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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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Swedish Stakeholders Concerned Over Black Market Plan

The two Swedish gambling trade groups support the proposals of the Ministry of Finance’s to combat match-fixing and unlicensed gambling, but both are concerned the strategy will not achieve its aims.
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Gambling

Week In Brief - January 14, 2022

A short roundup of some of the week's payments news you may have missed. This week we look at a new initiative between U.S. banks to issue a stablecoin, the highest valued UK payments start-up, J.P. Morgan's latest actions to improve cross-border payments through blockchain, and the latest GDPR guidance on data breach notifications.
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Payments

’No Convincing Case’: House Of Lords Dismisses UK CBDC

The creation of an official UK digital currency could lead to a run on the banks during economic downturns, a bipartisan committee of peers has warned.
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Payments

Norway Coming In From The Cold As NOK Becomes NPC Scheme Currency

The Nordic Payments Council (NPC) has added the Norwegian krone (NOK) as a scheme currency after P27 exiter Norway took a strategic step to use the Nordic payment scheme.
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Payments

Hong Kong’s Stablecoin Proposal Sets High Bar To Compliance

This week, the Hong Kong Monetary Authority issued a new discussion paper looking at what the regulatory approach to crypto-assets and stablecoins should be, causing concern for some in the process.
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Payments

Macau Amendments Back Six Operators, Ten-Year Concessions

Macau’s next era of casino gaming will see a maximum of six operators holding ten-year concessions, according to a government summary of draft legal amendments announced late Friday.
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Gambling

Ireland Online Safety Bill First Step In Updating Digital Regulations

Ireland’s government is publishing its long-awaited Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill, saying it will be the first in a series of regulatory updates including its forthcoming gambling bill to update the country’s laws for a digital age.
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Gambling

German Fan Group Calls For Crackdown On Gambling-Sports Links

A German fan organisation is calling for stricter regulation of football’s links to sports betting, saying clubs have had “far too much emphasis on profit” and not enough consideration of the potential for gambling addiction.
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Gambling

Two-Front Gambling War Rages In Florida As Seminoles Defend Turf

Already battling DraftKings and FanDuel on internet sports betting, the Seminole Tribe of Florida has launched a vigorous counterattack this week against the largest commercial casino company in the world, Las Vegas Sands.
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Gambling

News In Brief: January 10-January 14, 2022

Gambling fees rise in Belarus, a Virginia bill would make bonuses taxable and Star Entertainment faces a growing regulator investigation.
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Gambling

UK BNPL Regulations In Place By Year End, Say Experts

With UK buy now, pay later (BNPL) regulations looking set to be adopted by the end of the year, legal experts tell VIXIO what we can expect from a new potential framework.
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Payments

UPDATE: TIPS Announces Latest Round Of Participants

The pan-European TARGET Instant Payment Settlement (TIPS) platform has announced 45 payment service providers have joined the platform as part of plans to ensure instant payments are fully reachable across the EU.<br />
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Payments

Merchants Call On Fed’s Powell To Complete Overdue Debit Card Regulations

The Merchants Payments Coalition is pushing the U.S. Federal Reserve’s renominated chair Jerome Powell to iron out overdue debit card routing and swipe fee regulations.
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Payments

Deadline Set For Girocard Take-Over

Germany’s payment scheme Girocard to close it e-purse card function GeldKarte by the end of 2024, the Federal Association of Public Banks has announced.
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Payments

Oklahoma Lawmaker Calls For Legalization Of Tribal Sports Betting

Another attempt to legalize sports betting at tribal casinos in Oklahoma has begun after a new bill was filed in the state legislature, as the tribal gaming industry’s top lobbyist suggests tribes are willing to at least consider the issue.
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Gambling

Crown Resorts Welcomes Blackstone's Boosted Takeover Offer

Crown Resorts’ ownership limbo has taken a major step toward resolution with its board unanimously backing a fourth Blackstone Group offer to buy out the company.
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Gambling

Betting Companies Will Not Be Allowed FA Cup Streaming, Report Says

​​​​​​​Betting companies will not be allowed to stream live FA Cup matches when the Football Association next sells TV rights, according to a UK media report.
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Gambling

European Lottery Data Reveals COVID-19 Impact

​​​​​​​European Lotteries members' total gross gaming revenue decreased 11.0 percent in 2020 to €27.2bn, after several years of growth, as the lottery sector dealt with the fallout of COVID-19 restrictions.
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Gambling

South Korea Leading The Way To Open Banking

Although much discussion on open banking has tended to focus on the pioneering development in the UK and EU, the latest data from South Korea shows that the country is well ahead of its European counterparts in terms of payments market adoption.
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Payments

Participation In UK Interbank Payments Systems Continues To Grow, Says Regulator

A new Payment Systems Regulator report finds that access of payment service providers to interbank payment systems has continued to grow.
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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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