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KSA advises Dutch online casinos to strengthen checks on bunq accounts

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The KSA advised licensed online gambling operators in the Netherlands to apply additional verification to customers using bunq bank accounts, after reports of possible identity-data misuse. The regulator said accounts may have been opened with forged information to claim welcome bonuses; it later said its investigation had concluded but gave no further findings. bunq said its systems detected and resolved the issue, with a permanent fix implemented on 24 November.

Operators may need stronger customer checks for bunq-linked accounts while the reported fraud risk is assessed.

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KSA launches two campaigns on gambling and gambling harm in the Netherlands

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The Netherlands' Kansspelautoriteit (KSA) is to launch two new campaigns in early November, aimed at making gambling and its possible effects easier to discuss.

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