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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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U.S. Betting Brands Offer Different Future Plans For Marketing Spend

Following a football season marked by heavy marketing spend, some of the top sports-betting brands in the United States have outlined vastly different fiscal plans going forward.
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Gambling

Open Banking Regulators Get Thumbs Up From Fintech Start-ups

With the number of open banking products increasing, just how straightforward is it to become a licensed provider? VIXIO talks through the application process with fintech’s Crezco and Currensea to find out the regulatory hurdles they faced.
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Payments

KYC Utilities: A Useful But Expensive AML Tool For Payment Firms

With the recent opening for business of the Nordic KYC utility under the brand name of Invidem, the spotlight rests once more on these interbank projects and their usefulness for the payment firms that use them when taking on new customers.
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Payments

Rajasthan Reverses Course, Signals Online Gaming Regulation

The government of Rajasthan state is moving to regulate rather than ban online skill gaming, a seeming reversal of policy hinting at the influence of a growing number of pro-gaming court rulings across India.
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Gambling

U.S. Sports Betting's Impact On Problem Gambling Rates Unknown

The U.S. has experienced a surge in legal sports betting but at this point nobody knows how this surge is affecting the rates of problem gamblers.
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Gambling

Is Norwegian Olympic Success Linked To Support For Gambling Monopoly?

A new Norsk Tipping TV commercial, Born With Skis, portrays Americans gnashing their teeth at Norway’s recent domination of the Winter Olympics and goes some way to explaining the country’s steadfast desire to protect its gambling monopoly.
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Gambling

VIXIO View: Interest Rate Rises Could Be A Gift Horse To Buy Now, Pay Later

As countries around the world deal with inflationary pressures, rising interest rates is likely to make zero-interest buy now, pay later (BNPL) instalment products more desirable among consumers, although pressures for more regulation remain.
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Payments

Barclays Pays £10.8m Following Collapse Of Partner Payments Firm

Barclays has agreed to pay £0.78m to settle an investigation by the Financial Conduct Authority after partner payment firm Premier FX collapsed and undertaken to compensate customers for their losses worth £10m.
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Payments

In Or Out? EBA Publishes Final Guidelines On Who’s In PSD2’s Scope

The European Banking Authority (EBA) has published its final guidelines on the limited network exclusion under the revised Payment Services Directive (PSD2), and stakeholders have just over three months to become compliant.
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Payments

Nordics Take Differing Approaches To CBDC Race

After Sweden’s Riksbank took its e-krona act one step further last week, VIXIO spoke with neighbouring central banks about their stance on central bank digital currencies (CBDCs).
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Payments

Revolut Loses Access To Hungary’s Payments System

Raiffeisen’s Hungarian branch has reportedly pulled back from its partnership with Revolut; meanwhile, pressure mounts on the neobank to establish itself in the central European country despite its Lithuanian licence.
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Payments

AUSTRAC Sues Crown Resorts Over 'Hundreds' Of Violations

Australian transactions watchdog AUSTRAC has taken casino operator Crown Resorts to court over “serious and systemic non-compliance” with anti-money laundering (AML) laws, potentially impacting a Blackstone Group takeover bid.
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Gambling

Should Gaming Industry License And Regulate Artificial Intelligence?

Artificial intelligence (AI), the use of computer systems to do work normally performed by humans, is evolving from a frontier into an expectation in the gaming industry, but whether AI products should be or can be regulated remains a perplexing question.
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Gambling

888 To Pay £9.4m Fine For UK Failings

The UK Gambling Commission has handed 888 its largest ever fine and warned that the operator’s future in the country is at risk if it slips up again.
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Gambling

Personnel Moves - February 2022

Board changes at Flutter, Sightline appoints compliance leadership and Hong Kong politician resigns from gambling board.
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Gambling

TransUnion Brings BNPL Into Credit File

A new solution launched by TransUnion will help U.S. consumers using buy now, pay later (BNPL) gain credit for their payments and improve their score, while giving businesses the insight to accurately capture consumers’ credit behavior.
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Payments

89 Percent Of IT Organisations Failing On Data Protection, Claims Survey

Given a chain is as strong as its weakest link, data protection strategies for payment firms could come undone due to increasing weaknesses in data storage, a new report finds.
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Payments

Russian Banks Booted Out Of SWIFT

With Russia’s invasion of Ukraine intensifying, Western allies have finally agreed to cut off a number of Russian financial institutions from the interbank payments system.
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Payments

SCA Win? Fraud Rate Dips In France

After increasing year-on-year since 2018, Banque de France has said that there are signs that card fraud in the country is dropping and it is partially thanks to strong customer authentication (SCA).
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Payments

Senate To Seal Fate Of Brazil Gambling Bill

Brazil’s landmark legislation authorizing hundreds of thousands of bingo machines and all forms of online gaming faces an uncertain path through the Senate after its approval in the lower house, according to experts.
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Australia Calls For Greater Collaboration In Battle Against Fraud

Businesses should join forces and share data to advance the fight against increasingly sophisticated scams, according to the Australian National Anti-Scam Centre.
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FCA Sets Out New Transparency Rules For Enforcement Investigations

The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has outlined significant changes to its enforcement rules, although it has stopped short of implementing some of the more controversial elements of its original proposal.
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Cash Mandate Moves Closer To Being Law In New York State

Retailers will not be able to refuse cash payments in New York if Governor Kathy Hochul signs off on legislation that has passed both houses of the state legislature.
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Regulatory Influencer: Canada Retail Payments Activities Act — Safeguarding of End-User Funds

This report is the third installment in a four-part series analyzing the RPAA and identifying key components of the law that PSPs should consider when doing business in Canada. This report focuses on the requirement to safeguard end-user funds.
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Regulate Smarter, Say European Players In Light Of Trump’s Deregulation

Despite the US leadership pushing for an increasingly deregulated financial services market, some payments players and politicians in Europe are adamant that standards being watered down is not the way to boost growth.
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Defunct Crypto Firm Fined €500,000 By Finnish Authorities Over AML Failures

The Finnish Financial Supervisory Authority (FIN-FSA) has fined LocalBitcoins over anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing (AML/CTF) failures, citing widespread deficiencies in customer due diligence and identity verification.
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Regulatory Influencer: Navigating The Trump Administration's Mass Deletion Of CFPB Guidance

The role of the US Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) as a hands-off regulator within the second Trump administration is becoming clearer, following a significant withdrawal of agency guidance.
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Payments Firms Fret Over Connecticut Fee Caps On Income Advance Products

Proposed legislation to regulate earned wage access (EWA) in the US state of Connecticut is restrictive and could limit consumers' access to financial products, a payments industry body has warned.
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Polish Regulator Pushes For Brussels To Drop Payments And Crypto Requirements

Aiming to reduce the compliance burden, Poland’s financial regulator has made a variety of proposals to the EU that would soften elements of key regulations affecting the payments and crypto industries.
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Regulatory Influencer: Adapting to Speed — The Instant Payments Regulation’s Impact on Payments Across Europe

The Instant Payments Regulation ( Regulation (EU) 2024/886 - IPR) came into effect in April 2024 across the European Union to make instant payments in euro fully available to consumers and businesses throughout the EU. The digitalisation of the global economy has increased the demand for instant payment services that are available at all times. To keep up with the increased demand, the IPR aims to accelerate the rollout of instant payments in Europe and covers credit transfers denominated in euro within the EU.
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