in the U.S, Vermont legislators have put their state a governor’s signature away from becoming the 38th U.S. state to allow betting.
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Brazil's Football Clubs Dealt Bad Hand On Match-Fixing, Revenue Shares

Brazilian football clubs are not getting what they bargained for on sports betting amidst a tense climate, as Congress prepares to launch an investigation into match-fixing allegations.
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Hong Kong Ushers In New Stablecoin Regime

The Legislative Council has passed a stablecoins bill as part of a broader push to tighten oversight of crypto-assets that mirrors other international compliance rules.
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India Launches 'Financial Fraud Risk Indicator' To Tackle UPI Scams

The tool is intended to improve data sharing between the Department of Telecommunications, banks and Unified Payment Interface platforms in a bid to tackle digital payment fraud.
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BaFin Relaxes PSD2 Interface Rules For Card-Issuing PSPs

Germany’s financial regulator BaFin has announced that it will temporarily relax enforcement of certain technical and reporting requirements under the revised Payment Services Directive (PSD2) for account-servicing payment service providers.
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Manipulation-Based Scams On The Rise In Sweden, Warns Regulator

The Swedish financial watchdog has announced that payments fraud is declining overall, but says the use of tactics such as social engineering is increasing, echoing other countries in Europe and elsewhere.
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Mastercard Hit With £200m Bill For 'Unlawfully High' Fees

The UK’s Competition Appeal Tribunal has approved the settlement in the long-running class action centred on fees the card network imposed between 1992 and 2008.
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GENIUS Act Clears Initial Vote After Some Democrats Relent

In the US, key Democrat senators have softened their position on the bipartisan stablecoin regulation, meaning that it can progress to the next stage in the legislative process.
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'Transparency' Issue Opens Door For Consumer Duty Scrutiny In Payments

Recent guidance from the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) that identified issues with international payments may be a sign that the regulator is ramping up its use of supervisory tools for the Consumer Duty regime.
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Australia Launches Consultation Ahead Of AML/CTF Law Coming Into Force

The Australian government has launched a second public consultation on the country’s anti-money laundering and counter terrorism financing (AML/CTF) regime, following legislation passed last year.
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UK Government Moves To Tame 'Wild West' BNPL Market

HM Treasury has announced plans to regulate buy now, pay later (BNPL) lending, aiming to boost consumer confidence and give firms the certainty they need to innovate, grow and invest.
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Be Wary Of Overregulating Financial Services Use Of AI, MEPs Warn EU

In a draft report, legislators have called for greater clarity and consistency in the oversight of artificial intelligence (AI) in the financial sector, amid concerns that overlapping rules could stifle innovation and trigger legal uncertainty.
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