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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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Sweden Fines Trustly Over ’Severe’ Gambling AML Deficiencies

Sweden’s Financial Supervisory Authority has given Trustly Group and ClearOn payments processors fines and warnings for “severe” anti-money laundering (AML) deficiencies, with Trustly’s violations involving gambling infractions.
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Payments

Malaysian Operator Targets Start-Ups To Tackle Financial Exclusion

PayNet, the national payments network, has launched a three-month fintech e-payments accelerator scheme. The programme aims to incentivise fintechs to help improve financial inclusion in Malaysia through addressing three problem statements.
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Payments

ECB Sets Out Wishlist For EU AML Legislation

With the EU’s new anti-money laundering (AML) legislation hurtling towards reality, the European Central Bank (ECB) has greeted proposals for a new AML authority but has been more cautious about crypto definitions and incoming cash limits.
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Payments

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Asks If Seminal Indian Gaming Case Should Be Scrapped

In an unusually lengthy hearing of more than an hour and a half on Tuesday in the U.S. Supreme Court, Justice Neil Gorsuch raised the possibility of overturning a landmark 1987 decision which led to the enactment of the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act of 1988.
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Gambling

Missouri Coalition Begins Push For Sports-Betting Compromise Bill

A coalition of Missouri professional sports teams and casinos began making their case Tuesday for a sports-betting proposal years in the making.
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Gambling

Sweden Fines Trustly Over 'Severe' Gambling AML Deficiencies

Sweden’s Financial Supervisory Authority has given Trustly Group and ClearOn payments processors fines and warnings for “severe” anti-money laundering (AML) deficiencies, with Trustly’s violations involving gambling infractions.
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Gambling

AI Governance ’Crucial’, Warn UK Financial Regulators

A new report published by the Bank of England and the Financial Conduct Authority has emphasised the need for oversight and standards in the City’s response to artificial intelligence (AI).
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Payments

Fed Governor Cautious On Digital Dollar

In laying out a case for how a U.S. central bank digital currency could improve financial stability, the Federal Reserve Governor poses questions that will be on every central banker’s mind.
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Payments

Open Banking Surpasses Five Million Milestone

There are now more than 5m active users of open banking services in the UK spurred on by greater interest in payments for government services.
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Payments

India Exports Instant Payments System To Nepal

India’s Unified Payments Interface has expanded over the border to Nepal as the country’s national payments operator strikes a deal to deliver its popular instant payment service in the Himalayan country.
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Payments

English Councils Want Power To Refuse Gambling Premises

Pressure continues to mount on the UK government ahead of the Gambling Act review white paper, as the Local Government Association and the Association of Police and Crime Commissioners join calls for tougher restrictions.
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Gambling

Chinese, Sihanoukville Officials Meet Ahead Of Crackdown

A senior Chinese diplomat in Cambodia has met Sihanoukville’s governor and local police ahead of a likely major crackdown on online gambling and telephony scam operations that have enslaved thousands of foreign workers.
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Gambling

U.S. Gaming Industry Seeks Updates To Federal AML Regulations

After rapid technology advancements and legal developments in recent years in the gaming industry, the American Gaming Association has said regulatory changes at the federal level are needed to address the growth of online gaming and sports betting.
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Gambling

Third Of UK Crypto Investors Under 18, Research Claims

Although the risks of the use and promotion of cryptocurrencies is often contextualised around adults, children may be just as vulnerable to crypto scams, influencers and market volatility.
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Payments

The Start Of A Revolution? India’s Changing Payments Landscape

The Universal Payments Interface has become a success story for India, but it is financial inclusion that has been the real star of India's payments transformation.
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Payments

Update: Lead Crypto Prosecutor Joins U.S. National Crypto Enforcement Team

The U.S. Department of Justice has appointed Eun Young Choi to serve as the first director of the National Cryptocurrency Enforcement Team.
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Payments

Swedbank Off The Hook Over PSD2 Compliance

Sweden’s financial watchdog has told the retail banking giant that it has closed its investigation; however, it warned that there are some areas where strong customer authentication compliance is not up to scratch.
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Payments

Report Shows 'Shocking Scale' Of UK Black Market, Says BGC

UK trade group the Betting and Gaming Council (BGC) is urging the government to “consider targeted measures” to protect vulnerable players in the long-awaited Gambling Act white paper.
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Gambling

Philippine Senate To Probe Missing Cockfighting Gamblers

The Philippine Senate is set to launch an investigation into rising missing person cases linked to cockfighting and associated online gambling activity.
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Gambling

Denmark Reprimands Kindred Again Over AML Policies

The Danish Gambling Authority (Spillemyndigheden) has given Kindred Group’s Unibet brand four reprimands over lax anti-money laundering and due diligence policies and ordered it to fix its risk-assessment policies.
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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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