Malta, the international iGaming hub, has officially been grey listed by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), labelling it as an untrustworthy jurisdiction. The country is...
Sweden’s online gambling industry trade body, Branschföreningen för Onlinespel (BOS), has asked the Swedish Financial Authority (Finansinspektionen) to explain why banks are refusing to provide services...
British online bank Monzo has called on the UK government to ensure everyone has access to gambling blocking tools. In an open letter to sports minister...
The G7 group of countries have reiterated their intention to oppose the launch of Facebook’s Libra stablecoin project. According to a 12 October report from Reuters,...
Milan-based payment firms Nexi and SIA have announced plans to merge and create a €15 billion fintech group. Nexi is currently Italy’s biggest payments company, and...
The Bank of Thailand (BOT) has launched the world’s first blockchain-based platform for government savings bonds. Leveraging technology on the IBM Cloud, the BOT issued a...
Payments giant Mastercard has launched a proprietary tool designed to help central banks to test Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs). According to Mastercard, 80% of central...
GambleAware, the UK-based charity focused on reducing gambling harm, has called on banks to take gambling blockers more seriously. This morning the charity published insights from...
The Central Bank of Sri Lanka has shortlisted three firms to develop proof of concepts (PoC) for a shared blockchain-based Know Your Customer (KYC) platform. According...
After two years in development, yesterday Public Mint launched its groundbreaking ‘fiat-native’ public blockchain. Backed by more than 200 banks and supported by Hyperledger and IBM...