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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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Week In Crypto: Doubts Raised Over Binance EU Withdrawals Following Deleted Post

Mixed messages from Binance point to euro withdrawal chaos, Ripple heads back to court to fend off an SEC appeal, and Thailand threatens to shut down Meta over crypto scams.
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Payments

Pennsylvania Legislators Seek Solution To Grey-Machine Expansion

A group of Pennsylvania legislators discussed the proliferation of so-called grey machines during a hearing on Wednesday and expressed a desire for a legislative solution sooner rather than later.
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Gambling

College Football Season Set To Open Amid Iowa Sports-Betting Probe

Amid a high-profile investigation in Iowa, it is almost as if college football is hoping against hope there will not be another explosive sports-betting scandal as a new season opens on August 26.
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Gambling

German Regulator Says Maltese 'Shield' Not Compatible With EU Law

The German gambling regulator, the Joint Gambling Authority of the Federal States (GGL), has said it believes Malta’s “protective shield” for its gambling companies is not compatible with European Union regulations on recognition of judgments in another jurisdiction.
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Gambling

Brazil's Ministry Of Tourism Wants Slice Of Sports-Betting Tax Pie

The Brazilian Ministry of Tourism is the latest government body to suggest that it should be getting a cut of sports-betting tax revenue.
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Gambling

Canadian Fintechs Push Government For Renewed Commitment As Open Banking Development Wanes

As open banking struggles are becoming more apparent in Canada, the fintech industry is calling on the government to renew its commitment to open banking.
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Payments

Google Pay Brushes Off Cease And Desist Challenge In Delhi High Court

A judge at the Delhi High Court has dismissed two lawsuits against Google Pay, after ruling that the popular mobile payment service falls outside the scope of India’s payments system laws.
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Payments

More Proactive Approach To Crypto Needed, NZ Politicians Say

New Zealand needs to move on from its current approach of "wait and see" when it comes to crypto-assets, the country’s Finance and Expenditure Committee has said.
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Payments

Market Share Holds As Key Metric For U.S. Sports Betting

Although a variety of metrics have been used to tout success or put a rosier spin on underperformance, market share has remained the dominant metric used by the U.S. sports-betting industry’s power players to measure their operations.
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Gambling

Economic Zone Boss Slams PAGCOR Over 'Failed' Online Regulation

The head of the Philippine special economic zone that turbo-charged foreign-facing online gambling operations before being sidelined has attacked PAGCOR for having “failed” in regulating the online sector.
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Gambling

William Hill Tweet Given Green Light After Being Flagged By Watchdog AI

The UK advertising watchdog has found that a tweet for William Hill made by retired footballer Robbie Savage does not have a strong appeal to children.
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Gambling

Virginia Coalition Lobbies For 'Skill-Game' Regulation

The legality of supposedly skill-based gaming machines in Virginia could be settled by the end of the year, but no matter the outcome of the trial, a newly-formed coalition will take its case for regulating and taxing the machines to lawmakers in Richmond to assure that the revenue these terminals provide businesses can continue.
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Gambling

Discover Admits ’Paying The Price’ For Under-Investing In Compliance

Following the abrupt departure of seasoned CEO Roger Hochschild, top executives at Discover have said they should have invested more in compliance.
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Payments

Get Rid Of One-Size-Fits-All Regulatory Approach, UK Trade Body Urges

A major fintech trade association has told the UK government that the sector ought to have separate rules to those applied to traditional financial institutions, due to differences in knowledge, resources and expertise.
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Payments

Citing Lack Of Progress, RBA Warns Of ’Formal Regulation’ On Least-Cost Routing

The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) has threatened to introduce "formal regulatory requirements" on least-cost routing if it does not see progress on its implementation by acquirers.
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Payments

Australia Launches Wagering Self-Exclusion Website BetStop

The Australian government has launched the nationwide self-exclusion service BetStop and imposed a customer pre-verification regime, completing activation of all ten items of the online gambling National Consumer Protection Framework.
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Gambling

Brazil's Paquetá Brings Spot-Fixing Scandal To Premier League

Brazil appears to be exporting an escalating betting scandal internationally, with West Ham midfielder Lucas Paquetá now suspected of an intentional yellow card in a Premier League match last season.
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Gambling

Uncertainty Surrounds Federal Agency Regulating Indian Gaming

Functioning with a chairman whose term already has expired and a vacancy in one of its two other leadership positions, the National Indian Gaming Commission needs changes that may not occur until after the 2024 presidential election.
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Gambling

Digital Euro Regulation Delivers More Scepticism Than Clarity

The EU’s payments community has long accepted the inevitability of a digital euro being issued, but that does not mean people are pleased or engaged.
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Payments

UK Becomes Latest Jurisdiction To Implement Crypto Travel Rule

In line with international guidance on crypto-asset transfers, the UK is soon to become the latest jurisdiction to implement a crypto "travel rule".
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Payments
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News In Brief: July 7 - July 11, 2025

Super Group exits U.S. iGaming market, while the AGA supports bill restoring full gambling loss deduction
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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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Further EPI Expansion Bolsters Europe’s Payments Sovereignty Agenda

Five new European banks have joined the European Payments Initiative (EPI) and will begin to roll out Wero to their customers.
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Worldline Scandal Reminds European PSPs Of The Importance Of AML Compliance

The exposé on French payments giant Worldline may see European payment service providers (PSPs) face increased scrutiny from both national and regional anti-money laundering (AML) authorities.
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UK Competition Regulator Opens Consultation On Worldpay Sale To Global Payments, Signalling Possible Probe

The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority is to investigate Global Payments’ anticipated acquisition of Worldpay, potentially signalling a deeper investigation ahead of a mid-July deadline.
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European Supplier Licensing In 2025: The New Normal

Gambling suppliers have been forced to say goodbye to the era when licensing oversight was either an afterthought or a jurisdictional idiosyncrasy. Now, firmly in an era where scrutiny on the B2B sector is at an all-time high, European jurisdictions are bedding in a new normal for the sector.
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Philippine Politicians, Treasury Move Against Domestic Online Gambling

Clouds are forming over Philippine domestic online gambling as government officials float a new tax and senators lead a charge for restrictions on e-wallets, buy-ins and even a full industry ban.
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Nevada Congresswoman Seeks To Rescind Limits On Deductible Gambling Losses

Nevada Representative Dina Titus, whose congressional district includes the Las Vegas Strip, is set to introduce legislation to repeal a controversial provision in President Trump’s “One, Big, Beautiful Bill” that would limit declarable losses for gamblers.
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Dutch Affordability A Success, Claims Regulator

The Dutch gambling regulator has said it is happy with the effects of its controversial affordability regime despite worrying revenue trends, arguing that it has reduced dangerous gambling.
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