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See allRussia cuts the blocking window for gambling websites from 5 days to 2, law takes effect on September 1 Paid Members Public
Russia has passed a law in its second and third readings that reduces the time it takes to block gambling websites from 5 days to 2. For operators and PSPs with exposure to the market, the only thing that matters here is speed: once the process starts, the window to
Hyperliquid and Paradigm push Treasury to narrow GENIUS Act AML rule for stablecoin issuers Paid Members Public
The Hyperliquid Policy Center and Paradigm want the US Treasury to redraw parts of a proposed anti-money laundering and sanctions rule for stablecoin issuers. Their main argument is simple enough: if you make issuers responsible for activity they cannot actually see or control on permissionless blockchains, they will route around
Vietnam police arrest SEO executive over 22 offshore iGaming sites as Laos payment network moves VND 4 trillion and Brazil tightens betting document access Paid Members Public
This week’s high-risk payments roundup is a neat reminder that the pressure points are still the usual ones: traffic, payments, and data access. Vietnam is going after the people selling exposure to offshore iGaming, Laos has a cross-border network that reportedly processed VND 4 trillion ($151.92 million) in
Judge signals approval for Visa and Mastercard’s $38 billion swipe fee settlement Paid Members Public
A U.S. judge gave preliminary approval on Tuesday, June 9, to Visa and Mastercard’s $38 billion settlement with merchants over interchange fees. For PSPs, acquirers, and banks, the useful part is not the courtroom drama: the deal sketches out where card acceptance economics could move if the settlement
Finland Receives 50 B2C iGaming License Applications Ahead of July 1, 2027 Launch Paid Members Public
Finland’s licensing process is already drawing serious traffic: since applications opened on March 1, 2026, the Gambling Administration has received 50 B2C license applications. For PSPs and operators, that is the first clear sign of how crowded the market entry queue will be before the sector goes live on
Adyen scanned $1.6 trillion in payments data and found fraud is falling, but concentrating Paid Members Public
Adyen says payments fraud declined in 2025, even as the remaining losses became more concentrated in fewer identities and more dominated by first-party abuse. For PSPs, acquirers, and merchants in high-risk verticals, the useful part here is not the headline decline; it is the shape of the fraud problem, because
BGC sets out five-point plan to combat illegal gambling in the UK as stakes forecast to rise from £17 billion in 2025 to more than £33 billion by 2028 Paid Members Public
The Betting and Gaming Council (BGC) has launched a five-point plan aimed at reducing the reach of illegal gambling operators in the United Kingdom. For PSPs, acquirers, banks and platforms, the message is straightforward: enforcement is moving beyond gambling licenses and into advertising, website blocking, payments and service-provider liability. 1.
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Russia cuts the blocking window for gambling websites from 5 days to 2, law takes effect on September 1 Paid Members Public
Russia has passed a law in its second and third readings that reduces the time it takes to block gambling websites from 5 days to 2. For operators and PSPs with exposure to the market, the only thing that matters here is speed: once the process starts, the window to
Hyperliquid and Paradigm push Treasury to narrow GENIUS Act AML rule for stablecoin issuers Paid Members Public
The Hyperliquid Policy Center and Paradigm want the US Treasury to redraw parts of a proposed anti-money laundering and sanctions rule for stablecoin issuers. Their main argument is simple enough: if you make issuers responsible for activity they cannot actually see or control on permissionless blockchains, they will route around
Vietnam police arrest SEO executive over 22 offshore iGaming sites as Laos payment network moves VND 4 trillion and Brazil tightens betting document access Paid Members Public
This week’s high-risk payments roundup is a neat reminder that the pressure points are still the usual ones: traffic, payments, and data access. Vietnam is going after the people selling exposure to offshore iGaming, Laos has a cross-border network that reportedly processed VND 4 trillion ($151.92 million) in