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The chief sponsor of a pending Senate bill to regulate land-based casinos and bingo halls insists that his proposal will be unaffected by the series of negative headlines now impeding online gaming in Brazil.

Michigan bills would earmark more money for problem gambling prevention, New York adds advertising restrictions, the NCAA considers athlete betting and Kenyan politicians are urged to pass new legislation.

To the consternation of consumer watchdogs, Google’s takeover of the Dutch mobile payments market for Android users is now complete, following ING’s decision to withdraw its own mobile payments app.

The European Payments Initiative has officially launched its digital payment wallet, Wero, in France, following its launch in Germany during July.

The European Banking Authority (EBA) has published three new Q&As covering transaction risk analysis, inactivity periods and contingency mechanism exemptions in relation to the EU’s revised Payment Services Directive (PSD2).

France has introduced a nationwide campaign to alert the public to sophisticated fraud techniques, while the UK has outlawed targeting mainstream audiences with ads for certain types of crypto-asset products.

Brazil’s gambling regulator has published the names of nearly 200 whitelisted betting sites that will not be subject to blocking during the final months of a transition period to a national licensing regime.

DraftKings has agreed to pay a $200,000 penalty to settle charges from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission that it selectively disclosed non-public information via social media.

Gambling operators are struggling with their operations in the wake of Argentina’s ever-present inflation problem.

The Norwegian gambling regulator has ordered exclusive rights holders Norsk Tipping to pay a fee of NK4.5m (€382,521) after mistakenly paying a player NK25m, well above the NK5m jackpot limit. Atle Hamar, director of the Norwegian Lottery Authority (NLA), called the mistaken payment a “serious breach" and a “serious system failure”.

The Bank of Canada has announced that it will be "scaling down" its work on retail central bank digital currency (CBDC) while it attends to more pressing payment systems issues.

India has secured a new agreement to develop an instant payments system for Trinidad and Tobago, and has also attended the first meeting of a joint working group that aims to modernise the Philippines’ fintech sector.

A new report from the Danish competition regulator shows that Denmark’s Dankort solution is ceding its monopoly in the local payments market.

Canadian lawmakers continue to hear testimony from responsible gambling advocates, broadcasters and the gaming industry as they consider the fate of federal regulation that would establish a national framework for regulating the promotion of sports betting.

A leading business association has filed a petition with Brazil’s Supreme Court in an effort to overturn the landmark 2023 law that establishes a licensing regime for sports betting and online gaming.

This report is part of a four-part series analyzing the Retail Payment Activities Act and identifying key components of the law that payment service providers should consider when doing business in Canada. This report focuses on the requirement to register with the Bank of Canada, and the subsequent reports will focus on the remaining key requirements: operational risk management and incident response; end-user funds safeguarding; and mandatory reporting and recordkeeping.

Lithuania and the Netherlands have begun to enact key elements of the EU’s Instant Payments Regulation, while Sweden’s financial crime watchdog has released a new report setting out recommendations to tackle money laundering in the crypto market.

The Personal Information Protection Commission of South Korea has become the latest regulator to crack down on the Sam Altman-backed project, imposing a financial penalty and taking remedial action.

Assessing fair value has been a difficult task for payments and e-money firms operating in the UK as they get to grips with the Financial Conduct Authority’s Consumer Duty rules, panellists said during a Vixio webinar.

The US Department of the Treasury, in a coordinated effort with international partners, has launched significant actions aimed at disrupting Russian cybercrime networks and illicit virtual currency exchanges.