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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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UK Financial Services And Markets Bill Receives Royal Assent

At the end of last week, a UK landmark bill aimed at overhauling the country’s financial services rules received royal assent.
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Payments

Ohio Legislature Approves Sports-Betting Tax Hike

Ohio lawmakers have doubled the state’s sports-betting tax rate as part of a new state budget bill that the legislature approved on Friday.
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Gambling

Historic Ruling For Florida Seminoles Could Revolutionize All Tribal Gaming

In what could be the most significant court decision on Indian gaming in more than 36 years, a federal appeals court in Washington, D.C. on Friday upheld a landmark compact negotiated in 2021 between the Seminole Tribe and the state of Florida.
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Gambling

Peru Promulgates Online Gambling Clean-Up Bill

Nearly a year after Peru’s Congress voted to pass an online gambling law in the dead of night, legislation to clean up apparent drafting errors from that rushed procedure has been promulgated by President Dina Boluarte.
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Gambling

New Jersey Sets New Five-Year Sunset Period For Internet Gaming

New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy signed legislation on Friday to renew the state's wildly successful internet gambling law, but the battle over the reduced extension of the law to five years may be just the beginning.
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Gambling

White Paper Fails To Ease Pressure On UK Gambling Ads

Despite its notable absence from the government's policy white paper, the issue of gambling advertising in football continues to drive headlines in the UK, as pressure groups maintain their demands for action.
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Gambling

’An Easy Switch’: US Fed Dual-Routing Set To Take Effect

A US requirement mandating card issuers to enable dual routing for online transactions is set to come into effect on Saturday (July 1) and experts believe the switch should go smoothly.
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Payments

Week In Crypto: You Have No Jurisdiction Over Crypto, Coinbase Tells SEC

Coinbase responds defiantly in its battle with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Binance loses access to euro deposits and withdrawals, and FTX’s former head of compliance is accused of bribing whistleblowers to stay quiet.
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Payments

MEPs Ready To Begin Negotiating With Council On Instant Payments, Including SFD Amendment

Members of the European Parliament have easily voted through their position on the Instant Payments Regulation, as the European Commission has strongly hinted that it would back the Settlement Finality Directive (SFD) being amended in this legislation over the new Payment Services Directive (PSD3).
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Payments

Daily Dash: Visa Confirms Pismo Acquisition

Visa has announced a move into issuer processing and core banking with its Pismo acquisition, Lithuania has set out its National Fintech Guidelines, and Shanghai Clearing House has launched e-CNY clearing and settlement.
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Payments

Massachusetts To Require Age Restrictions On Stadium Sports-Betting Logos

After a somewhat contentious hearing, the Massachusetts Gaming Commission has narrowly approved an amended regulation that requires a logo of a sports-betting brand to include language that only those over the age of 21 can participate in wagering.
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Gambling

NFL Suspension Of Four Players Underscores Struggle With Regulated Betting

The National Football League (NFL) on Thursday announced the suspension of four players, including three for the entire 2023 season which begins in September, for violating league rules by betting on NFL games last year.
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Gambling

Hungary Orders Payment Blocking Against Offshore Operators

Hungary’s gambling regulator has promised tougher action against “illegal online gambling” as it prepares to use its new powers and enforce strict payment-blocking measures.
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Gambling

Swedish Court Overturns Fine In Money Laundering Act Case

An administrative court has overturned a 2022 Swedish Gambling Authority fine against AB Trav & Galopp (ATG) levied for violations of Sweden’s money laundering laws.
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Gambling

News In Brief: June 26-June 30, 2023

Belgium's ban on gambling ads is set to go ahead after it avoided defeat by legal challenges spearheaded by sports teams.
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Gambling

Payments D-Day Confirmed: EU Unveils Its New Payments Legislation

The European Commission has published its payments, open finance and digital euro legislation to optimism from payments insiders.
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Payments

Calls Grow For Social Media Companies To Be Held Liable For APP Fraud

Facing growing criticism of its new rules on APP fraud reimbursement, the UK’s Payments Systems Regulator has said it is "confident" that its plans will drive the right consumer outcomes.
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Payments

ACI Worldwide Fined $25m For Mistakenly Sending $2.3bn In Real Payments During Test Run

The US Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has fined ACI Worldwide and its subsidiary ACI Payments for initiating around $2.3bn in mortgage payments while running a test.
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Payments

Mystery Surrounds Huge Cut In Renewal Of New Jersey iGaming

The author of an amendment to dramatically reduce the extension of New Jersey's internet gaming market is still unknown and the ultimate fate of the amendment remains uncertain ahead of a key legislative deadline.
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Gambling

Brazil Match-Fixing Panel Probes Plan for Sports-Betting Regulation

A senior figure in Brazil's Ministry of Finance testified before a congressional investigative commission on match-fixing on Tuesday, using the time to reassure members that both a bill and an emergency measure to regulate sports betting would be introduced before a parliamentary recess next month.
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Nigerian State Regulators Claim Central Gaming Bill Disregards Supreme Court Ruling

A group of Nigerian state gambling regulators has expressed its “deep and unwavering” objection over the progression of a bill it fears will regulate online gambling at a national level.
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Philippines Mulls Mandatory Listing Of Online Gambling Companies

In an apparent global first, the Philippine government is considering compulsory stock market listings for online gambling companies to compel greater transparency in operations and ownership.
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Romanian Government Eyes Legislation To Decentralise Gambling Licensing

Romanian Prime Minister Ilie Bolojan has announced that his government plans to propose a draft legislation that will enable municipal authorities to decide on licences for local gambling outlets.
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FCA’s Guardrails For BNPL Aim To Bring Consumer Duty Requirements To The Space

Buy now, pay later (BNPL) users are set to gain new protections under proposals published today by the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), which has set a compliance deadline of July 2026.
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UK Industry Wrangles With Rapidly Approaching Cross-Sell Ban

When 2025 draws to a close so will the era of lucrative cross-selling promotions in the UK, with operators and affiliates facing the tall task of adapting successfully to another major shift in marketing compliance.
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Bailey Cool On UK CBDC Suggestions

Hopes of a British central bank digital currency (CBDC) were dealt a blow by the governor of the Bank of England, Andrew Bailey, who said he “remained to be convinced” of the need for one.
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EU Lawmakers Insist Digital Euro Must Safeguard Privacy And Preserve Cash Access

The European Parliament’s Civil Liberties Committee (LIBE) has called for stronger guardrails for privacy and guaranteed access to physical cash in its opinion on the EU's proposed legislation to establish a digital euro.
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Regulatory Influencer: Malta’s Key Observations on Website Practices of Crypto-Asset Service Providers

Earlier in the year, the Malta Financial Services Authority (MFSA) conducted a thematic review of websites belonging to all the crypto-asset service providers (CASPs) authorised by the MFSA in relation to Regulation (EU) 2023/1114 on Markets in Crypto-Assets (MiCA). This was part of the MFSA’s commitment to consumer protection, ensuring that the information provided was fair, transparent and not misleading. Following its review of websites, the MFSA sent out a Dear CEO letter to CASPs laying out its findings.
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Regulatory Influencer: The Philippine Central Bank As Payments Policeman And… Online Gambling Saviour?

The Philippine online gambling industry’s rapid transition from a disgraced foreign-facing segment to flourishing domestic sector is approaching a crunch moment as payments channels come under unprecedented scrutiny.
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Peru President Vetoes Consumption Tax Bill

Peru’s president has partly vetoed a bill that would reduce the impact of a controversial consumption tax applied to online gambling.
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