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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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Chilean Court Orders ISP Blocking For Online Operators

The Supreme Court of Chile has ordered a leading internet service provider (ISP) to block a total of 23 online betting platforms that judges agreed were offering illegal activity in the country.
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Gambling

Financial Board Questions Curaçao Estimate Of €20.7m In Gambling Revenue

Curaçao expects the equivalent of €20.7m from gambling licensing fees from 2024, but a financial board asked for advice and questioned the estimates due to delays in passing enabling legislation.
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Gambling

Kenyan Legal Battle Against Excise Duty Continues

The Kenyan Revenue Authority and the Attorney General are in a legal battle against a local lawyer over the right to deduct a 12.5 percent excise duty on wagers. 
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Gambling

EU Consumer Credit Directive Crosses Finish Line

Buy now, pay later and credit card agreements are set for tighter EU regulation, after members of the European Parliament held their final vote on the legislation.
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Payments

PAGCOR Lowering Local Online Fees, Will Publish Licensee URLs

Philippine gambling regulator PAGCOR is lowering franchise fees for domestic online gambling and is set to publish gambling website addresses of its licensees amid ramping promises of internal reform, greater transparency and market growth.
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Gambling

News In Brief: September 11-September 15, 2023

Five sports-betting operators submit Vermont bids, ransomware group takes credit for MGM "cyberattack" and Dutch regulator hands two licensees mandatory instructions.
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Gambling

Daily Dash: Hong Kong And Israel Sign Off On CBDC Project

The central banks of Hong Kong and Israel have completed a CBDC study focused on non-bank intermediaries and cybersecurity, while the Biden administration has succeeded in persuading more firms to sign up to its AI principles.
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Payments

MGM Resorts Struck By Massive Cyberattack

Officials at MGM Resorts International continue to make progress in recovering from a cyberattack that affected credit card transactions, gaming operations and other computerized systems throughout its resorts.
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Gambling

Dutch Regulator Finds Shortcomings In Duty Of Care

The Netherlands Gambling Authority said it has found shortcomings in gambling licensees’ duty of care responsibility to prevent gambling addiction, so it will tighten its own codes, and recommends clarifying changes to legislation and Ministry of Justice regulations.
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Gambling

FIFA Bans Three Brazilian Players For Life In Match-Fixing Case

Three Brazilian footballers have been banned for life from the "beautiful game" by FIFA, as punishment for their complicity in match-fixing. 
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Gambling

Brazil Set To Place Big Bet On Online Casino

The lower house of Brazil’s Congress is poised to vote Wednesday on a heavily amended sports-betting bill that would also now authorise online casino games while maintaining high taxes and fees that have been sharply criticised by operators.
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Gambling

Too Much Too Soon? UK Crypto Firms Overwhelmed By New FCA Rules

UK crypto firms are struggling to meet new compliance demands set out by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), following its decision to put two major deadlines in two consecutive months.
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Payments

Instant Payment Battle Heats Up In The US, As RTP Surpasses 1m Daily Transactions

The Clearing House’s (TCH) real-time payment network (RTP) has hit a major daily transactions milestone, as TCH seeks to highlight the success of its own infrastructure following the launch of FedNow.
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Payments

Criminals Having Field Day Using BNPL, AI For Fraud, Warns Europol

European criminals are increasingly using buy now, payer later (BNPL), artificial intelligence (AI) and virtual IBANS (vIBANS) to steal and launder funds, a new report has claimed.
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Payments

Petitions To Allow Voters To Decide Fate Of Missouri Sports-Betting Filed

After legislators failed once again to pass a sports-betting bill in Missouri last session, an attorney representing supporters of legalizing retail and mobile wagering have filed petitions to let voters decide on the issue.
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Gambling

Parimatch Subsidiary Files Lawsuit To Scrap Zelensky's Decree

Weplay Media Holding Limited, an offshoot of Ukrainian bookmaker Parimatch, has filed a lawsuit against President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in an attempt to win back its gambling licence in the country.
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Gambling

UK Health Department Acknowledges Gambling Suicide Impact

The UK Department of Health & Social Care has said evidence points to links between “harmful gambling” and suicide, highlighting it in the country’s new suicide prevention strategy.
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Gambling

Time To Take 'Pig Butchering' Scams Off The Menu, Says US Regulator

The US Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) has warned against a fast-growing crypto scam known as "pig butchering", which involves the financial fattening of the victim.
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Payments

Gift Cards In Trouble As EU Negotiates AML Regulation

Trade associations representing electronic money issuers, distributors and retailers have called on EU institutions to abstain from introducing mandatory customer identification for low-value prepaid cards.
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Payments

End Of The Line For Square? Merchants' Fury Following Four-Day Outage

Block is likely headed for a class action lawsuit following an "unacceptable" global outage of Square, its small business merchant acquiring arm, sources have told Vixio.
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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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