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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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Chinese Lotteries Set For Record Annual Sales Haul In 2023

The Chinese lottery market has stormed back from pandemic damage and political troubles with more than a 50 percent growth year-on-year in the first half of 2023, setting it on course to easily break 2018’s annual sales record.
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Gambling

Georgia Online Gambling Still Dominates E-commerce, But Share Declining

The country of Georgia has seen the number and volume of online gambling transactions decline since restrictions were introduced at the end of 2021, according to new research.
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Gambling

Coaches, Players Discuss National Football League Gambling Policy

As National Football League teams began reporting to training camps last week to prepare for the upcoming season, the rash of gambling-related suspensions issued by the league during the offseason was a frequent topic of discussion, including criticism from one of the league’s most prominent coaches.
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Gambling

Delay In UK White Paper Gaming Reforms Disappoints New Jersey Regulator

The lack of progress in gambling reforms in the United Kingdom is frustrating New Jersey’s top regulator, who says U.S. oversight of gambling is much stronger.
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Gambling

US Congress To Vote On Credit Card Competition Act, Senator Says

Proponents of the US Credit Card Competition Act secure assurances that Congress will vote on the fiercely debated bill but the proposal still has a bumpy road ahead.
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Payments

Week In Crypto: FTX Founder Escapes Campaign Finance Charge

FTX founder escapes campaign finance charge but may be headed back to jail, Coinbase is in limbo over its staking lawsuits, and Binance has second thoughts about becoming regulated in Germany.
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Payments

Daily Dash: Mastercard Says No To Cannabis

Mastercard has cracked down on cannabis retailers allowing payments across its network, nexo Standards and Berlin Group have announced that they are developing digital euro standards, and N26 makes a new hire following its compliance problems.
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Payments

FanDuel President Defends Hiring Ex-Con For Responsible Gambling

FanDuel president Christian Genetski on Thursday stood by his company’s decision to hire sports media personality Craig Carton to be the company’s spokesman on responsible gambling even after Carton served one year in prison for fraud.
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Gambling

Brazil Match-Fixing Investigation Loses Threat As Sports-Betting Measures Move Ahead

Brazil’s special investigation commission (CPI) into match-fixing has already served its purpose and is irrelevant now that a sports-betting provisional measure has been published and a bill has been sent to Congress, according to some in the industry.
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Gambling

Maryland Approves Contract For iGaming Study, Regulation Updates

The efforts to legalize online gaming took a step forward on Thursday when the Maryland Lottery and Gaming Control Commission unanimously approved a contract for a vendor to produce a detailed report on the potential impact of iGaming.
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Gambling

News In Brief: July 24-July 28, 2023

France's national lottery operator is set to absorb its Irish equivalent and Nevada officially approves $10m fine for Steve Wynn.
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Gambling

NatWest CEO Resigns Over Farage Account Closure, As New Regulations Approach

Dame Alison Rose, NatWest’s CEO of four years, has resigned from her position after admitting that she broke confidentiality rules following the closure of Nigel Farage’s Coutts bank account.
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Payments

HSBC, TSB, Nationwide Castigated Over CMA Order Failures

The UK’s competition watchdog has hit out at three of the biggest high-street banks for "significant failures" in transaction history reporting for personal and business customers switching banks.
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Payments

Amex Slapped With $15m US Fine

The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency has fined American Express $15m alleging the card network failed to oversee a third-party affiliate.
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Payments

Tennessee Fines Caesars Entertainment $50,000 For Illegal Wagers

Tennessee’s sports wagering regulator approved a $50,000 fine against Caesars Entertainment Wednesday for taking more than 2,500 illegal wagers over a five-week stretch.
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Gambling

Australian Court Slaps $3.4m Fine On Online Poker Operation

In the first case of its kind, an Australian court has issued a A$5m ($3.4m) civil fine to a company in Queensland state that offered online poker services to Australian customers.
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Gambling

UK Launches Wave Of Pivotal White Paper Consultations

In a “key moment” for the UK gambling industry, the Gambling Commission and the Department for Culture, Media & Sport have both published their first set of highly-anticipated white paper consultations.
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Gambling

Brazil's Sports-Betting Industry Set To Self-Regulate On Advertising

Operators have welcomed the self-regulatory approach to advertising that is written into Brazil's sports-betting provisional measure, although it leaves companies trying to establish a presence in Brazil with more questions than answers.
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Gambling

Whistle-To-Whistle Ad Ban, Loss Limits On French Agenda

The French gambling regulator has asked the government for permission to enforce a whistle-to-whistle ban and loss limits for young people.
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Gambling

Proposal To Reduce Interchange Fee Triggers Concern In Belgium

Belgium’s banking association has said it is "especially worried" about a proposed reduction in interchange fees, but there are suggestions that the government may just be bluffing ahead of an election.
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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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Launch Of Papsscard Marks A Step Forward For African Financial Sovereignty

A joint venture between African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank), the Pan-African Payment and Settlement System (Papss) and Mercury Payment Services, Papsscard is the first Pan-African card scheme and is intended to boost the continent’s financial autonomy.
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Finland Launches AML/CTF Legal Overhaul Consultation

Finland’s government has launched a public consultation on its plans to reform the country’s Money Laundering Act and bring its financial crime regime into line with EU regulations.
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California Attorney General Says All Daily Fantasy Sports Are Illegal

California Attorney General Rob Bonta dealt a major blow to fantasy sports operators on Thursday by releasing a long-awaited opinion declaring that state law prohibits all daily fantasy sports contests.
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Regulatory Influencer: Requirements for Market Entry in Finland

Finland is currently in the process of reforming its gambling regulatory framework and partially ending Veikkaus Oy’s exclusive right to organise online and land-based gambling in the country.The Bigger PictureOn March 20, 2025, the Finnish government submitted the draft law of the new Gambling Act to parliament, with new licensees scheduled to begin their operations in the country at the start of 2027. 
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The UK’s 2025 Regulatory Grid: Key Priorities for Payments Firms

The UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) published its most recent Regulatory Initiatives Grid in April 2025, setting out the current priorities of the financial regulator, including for the payments and e-money industry. In this piece, Vixio examines what the FCA has outlined in its latest regulatory grid, and why payments firms should care.
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