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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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Georgia Legislators Pushing Broader Gaming Expansion Ballot Question

Although much of the conversation coming into 2022 has been focused on sports-betting voter referendums in Florida and California, legislators in Georgia are planning to make another push at approving a ballot question that could legalize sports betting in the Peach State.
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Gambling

Pandemic Hit Card Payments But E-Payments Continue To Grow, U.S. Study Finds

A new payments study from the U.S. Federal Reserve shows that electronic payments have gained on card payments during the pandemic, while checks continue their double digit decline.
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Payments

De-Risking Driving Heavy Social Costs For EU, EBA Warns

Unwarranted de-risking is having a detrimental effect, the European Banking Authority (EBA) has warned, as it publishes new advice for competent authorities on dealing with the phenomenon.
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Payments

Week In Brief - January 7, 2022

A short roundup of some of the week's payments news you may have missed. This week we look at proposed increases in card interchange in Malaysia, the FCA's 2021 achievements, Airbnb's fine for breaking U.S. sanctions, lack of redress for U.S. consumers against credit reference agencies, and the first participants go live on Thailand and Malaysia's cross-border instant payments linkage.
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Payments

China’s Digital Yuan Makes App Store Debut

China’s central bank digital currency is now accessible on mobile phone app stores, in another significant move for the currency’s trial phase.
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Payments

Turkey Lottery Revenue Crashes Amid Political Backlash

Sales of New Year's Eve lottery tickets in Turkey have plunged 30 percent as distrustful customers seemingly turn their backs on the national lottery's pro-government joint operator.
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Gambling

New York To Allow Mobile Sports Betting On Saturday

The much-anticipated launch of mobile sports betting in New York, the largest U.S. market to permit online wagering to date, will take place on Saturday, following approvals granted by state gaming regulators.
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Gambling

Dutch Gambling Ad Spending Doubles Despite Threat Of Ban

Dutch gambling advertising has more than doubled in the months following legalisation of online gambling on October 1, even as a new Dutch government is poised to consider parliamentary proposals for an ad ban.
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Gambling

News In Brief: January 4-January 7, 2022

ICE organisers issue new dates and operators lobbying in California hit a big ballot milestone.
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Gambling

P27 To Take Over Danish Payments Infrastructure

Finance Denmark, the country’s banking association, has agreed on a new sector plan that will see it replaced by cross-border platform P27 as the country’s clearinghouse.
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Payments

Ex-Swedbank CEO Faces Music Over AML Failings

Sweden’s economic crime watchdog is pressing charges against former Swedbank chief executive, Birgitte Bonnesen, as a consequence of what it deems misleading claims following anti-money laundering (AML) failings in Estonia.
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Payments

Nationwide Should Have Paid More Attention To Capacity Management

The use of legacy systems and negligence by the management team of Nationwide Building Society could be behind the repeated payment outages during the Christmas holiday.<br />
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Payments

LatAm Governments To Turn Eye To CBDCs Rather Than Bitcoin

Mexico’s recent announcement to adopt a central bank digital currency (CBDC) shows that Latin American countries are more likely to adopt their own digital currencies than follow suit with El Salvador’s controversial Bitcoin experiment.
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Payments

Mashpee Wampanoag’s Stalled Casino Plans Revived In Massachusetts

The Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe’s stalled plans to build a major casino-resort on reservation lands in Massachusetts could be revived after the U.S. Department of the Interior’s assistant secretary for Indian affairs confirmed the legal status of the tribe’s reservation.
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Gambling

Major Markets In Focus For U.S. Sports Betting In 2022

After a strong 2021 that saw almost a dozen states either legalize sports wagering or add mobile betting, the focus in 2022 shifts to the future of sports betting in the United States’ most coveted and largest markets.
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Gambling

No Online Slots, Poker Licences Issued Yet In Germany

​​​​​​​No virtual slots or poker licences have been issued in Germany so far, according to records of the agency processing applications.
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Gambling

U.S. Financial Regulator Chair Resigns Amid Bank Merger Review Spat

The chairman of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation has announced her resignation after the main federal financial regulators accused each other of a power grab in a debate over bank merger rules.
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Payments

De-Risky Business: Consumers Are Being Affected By Application Of AML Rules, Warns Lithuania’s Watchdog

Although payment service providers do not abuse de-risking practices, there is room for improvement, Lithuania’s central bank has concluded as it starts 2022 with a new survey on the issue.
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Payments

Consensus Builds For CBDC In 2021

In one way or another, most central banks have now come to an affirmative decision on taking fiat money into the digital sphere. However, apart from a few stand out launches and trials, the prospect of a central bank digital currency (CBDC) in some of the world’s largest economies still looks to be a long way off.
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Payments

Update: Binance Scores Regulatory Approval In Bahrain, Canada

The crypto platform that until recently has been known for its catch-me-if-you-can approach has announced that it has received a green light to operate in Bahrain and Canada.
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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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