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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 country’s 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 country’s 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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Payments

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 country’s €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

Chile’s 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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Gambling

Global Crypto Industry Faces Reckoning After FTX Sentencing

Sam Bankman-Fried’s 25-year jail sentence marks a milestone in crypto history. While the high-profile fraud scandal struck a major blow against the industry’s 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 state’s legislative session, the latest blow to the gaming industry’s 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

Finland’s National Police Board has said it is focusing its resources to quickly address Betsson’s decision to transfer brands on the country's payment blocklist to another operator.
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Gambling

Lithuania Postpones MiCA Deadline

Lithuania’s government has pushed back the date to be fully compliant with the EU’s 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 EU’s 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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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 India’s 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 UK’s new city minister, and Montenegro confirms that the man behind TerraUSD will be extradited to the US.
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Payments

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 EU’s 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 £2 stake for 18 to 24 year-olds for online slot games and a £5 limit for adults aged 25 and over.
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Ousted German Politician Makes Play For Regulating Online Gambling In Honduras

A Honduran deputy has submitted a bill to regulate online gambling in the country with the backing of a far-right German politician turned investor. 
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Daily Dash: New Dutch Study Finds That Young People Underestimate Money Muling Risks

A new study in the Netherlands has found that young people underestimate the likelihood of money mules getting caught, while in Romania, BLIK has continued its expansion with a new authorisation from the central bank.
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UK Government Authorises PSPs To Tackle Fraud By Slowing Down Payments

New rules that aim to protect consumers by extending the maximum delay for suspicious payments by 72 hours have been given the go-ahead by the UK government, despite concerns from industry.
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Week In Crypto: Changpeng Zhao Walks Free After Four Months In Prison

Changpeng Zhao walks free in California, the UK secures its first conviction for illegal crypto ATM offences, and Sweden labels most crypto exchange providers "professional money launderers".
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FDJ To Finalise Kindred Acquisition For €2.5bn

La Française des Jeux (FDJ) has announced it will finalise the acquisition of Kindred Group for almost €2.5bn, after fulfilling the condition precedent of controlling more than 90 percent of the capital of Kindred.
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U.S. Regulators Continue Crackdown On Illegal Gaming

U.S. regulators are continuing to take action against unregulated forms of gaming, with officials in two states sending out new cease-and-desist notices on Thursday.
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Brazil Regulator Flexes Muscles With Whitelist Omissions

Major Brazilian football teams may be forced to suspend lucrative sponsorship deals with one of the most prominent online betting brands in Brazil after Curaçao-based Esportes da Sorte was not included on the Brazilian regulator’s whitelist of temporarily approved operators.
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Malta Suspends GoldWin Licence Over 'Threat' To Players

The Malta Gaming Authority has suspended GoldWin's licence, an online gambling company previously fined by the Netherlands Gambling Authority.
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Sweden's Channelisation Still Shy Of Promised Mark

The Swedish Gambling Authority has published the channelisation rate for the year 2023, which came in at 86 percent. That number is still below the 90 percent that was projected when the Swedish market was first re-regulated in 2019. 
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Ireland's Gambling Bill Will Be Passed 'In The Coming Weeks', Ministry Of Justice Hopes

Ireland's Department of Justice said it is “hoped” that the long-awaited Gambling Regulation Bill 2022 will progress through the remaining stages and be enacted “in the coming weeks”, but there is still no definitive timeline for its completion.
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