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November 4, 2022

Week In Crypto: First DeFi FX Transactions On Public Blockchain, MoneyGram Launches Crypto Trading

Following months of reporting on crashes, fines and bankruptcies, Week in Crypto is decidedly upbeat this week as J.P. Morgan, DBS and SBI complete the first cross-border transactions on a public blockchain, MoneyGram launches crypto trading and Visa taps into World Cup fever with new NFTs.
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November 4, 2022

Daily Dash: FCA Looks For Cost Of Living Answers

The UK鈥檚 Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has called on consumer credit firms to send data in hopes of better understanding the cost of living crisis, Australia has said it will focus on crypto and greenwashing next year, and Stripe has laid off staff due to concerns of economic downturn.
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November 4, 2022

Industry Confident Finnish Monopoly On Borrowed Time

Finland could hand out licences for online gambling as soon as 2025, with the prevailing sentiment suggesting it is a case of when, not if, the nation鈥檚 monopoly is dismantled.
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November 4, 2022

Apollo Seeks $620m Distribution From Nevada Assets

The private-equity owners of The Venetian Las Vegas are seeking regulatory approval to distribute $620m to investors and hand out bonuses to employees, but gaming regulators have questioned the soundness of returning such a large dividend less than eight months since the acquisition closed.
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November 4, 2022

Latin American Operators At Odds Over Online Betting Sponsorships

Lawyers and operators have given contrasting perspectives on the legality of online sports-betting sponsorships for football teams in unregulated markets such as Chile, Uruguay and Brazil.
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November 4, 2022

UK Gambling Commission Hands Out Suspension For Self-Exclusion Failure

鈥嬧嬧嬧嬧嬧嬧婽he UK Gambling Commission has suspended LEBOM Limited from transacting with consumers for not being integrated into the GAMSTOP self-exclusion scheme.
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November 3, 2022

Open Banking Kicks Off In Saudi Arabia Early Next Year

Industry participants welcome Saudi Arabia鈥檚 open banking framework, which is expected to launch in the first quarter of 2023.
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November 3, 2022

UK MPs Criticise Government Transparency Over 鈥機ontroversial鈥 Regulator Power In Finance Bill

A planned amendment to the Financial Services and Markets Bill, which greatly extends the powers of the UK government to direct financial regulators to take action, has been delayed, which the Treasury Select Committee has called "sub-optimal" due to a lack of parliamentary scrutiny it will receive.
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November 3, 2022

South Africa To Launch Modernised Instant Payment Service In 2023

After being a pioneer in setting up instant payments 16 years ago, South Africa is now preparing to launch a new instant payment service looking to mirror the success of similar services in India, Singapore and Thailand.
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November 3, 2022

Doomed Sports-Betting Propositions In California Could Cost $700m

With just five days left until the November 8 election, the amount spent on two apparently futile propositions to legalize sports betting in California is expected to set a new national record of up to $700m.
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November 3, 2022

North Dakota Governor Rejects Tribes' Online Gaming Request

North Dakota Governor Doug Burgum has denied tribes鈥 request for exclusive online gaming rights in the final draft of new gaming compacts, saying Wednesday that there is no clear legal path for him to unilaterally expand the state鈥檚 gambling laws to allow the five tribes to offer internet wagering across the state.
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November 3, 2022

Australian Regulator Orders AML Audits For bet365, Sportsbet

Australia鈥檚 financial transactions regulator has ordered Flutter Entertainment-owned Sportsbet and bet365 to be audited after claiming 鈥渞easonable grounds鈥 to suspect the bookmakers violated or are violating anti-money laundering (AML) legislation.
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November 3, 2022

Lula's Election Shuffles Deck For Gambling In Brazil

Luiz In谩cio Lula Da Silva's election as President of Brazil should not alter the landscape for gambling expansion in Brazil and leaves open a window for sports betting to become regulated before the end of this year, according to experts speaking at the SBC Summit Latinoamerica in Miami on Tuesday.
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November 3, 2022

MPs Pass Motion To Reverse Dutch Gambling Tax Cut

Scrapping a planned cut to online gambling tax in the Netherlands may be on the cards after MPs backed a motion to keep the levy at 29 percent.
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November 3, 2022

Seventeen Operators Exit Ontario After iGaming Licensing Deadline

With a licensing deadline expiring two days ago, 17 operators that remain unlicensed to do business within Ontario's regulated iGaming market have ceased operations until their applications are completed, the Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario confirmed on Wednesday.
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November 3, 2022

Industry Needs 'Adult' To Step In, Says Danske Spil Boss

The gambling industry needs tough, clear regulations to keep it in check, as it cannot seem to agree on how to regulate itself, says the CEO of Denmark鈥檚 largest operator.
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November 3, 2022

News In Brief: October 31-November 4, 2022

Postcode Lottery breaks ad rules in the Netherlands, Ohio approves new sports-betting licences and Rwanda suspends slots approvals.
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November 2, 2022

Singapore Progresses To Next Stage With Programmed CBDC Project

Project Orchid has provided the Monetary Authority of Singapore with a "sharpened understanding" of central bank digital currency (CBDC) use cases, including adding conditions to what it can be used for, but the regulator still has no plans to issue one.
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November 2, 2022

We Appreciate Consumer Duty Will Be Hard, FCA Acknowledges

Senior officials at the UK financial watchdog have defended the controversial new policy as a way to improve competition and support cost of living pressures during an implementation webinar.
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November 2, 2022

Hong Kong Launches Next-Gen SME Open Banking Data Platform

The Commercial Data Interchange (CDI), a new financial data-sharing infrastructure, launched last week, marks the next step in Hong Kong鈥檚 open banking journey as it targets improved services for small businesses.
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November 2, 2022

Australia Imposes Tougher Warnings On Online Wagering Ads

Australia鈥檚 federal government has released a series of compulsory, more robustly worded responsible gaming warnings to be rotated across online wagering commercials and promotions in print, broadcast and online media.
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