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EBA Slams Fintechs Over Lax Compliance In New AML Risk Assessment

In its latest risk assessment, the European Banking Authority (EBA) has warned that poor practices and a lack of experience at fintechs, including payments and crypto firms, are undermining efforts to tackle financial crime.
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AI Joint Venture Demonstrates UAE鈥檚 Digital and Financial Ambitions

The Middle Eastern state continues to harness financial services as an asset, moving to modernise its payments infrastructure through a public-private initiative involving the deployment of artificial intelligence (AI).
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Brazil Minister Rattles Industry With Regulatory Remorse

The government minister responsible for Brazil鈥檚 federal betting regulator is considering stricter rules on advertising and online casino games and says he would even outlaw online gambling altogether if given the opportunity.
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Romanian Government Eyes Legislation To Decentralise Gambling Licensing

Romanian Prime Minister Ilie Bolojan has announced that his government plans to propose a draft legislation that will enable municipal authorities to decide on licences for local gambling outlets.
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Finnish Gambling Industry Optimistic New Regime Will Not Be Unfriendly

The Finnish gambling industry expects the government to propose a 鈥渞elatively liberal鈥 online gambling licensing regime, the head of an online gambling trade group has said.
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Gambling

US CFPB Issues Guidelines For Open Banking Standards Setters

The US Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has outlined the requirements for industry standard-setting bodies to gain official recognition, aiding compliance with the upcoming Personal Financial Data Rights rule.
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Payments

Week In Crypto: Binance To Restrict Stablecoins In Preparation For MiCA

Binance plans transition away from 鈥渦nauthorised鈥 stablecoins, New York orders crypto firms to improve their complaints handling, and the US Treasury finds that NFTs are 鈥渉ighly susceptible鈥 to financial crime.
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US CFPB Stokes Flames Of New York Versus Citibank Wire Transfer Case

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has issued a statement that suggests that the Electronic Fund Transfer Act should apply in the case of New York v Citibank, provoking an immediate industry backlash from advocates in the banking and payments industries.
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Payments

Daily Dash: Peru Harnesses India's UPI Technology In Landmark Digital Payments Deal

Peru has become the first country in South America to sign up for a UPI-like payments system provided by India, while eBay has said it will ditch American Express due to 鈥渦nacceptably high鈥 fees.
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Payments

News In Brief: June 3-June 7, 2024

Austria details illegal gambling fines, Stake cleared in Switzerland, casinos fined in Missouri and US senator wants to ban slots on military bases.
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Gambling

Duty Of Care Fines On Dutch Horizon

A new unit is being set up at the Netherlands Gambling Authority to monitor how gambling operators fulfil their duty of care, and to hand out fines to those who do not meet the regulator鈥檚 standards.
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Gambling

Torture Victim Dies Amid Philippine Online Gambling Raid Chaos

Fallout from the raid of an online gambling and cyber-scamming operation in the Philippines is mounting amid the death of a torture victim, suspected operator links to a second raided property and delays in rescuing more victims after the withdrawal of a search warrant.
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Gambling

Regulator Clarifies 'Brazilian' Licensing Requirement

Brazil鈥檚 Ministry of Finance has now answered one of the burning questions that operators have been asking as the country鈥檚 licensing process opens and officials intend to answer another one related to permissible casino games before the end of July, according to the ministry鈥檚 newly appointed chief gambling regulator.
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Gambling

Massachusetts Regulator To Hold Hearing On ESPN Anchor's Risk-Free Comment

Penn Entertainment could face sanctions from Massachusetts regulators as a result of a comment made by an ESPN anchor earlier this year regarding 鈥渞isk-free鈥 gambling.
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Gambling

FBI Says Gambling Debt Caused NBA Player To Manipulate Prop Bets

Federal authorities have said former NBA player Jontay Porter was encouraged to manipulate his player propositions due to outstanding gambling debt owed to another person.
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Gambling

Regulatory Influencer: US Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Makes Progress on Open Banking

On June 5, 2024, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) issued a final rule establishing minimum requirements for a standard-setting body to receive CFPB recognition; thereby, allowing them to issue consensus open banking standards when the Personal Financial Data Rights rule is finalized.
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Payments

New US Repeat Offenders Registry Will Target Non-Banks

Non-bank financial companies that violate consumer laws will be registered on a nationwide offenders list, thanks to new powers granted to the US Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
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Payments

Afterpay Calls For Greater Use Of 'Partial Credit Checks' In Australian BNPL Regulation

Australia鈥檚 largest buy now, pay later (BNPL) firm has called for 鈥減artial credit checks鈥 to be given a more prominent role in BNPL regulation, as the sector moves towards similar rules as other credit products.
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Daily Dash: Irish Central Bank Tipped To Launch Innovation Sandbox Programme This Year

The Central Bank of Ireland plans to launch an innovation sandbox programme in 2024, while Australia's parliament has introduced the "Keeping Cash Transactions in Australia Bill 2024", imposing A$5,000 fines on businesses that fail to accept cash payments for regulated in-person transactions.
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Payments

German Online Casino Market Is 'Askew', Executives Say

The online casino market in Germany is "askew", with table games separated from slots and a laborious process for approval of slots games, executives have said.
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Gambling

France Launches New Campaign To Combat Betting Ads During The Euros

France鈥檚 National Gaming Authority (ANJ) has announced the launch of a new safer gambling campaign in time for the kickoff of the European Football Championship.聽
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Gambling

Regulatory Influencer: Singapore's Expanded Fair Dealing Guidelines, Consumer Duty Goes Global

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has announced the expansion of its Fair Dealing Guidelines, to include all financial institutions under its regulatory ambit. These guidelines previously only applied to the selection, marketing and distribution of investment products.
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Payments

What Are The 鈥楻ed Flags鈥 In India鈥檚 New Self-Regulations For Fintechs?

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is keen to outsource fintech "industry standards and best practices" to self-regulatory organisations, but its new framework is not without its critics.
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Payments

Payments Insiders Hope For Implementation, Not Regulation As EU Election Begins

The European Parliament鈥檚 elections are taking place between June 6 and 9, and with that will come a new mandate for the European Commission. However, payments insiders are hoping for less, not more, from Brussels.
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European Council鈥檚 PSR/PSD3 Text Fails Open Banking, Warns Trade Association

With tensions over the EU鈥檚 payments legislation rising, critics warn that flaws in the Council鈥檚 position could have devastating consequences for fintech business models.
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News In Brief: August 4-August 8, 2025

Dutch government warned that gambling tax hike will benefit black market, while ban on bonuses promoted by Spain's Ministry Of Social Rights and Chinese partners terminate Star Entertainment deal.
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Irish Bookmakers Warn Against Potential Betting Duty Tax Increase

The Irish Bookmakers Association (IBA) has warned the government against including a 0.5 percent to 1 percent increase in betting duty tax in the 2026 budget, fearing it will result in job losses and betting shop closures.
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Regulatory Influencer: China鈥檚 Shift To 鈥楲ong-Term鈥 Licensing Signals Payments System Maturity

The People鈥檚 Bank of China (PBoC) has issued its first batch of 鈥渓ong-term鈥 licences to non-bank payment institutions, in line with its efforts to tighten supervision of the sector.
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Bank Of Ghana Warns Remittance Firms Over Persistent Regulatory Breaches

Ghana鈥檚 financial watchdog has raised the alarm over persistent compliance failures in the remittance market and stated that firms failing to address violations will face sanctions.
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GambleAware鈥檚 Demise Stokes Fears Over Future Of UK Research, Treatment

The UK鈥檚 most prominent gambling charity GambleAware has announced it will close as a result of the new mandatory responsible gambling levy, raising questions about the future of funding for addiction treatment and the potential politicisation of research.
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AUSTRAC Prosecutes Leading Operator Of Slot Machine Venues

Australian financial transactions regulator AUSTRAC is prosecuting a leading club owner and slot machine operator over 鈥渟erious and systemic鈥 violations of anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing (AML/CTF) laws.
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Oregon Lottery Seeks To Ensure Integrity, Security In Regulating Couriers

Mike Wells, director of the Oregon Lottery, admitted it has maintained a neutral stance on lottery courier services over the years, a position that has changed as more of the services operate in the state, with no formal regulatory oversight.
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CFPB Hits Pause On Open Banking Rule Rewrite

The US Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) is backing away from its earlier push to scrap a key open banking regulation, instead asking a federal court to pause litigation so it can develop a revised version of the rule.
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Ukraine Adopts EU-Style Open Banking Rules

The National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) has approved a comprehensive package of regulations to implement open banking in Ukraine, supporting the country's efforts to align with the EU.
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