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Meta criticises Apple for changes to its digital purchase rules, while central banks have completed another cross-border digital currency project and the US Treasury has sanctioned more Iranian officials in light of human rights abuses.

State gaming regulators moved Maryland closer to the long-awaited launch of mobile sports betting on Thursday by finding ten applicants were suitable for licensure.

​​​​​​​Nigeria has implemented a new digital tax collection system for offshore operators and introduced a new permit that does not require establishing a local company or creating an onshore presence.

Massachusetts regulators have turned away a request from hometown sportsbook operator DraftKings to reconsider its plan to allow retail sports betting to launch ahead of mobile betting operations.

Spain’s Senate has passed a bill to reform the country’s 2011 online gambling law by strengthening the role of the national Directorate General for the Regulation of Gambling (DGOJ), reinforcing restrictions on advertising and providing additional gambling addiction protections.

Apple pauses App Store gambling ads, the chances for California's mobile betting proposition fade further and delays to online licence approvals in Argentinian state.

Nigeria will become the first African nation to launch its own domestic card scheme, hoping to follow in the footsteps of India and China by supporting national sovereignty of payments and tapping into the fast growth of electronic payments in Africa’s largest and most populous economy.

This regulatory analysis will delve into the background of action initiation in Australia, as well as the wider context that drives the nature and speed of CDR-related proposals. It will also map out the relevant legislative and authorities framework applicable to the CDR. Furthermore, the analysis will provide a detailed examination of the proposed action initiation regime, with its multiple layers and new types of licensed CDR-participating entities. It will explore the possible implications of the proposed measures for the payments industry, including the potential for increased competition, business growth and need for compliance.

The European Commission has outlined its plans for instant payments regulations, with commitments for the mandatory provision of instant credit transfers.

Last month, the US Treasury finalised a long-awaited rule for beneficial ownership reporting requirements which is expected to hit more than 30m small businesses. VIXIO speaks with an ex-Treasury official to discuss the impact and potential areas of abuse.

After two years in the role, Nevada Gaming Control Board chairman J. Brin Gibson is busy guiding the agency through the massive undertaking of updating the state’s archaic gaming regulations, some of which have not been touched in more than five decades.

Japan’s police and Consumer Affairs Agency have released a joint warning that gambling on offshore websites is a criminal act, implying that long-standing de facto impunity for affiliate websites may be under threat.

​​​​​​​Three of Sweden’s largest operators — Kindred, the Swedish Horse Racing Totalisator Board (ATG) and state-owned Svenska Spel — have agreed to share key problem gambling consumer data every six months.

The UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has looked at how bigtech is disrupting payments, as it seeks views on the potential competition benefits and harms from the changing market dynamic.

Japan will use its local card-based payments network to trial in-person merchant payments using a central bank digital currency (CBDC).

A new partnership between American Express and Cross River Bank will enable fintechs to offer Amex-branded credit cards to their customers.

Prussian politician Otto von Bismarck once said laws are like sausages because it is best not to see them being made, and Indian gaming lobbyists are worried the wisdom of Bismarck’s observation will be confirmed yet again in Congress before the end of the year.

The New South Wales (NSW) Crime Commission has heaped new pressure on slot machine operators and the state government in a report recommending mandatory cashless use of slots to stem billions of dollars in laundered funds per year.

​​​​​​​The latest Gambling Commission data reports that the UK problem gambling rate has remained stable at 0.3 percent, but academics are increasingly concerned about the methodology and standardisation of recording gambling harm rates.

A Vermont committee has begun to piece together what sports betting in the state could look like as legislators prepare to consider the issue next year.