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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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Indiana Fines FanDuel $110,000 For Fraudulent Account Funding

Flutter-owned FanDuel will pay $110,000 to settle five of six counts of violating Indiana sports-betting regulations, according to an agreement approved by the Indiana Gaming Commission.
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Extensions Granted For Brazil Match-Fixing Investigation, Provisional Measure

Brazil’s congressional investigation into match-fixing has been extended for a further week, while Senate president Rodrigo Pacheco has also extended the deadline for the government's provisional measure on sports betting.
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Gambling

Working Group To Trial Affordability, Says UK Commission

The UK Gambling Commission expects to form a working group to trial financial risk checks and is questioning plans to require gamblers to provide their job title for affordability assessments.
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Gambling

UK White Paper 'Missed A Trick' By Not Addressing Next Generation

The Gambling Act review white paper “missed a trick” by not addressing new and emerging forms of gambling popular with young people and women, according to Christina Thakor-Rankin, the co-founder of the All-in Diversity Project.
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Gambling

Impact Index August 2023

VIXIO’s impact index dropped 10 points in August, below the 2022 average but 30 points higher than August 2022.
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Payments

Daily Dash: Three Arrows Crypto Founders Get Cut Out Of Finance

The co-founders of crypto investment firm Three Arrows Capital have been issued with nine-year prohibition orders from the Singaporean authorities for failing to identify and monitor risks with their crypto investments, Peru’s clearing house has announced that QR codes are now interoperable across all payment processors, and TikTok has been fined by Ireland’s data protection authorities.
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Payments

Caesars Confirms Cyberattack, Says Operations Were Unaffected

Caesars Entertainment confirmed Thursday that hackers had gained access to its computer systems through an outsourced vendor, stealing a large amount of customer data in a cyberattack.
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Gambling

Definition Of Online Casino Games Adds To Confusion Over Brazil's Betting Bill

After online gaming was added to a sports-betting bill hours before it was approved by Brazil's Chamber of Deputies, confusion remains around which types of online casino games will be allowed.
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Gambling

Finns Fear Delays As Reform Debates Evolve

Industry officials have used a landmark online gambling conference in Finland to urge the government to get on with its plan to dissolve the country’s monopoly, as its aim of opening the market at the start of 2026 hangs in the balance.
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Gambling

Mexican Operators Raise Alarm Over Draft Gaming Decree

Draft gambling reforms to prohibit “drawings of numbers or symbols through machines” threaten to reduce industry revenue by up to 90 percent and wipe out thousands of jobs, according to two Mexican trade associations.
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Gambling

Has The Metaverse Run Out Of Gas? Not For Banks And Payment Firms, Sources Say

Despite media reports that interest in the metaverse is waning, banks and payments firms are still engaged as the nascent sector moves on from its "hype phase".
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Payments

Week In Crypto: Binance US CEO Quits Amid SEC Discovery Battle

Binance US loses another CEO and more than 100 employees, a crypto co-founder is sentenced to 20 years in prison, and the UK’s new crypto promotion rules may have claimed their first victim.
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Payments

Bank Of America Settles ACH Payments Fee Class Action

The US big bank has agreed to pay $8m and stop charging fees for sending Automated Clearing House (ACH) payments in order to settle class action claims.
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Payments

Daily Dash: Debit Cards Now Make Up 50 Percent Of UK Payments

A new report from UK Finance has revealed that debit cards now make up half of overall UK transitions, while US financial regulators have come down hard in a second non-fungible token (NFT) case.
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Payments

News In Brief: September 11-September 15, 2023

The UK Gambling Commission to set up an industry forum and Sweden's regulator will get more money to combat match-fixing and illegal operators.
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Gambling

PAGCOR Online Rate Cuts Please Operators, Fuel Casino Growth

Local-facing online gambling interests in the Philippines are more bullish about the future, amid falling taxes and regulator sympathy over encroachment on the sector by illegal operators.
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Gambling

Kindred, Betsson Withdrawing From Norway, Regulator Says

The Norwegian Gambling Authority has said that companies it has claimed were operating illegally in Norway, including Betsson and Kindred, have begun to withdraw.
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Gambling

Chicago Becomes Largest City In North America To Open Casino

They started lining up at 6:30am for the 8am opening on September 9 of Bally’s Corporation’s temporary casino at the Medinah Temple in Chicago and gamblers will continue to patronize the historic building with Moorish Revival architecture for the next three years.
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Gambling

Missouri Sports Teams Ready To Pitch Legal Betting Directly To Voters

Missouri's professional sports teams are prepared to bypass the legislature in favor of a ballot referendum to legalize sports betting, amid a lack of optimism that a legislative logjam can be broken in 2024.
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Gambling

Brazil Takes Critical Step Toward Full Online Gambling Regulation

Brazil’s Chamber of Deputies has passed a bill to regulate sports betting and online casino games, but only after amending the legislation to limit the duration of licences costing more than $6m to a term of just three years.
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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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Bulgarian Stakeholders Welcome Proposed Restrictions But Warn They Could Boost Black Market

A Bulgarian gambling trade group and others have warned that the government's proposal to restrict risky gambling behaviour could push players to the black market and is “not supported by established European regulatory models”.
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'Milestone' Passed As Bahrain Introduces Licensed Stablecoin Regime

The Central Bank of Bahrain (CBB) has announced that providers will be able to issue single-currency stablecoins backed by the Bahraini dinar, the US dollar or any other fiat currency it deems acceptable.
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