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Gambling
Payments
Jurisdiction
January 3, 2024

Daily Dash: Revolut Revenue Tops $1bn But Higher Costs Wipe Out Profit Margin

Revolut profits have flat-lined despite significant customer growth in 2022, Brits broke a single-day cash withdrawal record just before Christmas, and Affirm has gone live at Walmart self-checkouts.
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January 3, 2024

Australian PSPs Given 18 Months To Comply With New Tokenisation Standards

The Reserve Bank of Australia has confirmed that it expects the country鈥檚 payments industry to be ready to meet new standards on card tokenisation by the end of June 2025.
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January 3, 2024

'Government Is Busy Elsewhere': How BNPL Slipped Off The UK Agenda In 2023

2023 was supposed to be the year that the UK government introduced regulation for the buy now, pay later (BNPL) industry. However, the UK industry enters 2024 in limbo, even as other jurisdictions jump ahead.
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January 3, 2024

European Mobile Payment Companies Reach Interoperability Agreement

Leading European mobile payment solutions MB WAY, BANCOMAT Pay and Bizum have established a first step towards interoperability.
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January 3, 2024

Singapore Stops Non-Bank, Non-Card Remittances To China

Singapore鈥檚 finance regulator has demanded that remittance companies suspend remittances to China through non-bank and non-card channels.
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January 2, 2024

Colorado Moving Forward With Sports-Betting Exchange Rules

Colorado gaming regulators will begin work this month on new regulations to allow sports-betting exchanges to operate within the state after the chief executive of Novig Laboratories again requested to offer a wagering exchange.
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January 2, 2024

Latvia To Offer Fintechs Direct Access To Payment System

Latvia鈥檚 central bank has jumped ahead of the EU鈥檚 soon-to-be-passed Instant Payments Regulation and has said that fintech companies will be granted access to the Baltic country鈥檚 retail payment system.
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January 2, 2024

Nagasaki's Integrated Resort Hopes Suffer Death Blow

Nagasaki鈥檚 campaign to host an integrated resort (IR) has collapsed after a central government ministerial advisory committee opposed the prefecture鈥檚 bid over funding, lack of operational experience and problem gambling concerns.
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January 2, 2024

Lula Launches New Era In Brazil Online Gambling

A new era for gambling in Brazil began on December 30 when President Luiz In谩cio Lula da Silva signed a law to regulate online gaming and sports betting, shifting the focus to Lula鈥檚 Ministry of Finance to implement the landmark legislation over the early months of 2024.
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December 22, 2023

Brazil Congress Approves Online Casino, Sports-Betting Bill

Brazil鈥檚 Chamber of Deputies gave the online gambling industry an early Christmas present in the small hours of Friday morning when it granted final approval to a bill to regulate both sports betting and online casino games.
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December 21, 2023

Future Of 'Skill-Game' Machines Looks Different In Different States

After Kentucky enacted a ban this year, lawmakers in Pennsylvania, Virginia and Michigan are set to consider legislation in 2024 to determine the fate of unregulated gaming devices supposedly requiring player skill.
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December 21, 2023

Updated Maryland iGaming Bill Raises Tax Rate, License Fee

Democratic state Senator Ron Watson has submitted his 鈥渇inal鈥 version of a rewritten proposal to put internet gaming in front of Maryland voters next year, according to draft legislation obtained by 91天堂原創 GamblingCompliance.
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December 21, 2023

Week In Crypto: Revolut Suspends Crypto Purchases For UK Business Accounts

Revolut hits pause on certain UK crypto services, US senator Liz Warren takes aim at the 鈥渞evolving door鈥 between government and crypto lobbyists, and Binance seals a $2.7bn settlement with the CFTC.
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December 21, 2023

Daily Dash: Google Settles Antitrust Case With All 50 US States For $700m

Google has settled an antitrust case with all 50 US states, ANZ has launched the first bank-owned PayTo service for billers, and Payoneer has confirmed that a new tie-up with PayPal is coming soon.
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December 21, 2023

News In Brief: December 18-December 22, 2023

Malta fines Kindred Group's Trannel operation and demands reforms over anti-money laundering lapses, while Victorian regulatory fines for slots king ALH blow out to A$1m within four months.
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December 21, 2023

UK Committee Seeks Cuts In Gambling Ads To Protect Minors

A UK parliamentary committee has called for a 鈥減recautionary approach鈥 in gambling advertising, saying 鈥渢here is scope for further regulation鈥 to protect minors from exposure.
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December 21, 2023

Italian Cabinet Approves Online Gambling Reform Decree

Italy鈥檚 government has approved a decree for the reorganisation of online gambling, the first step in a reform process that will have an impact on the entire sector.
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December 21, 2023

Time Running Out For Brazil Online Betting Bill In 2023

Brazil鈥檚 Congress is edging closer to concluding its work for 2023 without giving final approval to a closely-watched bill to regulate sports betting and online casino games.
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December 20, 2023

Sweden Fines Casino Cosmopol For AML Failures

The Swedish Gambling Authority has warned and fined Svenska Spel鈥檚 Casino Cosmopol SEK2m (鈧179,500) for failures in anti-money laundering and terrorist financing policies.
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December 20, 2023

Level Playing Field For Instant Cross-Border Payments Coming Soon To Europe

In 2024, the European Parliament is expected to adopt new legislation that will level the playing field for instant cross-border payments, opening up new opportunities for networks such as Thunes.
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December 20, 2023

Cura莽ao Legislation Submitted To Parliament, Licensing Fees Revealed

Cura莽ao鈥檚 Ministry of Finance confirmed on Tuesday that聽the highly anticipated National Ordinance for Games of Chance (LOK) has been officially submitted to Parliament.聽
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