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July 25, 2024

One Third Of UK Adults Have Embraced Mobile Contactless Payments

In a significant shift in consumer payment behaviour, one third of UK adults now use mobile contactless payments at least once a month, according to a new report by UK Finance in collaboration with Accenture.
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July 25, 2024

Regulatory Influencer: US CFPB Seeks to Expand Supervisory Authority to Include Big Tech and Other Non-Bank Digital Payment Applications Providers

The US Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has issued a proposed rule, titled 鈥淒efining Larger Participants of a Market for General-Use Digital Consumer Payment Applications," which would establish the CFPB鈥檚 supervisory authority over certain non-bank covered persons participating in a market for general-use digital consumer payment applications.
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July 25, 2024

New Zealand Regulator Argues Against Scrapping Interchange Fees

New Zealand鈥檚 Commerce Commission has come out against removing interchange fees, which make up the bulk of merchants鈥 payment acceptance costs, but is considering revised fee caps.
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July 25, 2024

FTC Investigates Mastercard And Others Over Surveillance Pricing Practices

The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has launched an investigation into eight companies suspected of using surveillance pricing practices.
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July 25, 2024

Daily Dash: FCA Imposes New Rules On Bank Branch Closures In Cash-Poor Areas

The UK鈥檚 financial regulator is stepping in to ensure that bank branch closures do not lead to cash shortages in local areas, while Italy has seen a downturn in suspicious transaction reports so far in 2024.
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July 25, 2024

Isle Of Man Cancels Online Gambling Licences In Crime Probe

The Isle of Man鈥檚 gambling regulator has cancelled the licences of two online gambling operators that have been under criminal investigation since at least April.
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July 24, 2024

State Lotteries Have One Eye On Regulations And One Eye On Operations

Expanded responsibilities to oversee new forms of gambling such as sports betting are creating new challenges for U.S. state lotteries to juggle their dual roles of operators and regulators.
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July 24, 2024

U.S. Sports-Betting Operators Warn Of Over-Taxation

Executives with leading operators have warned state lawmakers that excessive tax rates risk stretching the U.S. sports-betting market past its breaking point.
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July 24, 2024

UK Regulator Defends Problem Gambling Stats Feared By Industry

A Gambling Commission official has firmly defended its upcoming release of statistics from the Gambling Survey for Great Britain as 鈥渙pen and transparent鈥, and prepared to set a 鈥渘ew baseline鈥 for tracking gambling-related harm over time.
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July 24, 2024

UK Big Tech Review Could Drive Account-To-Account Payments Adoption

The UK鈥檚 Payment Systems Regulator and the Financial Conduct Authority are evaluating the benefits and risks of digital wallets for consumers and businesses, which may lead to new incentives for account-to-account (A2A) payments.
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July 24, 2024

Brazil Delays Recurring Payments Feature For Pix Until June 2025

The Central Bank of Brazil has announced a new timeline for the implementation of recurring payments on its highly popular Pix platform.
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July 23, 2024

Maryland iGaming Bill's Failure Sets Up Renewed Effort In 2026

A bill to allow Maryland voters to decide whether to legalize internet casino gaming failed to get out of the legislature and onto this year鈥檚 ballot due to strong and coordinated opposition from unions representing casino workers and several gaming companies.
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July 23, 2024

C贸rdoba's Online Gambling Under Attack

Legislators in Argentina's province of C贸rdoba are fighting to repeal legislation from 2021 that legalised online gambling.
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July 23, 2024

ECB Gives Non-Bank Payment Providers Access To Central Bank Systems

In a major shift for the EU鈥檚 financial sector, the European Central Bank (ECB) has introduced a harmonised policy allowing non-bank payment service providers to access central bank-operated payment systems, including TARGET.
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July 23, 2024

EU Financial Supervisor Satisfied With Germany's Post-Wirecard Progress

In a new report on the German Financial Supervisory Authority's (BaFin) progress since the Wirecard scandal, the European Securities and Markets Authority says it is broadly satisfied with the changes that have been made.
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July 23, 2024

Daily Dash: Bank Of Lithuania Issues Warning To EMI Over Sanctions Compliance

The Bank of Lithuania has ordered an e-money institution (EMI) to tighten its sanctions compliance processes following an investigation, while India has announced that its financial sector was mostly unaffected by last week鈥檚 Microsoft outage.
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July 23, 2024

Full POGO Ban Raises Questions On Domestic Industry, Enforcement

Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr鈥檚 landmark decision to ban foreign-facing online gambling operations (POGOs) has attracted near-unanimous political support, but leaves questions hanging on enforcement and the fate of the domestic online industry.
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July 22, 2024

U.S. Sports-Betting Scandals Highlight Need For Industry Accountability

The principal owner and chief executive officer of Major League Baseball鈥檚 Pittsburgh Pirates believes it is the role of gaming regulators and lawmakers to foster integrity in sports betting because the widespread legalization of wagering has changed the way people interact with the game.
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July 22, 2024

Model U.S. iGaming Legislation Offers Few Details Beyond Tax Rate

Despite widespread belief in the U.S. gaming industry that internet casino gaming will drive significant revenue growth, efforts to expand the legal market beyond just a few states continue to be blocked over concerns about cannibalizing land-based casino and increasing gambling addiction.
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July 22, 2024

Daily Dash: CFPB Proposes Rule To Clarify Fees For Paycheck Advance Products

The US Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) is seeking to reclassify paycheck advance products as consumer loans, while Hong Kong has named Standard Chartered among the first participants in its stablecoin issuance sandbox.
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July 22, 2024

Hong Kong Stablecoin Legislation Takes Shape Following Consultation

Major banks, fintechs and digital asset firms are watching lawmakers in Hong Kong closely as the financial centre moves towards its first bill to regulate stablecoin issuance.
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