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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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Maltese Bookmakers Must Pay Polish Income Tax

The Polish Supreme Administrative Court has ruled that a Malta-based bookmaker which aims to provide its services to customers in Poland via a local representative is required to pay Polish corporate income tax.
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Gambling

Brazil's Deadline For Sports-Betting Regulatory Decree Passes

The statutory deadline to regulate a 2018 law for sports betting in Brazil has come and gone, with no sign of action from President Jair Bolsonaro’s outgoing government.
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Gambling

Technology Advances Raise Cyber Threat Level For U.S. Gaming Industry

The protection of consumer data has become a critical issue for U.S. casino and online gaming operators as hackers continue to acquire the bundles of sensitive data the industry collects and stores about its customers, warn regulators and security executives.
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Gambling

Massachusetts Commission Defers Promotional Play Decision

Massachusetts regulators remained undecided Monday on whether to allow operators to deduct promotional play from taxable revenues when the state’s sports-betting program launches in 2023.
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Gambling

Australian Regulator Sues Individual Star Directors

Australia’s corporate regulator has launched civil prosecutions against 11 current and former directors and senior managers of casino operator The Star Entertainment Group, marking a new phase of legal accountability for powerful individuals in the Australian gambling industry.
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Gambling

PSR Consults On UK Fraud Reporting Model

The Payments Systems Regulator (PSR) has updated its plans to publish data on how well UK firms are protecting customers against authorised push payment (APP) scams.
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Payments

Santander Slapped With £107.7m UK Fine Over AML Failures

The UK's Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has imposed a £107.7m fine on Santander UK over "serious and persistent gaps" in the bank’s anti-money laundering (AML) controls that affected business banking customers.
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Payments

Greek Regulator To Court Suppliers

The head of the Greek gambling regulator wants to tempt suppliers to relocate from Malta and Gibraltar, and has said that he expects to collect €1bn in gambling taxes for the state budget in 2022.
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Gambling

U.S. Land-Based Casinos Need To Adjust To Growth Of Online Gaming

A senior executive with Boyd Gaming believes internet gaming is the key to the future of the casino industry and disagreed with arguments that offering online or mobile slot machines and table games will hurt brick-and-mortar business.
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Gambling

U.S. Gaming, Lottery Industries Under Threat From Unregulated Gambling

Illegal gambling in the United States has expanded to the point where unregulated slot machines and offshore sports betting and casino websites are a direct threat to the legal gaming and lottery markets, according to leading industry officials.
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Gambling

BNPL, Crypto Come Under Fire In UK Financial Services And Markets Bill Debate

Both buy now, pay later (BNPL) and crypto firms came under heavy criticism in the latest debate on the Financial Services and Markets Bill, following the introduction of new amendments to the proposed legislation.
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Payments

Week In Crypto: Ex-FTX CEO Hires Ghislaine Maxwell Lawyer, Kim Kardashian Escapes Promo Penalty

FTX’s disgraced former CEO taps Ghislaine Maxwell’s trial lawyer, Kim Kardashian breathes a sigh of relief and Celsius is ordered to return $44m worth of crypto to customers.
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Payments

US Bill Seeks To Close Bank Licensing Loophole Before Bigtech Takes Advantage

A new US bill, introduced by a top Democratic senator, would close a legal loophole that allows companies to operate banks without proper oversight, addressing fears that bigtechs may exploit it to expand their financial services.
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Payments

Daily Dash: Dutch Prosecutors Probe Rabobank

Prosecutors in the Netherlands are investigating Rabobank over money laundering, the US House has elected its new banking chair and Nigeria is limiting ATM withdrawals in a bid to encourage digital payments.
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Payments

Onus On Government, Not Casinos, To Make Sure New Jersey Gaming Works

State and local governments in New Jersey, not Atlantic City casinos, are responsible for making the gaming industry deliver on its promises, according to the author of the New Jersey Casino Control Act.
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Gambling

FBI, AGA Stress Cooperation In Tackling Illegal Gambling

A representative of the American Gaming Association reassured a group of U.S. gaming regulators on Thursday that the FBI and other federal and state law enforcement agencies are cooperating with the industry in their efforts to eliminate and prosecute illegal gambling operators.
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Gambling

Chile's Lower House Approves Sports Sponsorship Ban

Legislative chess continues for online gambling operators active in Chile, in the wake of the Chamber of Deputies passage of a bill that would ban them from any kind of sports sponsorship.
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Gambling

News In Brief: December 5-December 9, 2022

Star Entertainment has been fined A$100m in Queensland and faces a temporary licence suspension over compliance breaches.
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Gambling

EBA Issues New De-Risking Guidelines, But Payments Firms Not In Scope

The European Banking Authority (EBA) has launched a public consultation on new guidelines for de-risking to help improve access to finance for vulnerable customers.
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Payments

EU Member States Agree Position On AML Rulebook

The European Council has agreed its position on the new single rulebook for anti-money laundering as Brussels reels from the transparency register court ruling.
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US Open Banking Rule Highlights Industry Divisions Over Data And Fees

By defining who can access consumer data, whether fees are allowed and compliance timelines, the Personal Financial Data Rights final rule (PFDR Rule) underscores continuing legal and market tensions between banks and fintech innovators.
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Belarus Moves To Centralise Crypto Under State Supervision

The Belarusian National Bank is seeking to evolve the country’s crypto framework, tightening the authoritarian government’s grip on the sector and signalling a new phase in its ongoing experiment with digital assets.
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Digital Euro Enters New Phase As First Issuance Nears

By continuing to drive the digital euro forward, the EU is signalling to financial institutions that they should prepare for its introduction, despite ongoing criticism and questions about the project.
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Regulatory Influencer: EU’s Consumer Credit Protection in the Age of Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL)

The transposition deadline of the revised Consumer Credit Directive (Directive (EU) 2023/2225 on credit agreements for consumers - CCD2) is November 20, 2025. Member states are required to adopt and publish laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with the directive by that date.
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Regulatory Influencer: First Step To Permanent Price Cap On UK-EEA Interchange Fees

On October 10, 2025, the UK’s Payment Systems Regulator (PSR) launched a consultation on the methodology for developing a price cap on cross-border interchange fees for transactions between the UK and the European Economic Area (EEA).
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US Democrats’ Letter Underscores Continuing Uncertainty At The CFPB

Open banking is one of several areas being disrupted by confusion over the future of the US Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), as lawmakers seek clarity on recent comments by its acting director, Russell Vought.
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Regulatory Influencer: Payments Authentication - A Global Comparative

Payment authentication is the process of verifying the identity of the person making a payment. It is a fundamental component of card-not-present (CNP) transactions and is a key measure in reducing fraud. This regulatory influencer lays out authentication requirements and exemptions across select jurisdictions in Europe and the Asian-Pacific region.
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African Nations’ Removal From FATF Grey List Offers Boost To Region

The news that Burkina Faso, Mozambique, Nigeria and South Africa are no longer subject to increased monitoring with regard to their anti-money laundering regimes should restore confidence among international payments organisations and open the jurisdictions to cross-border activity.
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Agentic AI and the Next Chapter in Payments Regulation

As the next phase of artificial intelligence (AI) begins to affect the payments sector, regulators will need to adapt and evolve existing frameworks to manage the risk to consumers.
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Australia’s Strategic Approach to Payments Modernisation

By adopting a comprehensive strategy to update systems and regulation, Australia is positioning itself to have a safe, effective and scalable payments infrastructure that can adapt to technological advances and evolving consumer behaviour.
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