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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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Gaming Industry Pushing Back On Prop Bet Restrictions

Gaming industry leaders maintained this week that limiting or prohibiting proposition bets on college athletes or professional athletes could bolster the illegal market in the U.S.
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Gambling

Brazil Bettors To Pay Taxes On Every Winning Wager

Brazil's tax authority has published a new rule to clarify how a winnings tax for sports betting and online gaming will be applied, and operators are unhappy with the outcome.
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Gambling

U.S. Sports Leagues Keep Focus On Prop Bets

NBA commissioner Adam Silver and his Major League Baseball counterpart have said that leagues are closely monitoring the types of available proposition bets across the U.S. market in the wake of recent integrity concerns.
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Gambling

Paraguay: From Corruption Scandal To The End Of A Monopoly

In 2022, multiple employees of Paraguay鈥檚 gambling regulatory body were under investigation for corruption. Fast forward 18 months, and with radical changes underway, has Paraguay鈥檚 gaming industry recovered its reputation?聽
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Gambling

Australia Seeks Feedback On 'Streamlined' AML Framework

Proposals for an updated anti-money laundering (AML) framework are taking shape in Australia, as regulators look to avert a potential grey-listing by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF).
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Payments

FCA 'Name And Shame' Plans Concern UK Financial Sector

Plans by the UK financial regulator to "name and shame" companies under investigation could cause reputational damage and a loss of business for companies that are later found to be innocent, people in the industry have warned.
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Payments

Daily Dash: Hong Kong Launches New Wholesale CBDC Project

Hong Kong has enlisted the support of Ant Financial, Microsoft and HSBC in a new wholesale CBDC forum, while Argentina has published its first API that allows businesses to automate access to central bank information.
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Payments

Maltese Law Firm Pitches Licensing To Taiwan's Online Gaming Sector

A leading Maltese law firm has pitched gambling licensing, fintech investment and immigration options to Taiwanese online gambling companies amid a troubled legal environment for the Taiwanese B2B sector.
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Gambling

U.S. Operators Seek To Expand DC's Sports-Betting Market

A D.C. lawmaker鈥檚 effort to increase tax revenue from the city鈥檚 struggling sports-betting operation by opening mobile wagering to multiple operators has garnered wide-spread support from professional sports franchises and gaming operators.
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Gambling

Daily Dash: Fed Consults On Fedwire Hours

The US Federal Reserve has begun a consultation on extending Fedwire service hours, while the EU鈥檚 banking watchdog begins accepting the names of people linked to financial crime.
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Payments

Nium Notches Up Licences In Over 40 Countries, As APAC Revenue Doubles

Cross-border payments firm Nium is seeing rapid growth in Asia-Pacific, a trend that its regional manager puts down to being "hyper licensed" and to working closely with local regulators.
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Payments

Argentina's QR Code For Credit Cards Still Not Ready, Industry Says

Argentina鈥檚 payments industry has said that a system to make credit card payments via a QR code provider is not yet ready, despite the country鈥檚 central bank saying that consumers should now be able to use it.
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Payments

UK's Open Banking Consultation Offers Path Out Of Regulatory Quagmire

The UK鈥檚 progress on open banking has been hampered by endless consultations and a lack of decision-making, payments experts warned during 91天堂原創鈥檚 latest webinar, "Open Banking: Unlocking the Next Chapter".
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Labour Checks, UN Concerns, Probes Heap New Pressure On POGOs

Pressure is continuing to build on the Philippines鈥 foreign-facing online gambling segment, with new hiring checks, UN scrutiny and community unease over foreign workers triggering another wave of media gloom and political attacks.
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Gambling

Northern Ireland Working On 'Next Phase' Of Gambling Law

Northern Ireland has commenced preparatory work on its next stage of reforming the country鈥檚 gambling laws and is in the process of commissioning a gambling prevalence survey.
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Gambling

U.S. Gaming Regulators Push Back Against Dave & Buster's Betting Plans

U.S. gaming regulators and lawmakers believe the move by prominent arcade chain Dave & Buster鈥檚 to incorporate peer-to-peer wagering into its loyalty app will violate state gambling laws.
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Gambling

Brazil System Standards Open Door For Loyalty Bonuses

Brazil has continued to roll out regulations for online gambling by releasing detailed technical standards for betting and gaming systems via an ordinance that also implies that licensed operators will be able to offer retention bonuses for players.
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Gambling

California Restarts Rulemaking On Restrictive Gambling Advertising

Cardrooms in California could be held responsible for any advertising done on their behalf by a third-party provider or advertising agency, according to revised advertising regulations approved by state gaming regulators.
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Gambling

Slow Start For ESPN BET Causes Penn Stock Drop

Penn Entertainment's stock took an early morning tumble Thursday (May 2) after the company reported that it had missed its first-quarter earnings estimates and cited the early underperformance of ESPN BET as one of the biggest factors in doing so.
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Gambling

Chilean Lottery Files Blocklist Lawsuit As Online Bill Stalls

Chile鈥檚 state lottery operator has rallied to file another lawsuit, this time against five internet providers who have not blocked online operators.聽
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Australia鈥檚 Card Fraud Hits A$913m As Overseas Online Fraud Continues To Rise

Overseas card-not-present (CNP) fraud now accounts for the largest share of the country鈥檚 card fraud losses, according to new figures from the Australian Payments Network (AusPayNet).
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Zelle Slams New York Attorney General鈥檚 Lawsuit As 鈥淧olitical Stunt鈥

US payments company Early Warning Systems has rejected allegations, made in a lawsuit filed by the state鈥檚 attorney general, Leticia James, that it allowed fraud on its Zelle platform.
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PSR Announces Plans To Revoke Two Specific Directions

The UK鈥檚 Payment Systems Regulator (PSR) has opted to revoke Specific Direction 2 (SD2) and Specific Direction 4 (SD4), with the changes due to come into force in late August 2025.
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EBA Calls For Increased Use Of Suptech, But Warns That Challenges Remain

The authority believes that supervisory technology (suptech) tools can make anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing (AML/CTF) supervision more effective, but warns that legal, operational and resource hurdles could slow adoption.
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Polymarket Blocked In Australia After Regulator Probe

Australia鈥檚 national online gambling regulator has declared Polymarket to be a prohibited service after completing a probe into the prediction market platform that included a formal warning to its U.S.-based owners.
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Pennsylvania Senators Propose Bipartisan Deal To Regulate Skill Games

A bipartisan bill is being proposed by two Pennsylvania senators regarding the regulation of skill games, a contentious issue that has divided lawmakers, skill game suppliers and the state鈥檚 regulated gaming industry.
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Regulatory Influencer: Isle of Man Signals Major Crackdown on AML Failures in Gambling Sector

The Isle of Man is entering a new era of regulatory enforcement, with recent actions and legislative reforms from the Gambling Supervision Commission (GSC) focusing on money laundering risks in the gambling sector. Driven by rising concerns over the exploitation of global online gambling hubs by transnational crime groups, particularly out of East and Southeast Asia, the island is tightening its financial crime defences and regulatory scrutiny.
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Chile Delays Phasing-Out Of Coordinate Cards Until 2026

The Chilean Financial Market Commission (CMF) has delayed by one year the elimination of coordinate cards as an authentication method for electronic payments and transfers, moving the deadline from 2025 to August 1, 2026.
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Indian States Push For National Solution To Online Skill Gaming

India鈥檚 regional governments are intensifying pressure on New Delhi to create or block a national regulatory framework for online gaming, as the Supreme Court wraps up hearings in a case critical to the industry鈥檚 future.
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Former Regulators Say Increased Fines May Not Be Effective Enforcement Deterrent

Former state regulators say including top executives in compliance actions, including potential individual sanctions, may be a more effective deterrent for bad behavior in the U.S. market than headline-grabbing fines.
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