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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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Daily Dash: Mexico Tightens Rules On Information Exchange With Foreign Entities

Mexico has published new regulations on information exchange with foreign financial institutions, while India's central bank has welcomed another positive year for financial inclusion.
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Payments

Iowa Regulators Fine Tipico $20,000, Assess Timeline For Potential 20th Casino

The Iowa Racing and Gaming Commission plans to hold a meeting on Friday to set a timeline for dealing with any applications for a new casino license, a process that has been on hold during the state’s two-year licensing moratorium that recently expired.
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Gambling

Gaming Industry Still Vulnerable, Appealing For Cyberattacks

Following a series of high-profile cyberattacks on gaming companies in the last 12 months, industry officials have said the combination of money and data possessed by operators continues to make them an attractive target for hackers.
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Gambling

Brazil's New Taxes Raise Questions With No Ready Answers

Brazil’s proposed "sin" tax on online betting and other forms of gambling is being met with confusion from within the industry. 
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Gambling

UK Bans Another EA Ad For Not Adequately Disclosing Loot Boxes

The UK’s advertising watchdog has banned another Electronic Arts (EA) advert for failing to adequately disclose that its game contained the ability to purchase loot boxes. 
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Gambling

Dutch And German Regulators Release DORA Compliance Guidelines And Checklist

Financial institutions in the Netherlands and Germany have access to new resources to help them prepare for the Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA), which comes into effect on January 17, 2025.
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Payments

Daily Dash: Canada Proposes Strengthened Regulations For Money Services Businesses

Canada’s federal government is looking to introduce criminal record checks for key personnel at domestic money service businesses, while BNP Paribas has been fined for "severe" AML failures in Luxembourg.
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Payments

Casinos Top AUSTRAC's List For Laundering Risk In Gambling

Australia’s financial transactions regulator has issued a three-year forecast for money laundering vulnerability that rates the gambling sector overall as stable and medium risk.
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Gambling

Brazil Lawmakers Propose New 'Sin Tax' On Gambling

A congressional working group to implement a major Brazilian tax reform bill has proposed that all fixed-odd betting, sweepstakes, games of chance and fantasy sports should be subject to a so-called "sin" tax.
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Gambling

Ohio Regulator Seeks Comment On Updated Promotions, Bonuses Rule

Ohio sports-betting operators have until Friday to submit comments on an updated amendment to promotional and bonus regulations that seek to clarify how licensees can offer inducements connected to non-gaming transactions.
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Gambling

Nigeria Issues New Withholding Tax Regulations, Including Some Gambling Exemptions

Nigeria’s Federal Ministry of Finance has issued new regulations for deducting taxes from a range of payments at their source, including winnings from games of chance.
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Gambling

FinTech Australia Urges Regulators To Publish Clearer Data On Open Banking

A key fintech association in Australia is challenging the country’s regulators to offer more accurate open banking data, as disagreements emerge over how to quantify consumer adoption.
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Payments

EU Rejects Citizen Petition To Amend PSD2 Due To Costs

Polish citizen Krzysztof Banasiewicz’s petition urged amendments to the revised Payment Services Directive (PSD2) to ease the financial challenges faced by intra-EU emigrants and enhance security for payment service providers.
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Payments

EBA Sets Out Its MiCA Supervisory Priorities For 2024/2025

Internal governance and risk management and financial crime risk management will be among the European Banking Authority’s (EBA) key areas of focus for the coming year.
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Payments

Daily Dash: Visa, Mastercard Extend EU Antitrust Commitments On Interchange Fees

Visa and Mastercard have volunteered to extend a key antitrust commitment in the EU, while the first phase of a payment linkage between Russia and Iran is set to go live next month.
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Payments

Philippine Finance Minister To Recommend POGO Shutdown

The Philippine finance minister has said he will recommend to President Ferdinand Marcos Jr that foreign-facing online gambling operations be shut down amid escalating reports of criminal activity, violence and congressional anger.
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Gambling

Virginia Fines Rush Street Gaming's Rivers Casino $545,000

Rivers Casino in Portsmouth, Virginia, has agreed to pay more than a half-million dollars in fines to settle several violations of state gaming regulations that occurred last year and earlier this year.
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Gambling

Regulatory Influencer: FATF Updates Its 'Greylist' to Include Monaco and Venezuela

On June 28, 2024, the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) published its updated list of jurisdictions under increased monitoring, commonly referred to as the "greylist".
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Payments

Daily Dash: Dutch Finance Minister Proposes Law To Restrict UBO Register Access

The Netherlands has introduced a new draft law that will restrict access to ultimate beneficial owner registers, while Hong Kong has issued an AML fine to the local subsidiary of Singapore’s largest bank.
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Payments

Open Banking In Australia Has Failed To Live Up To Its Potential, Says ABA

The head of the Australian Banking Association (ABA) has said its members are seeing little return on their investment after spending heavily on open banking implementation.
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Brazil's New Payment Rules Raise Compliance Stakes For Banks And Fintechs

Tighter deadlines, stricter authorisation and higher capital thresholds are set to reshape how institutions and IT providers connect to Pix, with smaller players facing the greatest pressure.
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Unlimited Contactless Transactions Set To Transform UK Payments Market

Plans to scrap the £100 contactless limit could boost revenue and innovation, but would also require investment in security and compliance.
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Regulatory Influencer: The Impact Of The GENIUS Act So Far And The Questions It Raises

The Guiding and Establishing National Innovation for US Stablecoins (GENIUS) Act, which was signed into law in July 2025, is federal legislation that aims to create a comprehensive regulatory regime for stablecoins.
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UK Payments Regulation Shake-Up Targets Growth and Simplification

HM Treasury’s consultation sets out a streamlined model that promises efficiency, but firms will need to assess whether it truly reduces regulatory friction while supporting innovation.
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EU’s ART Clarification Offers Streamlined Route To Market For Stablecoin Issuers

The European Commission has clarified how stablecoin-like asset-referenced token (ART) issuers can operate cross-border under the EU’s Markets in Crypto-Assets regulation (MiCA), confirming that a dedicated passporting framework applies.
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Irish Banks Come Together On Mobile Payment Solution To Counter Revolut

Ireland’s biggest retail banks will launch a new joint payment solution in 2026, reviving a scrapped venture and riding the momentum of EU instant payments rules and the country’s modernisation drive.
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Brussels Confirms EU Action Plan To Tackle Online And Telco Fraud

The European Commission has confirmed it will present a dedicated EU Action Plan on Online Fraud to boost collective efforts to combat scams that increasingly target vulnerable groups, including older people.
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ECB Focuses On Inclusion And Resilience In Latest Digital Euro Hearing

Central bank efforts to balance inclusion, resilience and privacy come amid ongoing debates over sovereignty, system reliability and public trust, as the October deadline for a decision on the next steps approaches.
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New Consultation Part Of UK Push To Tighten AML Rules 

The government is aiming to improve the effectiveness of the country’s anti-money laundering (AML) regulations by closing loopholes, addressing proportionality concerns and tackling the threat of illicit activity in the crypto-asset sector.
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Thailand’s Proposed Merchant Fraud Rules Signal New Era for QR Payments

The Bank of Thailand (BoT) is responding to the rapid growth of mobile and QR transactions by consulting on minimum standards for onboarding, monitoring and incident response in the digital payments sector.
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