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Brazil Market Goes Live After Compliance Deadlines Extended

Brazil’s new era of regulated online gambling began at the stroke of midnight on January 1, with 66 operators launching under new federal licences but most of them on a provisional basis due to delays in meeting certification requirements. 
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Evolution Facing UK Licence Review

Supplier giant Evolution’s UK licensing status has been put under formal review after the Gambling Commission identified Evolution games being offered in the UK through unlicensed operators.
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Texas Federal Judge Strikes Down 'Unprecedented' US AML Law

A federal judge in Texas has temporarily blocked the enforcement of an "unprecedented" anti-money laundering (AML) law, describing it as "likely unconstitutional".
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European Council Reaches Agreement On Open Finance Framework

The European Council has reached an agreement on the proposed Financial Data Access (FIDA) framework, which lays out the transition from open banking to open finance in the trading bloc.
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Wider Adoption Of Cashless By U.S. Gambling Industry Still A Year Away

If it were up to the CEOs of Pavilion Payments or Sightline Payments, adoption of cashless wagering apps by casino patrons would be much further advanced than where it is in the early days of 2024.
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Brazil Warns Tech Giants To Obey Advertising Regulations

Tech giants Meta, TikTok and Google have reportedly been warned by Brazil’s Ministry of Finance against breaking new sports-betting advertising regulations after failing to apply over-18 labels on their platforms.
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Gambling

Netherlands Plans Tighter Monthly Deposit, Spending Checks

Citing “worrying and undesirable developments”, the Dutch minister in charge of gambling issues is planning to tighten controls on voluntary deposit limits.
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Gambling

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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Payments

Australian PSPs Given 18 Months To Comply With New Tokenisation Standards

The Reserve Bank of Australia has confirmed that it expects the country’s payments industry to be ready to meet new standards on card tokenisation by the end of June 2025.
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Payments

'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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Payments

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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Payments

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

Singapore’s finance regulator has demanded that remittance companies suspend remittances to China through non-bank and non-card channels.
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Payments

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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Gambling

Latvia To Offer Fintechs Direct Access To Payment System

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

Nagasaki's Integrated Resort Hopes Suffer Death Blow

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

Lula Launches New Era In Brazil Online Gambling

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

Brazil Congress Approves Online Casino, Sports-Betting Bill

Brazil’s 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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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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Updated Maryland iGaming Bill Raises Tax Rate, License Fee

Democratic state Senator Ron Watson has submitted his “final” version of a rewritten proposal to put internet gaming in front of Maryland voters next year, according to draft legislation obtained by Vixio GamblingCompliance.
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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 “revolving door” between government and crypto lobbyists, and Binance seals a $2.7bn settlement with the CFTC.
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Payments

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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Payments

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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Gambling

UK Committee Seeks Cuts In Gambling Ads To Protect Minors

A UK parliamentary committee has called for a “precautionary approach” in gambling advertising, saying “there is scope for further regulation” to protect minors from exposure.
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Italian Cabinet Approves Online Gambling Reform Decree

Italy’s 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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Minnesota Legislators Discuss Sports-Betting Harms

While most disputes over sports betting and online gaming legalization often center around which stakeholders stand to benefit and which stand to lose out, a hearing Wednesday in Minnesota served as a reminder of the presence of anti-gambling opponents.
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News In Brief: January 6-January 10, 2025

Tipico Group is to acquire ADMIRAL Austria from Novomatic, Virginia set to revisit its casino expansion proposal and Flutter Entertainment revises its 2024 financial outlook after reporting adverse U.S. sports betting results in November and December. 
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Singapore Passes Bill That Allows Police To Freeze Accounts Of Scam Victims

Lawmakers in Singapore have enacted a first-of-its-kind bill that empowers the police to freeze the bank accounts of scam victims without their consent.
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Daily Dash: India Mandates Name Look-Up Facility For Bank Transfers

The Reserve Bank of India has mandated that all banks connected to two major funds transfers systems must introduce a beneficiary account name look-up facility by April 1, 2025.
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Daily Dash: BIS Advances ISO 20022 Harmonisation For Cross-Border Payments

The Bank for International Settlements' (BIS) Committee on Payments and Market Infrastructures has set out new measures to promote the adoption of harmonised ISO 20022 data standards.
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Greentube Alderney Agrees £1m Settlement With UK Regulator Over AML, Social Responsibility Failures

Greentube Alderney Limited will pay £1m as part of its regulatory settlement with the UK Gambling Commission after an investigation revealed a raft of social responsibility and anti-money laundering failures.
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Philippines Arrests 400 In 'POGO' Raid As Lawmakers Ramp Warnings

Immigration officials in the Philippines have arrested around 400 foreign nationals allegedly manning a foreign-facing online gambling (POGO) and cyber-scamming operation in Metro Manila.
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California Tribes Banking On Judge Upholding Gaming Exclusivity

California tribal gaming leaders are confident their lawsuit claiming dozens of cardrooms are illegally offering house-banked table games, such as blackjack and baccarat, will be successful in protecting their exclusivity rights to offer casino games in the Golden State.
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Outlook 2025: European Fight Against Illegal Market A Key Driving Force In 2025

The European gambling industry enters 2025 in its most divided form, with the landscape increasingly split between large listed companies devoted to regulated markets, joining forces with regulators to pressure a reconstituting offshore market on the other side.
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Cash, Not Debit, Still King Among Germans, Says Bundesbank Report

A new survey from Deutsche Bundesbank has found that cash remains German consumers’ preferred payment method, signalling potential challenges for the digital euro.
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