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Automatic Pix Goes Live, Enabling Recurring Payments in Brazil

Pix, Brazil’s instant payments system, has introduced a recurring payments mechanism, aiming to simplify bill payments for consumers.
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Sweepstakes Ban Under Consideration in New York, Vetoed In Louisiana

As one state legislature looks to reinforce regulatory actions against sweepstakes gaming operations, another has seen the governor veto a legislative ban, calling it unnecessary.
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Pay.UK Sets Out Ideas For Reforming UK’s Payments Infrastructure

Payment system operator Pay.UK has unveiled a package of proposed reforms to the organisational framework for interbank payments, urging “radical” change to prevent the UK falling behind on infrastructure and innovation.
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Presidential Decree Confirms Brazil Betting Tax Hike

A sharp increase in the main tax applied to online betting in Brazil became reality late Wednesday when an emergency decree was published in the Brazilian government’s official gazette.
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US And Singapore Conduct Joint Cyber Incident Response Drill

The US Treasury has announced the completion of a three-day cyber incident response exercise in partnership with the Monetary Authority of Singapore.
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Payments

Bahrain Moves Towards General Agreement On Gulf Payments Linkage

Bahrain’s Shura Council, the upper house of the National Assembly, has voted unanimously to ratify a new agreement on cross-border payments and settlements within the Gulf Cooperation Council.
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Payments

Fed Takes Share Of Blame For SVB Collapse In Closely Watched Review

Described as a test of the Dodd-Frank Act, the US Federal Reserve’s independent review of the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) has found both managerial and supervisory failures were responsible.
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Payments

India Asks Local Governments To Eliminate Offshore Gambling Ads

India’s government has requested that all state and union territory governments crack down on advertising for illegal online gambling products, in the latest iteration of its attempt to centralise regulatory influence.
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Gambling

UK White Paper Wants To Force Operators To Seek Consent For Cross-Selling

The newly-released UK gambling white paper recommends forcing operators to obtain consent to cross-sell players from sports betting to the profit centre of online casino.
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Gambling

U.S. Casino Operators Want A Bite Of The Big Apple

The competition between major U.S. gaming companies for the three downstate casino licenses in New York is set to be intense, as several operators unveil their plans for integrated resorts in a city whose residents may be focused more on high-end amenities than slot machines or table games.
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Gambling

Indian Gaming Mogul, Banker, Politician Detained In Thailand

Thai police have arrested 93 suspects after raiding a temporary hotel casino for tourists organised by a gambling industry influencer from India, with detainees including a bank executive and a leader of an Indian political party.
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Gambling

UK Campaigner Visits U.S. To Decry Responsible Gambling As A Ruse

In the wake of the UK’s gambling reform white paper, the chairman of Clean Up Gambling came to the United States over the weekend not to praise industry efforts on responsible gambling, but to bury them.
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Gambling

PointsBet Confirms Advanced Negotiations To Sell U.S. Business

PointsBet CEO Sam Swanell has acknowledged reports of a potential sale of the company’s U.S. business, saying that some negotiations are at an advanced stage.
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Gambling

Estonia To Hike Gambling Taxes

Estonia’s Ministry of Finance has submitted a draft law that would increase online gambling, table game and lottery tax rates.
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Gambling

Personnel Moves – May 2023

Flutter appoints an ex-cereal boss to run its board, Light & Wonder appoints a new Americas chief and Wynn chooses who will run its upcoming resort in the United Arab Emirates.
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Gambling

California Tribes, Cardrooms Support Expansion Moratorium Compromise

A bill to reinstate a moratorium on cardroom expansion in California has been amended to regain the support of the Sycuan Band of the Kumeyaay Nation, which operates one of the largest casinos near San Diego.
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Gambling

Pennsylvania Lawmakers, Gaming Industry At Odds Over Grey-Market Machines

Despite strong opposition from the gaming industry, two Pennsylvania legislators are seeking to implement one-time licensing fees, taxes and yearly operating fees as part of a plan to legalize and regulate thousands of grey-market machines, also known as skill-based games.
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Gambling

Financial Inclusion Almost Complete, Claims Argentina’s Central Bank

A new study by the Central Bank of Argentina finds that almost the entire country has a bank account or a payment account, while the bank hails record highs for electronic payments in the country.
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Payments

Week In Crypto: Give Us New Rules, Coinbase Tells SEC In Latest Lawsuit

Coinbase has filed a new lawsuit against the Securities and Exchange Commission, demanding that the regulator respond to its proposal to initiate “new rulemaking” for the crypto industry.
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Payments

How Do We Get There? UK Open Banking Experts Reflect On JROC

As the dust settles on the UK’s Joint Regulatory Oversight Committee’s recommendations, a VIXIO-hosted webinar discussed commercial models, consumer protections and other issues impacting the future of open banking.
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Payments

Daily Dash: Well, I’ll Be Scammed!

New research has revealed that over half of consumers blame themselves for instant payment scams, while the Swiss have agreed to launch a public-private partnership to tackle anti-money laundering.
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Payments

Australia To Impose Ban On Credit Cards For Online Gambling

The Australian government has announced it will ban the use of credit cards for almost all online gambling activity.
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Gambling

Churchill Downs Confirms FanDuel Online Sports-Betting Deal In Kentucky

Churchill Downs Inc. expects its racetracks and historic horseracing locations in Kentucky to benefit from the legalization of sports betting, with the CEO planning to introduce kiosks at tracks and HHR facilities, as well as the ability to offer online wagering through a deal with FanDuel, later in the year.
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Gambling

UK Report Would Cost Online Gambling, Boost Casinos, Bingo Halls

The UK government estimates that online gambling will lose revenue based on key recommendations in its white paper, but the land-based industry should make gains.
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Dutch Affordability A Success, Claims Regulator

The Dutch gambling regulator has said it is happy with the effects of its controversial affordability regime despite worrying revenue trends, arguing that it has reduced dangerous gambling.
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Launch Of Papsscard Marks A Step Forward For African Financial Sovereignty

A joint venture between African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank), the Pan-African Payment and Settlement System (Papss) and Mercury Payment Services, Papsscard is the first Pan-African card scheme and is intended to boost the continent’s financial autonomy.
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Finland Launches AML/CTF Legal Overhaul Consultation

Finland’s government has launched a public consultation on its plans to reform the country’s Money Laundering Act and bring its financial crime regime into line with EU regulations.
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California Attorney General Says All Daily Fantasy Sports Are Illegal

California Attorney General Rob Bonta dealt a major blow to fantasy sports operators on Thursday by releasing a long-awaited opinion declaring that state law prohibits all daily fantasy sports contests.
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Regulatory Influencer: Requirements for Market Entry in Finland

Finland is currently in the process of reforming its gambling regulatory framework and partially ending Veikkaus Oy’s exclusive right to organise online and land-based gambling in the country.The Bigger PictureOn March 20, 2025, the Finnish government submitted the draft law of the new Gambling Act to parliament, with new licensees scheduled to begin their operations in the country at the start of 2027. 
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The UK’s 2025 Regulatory Grid: Key Priorities for Payments Firms

The UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) published its most recent Regulatory Initiatives Grid in April 2025, setting out the current priorities of the financial regulator, including for the payments and e-money industry. In this piece, Vixio examines what the FCA has outlined in its latest regulatory grid, and why payments firms should care.
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News In Brief: June 30-July 4, 2025

Louisiana's AG rules sweepstakes casinos illegal, while Intralot acquires Bally's international online business.
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Ontario Prepares For Next Phase of Gaming Market Evolution

More than three years after the launch of Ontario’s competitive online gambling market, provincial leaders are looking to the next phase of the market’s maturity, including increased black-market enforcement efforts and a government review of the industry.
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Maryland Plans To Significantly Reduce Promotional Deductions

After Maryland lawmakers agreed to raise sports betting taxes this past legislative session, gaming regulators are now moving forward with limiting the amount of free-bets and other promotions that operators may deduct from taxable revenue.
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UK Financial Risk Checks Findings "Very Favourable" But Consumers Confused About Affordability

The Gambling Commission’s director of major policy projects and evaluation has said initial findings around the impact of financial risk checks have been “very favourable,” but confusion remains around affordability checks.Helen Rhodes said the recent findings from the ongoing pilot of financial risk assessments represent a “significant step forward in our work” during the opening talk at iGB L!VE in London on Wednesday (July 2).
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