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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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Visa Launches Tool For Merchants To Fight Friendly Fraud

Compelling Evidence 3.0, Visa’s new fraud-fighting tool aimed at preventing invalid chargebacks, goes live as friendly fraud tops merchant concerns.
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Payments

Dutch Trade Groups Fear Black Market Surge

Dutch trade groups fear that the raft of incoming advertising restrictions could lead to more consumers using the black market.
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Gambling

Finnish Court Overrules Gambling Advertising Fine

The Helsinki Administrative Court has overturned an €800,000 fine levied by Finland’s National Police Board, which had also banned gambling advertising offered by Eurosport 1 television channel.
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Gambling

U.S. Sports Leagues, Broadcasters Form Responsible Advertising Coalition

Major U.S. sports leagues and television broadcasters have formed a new coalition aimed at ensuring responsible advertising of sports betting.
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Gambling

The Song Remains The Same: iGaming Legalization Struggles Persist In 2023

It remains a mystery to many industry executives why some 37 states and the District of Columbia allow sports betting but only six regulate internet gaming, with states such as Indiana, Illinois and New York all coming up short in their efforts to legalize iGaming in 2023.
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Gambling

Indonesia Seeks Domestic Credit Card Network To Rival Visa, Mastercard

In a further display of payments nationalism, Indonesia is set to launch a domestic credit card network that will offer a low-cost alternative to Visa and Mastercard.
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Payments

Western-Super-App? What Twitter’s eToro Tie-In Could Mean

Twitter’s announcement that it is partnering with the crypto platform shows that Elon Musk is serious about a move into finance, but how impactful will this be?
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Payments

Dutch Fine For BetEnt As Ad Ban Details Published

The Netherlands Gambling Authority has issued a €400,000 fine to BetEnt, a Dutch online gambling company owned by Entain, for distributing advertising that was improperly directed to young adults, as the government reveals details of its impending advertising prohibition.
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Gambling

Massachusetts Mobile Sports-Betting Opening Tops $568m In Handle

Online sportsbooks in Massachusetts brought in just over $46m in gross revenue in the state’s abbreviated first month of business, a strong opening performance that immediately catapults the state into the upper echelon of U.S. sports-betting markets.
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Gambling

Italy Pushes Forward Retail Reorganisation After EU Ruling

Under the cloud of a Court of Justice of the European Union ruling, Italy is attempting to finally complete the controversial remodelling of its multi-billion euro land-based sector.
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Gambling

Court Ruling On Florida Compact Could Impact Sports Betting In California

Legal experts predict that sports-betting ballot initiatives are likely to be resurrected in California, with the future of Indian gaming to be significantly influenced by a pending decision from a federal appeals court in Washington, D.C. regarding a gambling compact between the Seminole Tribe and Florida Governor Ron DeSantis.
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Gambling

Norwegian Monopoly Increases Profit, Customers

Profits and number of customers increased at Norwegian government-owned gambling monopoly operator Norsk Tipping in 2022, according to its latest annual report.
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Gambling

SEC Gives Green Light To PayPal ’Viewpoint Discrimination’ Probe

The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has given the thumbs up for shareholders to decide whether to investigate “viewpoint discrimination” at PayPal after the firm’s proposal to hand out fines for spreading misinformation backfired.
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Payments

Australia Regulators In Panic As Losses From Scams Rocket In 2022

Australian regulators are scrambling to protect consumers following a new report showing that Australians lost at least A$3.1bn ($2bn) to scams in 2022.
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Payments

Relief As UK Regulators Unveil Next Open Banking Chapter

The Joint Regulatory Oversight Committee has set out its recommendations for the next phase of open banking in the UK.
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Payments

India To Block Payments For Illegal Online Gaming

India is preparing to order payments companies and other financial institutions to block payments to illegal domestic and foreign gaming websites, a Cabinet official told the Economic Times on Monday.
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Gambling

Brazil Betting Tax Rate Much Higher Than UK, Lawyers Warn

Brazilian gambling interests are unhappy with the government's proposed tax rates for sports betting, arguing that the UK's headline rate of 15 percent is not a like-for-like comparison due to various other taxes that will also be applied.
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Gambling

Finland Needs Licensing Or More Enforcement Powers, Says Report

Finland's monopoly system is at a “crossroads” and it must consider introducing a licensing system or more measures to prevent unlicensed online gambling, according to a highly anticipated report by the Ministry of the Interior.
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Gambling

Nevada Assembly Passes Lottery Bill, Gaming Reform Clears Committee

Despite opposition from the casino industry, the Nevada Assembly on Monday approved a constitutional resolution to legalize a lottery, the latest effort over the decades to add the Silver State to the list of 45 states that have lotteries.
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Gambling

Switzerland To Explore Stablecoins, Wholesale CBDC In New Tokenised Settlement Tests

The Swiss central bank has confirmed that it will use stablecoins and wholesale central bank digital currency (CBDC) to test tokenised settlement models, in an attempt to study both public- and privately-issued tokenised money.
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Ex-GVC Holdings CEO Among 11 Charged In UK Over Gambling Services In Turkey

The UK’s Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has charged 11 individuals with serious offences, including conspiracy to defraud and conspiracy to bribe, related to the provision of gambling services in Turkey between 2011 and 2018.
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Georgia Lawmakers Encouraged To Lift Casino, Sports Betting Ban

Sports betting remains illegal in Georgia as efforts during the 2025 legislative session failed to get a bill through either chamber of the General Assembly, a familiar pattern that has seen several years of industry optimism followed by lawmakers failing to pass any legislation.
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Spanish Lawmakers Push To Renew Ad Ban, Amp Pressure On Suppliers

Spanish authorities are once again attempting to restore a gambling advertising ban struck down by the courts and are also taking the opportunity to demand that suppliers stay away from the black market.
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All Eyes On Supreme Court As India Online Ban Ravages Industry

India’s online real-money gaming (RMG) companies and investors have begun closing operations, writing off hundreds of millions of dollars in losses and scrambling for new business plans after central government ambush legislation banned the RMG sector.
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U.S. Problem Gambling Surveys Draw Mixed Conclusions

Recent studies of the prevalence of problem gambling and problematic play have drawn a mix of conclusions about the effects of sports betting expansion.
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New York Moves To Ban Bulk Buying Of Lottery Tickets

New York regulators have moved to ban “bulk buying” of lottery tickets to prevent scandals such as two incidents that lead to changes with the Texas Lottery when an out-of-state syndicate bought nearly all the numerical combinations to win a $95m jackpot.
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Binance Audit Signals Next Phase Of Australia’s Crypto Regulation

The scrutiny of the world’s largest exchange reflects broader reforms aimed at closing gaps in virtual asset regulation and tackling money laundering risks in the digital asset sector.
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Brazil Regulator Reveals Revenue Data, Enforcement Activity

Brazil’s newly licensed online gambling operators generated more than US$3bn in gross revenue in the first six months after regulation, putting the Brazilian market well on track to become the second largest in the world.
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Malta Unveils Intensified AML/CTF Plan For The Year Ahead

The country’s Financial Intelligence Analysis Unit (FIAU) will scrutinise crypto companies’ ownership structures over the next year as part of its ongoing drive against illicit finance.
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CFPB Invites Comments On Proposed Changes To Open Banking Rule

Amid confusion around the regulation of open banking in the US, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has issued a request for comment to clarify industry views on key points.
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