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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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Amazon Expands Palm-Reading Payments Tech To All Whole Foods Stores

Amazon has announced that its palm-reading payment system, Amazon One, will be rolled out to all Whole Foods Market stores in the US by the end of 2023.
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Payments

Massachusetts Regulator Fines All Three Casinos For Unauthorized Wagering

The Massachusetts Gaming Commission has fined the state’s three casinos a total of $50,000 to settle complaints over allowing customers to place wagers on unauthorized sporting events.
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Gambling

Almost Impossible To Open Gambling Bank Account In Romania, Says Trade Group

It has become “almost impossible” for gambling companies to open a bank account in Romania, according to a trade group in the country.
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Gambling

Brazil Finally Publishes Provisional Measure To Regulate Sports Betting

Brazil has published a long-awaited provisional measure to amend and implement a sports-betting law four and half years after the law was first signed, with the headline changes including a 18 percent tax on gross gaming revenue, an increase from an anticipated 16 percent.
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Gambling

Legislation Plus Another Suspension Add To U.S. Sports-Betting Woes

As the U.S. sports-betting industry prepares for another bumper season of wagers on college and professional football, recent developments in Congress and the National Football League threaten to cast a pall on the industry’s future prosperity.
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Gambling

India's GST Council To Clarify 'Face Value' Tax For Online Gaming

India’s finance ministry has signalled a softening on its damaging goods and service tax (GST) on online gaming volume, with the GST Council to clarify if player account deposits or individual bets are to be taxed.
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Gambling

Hong Kong Central Bank Vows To ’Turn The Tables’ On Financial Crime

The Hong Kong Monetary Authority has launched a new bank-to-bank information sharing platform as it hopes to lead by example in a collaborative approach to fighting fraud and financial crime.
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Payments

Swedish Payment Firm Legal Appeal Warns Of Far Reaching Consequences

Stockholm-based fintech company Zimpler claims an order against it to halt transactions to gambling operators without a Swedish licence is "incorrect" and will have "far-reaching consequences" for the payments and gambling industries, as it appeals the decision.
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Payments

Amex Closes Banking Operations In Mexico As Global Revenue Soars

After almost 30 years in operation, American Express has announced that it will retire its banking services in Mexico, but will continue to issue credit cards in the country.
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Payments

New Payments Architecture Could Be Pivotal To Digital Pound, Suggests Pay.UK

Pay.UK has said the New Payments Architecture should be the "point of contact" between commercial bank money and the digital pound in its response to a joint consultation on retail central bank digital currency.
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Payments

U.S. Lotteries Remain Valuable State Assets In Digital World

The U.S. lottery industry’s importance to state finances, as well as retailers that sell millions of scratch-off tickets, has been underestimated by lawmakers captivated by the potential of other forms of gambling, say industry officials.
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Gambling

Swedish Payment Fine Appeal Warns Of 'Far Reaching Consequences'

Stockholm-based fintech company Zimpler claims an order against it to halt transactions to operators without a Swedish licence is “incorrect” and will have “far-reaching consequences” for the payments and gambling industries, as it appeals the decision.
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Gambling

Vermont Regulator Adopts Sports-Betting Regulations

Vermont regulators have approved sports-betting regulations that include demands for officials to review marketing plans, despite the protests of operators.
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Gambling

EBA CLEARING Bets On FPAD To Bring Down Fraud

With fraud continuing to be a significant problem for European payments players, EBA CLEARING is piloting a new tool to confront the challenge.
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Payments

FedNow Instant Payments System Goes Live

After years of work, the US Federal Reserve has announced that its new 24/7/365 instant payment system has officially gone live. VIXIO discusses how the new payment system is expected to change the payments landscape, what can be expect from the service from day one and what comes next.
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Payments

Crypto Will Not Be Treated As Gambling, UK Minister Says

UK minister rejects a previous Treasury Committee recommendation that crypto trading should be regulated as gambling.
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Payments

Mergers & Acquisitions: The Reset Of The U.S. Gaming Industry

When the U.S. Supreme Court repealed the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act (PASPA) five years ago, gaming industry analysts were quick to try and estimate how the new U.S. sports-betting market was going to play out in terms of size and profitability.
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Gambling

Appeal Raises Questions About How Indian Law Applies To Tribal Gaming

By appealing a judge’s ruling in a California casino case, the U.S. Department of Justice is raising the question of how Indian law canons apply to tribal gaming — if at all.
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Gambling

India's Tax Agency Says Land-Based Casinos Owe $1.2bn

India’s goods and services tax (GST) bureaucracy is extending aggressive recovery of GST from the online gaming industry to land-based operations, with officials targeting $1.2bn in unpaid taxes from casinos in Goa and Sikkim states.
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Gambling

Brazil's Sports-Betting Provisional Measure Due This Week

Brazil’s sports-betting provisional measure may finally be about to see the light of day, with the latest reports out of Brasilia saying that the measure should be published today at the latest (July 24).
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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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News In Brief: June 30-July 4, 2025

Louisiana's AG rules sweepstakes casinos illegal, while Intralot acquires Bally's international online business.
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Ontario Prepares For Next Phase of Gaming Market Evolution

More than three years after the launch of Ontario’s competitive online gambling market, provincial leaders are looking to the next phase of the market’s maturity, including increased black-market enforcement efforts and a government review of the industry.
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Maryland Plans To Significantly Reduce Promotional Deductions

After Maryland lawmakers agreed to raise sports betting taxes this past legislative session, gaming regulators are now moving forward with limiting the amount of free-bets and other promotions that operators may deduct from taxable revenue.
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UK Financial Risk Checks Findings "Very Favourable" But Consumers Confused About Affordability

The Gambling Commission’s director of major policy projects and evaluation has said initial findings around the impact of financial risk checks have been “very favourable,” but confusion remains around affordability checks.Helen Rhodes said the recent findings from the ongoing pilot of financial risk assessments represent a “significant step forward in our work” during the opening talk at iGB L!VE in London on Wednesday (July 2).
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