Spain’s Directorate General for the Regulation of Gambling (DGOJ) has reopened public consultation on a proposed standardised mechanism to identify online gambling customers displaying patterns of potentially risky behaviour. Interested individuals, companies and organisations have until 22 October 2026 to submit comments on the revised draft resolution. The second consultation follows an earlier public consultation conducted between 28 August and 25 September 2025. The DGOJ

Philippine gaming operator DigiPlus Interactive Corp. has withdrawn from the final rounds of New Zealand’s online casino licensing auction after reassessing the market and the potential value of obtaining a licence. The decision adds another obstacle to the company’s overseas expansion plans following regulatory disruption in Brazil. In a regulatory filing dated 14 October 2026, DigiPlus said that further market analysis and an assessment of market values had led it to withdr

Singapore’s Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has revoked the major payment institution licence of Sir Money Changer Pte. Ltd. (SMC) after finding that the company allowed a third party to operate a cross-border money transfer business under its name and provided the regulator with false or misleading information. The revocation took effect on September 15, 2026, although MAS announced the enforcement action publicly on October 14. From the effective date, SMC was no long

Belgian federal police have conducted coordinated searches at properties linked to relatives and associates of Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) President Félix Tshisekedi as part of an investigation into suspected money laundering, corruption and the alleged diversion of public funds connected to the country’s mining sector. The searches took place on 14 October 2026 in Brussels and several municipalities in the provinces of Flemish Brabant and Walloon Brabant. Several