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March 5, 2024

SaaS Firms Step Up Embedded Payments Offerings

The growing adoption of new applications in open banking, digital wallets and mobile commerce is building momentum for embedded payments 鈥 the integration of payment processing capabilities directly into non-payment apps.
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March 5, 2024

UK Home Office Launches 'Biggest Crackdown' On Money Mules

The UK Home Office has unveiled a 22-point plan to fight money mules and financial exploitation, focused on disrupting the flow of illicit funds through bank and crypto exchange accounts.
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March 5, 2024

Daily Dash: European Commission Fines Apple 鈧1.8bn For Abusing App Store Dominance

Apple has been hit by a 鈧1.8bn fine for violating the EU鈥檚 anti-steering provisions, and IDEX is preparing to launch a new biometric card in the UK for the visually- and memory-impaired.
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March 5, 2024

India Financial Enforcer Fines Paytm Over Online Gambling

India鈥檚 government agencies are coordinating to punish online gambling-linked financial channels, with one regulator fining fintech giant Paytm more than $660,000 for breaching anti-money laundering legislation and rules, and another freezing bank accounts tied to Chinese apps.
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March 4, 2024

Virginia Approves Legislation To Regulate Skill-Game Machines

After what was expected to be a contentious process, Virginia lawmakers were instead able to quickly reach a compromise allowing members of both chambers of the General Assembly to approve a consensus bill repealing the state鈥檚 ban on skill-game devices.
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March 4, 2024

Political Power Player Lira Still Directing Brazil's Road To Regulation

Over the past year, the regulation of online betting in Brazil has taken several 11th-hour turns. Behind most of these machinations has been Arthur Lira, the current president of the Chamber of Deputies and arguably Brazil鈥檚 most powerful politician.
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March 4, 2024

California Weighs Regulations To Tackle Deceptive Gambling Advertising

The California Gambling Control Commission has delayed a hearing on whether to begin a formal rulemaking process to address advertising by cardroom licensees that could be deceptive or do not include responsible gambling information.
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March 4, 2024

Daily Dash: World's Largest Healthcare Payment System Hit By Ransomware Attack

UnitedHealth Group has reported a ransomware attack on its payments subsidiary, and Mastercard has announced a new partnership to bring premium credit cards and other non-card payments to East Africa.
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March 4, 2024

EU Parliamentarians Back EU Digital Wallet

Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) have passed EU Digital Identity framework, leaving it with one final hurdle to pass at the European Council.
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March 4, 2024

Merchant-Initiated Transaction Changes Could Have Unintended Consequences, EU Warned

Unconditional refund rights that were outlined in the EU鈥檚 Payment Services Regulation have emerged as a key concern for trade associations in Brussels.
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March 4, 2024

South Korean Reforms Impose Loot Box Transparency, Refunds

South Korea has greatly tightened loot box regulations, introducing mandatory odds disclosure and a customer refund scheme, while forming administrative and police monitoring groups for associated games.
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March 1, 2024

Finland Puts Betsson On Payments Blocking List

鈥嬧嬧嬧嬧嬧嬧婤etsson Group brands have been placed on Finland鈥檚 gambling payments blocking list, as the country鈥檚 gambling regulator exercises its enforcement powers.
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March 1, 2024

UK Gambling Ministers Tackle White Paper Worries

The UK鈥檚 gambling minister and shadow gambling minister have addressed industry concerns around the details of implementing the Gambling Act white paper proposals, including financial risk checks.
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March 1, 2024

Paytm Seeks UPI Lifeline As Banking Shutdown Nears

The parent company of India鈥檚 Paytm Payments Bank is seeking a new regulatory approval to ensure that customers can still use Unified Payments Interface after the bank is shuttered later this month.
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March 1, 2024

Week In Crypto: Sam Bankman-Fried Seeks Light Sentence Due To 鈥楥haritable Works鈥

The former head of FTX seeks leniency based on his 鈥済ood deeds鈥 and 鈥渃haritable works鈥, two Binance executives are detained in Nigeria, and the European Central Bank claims Bitcoin is ready to crash.
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March 1, 2024

Russia Proposes BRICS Bridge Payment Platform

Russia has proposed a digital settlement and payment platform for the BRICS countries to trade in their national currencies, as it aims to bypass the US dollar in international transactions.
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March 1, 2024

Daily Dash: UK MPs To Investigate Whether Sanctions Are Working

Following the second anniversary of Russia鈥檚 invasion of Ukraine, the Treasury Select Committee has launched an inquiry into the efficacy of the UK鈥檚 programme of economic sanctions, while the Bank of Lithuania鈥檚 new data management programme has gone live.
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March 1, 2024

Dutch Court Trashes Lottery, Betting Monopoly

The East Brabant District Court has ruled that Dutch gambling regulation is not 鈥渉orizontally consistent鈥 because it allows multiple licences to be awarded for online casino and other forms of gambling, but restricts betting shops and instant lotteries to a single operator.
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March 1, 2024

IGT Merges With Everi To Create $6.2bn Gaming Supplier Giant

International Game Technology (IGT) has announced a deal to spin off its gaming and digital businesses and combine them with Everi Holdings in a deal that values the new company at $6.2bn.
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March 1, 2024

News In Brief: February 26-March 1, 2024

North Carolina announces mobile betting licenses, discord brews in Arizona over gaming machines and Wyoming confirms intention to adopt sports-betting rules.
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March 1, 2024

New Jersey鈥檚 Rebuck Retires After Blazing Regulatory Trail For U.S. Online Market

The state official chiefly responsible for setting the regulatory foundations for the multibillion-dollar U.S. online gambling market has abruptly retired from the New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement.
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