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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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Private Sector Takes Initiative In dSterling Pilot

A UK payment initiative to facilitate collaboration between the private and public sectors has launched with the intention to usher in a new era of digital payments using a central bank digital currency.
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Payments

A Sharp Decline: Cheque Usage In Britain

Although cheques are still used, usage continues to dwindle among consumers, businesses, charities and schools, research by Pay.UK suggests.
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Payments

The Crash At DCash - The Significance Of Resilience In The Caribbean

The resilience of payments is one of the key cited benefits of the Eastern Caribbean central bank digital currency. However, consumers and businesses were unable to use their DCash due to a system crash, casting doubt on this key aspect of the platform.
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Payments

Virginia Lawmakers Consider Casino Referendums, Ending College Betting Ban

A bill to allow the city of Petersburg to hold a referendum for a casino and ban Virginia's state capital of Richmond from holding a second vote for five years has been killed by a Senate committee, to the surprise of the measure’s sponsor who plans to revive his proposal.
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Gambling

Blackstone Takeover Of Crown Resorts Moves Into High Gear

A Blackstone Group takeover of Australian casino operator Crown Resorts has become much more likely after the companies entered into a scheme implementation deed, with each committing to a break fee of A$89m ($63m).
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Gambling

As COVID-19 Impact Recedes, Brexit Blowback May Surface

COVID-19 travel restrictions have been obscuring Brexit complications for gambling companies, consultants and conference organisers, but problems are set to become more obvious as travel resumes.
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Gambling

New Zealand’s CBDC Plans Take Shape

New Zealand’s central bank governor has announced the rollout of the country’s proof of concept plans for its central bank digital currency (CBDC) initiative.
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Payments

A Week Is A Long Time In Politics For U.S. Digital Currencies

From crypto tax easing to greater regulatory oversight, U.S lawmakers have been abuzz with new initiatives concerning digital currencies. VIXIO reviews a (a)typical seven-day period, showing that widespread discussions on various aspects of digital assets are firmly on the table on Capitol Hill.
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Payments

Week In Brief - February 11, 2022

A short roundup of some of the week's payments news you may have missed. This week we look at the latest UK announcement on the implementation of Confirmation of Payee, Chinese AML fines and the completion of the first cross-chain pilot transaction between UK and EU participants. We also provide a short analysis of the latest current account switching stats in the UK.
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Payments

UK Regulator Denies Selecting National Lottery Favourite

The Gambling Commission has denied media reports that it has already recommended to the UK government that operator Camelot should be awarded the ongoing national lottery tender.
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Gambling

New York Attorney General Warns Of Deceptive Sports-Betting Advertising

New York’s attorney general has issued an alert to players warning of “deceptive online sports-betting companies” offering misleading promotions in advance of Sunday’s Super Bowl between the Los Angeles Rams and Cincinnati Bengals.
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Gambling

Lawmakers Click Their Heels But Can't Legalize Sports Betting In Kansas

As lawmakers face an early May recess of the 2022 Kansas legislature session, committees in both the House and Senate have yet to seriously consider whether to move forward with a previous bill or any new proposals to legalize sports betting in the state.
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Gambling

News In Brief: February 7-February 11, 2022

The Dutch advertising regulator has said an online slots ad showing multiple winners is not misleading consumers.
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Gambling

Incoming! McGuinness Confirms Instant Payment Regulation

In the second half of 2022, the European Commission will set out its plans for instant payments legislation, the commission’s financial services chief has announced.
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Payments

U.S. Seizes Largest Ever Bitcoin Asset, Here Is How

The U.S. Department of Justice has seized a record 94,000 Bitcoin, worth $3.6bn, refuting criticism that criminals can hide behind cryptocurrencies.
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Payments

Belgian Banking Watchdog Draws Attention To Payments And E-Money Governance

The National Bank of Belgium has written to e-money and payment institutions in the country telling them to sort out management shortcomings before the end of the year.
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Payments

You Can Now Send £1m On Faster Payments

UK consumers and businesses can now use Faster Payments to make retail purchases of up to £1m, which could mean significant savings in large transactions such as home purchases.
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Payments

Australia's Sportsbet Fined Millions For Spamming Customers

Flutter Entertainment-owned Australian corporate bookmaker Sportsbet has been walloped with a A$3.7m ($2.7m) fine and compensation combo, and will undergo a governance review after spamming customers for more than a year.
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Gambling

Will U.S. Leagues Face Sports-Betting Crisis After Super Bowl?

The Super Bowl on Sunday will cap a banner season for the National Football League and the U.S. sports-betting industry, but a lawsuit alleging offers of payments to fix games looms as a threat to professional sports leagues and their gambling partners whom they once shunned.
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Gambling

Brexit Means ICE Should Move To EU, Top Exhibitor Says

​​​​​​​One of the biggest exhibitors at ICE London is calling for the gambling conference to be moved to continental Europe “as soon as possible” due to Brexit complications, as ICE organisers themselves ponder the future.
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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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