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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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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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Gambling

Copyright Infringement Increasingly Popular Route Into UK Market

​​​​​​​The number of gambling adverts appearing on websites in the UK known to be illegally hosting copyrighted content increased by at least 10 percent from 2021 to 2022, an affiliate compliance monitoring company has found.
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Gambling

Offshore Ad Row Burns On In Norway

The Norwegian Gambling Authority has piled further pressure on defiant TV network Discovery over offshore gambling adverts, even as stats show unlicensed ads have fallen overall.
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Gambling

UK Government Outlines Latest Sanctions For Russia

Following on from Thursday's dramatic turn of events, Prime Minister Boris Johnson has outlined tougher implications for the Russian Federation.
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Payments

Week In Brief - February 25, 2022

A short roundup of some of the week's payments news you may have missed. This week we look at the latest access to cash statistics in the UK, Singapore's decision not to intervene over credit card bank fees, crypto AML requirements in Belgium and the latest assessment of Nigeria's eNaira.
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Payments

Ukraine’s Financial Markets Shiver In Wake Of Russian Attack

Ukraine has announced a number of temporary measures as people are rushing to cash machines to access their savings following Russia’s large-scale invasion of the country.
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Payments

FCA Weighs Up Benefits Of Financial Inclusion Mandate

Regulators from the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) and Bank of England (BOE) have been probed by members of the UK’s Treasury Select Committee on how they can ensure less well-off communities are not financially excluded.
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Payments

Looks Like Groundhog Day For California In Ugly Fight Over Sports Betting

Eight years ago, PokerStars launched an ill-fated campaign to bring online poker to California, and this year’s effort by DraftKings, FanDuel and other operators to legalize online sports betting in the Golden State appears to be eerily similar.
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Gambling

And They're Off: Churchill Downs To Exit Online Sports Betting

Churchill Downs Inc. announced Thursday that it will exit the U.S. online sports betting and online casino space within the next six months, arguably the most high-profile departure from the market since the country’s sports-betting boom began in 2018.
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Gambling

ANJ Wants Operators To Cut Back On Advertising

France’s gambling regulator (ANJ) has called on the gambling industry to “de-intensify” all forms of advertising, alongside releasing a series of new advertising guidelines and recommendations.
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Gambling

News In Brief: February 21-February 25, 2022

Brazil's landmark bill officially moves to the Senate, poll reveals tentative public support for California sports betting and Chinese officials in Cambodia push for crackdown.
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Gambling

All Or Nothing: EBA Criticises Differing Regulatory Responses After Luanda Leaks

The European Banking Authority has published the findings of its assessment of national competent authorities’ responses to the 2020 Luanda Leaks, claiming that regulators either went beyond what was necessary or did the opposite.
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Payments

European Digital ID: A Mere Aadhaar Copy or Something More?

This regulatory analysis will examine India’s Aadhaar system and the EU’s proposed eID system. It will then compare these two systems and identify what this potentially means for firms in both these jurisdictions.
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Payments

Cross-Border Payments Only Going To Be Solved By Collaboration, FSB Cautions

It is the belief of the Financial Stability Board (FSB) that cross-border transactions should be reduced in price, but this will only be sorted by solid public-private cooperation, its new chair has said.
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Payments

AI Use Should Go Hand In Hand With More Transparency To Consumers And Regulators

Despite progress made by artificial intelligence (AI) in recent years, the lack of transparency in explaining outcomes of current models, as well problems with bias, can create a challenging scenario for firms.
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Payments

BetVictor To Pay £2m Settlement Over AML, Social Responsibility Failures

BetVictor will pay a settlement penalty of just over £2m for failures in anti-money laundering (AML) and social responsibility policies, as well as fairness in terms and conditions, the UK Gambling Commission has said.
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Gambling

Brazil Places Major Bet On Gambling Expansion

In an historic vote, the lower house of Brazil’s Congress passed a sweeping gambling expansion bill late on Wednesday night to legalize land-based casino-resorts, video-bingo operations and online gaming across the country of more than 210m people.
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Gambling

Gambling Officials Expected To Speak At Suicide Inquiry

​​​​​​​The UK Gambling Commission and the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport are expected to give evidence in an ongoing inquest into the suicide of a person suspected of having an undiagnosed gambling disorder.
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Gambling

Boris Showers Russia With More Sanctions – But What Does It Mean For Payments?

The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office has updated the UK's Sanctions List to include five Russian banks and a fresh clutch of Russian oligarchs, all with the aim of deterring President Vladimir Putin from intimidating Ukraine. In view of recent changes to the UK's sanctions rules, however, it is a wonder that more was not done.
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Payments

Fintech Lobby For Change On Kalifa Anniversary

Now is the time for even bolder action to realise the Kalifa Review vision, industry players tell the UK government in a letter pushing for a regulatory overhaul.
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Australia’s Card Fraud Hits A$913m As Overseas Online Fraud Continues To Rise

Overseas card-not-present (CNP) fraud now accounts for the largest share of the country’s card fraud losses, according to new figures from the Australian Payments Network (AusPayNet).
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Zelle Slams New York Attorney General’s Lawsuit As “Political Stunt”

US payments company Early Warning Systems has rejected allegations, made in a lawsuit filed by the state’s attorney general, Leticia James, that it allowed fraud on its Zelle platform.
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PSR Announces Plans To Revoke Two Specific Directions

The UK’s Payment Systems Regulator (PSR) has opted to revoke Specific Direction 2 (SD2) and Specific Direction 4 (SD4), with the changes due to come into force in late August 2025.
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EBA Calls For Increased Use Of Suptech, But Warns That Challenges Remain

The authority believes that supervisory technology (suptech) tools can make anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing (AML/CTF) supervision more effective, but warns that legal, operational and resource hurdles could slow adoption.
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Polymarket Blocked In Australia After Regulator Probe

Australia’s national online gambling regulator has declared Polymarket to be a prohibited service after completing a probe into the prediction market platform that included a formal warning to its U.S.-based owners.
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Pennsylvania Senators Propose Bipartisan Deal To Regulate Skill Games

A bipartisan bill is being proposed by two Pennsylvania senators regarding the regulation of skill games, a contentious issue that has divided lawmakers, skill game suppliers and the state’s regulated gaming industry.
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Regulatory Influencer: Isle of Man Signals Major Crackdown on AML Failures in Gambling Sector

The Isle of Man is entering a new era of regulatory enforcement, with recent actions and legislative reforms from the Gambling Supervision Commission (GSC) focusing on money laundering risks in the gambling sector. Driven by rising concerns over the exploitation of global online gambling hubs by transnational crime groups, particularly out of East and Southeast Asia, the island is tightening its financial crime defences and regulatory scrutiny.
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Chile Delays Phasing-Out Of Coordinate Cards Until 2026

The Chilean Financial Market Commission (CMF) has delayed by one year the elimination of coordinate cards as an authentication method for electronic payments and transfers, moving the deadline from 2025 to August 1, 2026.
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Indian States Push For National Solution To Online Skill Gaming

India’s regional governments are intensifying pressure on New Delhi to create or block a national regulatory framework for online gaming, as the Supreme Court wraps up hearings in a case critical to the industry’s future.
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Former Regulators Say Increased Fines May Not Be Effective Enforcement Deterrent

Former state regulators say including top executives in compliance actions, including potential individual sanctions, may be a more effective deterrent for bad behavior in the U.S. market than headline-grabbing fines.
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