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Brazil Outlaws Grey Market In Surprise Strike

Operators in Brazil who have not already applied for a licence have been told they must exit the market completely by October 1, in a surprise announcement by the countrys regulator.
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Payments A Key Focal Point As EU Commission President Sets Out Her Priorities

Ursula von der Leyen, now in her second term as European Commission president, has set out her plans for the new college, with her priorities including topics such as payments, data and AI.
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Nigeria Issues New Directives To Strengthen Payment Infrastructure

In a new circular, the Central Bank of Nigeria has introduced guidelines intended to improve the countrys payment infrastructure.
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U.S. Gaming Regulators Have Few Options To Deter Illegal Sports-Betting Market

States with legal and regulated sports betting have a stake in cracking down on offshore sportsbooks, which they claim are operating illegally while evading taxes and consumer protections.
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Amazon Denies 'Ditching' Just Walk Out Technology

Amazon has denied reports that it plans to ditch Just Walk Out, saying that it will continue to deploy its autonomous checkout technology in certain US and UK stores, while transitioning to another system in large US supermarkets.
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Italy Set To Enter New Era Of Online, Lottery Licensing

A new decree in Italy that will see online licence fees skyrocket ahead of an expected concession window at the end of this year, and which prepares the ground for the countrys 7bn lottery tender, has been approved.
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Gambling

World's First AML Information Sharing Platform For FIs Goes Live In Singapore

Singapore has launched a new information sharing platform for financial institutions (FIs), in an effort to transform the way that they handle money laundering and terrorist financing risks.
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Payments

Chile's Senate Hears Arguments For Online Gambling

Chiles march towards online gambling regulation continued on Tuesday as the Senate economy committee heard from gambling lawyer and expert Cristina Romero, Heidi Berner from the Ministry of Finance and the Undersecretary of Telecommunications (Subtel) as each fought their side over enforcement and taxation.
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Global Crypto Industry Faces Reckoning After FTX Sentencing

Sam Bankman-Frieds 25-year jail sentence marks a milestone in crypto history. While the high-profile fraud scandal struck a major blow against the industrys reputation, the delivery of justice sends a signal that the Wild West days are over.
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Payments

Lights Go Out On Georgia's 2024 Sports-Betting Hopes

Sports-betting legislation failed to reach the floor of the Georgia House of Representatives before the clock struck midnight on the states legislative session, the latest blow to the gaming industrys expansion hopes in 2024.
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Gambling

Remittance Providers Warned To Halt False Advertising In US

International money transfer providers should be prosecuted if they make false claims about the cost and speed of remittances, the US Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has said.
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Payments

Dozens Seek Peru Online Licences

A total of 80 operators can keep offering online gambling in Peru through a transitional period after submitting applications during a recent licensing window, according to a list published by Peruvian regulators.
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Gambling

U.S. Sports Betting's Future Includes Marketing Changes, Proactive Responsible Gambling

Top executives say improving brand affinity and strengthening responsible gaming actions will be keys to the near-term future of the U.S. sports-betting market.
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Gambling

Finland Authorities Pledge Quick Response In Betsson Payment Ban Saga

Finlands National Police Board has said it is focusing its resources to quickly address Betssons decision to transfer brands on the country's payment blocklist to another operator.
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Lithuania Postpones MiCA Deadline

Lithuanias government has pushed back the date to be fully compliant with the EUs Markets in Crypto Assets (MiCA) regulation, having previously foregone a transition period for the regulation.
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Payments

European Mobile Wallets Address Digital Euro Elephant In The Room

Mobile wallet solutions weighed up how the EUs digital euro could interact with their products at the Merchant Payment Ecosystem (MPE) in Berlin last week.
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Payments

Week In Crypto: Former Binance CEO Must Surrender Canadian Passport

US courts move to ensure that Changpeng Zhao does not abscond before sentencing, Crypto.com is hit by a 2.85m fine in the Netherlands, and Coinbase is forced to delete an embarrassing page from its website.
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Payments

Week In Crypto: Nigerian Parliament Calls For Arrest Of Binance CEO

A Nigerian parliamentary committee has recommended that an arrest warrant be issued for Binance CEO Richard Teng on charges of tax evasion, money laundering and terrorist financing.
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Payments

Outgoing New Jersey Regulator Advocates For Wider Online Expansion

In his first public comments since retiring last week, outgoing New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement director David Rebuck advocated for further legalization of online casinos and criticized other forms of gaming as being underregulated.
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888 Reviews US B2C Operations, Citing 'Intense Competition'

888 has said that it will hold a strategic review of its US consumer-facing operations, as it considers options including a sale or controlled exit, citing intense competition from well-capitalised incumbent participants.
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Gambling

Paytm Seeks UPI Lifeline As Banking Shutdown Nears

The parent company of Indias Paytm Payments Bank is seeking a new regulatory approval to ensure that customers can still use Unified Payments Interface after the bank is shuttered later this month.
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Payments

Week In Crypto: Circle Ditches Tron Network As US Stablecoin War Escalates

Circle cuts ties with the Tron blockchain, Coinbase meets with the UKs new city minister, and Montenegro confirms that the man behind TerraUSD will be extradited to the US.
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Frankfurt To Be Home To EU AML Watchdog

Frankfurt has been chosen by the European Parliament and Council as the seat of the Anti-Money Laundering Authority, which will serve as the EUs new enforcer in the fight against money laundering and terrorism financing.
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Payments

UK Announces Incoming Online Slot Stake Limits

The Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport has announced that the UK will introduce a maximum 瞿2 stake for 18 to 24 year-olds for online slot games and a 瞿5 limit for adults aged 25 and over.
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Election 2024: What's At Stake For U.S. Gaming Industry

With less than three weeks left until voters go to the polls to determine who resides in the White House for the next four years, down-ballot in several states will be initiatives that will directly impact the gaming industry.
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Operators Left Off Brazil Whitelist Take Legal Action, Seek State Licences

Operators that did not make Brazils whitelist are not taking it quietly, and have either filed lawsuits to be included on the list or sought a state-level licence in order to remain in business at least through the end of this year.
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Daily Dash: New US FTC Click-To-Cancel Rule Will End Subscription Traps

The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has unveiled a new rule that will penalise sellers for trapping customers in subscriptions, while the Financial Stability Board has opened a new consultation on operational incident reporting.
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Ireland Pushes To Address Account-To-Account Gap In New Payments Strategy

The Irish government has unveiled the countrys new National Payments Strategy (NPS), which challenges both regulators and industry to modernise and increase competitiveness in the payments ecosystem.
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EU Authorities Challenge Commissions Changes To DORA And MiCA Standards

The European Commissions positions on aspects of implementing both the Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA) and the Markets in Crypto Assets (MiCA) regulation have prompted a backlash from key European regulators.
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Week In Crypto: TD Bank AML Failures Linked To UK Crypto Exchange

A UK crypto exchange gets caught up in TD Banks money laundering case, a detained Binance executive is denied bail in Nigeria, and Tethers largest customer is sued in the US.
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Australia Threatens To Ban Surcharging In New Payments Review

Australias payments industry faces a major rethink of its costs and fee structures, as the Albanese government threatens to ban the practice of surcharging.
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Get On With It? But Get On With What? VRPs Bring More Fatigue Than Opportunity

Variable recurring payments (VRPs) are a recurring theme for UK payments players, and although they disagree on the best way forward, they agree that the Payment Systems Regulator (PSR) needs to get a move on.
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News In Brief: October 14-October 18, 2024

Peru has told registered suppliers they must stop serving unlicensed operators.
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California Tribal Leaders Take Aim At Sweepstakes, DFS

California tribal gaming leaders have reinforced their belief that daily fantasy sports (DFS) and sweepstakes companies are operating illegally in the Golden State, and say they are taking legal steps to protect their gaming exclusivity.
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