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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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Norwegian Government Defends Research Project Walkout

Norway’s culture minister has defended state-run operator Norsk Tipping’s decision not to participate in a Nordic research project that maps changes to playing patterns during the pandemic.
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Gambling

Apple Swipes Left On Dutch Dating App Ruling

In the first-ever concession of its kind, Apple has announced that it will allow third-party payment options for in-app purchases for dating apps in the Netherlands.
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Payments

EU Payment Fraud Data Not Showing Full Story

The latest report from the European Banking Authority reveals some unusual fraud levels across the EU, with incomplete and sometimes "implausible" data meaning it is difficult to get a full picture on the impact of the revised Payment Services Directive (PSD2) in reducing fraud.
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Payments

Euro One-Leg Out Credit Transfer Rules Update Takes First Step

The European Payments Council has launched a consultation on its proposed optional Euro One-Leg Out Credit Transfer Arrangement Rulebook, which sets rules for credit transfers between a eurozone party and a non-eurozone one.
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Payments

UK Prepaid Card Cartel Fined £33m, But Is It The End Of The Story?

The UK Payment Systems Regulator has imposed a £33m fine on five companies, including Mastercard, for operating a market-sharing cartel for prepaid cards. However, the regulator’s decision may just be the starting point of potential penalties faced by these companies for their wrongdoing.
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Payments

New York Governor Calls For Issuing Three Remaining Casino Licenses In 2022

New York Governor Kathy Hochul has called for the accelerated authorization of three new casino licenses that could ultimately lead to a full casino-resort in New York City.
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Gambling

Signature Drive Begins For California Tribal Online Sports-Betting Initiative

A coalition of California Indian tribes will have six months to collect enough signatures to place their amended online sports-betting initiative on this year’s general election ballot after receiving approval from the secretary of state’s office.
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Gambling

European Blocklists Continue Rapid Growth As Spotlight Shines On Curaçao

The number of blocklisted online gambling domains across 18 reporting European countries, as monitored by VIXIO GamblingCompliance, increased by 55 percent to more than 150,000 in 2021.
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Gambling

UK University Students Borrow Money To Gamble, Study Says

More than a third of UK university students are using borrowed money to gamble, from payday loans to their student loan or overdrafts, according to a new survey.
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Gambling

EU And UK To Further Diverge In Key Payment Regulations In 2022

For the UK and the EU, the issues surrounding strong customer authentication, and its parent regulation, the revised Payment Services Directive (PSD2), are set to continue causing even more potential headaches for the payments world.
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Payments

UPDATE: Visa Approved! Amazon Pulls Back From Ban

Online shopping giant Amazon has U-turned on its decision to block UK customers from using Visa credit cards to make purchases.
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Payments

Pan-African Cross-Border Payment Network Launched

The Pan-African Payment and Settlement System, which enables instant cross-border payments in local currencies between African markets, launched last Thursday (January 13).
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Payments

PSR Lays Out Five-Year Strategy

In its new five-year strategy, the Payment Systems Regulator (PSR) sets out its vision of how the UK payments landscape should look and the path needed to get there.
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Payments

New Jersey Sees Record Sports Betting In 2021, But New York Threat Looms

New Jersey continued its impressive sports-betting growth in 2021, more than doubling the revenue of the previous year, but as the calendar turns, the state’s sports-betting market now faces the biggest threat yet to its meteoric rise.
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Gambling

Macau Law Grips Casino Finances, Caps Tables, Boosts CSR

Draft amendments to Macau’s casino law confirm no increase in taxes, but impose heavy burdens on junkets and inventory caps on tables and slots, while further tightening regulation and codifying corporate social responsibility (CSR) targets.
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Gambling

Svenska Spel Lowers Some Players' Limits Over Finances, Behaviour

Swedish state-owned operator Svenska Spel has set lower deposit limits for a “small number” of its customers based on their financial means and behaviour.
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Gambling

MPs To Investigate Post-Brexit Card Fees, PSR Governance

The influential Treasury Select Committee has committed to investigating UK card fee rises for businesses, following correspondence with the Payment Systems Regulator (PSR).
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Payments

EU’s Retail Payments Strategy To Focus on Instant Payments This Year, Experts Suggest

The EU’s push for instant payments looks set to continue dominating Brussels’ payments agenda this year, but will more concrete policies be unveiled?
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Payments

Swiss Test Integrates Wholesale CBDC Into Core Banking Systems

As part of Project Helvetia, the Swiss National Bank and five commercial banks have integrated a wholesale central bank digital currency (CBDC) in their existing back-office systems and processes.
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Payments

U.S. Regulators To Step Up Their Crypto Enforcement In 2022

Congress is unlikely to legislate crypto in the U.S., but there is likely to be increased enforcement activities from regulators that was not expected, experts tell VIXIO.
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UK’s Final Safeguarding Rules Bring Relief, But Challenges Remain

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has been applauded for listening to the payments industry’s feedback on its proposed safeguarding rule overhaul, but experts warn that challenges still lie ahead for firms.
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US Focus On Stablecoins Leaves It An Outlier As CBDCs Proliferate

As interest in the potential of digital assets grows, regulators and traditional financial institutions are seeking ways to safely and securely adopt the positive features of cryptocurrencies, while offering protections from their worst excesses.
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Regulatory Influencer: UAE’s CBDC Is Imminent

On July 31, 2025, the Central Bank of the UAE (CBUAE) released a comprehensive report detailing progress towards the introduction of the digital dirham. The report reviews achievements to date, as well as the policy and design framework guiding the development of a secure, trusted and user-friendly central bank digital currency (CBDC) for individuals and businesses.
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Chile Senate Sets Up Final Showdown Over Online Gambling

After a Senate vote last week, Chile is now entering the final phases of a multi-year legislative process to regulate online gambling, with several pivotal policy questions due to be answered over the next few months.
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Philippine Central Bank Suspends In-App Gambling Payments

The Philippine central bank has severed a lucrative payments channel for the online gambling industry, forcing payments providers to suspend in-app transfers with 48 hours’ notice.
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‘Black Friday’ Crackdown On Illegal Gaming Cited As Effective Enforcement

Despite active enforcement efforts against offshore gambling websites, state gaming regulators and law enforcement officials believe it requires assistance from the U.S. federal government to effectively address a multi-billion-dollar problem.
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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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