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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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Canadian Broadcasters Say Negative Sports-Betting Ad Feedback Minimal

Officials from two of Canada’s top sports television networks have said that despite frequent negative media reports about the barrage of sports-betting advertising, customer complaints have been minimal and have tapered off over the first year of regulated online gaming in Ontario.
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Gambling

Advance Deposit Wagering On Different Paths In South Carolina, Oregon

The U.S. horseracing industry has been in decline for decades, but legislative support remains strong to use advance deposit wagering tax proceeds to support horse breeders, owners and racetracks in states with a long history of thoroughbred and quarter horse races.
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Gambling

Week In Crypto: Binance CEO, NBA Star Named In New $1bn Class Action Lawsuit

Another day, another major lawsuit hits Binance in the US, Tether is accused of sneaking into the US banking system and collapsed hedge fund Three Arrows Capital launches a bankruptcy claims exchange.
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Payments

’Serious Concerns’ About New Money Laundering Regulation, Says EU Data Protection Watchdog

The European Data Protection Board has written to legislators to express its concerns about a perceived lack of privacy protections in a new anti-money laundering regulation.
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Payments

Daily Dash: Mastercard Commits To Recycled Plastic Cards

Mastercard confirms plans for first-use plastics to be ousted from its network by 2028, while US authorities file fraud charges against a prominent entrepreneur in relation to a J.P. Morgan Chase acquisition.
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Payments

Tackling Financial Crime And Protecting Consumers Top Bill In New FCA Strategy

The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has set out its plans for the next year, as industry prepares itself for several key regulatory overhauls, including the Consumer Duty.
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Payments

Brazilian Football Clubs Demand Say In Sports-Betting Decree

Eight leading Brazilian football clubs have written a public letter demanding to participate in the drafting of the presidential sports-betting decree before it is finalised.
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Gambling

No U.S. Ban Expected From Sports-Betting Advertising Backlash

Despite the aggressive advertising campaigns used by sports-betting operators to gain market share in the U.S., industry experts believe it remains unlikely there will be a full or even partial advertising ban, even with significant backlash from some sports fans and anti-gambling advocates.
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Gambling

British Member Of Parliament Suspended Over Gambling Lobbying Sting

​​​​​​​A Conservative Party member of the British parliament has been suspended after a sting pulled by newspaper reporters who tried to get him to improperly lobby on behalf of a fictitious gambling company.
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Gambling

Finland Election Winners Want To End Monopoly

The winners of Finland’s recent general election have said they are keen to “give up” the Veikkaus monopoly and move the country to a licence-based system for online gambling.
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Gambling

News In Brief: April 3-April 6, 2023

Curaçao minister promises industry tour, Missouri sports-betting bill pulled and Crown Resorts data emerges on the dark web.
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Gambling

EU Banking Groups Voice Concerns As Digital Euro Looms

The European Savings Banks Group and European Banking Federation have both set out their thoughts on where the most pertinent risks exist for the introduction of a digital euro.
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Payments

UK BNPL Consultation and Beyond: Regulatory Impacts on Firms

The aim of this regulatory analysis is to bring attention to the expansion of the use of buy now, pay later (BNPL) products, with a focus on the UK’s approach. It also provides an overview of other countries’ positions towards this type of product to highlight the main differences in their approaches.
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Payments

RBA Sees Promise In QR Code Payments, But Will Australians Follow?

As the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) gets behind efforts to expand QR code payments, we ask whether a market dominated by debit and credit cards is open to change.
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Payments

Impact Index March 2023

VIXIO’s impact index rose 23 points in March, continuing the steady rise but below the same period last year, a year after sanctions.
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Payments

Under Siege, Gaming's King Of The South Mulls Internet Sports Betting

As bordering states such as Tennessee and Louisiana continue to produce impressive revenue from online wagering, Mississippi is finally taking a hard look at expanding its sports-betting operations to the internet.
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Gambling

Botswana Advances Online Licensing Plans

Botswana’s gambling regulator has published a draft betting licence application, kickstarting the country’s long-held ambition to grow its sports betting and online gambling industry.
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Gambling

Ontario Officials 'Thrilled' At One-Year iGaming Anniversary

Ontario’s gaming industry on Tuesday celebrated the first anniversary of private online gambling operators launching in the province, with top provincial officials hailing year one of regulated iGaming as a major success.
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Gambling

Mendoza Awards Online Betting Licences

Argentina’s province of Mendoza has finally announced its long-awaited list of successful online gambling licence applicants, accepting five of the ten applications.
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Gambling

White Label Provider TGP To Pay Six-Figure UK Penalty

The UK Gambling Commission has assessed white label operator TGP Europe £316,250 over a series of anti-money laundering and social responsibility failings.
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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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