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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 Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Fines Citi $25.9m For Armenian Discrimination

The US Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has fined Citi $25.9m for singling out Armenian Americans based on their surnames when they applied for credit cards.
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Payments

Daily Dash: Block To Cut 1,000 Staff By End Of 2024

US fintech giant Block has revealed plans for sustained job cuts through 2024, India has mooted Japan as the next country to link up with its instant payments system, and Hong Kong is bringing e-CNY to Octopus payments.
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Payments

California Sports-Betting Ballot Initiatives Unlikely Before 2026

Proposals to put two sports-betting initiatives on the California ballot next year have been quickly dismissed by tribal gaming representatives who insist that voters are not ready to revisit the issue after overwhelmingly defeating measures last year to legalize online and retail wagering.
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Gambling

PointsBet Fined In Ontario For Responsible Gambling Violations

Ontario’s gaming regulator has fined a second online operator this year for failing to meet the province’s responsible gambling requirements.
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Gambling

News In Brief: November 6-November 10, 2023

Ohio softens its proposed promotional bonus limits, MGM secures Culinary Union contract and betting rules for U.S. college athletes refined.
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Gambling

Court Throws Out Tamil Nadu's Online Skill Gaming Ban, Again

The Madras High Court has blocked a Tamil Nadu government ban on online skill gaming with stakes for a second time, ruling that the state authorities “miserably” failed to demonstrate that online versions of rummy and poker are not skill games.
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Gambling

Spanish Fines Exceeded €70m In First Half Of 2023

Spain’s gambling regulator has fined operators more than €71m in the first half of 2023 and while big penalties were reserved for the black market, licensed companies including Codere, William Hill and Entain units have also received fines this year.
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Gambling

Card Issuer Settles With OFAC Over Sanctions Violations

The US Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has reached a settlement with daVinci Payments over sanctions violations.
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Payments

US Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Seeks Supervision Over Bigtech Digital Wallets

The US Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has filed a new rulemaking proposal that would subject large digital wallet operators, such as Apple and Google, to examiner oversight for the first time.
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Payments

‘Historic’ EU Instant Payments Deal Reached

The European Parliament and the Council of the European Union have reached an agreement on the instant payments regulation — including an amendment to allow payments and e-money institutions access to payment systems.
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Payments

Daily Dash: Caribbean Nations Join Pan-African Payment And Settlement System

Caribbean nations have committed to strengthening intra-regional payment ties with Africa, Russia and Myanmar have moved towards an interbank agreement to bypass sanctions, and Ripple has launched a new cross-border solution in Africa.
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Payments

US Treasury Outlines Stricter Rules To Address Nonbank Risk

The US Treasury has finalised guidance that makes it easier for financial regulators to impose higher prudential standards on nonbank financial institutions — a move labelled as “disappointing” by one market player.
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Payments

Australian Senator Calls On Government To Be Bold, Ban Gambling Ads

An Australian senator has reiterated calls to ban gambling advertising in the country, saying that people are expecting the government to enact “bold” reforms.
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Gambling

Denmark Proposes To Give Regulator New Sanctions Power

Denmark’s tax ministry is circulating proposed amendments to the country’s gambling laws that would give the Danish Gambling Authority power to issue injunctions and prosecute violations of gambling law. 
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Gambling

North Carolina Regulator Releases Second Rules Package

North Carolina’s latest round of draft regulations for mobile sports betting includes provisions that are inspired by the recent actions of other states, such as limitations on advertising on college campuses and bonus promotional language.
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Gambling

Germany Must Take Action Against Illegal Operators, Says Addiction Commissioner

Germany’s gambling regulator has held a meeting with the federal government's addiction and drug commissioner, Burkhard Blienert, to discuss online gambling player protection measures and regulatory challenges posed by the black market.
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Gambling

UK Set To Regulate Crypto-Assets As ‘Investments’ From 2024

UK regulators are looking to 2024 as a pivotal year for crypto, with the asset class set to be brought within existing financial service regulations for the first time.
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Payments

Daily Dash: Thailand, Hong Kong QR Code Linkage Launch Date Confirmed

Another bilateral instant payments linkage is set to go live in Southeast Asia, and the UK has sentenced an organised crime gang that defrauded bank customers of over £1m.
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Payments

Seminole Tribe Relaunches Mobile Sports Betting In Florida

Online sports betting returned to Florida with no advance warning on Tuesday, after the Seminole Tribe’s Hard Rock Bet app began accepting limited deposits and wagers for the first time in two years.
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Gambling

Regulator Doubts Linger Over ESPN Massachusetts Launch

Massachusetts gaming regulators will allow ESPN Bet to launch in the state next week, but commissioners continue to voice concerns over potential sportsbook integrations with ESPN programming.
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Romanian Gambling Ad Restrictions Incoming But Lawyers Flag Need For Clarity

Romania’s new Audiovisual Code introduces several important changes, clarifications and restrictions; however, questions raised about the definitions, such as sports personality or influencer, have not been “thoroughly defined”, according to legal experts.
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Australia’s Project Acacia Blossoming Into Six-Month Testing Phase

Project Acacia, Australia’s research program into wholesale digital currency, has reached a “significant milestone”, with participants selected to explore innovations in digital money and settlement infrastructure.
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Big Tech Joins Forces With Telcos Under Hong Kong’s Latest Anti-Scam Charter

Financial regulators in Hong Kong have announced the launch of a new anti-scam charter that will see telcos and big tech firms participate for the first time.
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U.S. Senate Fails To Roll Back Change To Gambling Tax Deductions

The effort to reverse one of the tax hikes in President Donald Trump’s “One Big, Beautiful Bill” came up short in the Senate on Thursday due to opposition from a lone senator who sought to add an exemption of religious colleges from the federal endowment tax.
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Regulatory Influencer: Concurrent Market Liberalisation In The Two Congos

Two of the French-speaking jurisdictions within the Congo Basin, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and the Republic of Congo (Brazzaville), have simultaneously embarked upon devising gambling regulation. Following years of relying upon aged legislation, which monopolised the operation of gambling to state-owned entities, the Congolese market is finally liberalising.The bigger picture
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California's Daily Fantasy Sports Opinion: Key Policy Points To Watch

California Attorney General Rob Bonta's opinion last week that deemed daily fantasy sports to be a form of illegal gambling is a new policy wrinkle in a state that has consistently been a flashpoint when it comes to the gaming market.
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French Regulator Reignites Calls For Whistle-to-Whistle Ban and Loss Limits

France’s gambling regulator has once again reiterated calls to introduce a whistle-to-whistle advertising ban, as well as loss limits for players aged 18-25 years old.The president of France’s National Gambling Authority (ANJ), Isabelle Falque-Pierrotin, said changes to the country's regulatory framework are “essential” for a sustainable gambling industry model during her closing remarks at a conference addressing gambling addiction on June 27, 2025.
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CFPB Suffers Double Shock As Budget Slashed And Redundancies Ruled Lawful

Opponents of the US Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) have experienced twin triumphs, as an injunction halting the agency's restructuring has been lifted and the federal budget bill has almost halved its funding.
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Regulatory Influencer: The Key Updates to the EU’s Payment Services Package

The EU has for some time been working on updating its regulation of the payments sector, planning to issue a revised directive and to introduce a bloc-wide payment services regulation.
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FCA’s £21m Monzo Fine Emphasises That Growth Must Be Responsible

By imposing the fine on the challenger bank, the UK financial services regulator has sent a reminder to disruptors that they must pay attention to their regulatory duties.
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