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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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Skill Games Create Regulatory, Consumer Confusion In Key U.S. Gaming States

Unregulated skill-game machines are competing with legal gambling operations in several U.S. states, reducing state tax revenue from licensed gambling.
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Gambling

Uruguay To Propose Limiting Casino Hours, As Online Regulation Stalls

A Uruguayan deputy has announced that he will present a bill next week in the Chamber of Deputies to address gambling addiction by limiting casino operating hours and removing cash machines from premises. 
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Gambling

News In Brief: October 30-November 3, 2023

Dubai officials have reportedly delayed the approval of casinos and the Culinary Union has set a strike deadline for Las Vegas workers.
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Gambling

Swedish Suppliers Brace For Compliance Test

Newly-licensed suppliers in the Swedish market have been warned that the regulator is preparing to enforce against those who continue to supply the black market, but doubts remain about the effectiveness of the policy.
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Gambling

UK Petition To Stop Betting Financial Risk Checks Gains Traction

A UK petition to halt the implementation of betting financial risk checks has swiftly gathered thousands of signatures.
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Gambling

Week In Crypto: Circle Retail Account Closures Spark Redemption Fears

Circle scraps stablecoin accounts for retail customers, the UK issues a warning to Bitfinex, Tether’s sister company, and Spain looks to bring in the EU’s MiCA regulation six months early.
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Payments

Daily Dash: Swiss Launch Wholesale CBDC Trial

The Swiss National Bank is collaborating with the private sector on a digital currency trial, the EU’s Consumer Credit Directive has entered the Official Journal of the European Union, and Australia’s eftpos has claimed back market share from the international card schemes.
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Payments

Maine Set To Launch Mobile Sports Betting

Maine will launch sports betting on Friday after the final adoption of its regulations earlier this week, with DraftKings set to occupy the last remaining mobile wagering skin in the state.
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Gambling

Florida Seminoles Set Retail Sports-Betting Launch, Mobile Wagering On Hold

The Seminole Tribe of Florida will launch retail sports betting, roulette and craps at its brick-and-mortar casinos early next month, but when mobile wagering will resume in the state is unclear.
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Gambling

Videoslots To Appeal €760,000 Swedish Fine For AML Shortcomings

The Swedish Gambling Authority (SGA) has fined Malta-based operator Videoslots SEK9m (€761,378) and issued it with a warning after it uncovered “serious” shortcomings in its anti-money laundering (AML) controls.
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Gambling

UK Gambling Commission Urges Land-Based Sector To 'Remain Vigilant' Of Risks

A UK Gambling Commission representative has highlighted a series of land-based gambling social responsibility successes and failures, as well as provided an update on its ongoing Gambling Act review consultations.
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Gambling

Singapore Set To Launch Interoperable QR Code

The Monetary Authority of Singapore has announced that it will launch a proof of concept for an interoperable Singapore Quick Response Code Scheme (SGQR+).
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Payments

UK Regulator Restricts Activity At Scandal-Ridden E-Money Institution

The Financial Conduct Authority imposed limitations on the activities of Dzing Finance days before an authorised push payment fraud report revealed the high volume of scam transactions at the firm.
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Payments

Daily Dash: Singapore Bans DBS From New Business Ventures After IT Failures

DBS has been banned from new business ventures in Singapore, and Hong Kong has found “unique value” in e-HKD.
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Payments

Brazil Approaches Online Gambling Endgame

Online betting operators are anxiously awaiting a critical few weeks that will see politicians in Brasilia determine how Brazil will complete its transition from a grey to regulated market.
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Gambling

Spanish Trade Group Slams Regulator For 'Unjustified' Measures

Spanish trade group Jdigital has lashed out at the Director General of the Regulation of Gambling’s Gambling Prevalence Study, using the agency's own data as proof, it says, that the regulator is demonising a “responsible and moderate” gambling industry.
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Gambling

California Sports-Betting Initiatives Longest Of Long Shots For 2024 Ballot

As the California Attorney General’s Office reviews two proposed ballot initiatives that would allow tribes to operate retail and online sports betting, analysts and tribal officials are speculating as to why proponents would try again so soon after last year’s lopsided defeat by voters of two similar proposals.
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Gambling

Arkansas Seeking New Pope County Casino License Applications

The Arkansas Supreme Court’s decision to uphold a lower court ruling that said Cherokee Nation Businesses was not a qualified applicant when granted a casino license in Pope County has reopened the application process for a second time for the state’s fourth casino license.
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Gambling

Nigerian Government Urges Quarrelling Regulators To Collaborate

Nigeria’s government is continuing to try and resolve challenges faced by the country’s gambling industry, as it calls on state and federal regulators to work together. 
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Gambling

Social Media Blamed As UK Regulator Publishes First APP Fraud Report

New statistics released by the UK payments regulator show how firms have managed fraud and reimbursements. However, the worst-performing firms have accused social media companies of not doing enough to stop scams.
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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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