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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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Lived Experience Helps Development Of Safer Gambling, Experts Say

Gambling operators are increasingly valuing the input of people with lived experience of gambling harm to help drive safer-gambling strategies, industry experts say.
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Gambling

What Impact Will the FSMA 2023 Have on the UK Payment Sector?

On June 29, 2023, the Financial Services and Markets (FSM) Bill received royal assent to become the Financial Services and Markets Act 2023 (FSMA 2023). The FSMA 2023 revokes the EU retained law relating to financial services and markets in the UK and aims to promote investment and to support innovation within the economy. It introduces new secondary objectives for the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and the Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) to facilitate the growth and international competitiveness of the UK economy through Sections 25 and 26. Section 25 covers the competitiveness and growth objective, while Section 26 covers the reporting requirements of this. The act enters into force at different dates.
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Payments

FCA Issues ‘Final Warning’ To Crypto Firms Ahead Of New Promotion Rules

With less than two weeks to go until new rules on crypto-asset promotions come into effect, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has revealed that it has “serious concerns” about firms’ readiness to comply.
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Payments

Regulators Weigh Up ‘Serious Cohesion Issues’ Between MiCA, PSD2

Officials at the European Banking Authority (EBA) and the National Bank of Belgium are facing “serious questions” about the cohesion of the EU’s new crypto framework and its payment services regime.
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Payments

Mexican Competition Commission Calls For Interchange Fee Cap

Mexico’s antitrust watchdog has urged the country’s financial regulators to fix what it says is an anti-competitive card processing market and establish an interchange fee cap.
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Payments

Campaign For Fairer Gambling Targets U.S. Responsible Gambling Policies

After making its mark on UK gambling policy, the Campaign for Fairer Gambling launched in the U.S. on Tuesday (September 26) with a briefing for congressional staff and media at the U.S. Capitol building in Washington.
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Gambling

Betr Absorbs No House Advantage Accounts In Pick 'Em Fantasy Pivot

Startup sports-betting operator Betr has agreed to absorb the customer balances of a now-defunct daily fantasy operation that abruptly closed its doors over the summer, leaving customers in limbo.
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Gambling

Maryland Delegate Urges Caution Over iGaming Legalization In 2024

As some Maryland lawmakers urge regulators to reopen the application window for sports-betting licenses, others are looking to push an internet gaming bill through the legislature when members return to Annapolis in January.
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Gambling

Chile's Telecomms Peak Group To Obey Gaming Website Block Order

Chile intends to use a recent Supreme Court ruling involving one internet service provider to apply market-wide blocking of leading online betting sites, according to a top government official.
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Gambling

Gibraltar Gambling Hub Status Will Prevail, Says Regulator

The head of Gibraltar’s gambling regulator has dismissed claims that its reputation as a gambling hub is under threat, as the jurisdiction prepares to update its regulations.
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Gambling

Swedish Government Quietly Curbs Its Enthusiasm For E-Krona

A new report by the Swedish government has raised doubts about the need for an e-krona, marking a change in tone for a country that was a first-mover in the study of central bank digital currency.
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Payments

UPDATE: European Commission Responds To MEP Question About Card Fees

The European Commission has responded to a query from a member of the European Parliament (MEP) on card fees and whether they harm merchants’ competitiveness.
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Payments

US Credit Card Competition Act Would Harm Consumers, Says Mastercard

In a letter addressed to several members of the US Congress, Mastercard has argued that new credit card legislation, if adopted, would put consumers at risk.
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Payments

Daily Dash: Zero To Wero?

The European Payments Initiative has unveiled the commercial name for its digital wallet solution, a US regulator has proposed that medical bills are removed from credit reports, and Uncapped has scrapped its revenue-based finance service.
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Payments

India's GST Agency Slugs Delta Corp $2bn, Targets More Online Companies

India’s sole land-based gambling listco Delta Corp has said it will fight the central government’s goods and services tax (GST) authority in court after receiving a demand for $2bn in unpaid GST on casino betting volume.
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Gambling

Florida Targets Fantasy Sports Companies Over 'Prohibited' Wagers

Tension between state gambling regulators and operators of pick ’em fantasy-sports games is escalating after Florida’s regulator demanded an immediate halt to solicitation of alleged sports wagers by PrizePicks and other fantasy companies.
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Gambling

Mexico Draft Decree Sparks High-Stakes Lobbying Battle

Mexican operators, union groups and local and international associations are pushing back hard against a draft regulatory decree that would ban all gaming machines and casino-style games in the country.
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Gambling

European Regulators Swap Notes In Portugal, Lithuania

Gambling regulators across Europe have held two separate conferences in the north and south of the continent over the past two weeks to share best practices and strengthen collaboration.
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Gambling

New York Slashes Crypto 'Greenlist' Alongside New Guidance On Coin Listings

A New York regulator has reduced the number of "Greenlisted" crypto-assets in the state from 25 to eight, and has issued new proposals on how firms should handle coin listings and delistings.
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Payments

US Lawmaker Proposes 18 Percent Credit Card Rate Cap

As US credit card debt reaches an all-time high, a Republican senator has introduced new legislation to limit the annual percentage rate for credit cards to 18 percent.
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Payments
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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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After Escaping CFPB Enforcement, Zelle Pitches To US Treasury Department

Zelle, the largest peer-to-peer (P2P) payments platform in the US, has offered itself to the Trump administration as the solution to its phasing out of government checks, yet continues to face scrutiny from lawmakers.
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Thai Casino Bill Withdrawn Amid Mounting Political Woes

The Thai government has indefinitely withdrawn a bill legalising casinos amid political shockwaves and a flailing legislative campaign.
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Pennsylvania Seeks To Reduce iGaming Fraud With Stricter KYC Requirements

Pennsylvania regulators have released a list of enhanced know-your-customer requirements in an effort to strengthen account security and reduce fraudulent activity, as they continue to involuntarily exclude online gaming customers for unscrupulous activities.
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News In Brief: July 7-July 11, 2025

California senators back sweepstakes ban, while Brazil's Senate scraps a planned vote on casino expansion
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