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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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Florida's Sports-Betting Launch Uncertain As Litigation Continues

Despite a series of legal challenges that have delayed its implementation, the 2021 tribal gaming compact between the Seminole Tribe and the state of Florida stands as a remarkable and landmark agreement, said an attorney who represents the tribe.
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Gambling

Regulatory Rush As Peru Publishes Decree For Online Gambling

Peru has published a regulatory decree to implement its online gambling law, marking the beginning of a 120-day countdown until the market is officially regulated and grey-market operations are illegal.
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Gambling

Hong Kong Regulators Under Fire As JPEX Fraud Victims Count Their Losses

As losses to the JPEX fraud climb to more than $180m, questions continue to be asked of Hong Kong regulators and how they failed to stop the crypto scandal before it happened.
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Payments

Equifax Fined £11m Over 'Entirely Preventable' Cyber Breach

The Financial Conduct Authority has fined credit reporting firm Equifax £11m for failing to safeguard UK consumer data, which it had outsourced to its parent company based in the US.
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Payments

Conservative Victory In New Zealand Augurs Online Tax Reform

New Zealand’s voters have turfed out the nation’s Labor government, guaranteeing a conservative successor and likely online gambling reforms that will tax local-facing offshore operators.
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Gambling

Colorado Proposes Stricter Rules For Pick'em Fantasy Games

Colorado regulators will hold a hearing later this month to discuss new rules that would limit, but not prohibit, the offering of pick’em-style fantasy sports contests in the state.
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Gambling

MGM Boss Describes Cyberattack As 'Corporate Terrorism'

The CEO of MGM Resorts International has offered additional details of the crippling cyberattack that shut down the company's computer systems in Las Vegas and eight states, but stressed that MGM never even considered paying a ransom to the hackers behind last month's incident.
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Gambling

Curaçao Minister Calls Complaints About Planned Changes 'Scaremongering'

Curaçao’s finance minister has hit back against a member of the opposition party’s criticisms of the country’s planned online gambling reform, calling it “scaremongering”.
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Gambling

Gambling Spend Mostly Unchanged Despite Cost Of Living Crisis, Says UK Regulator

The cost of living crisis has not shifted gambling spend in general, according to the UK Gambling Commission, but those most at risk are betting more even as their spending power decreases.
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Gambling

South Africa's Online Gambling Bill Stalled But Not Dead

South Africa’s draft bill that intends to “fill the gap in the law” around online gambling has stalled for more than a year; however, industry sources say it is not dead in the water just yet.
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Gambling

DORA Preparation Sparks Overhaul In Risk Management

The Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA) is on its way to becoming enforceable, and experts are warning it is time to take stock and prepare for a significant change in risk management.
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Payments

CFPB's Chopra: More Regulation On Data Surveillance Or US Risks Becoming China

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) is exploring a series of regulatory actions to address excessive data surveillance by payment platforms, director Rohit Chopra said warning the US may turn into a China-like market if platforms are left unchecked.
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Payments

Daily Dash: Social Media Scams Continue To Wreak Havoc

A regulator has found that US social media users have lost $2.7bn to scams on the platforms since 2021, while a New York start-up has launched a product built on top of FedNow in a first.
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Payments

News In Brief: October 9-October 13, 2023

Sweden will join the international Macolin Convention on sports integrity, while Ecuador becomes the latest South American country to become embroiled in a match-fixing scandal.
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Gambling

Peruvian Players Demand Investigation Into Match Fixing

Peru’s football players association is on the defensive, demanding an investigation into match-fixing from the football association as they claim that they are being targeted. 
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Gambling

Romania Legal Change Implementation Timeline 'Potentially Not Feasible', Says Lawyer

Romania’s government has approved legal changes to the country’s gambling laws that will increase licence costs and add new “special fees” to tackle gambling harms, alongside other restrictive requirements.
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Gambling

FCA Issues 146 Warnings Over New Crypto Promotion Rules

The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has revealed that it has issued warnings to 146 firms within the first 24 hours of its new crypto-asset promotion rules going live.
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Payments

Crypto Companies Win Partial Victory Over Dutch Central Bank

Crypto-asset firms, including Binance successors Coinmerce and Bitvavo, have claimed a partial legal victory in their battle against the $2.3m fees imposed by Dutch regulators.
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Payments

US Consumers Claim Harm From PayPal Merchant Fees

A class action complaint filed last week in California claims that certain merchant agreements in PayPal’s contracts have led to higher consumer prices.
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Payments

Daily Dash: California’s Money Transmission Act Now Law

California’s governor has signed the state’s Money Transmission Act into law, while the Bank of Lithuania has suspended the activities of an e-money firm.
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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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