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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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Swedish Regulator Battles Appeals, Wins Some, Loses Some

鈥嬧嬧嬧嬧嬧嬧婽he Swedish Gambling Authority won some appellate court cases this week and lost others, including a ruling upholding its penalties against five operators who were assessed more than 鈧10m in total, but suffered defeat in its enforcement against payments company Zimpler.
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Swiss Gambling Addiction Level Spike Sparks Concern

The number of pathological and at-risk gamblers in Switzerland increased between 2017 and 2022, according to the country鈥檚 latest health survey.
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Walmart Terminates Capital One Credit Card Partnership Following Lawsuit

Walmart has ended an exclusive credit card agreement with Capital One after a one-year legal battle and a court judgment in the retailer鈥檚 favour.
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Payments

European Payments Council Consults On Mobile Payments Updates

Payments companies have been invited to submit comments on draft guidance from the European Payments Council on mobile-initiated SEPA (instant) credit transfers.
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UK Election Creates Legislative Losses For Payments Industry

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak鈥檚 decision to call a snap UK general election on July 4 has resulted in the long-awaited Data Protection and Digital Information bill falling, while the Home Affairs Select Committee has failed to sign off its inquiry into fraud.
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Payments

Daily Dash: BaFin Lifts N26 Customer Cap Following AML Improvements

Germany鈥檚 financial regulator has announced that N26 can return to onboarding new customers without limits, while Thailand鈥檚 securities regulator has opened a new consultation on a comprehensive digital asset bill.
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Payments

Illinois House Greenlights Graduated Sports-Betting Tax

The Illinois House has voted in favor of a sports-betting tax hike that will see some operators pay up to 40 percent of revenues to the state, and investors showed concern that other states could ultimately follow suit.
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Gambling

Taiwan Detains Alleged Online Gambling Mogul, Aides

Prosecutors in the Taiwanese city of Taichung have arrested an alleged online gambling boss, a disgraced journalist and three others linked to a detained law enforcement official who allegedly sabotaged a probe into the illegal gambling operation.
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Illinois Senate Passes Major Sports-Betting Tax Hike

Sportsbook operators in Illinois are facing a massive tax increase pending a final House vote that could happen as early as Tuesday.
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Greyhound Racing Nears Extinction As U.S. States Ban Races, Wagering

Across the United States, the prominence and popularity of greyhound racing has declined steadily over the last 30 years as more states prohibit the ability to conduct and wager on races, leaving West Virginia as the only state with operating tracks.
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UK Election Casts Shadow Over White Paper Reforms

With several elements of the UK white paper yet to be fully implemented, do suspended animation in Westminster and a potential change of government threaten these reforms?
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Gambling

Daily Dash: Bank For International Settlements' CPMI Spotlights Strategic Priorities For 2024-25

The Bank for International Settlements' Committee on Payments and Market Infrastructures (CPMI) has published its work programme for the coming years, while the Swedish banking lobby has endorsed the proposed ban on gambling with a credit card, but also warned the government about likely challenges.
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Payments

India's Improved Payments Sector Sees Zomato Turn In Its Licences

India鈥檚 largest food delivery and restaurant comparison site has ditched two payments licences after finding that the overall efficiency of the sector made its own foray "not commercially viable".
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BNPL Lenders Reject US Comparison To Card Companies

Buy now, pay later (BNPL) lenders in the US will be required to give their customers similar protections to credit card companies, such as the right to a refund and the ability to dispute potential charges, under regulatory guidance issued last week by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
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European Payments Council Launches SPAA Pilot Call Out

The European Payments Council has invited payments companies to take part in a pilot for the SEPA Payment Account Access (SPAA) scheme, which aims to boost market engagement and a smooth transition to compliance for Europe鈥檚 payment service providers.
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Sweden Issues Two Fines As It Continues To Take Action Against Suppliers

The Swedish Gambling Authority has fined suppliers Panda Bluemoon Ltd and Hacksaw Studios AB for providing their software to two unlicensed operators.聽
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Nevada Regulators Do Not Buy PropSwap's Sports-Betting Resale Rule

The Nevada Gaming Control Board has declined to move forward with proposed regulatory changes to allow for the registration of companies offering the resale of pending sports bets.
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Brazil Issues Ordinance On Sports-Betting Oversight

Brazil聽has issued yet another ordinance to implement a regulatory regime for sports betting, this time clarifying the respective oversight responsibilities of the Ministry of Sports and the Ministry of Finance.聽
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Dutch Court Orders Kindred To Repay Online Gambling Losses

鈥嬧嬧嬧嬧嬧嬧婣 Dutch court has ordered a Kindred Group unit to reimburse a gambler 鈧93,000 in losses plus court costs on the grounds that online gambling was not yet legal at the time of the gambling, so any contract was null and void.
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News In Brief: May 20-May 24, 2024

Massachusetts rejects gambling tax hike, Fanatics fined over college football wager and Betr approved in Maryland.
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Use Your Registration Or Lose It, AUSTRAC Warns Remittance Service Providers

Australian remittance service businesses must use their registration or see it cancelled, the Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre (AUSTRAC) has said, launching a voluntary deregistration drive.
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North Dakota Court Strikes Down Fed鈥檚 Revised Debit Card Fee Rule, Limits Board鈥檚 Discretion

A federal court in North Dakota has struck down the Federal Reserve鈥檚 revised debit card interchange fee rule, concluding that the US central bank overstepped its statutory authority under the Durbin Amendment.
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Regulatory Influencer: UK Authorities Urge Firms To Share More Data To Combat Financial Crime

In July, the UK鈥檚 National Crime Agency (NCA) published its 2025 System Priorities for the regulated financial sector. This is the first time that the NCA has directly communicated a list of priorities to firms.
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Regulatory Influencer: Examining the EBA鈥檚 No-Action Letter on PSD2 and MiCA (Part Two) - Authorisation and Regulatory Overlap

On June 10, 2025, the European Banking Authority (EBA) published a 鈥渘o action letter鈥 on the interplay between Directive EU 2015/2366 (Payment Services Directive 2 鈥 PSD2) and Regulation (EU) 2023/1114 (Markets in Crypto-assets 鈥 MiCA). In the preceding regulatory influencer, an examination of the EBA鈥檚 letter was provided. The letter provided a positive step in the right direction, clarifying specific uncertainties surrounding the applicability of PSD2 to certain crypto-asset service providers (CASPs).
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Gambling Commission鈥檚 Problem Gambling Survey For Great Britain Remains Contentious

The Gambling Commission has said it is responding constructively to criticism from the UK statistics watchdog of its new gambling harm survey, but there remains widespread concern over the ferocity with which reform campaigners have leapt on its vastly higher problem gambling figures.
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U.S. Sports Betting Operators Monitoring Prediction Markets From Sidelines

When the two dominant U.S. sports-betting operators hosted second-quarter earnings calls on Thursday, their bosses reassured analysts they were closely monitoring developments with the prediction markets but would remain on the sidelines for now.
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Regulatory Influencer: Kalshi Suffers Setback In Maryland

On August 1, a judge in a Maryland federal district court denied Kalshi鈥檚 request for an injunction barring state regulators from taking enforcement actions over the company鈥檚 sports event contracts.
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Former UK Prime Minister Backs Online Tax Hike Deemed "Economically Reckless" By BGC

UK trade group the Betting and Gaming Council (BGC) has warned against drastic tax hikes proposed by a think tank and backed by a former Prime Minister, including raising the remote gaming and machine games duty to 50 percent.
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'We'll Be Watching': FCA Tightens UK Payment Safeguarding Rules From May 2026

Consumers using payment and e-money firms in the UK will benefit from stronger protections from next year under new safeguarding rules finalised by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA).
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Sydney Slots Venues Let High-Risk Gamblers Bet Millions: AUSTRAC

Leading Sydney club and slot machine operator Mounties Group paid out almost A$10.5m ($6.8m) in winnings over five years to a handful of identified 鈥渟uspicious customers鈥 despite red flags for money laundering, according to a court statement by Australia鈥檚 federal transactions regulator.
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