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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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Rhode Island Poised To Legalize iGaming

The Rhode Island House Finance Committee approved, without debate, an amended bill on Tuesday to legalize internet gaming, sending it to the House floor for a potential final vote.
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Gambling

Crypto Winter Wanes But U.S. Casinos Still Leery Of Alternative Currency

After a disastrous decline in 2022, the cryptocurrency market is rebounding this year, but U.S. casinos and gaming operators remain hesitant to embrace crypto and other alternative payments until federal regulations are adopted.
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Gambling

Kenya Gambling Tax Collection Up 30 Percent

The Kenya Revenue Authority said it has collected a total of KSH8.7bn (€57.68m) from gambling firms over the past six months, a 30 percent increase over the same period last year.
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Gambling

ASA Gives Green Light To Bet365 Tweet Featuring Boxer

The UK Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has determined that a promoted tweet for bet365, which contained an image of boxer Chris Eubank Jr, did not have particular appeal to children.
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Gambling

Tough But Necessary? UK Crypto Firms Brace For New Promotion Rules

The UK’s Financial Conduct Authority has said that its new financial promotion rules for crypto-assets will give people the time and appropriate risk warnings to make an informed choice, while the crypto industry is worried about new barriers.
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Payments

No, It’s Not Time To Regulate BNPL, Says Singapore’s MAS

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has published a response to an op-ed article that calls for buy now, pay later (BNPL) products to be regulated as credit.
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Payments

New Zealand Privacy Watchdog Wants Firms To Add Multi-Factor Authentication

The Office of the Privacy Commissioner in New Zealand has said businesses must ensure they take reasonable cybersecurity steps to protect personal data, including using multi-factor authentication.
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Payments

Gaming REITs Thrive Despite High Interest Rate Environment, Analysts Say

Despite higher interest rates, the opportunities for real-estate investment trusts (REITs) to acquire casino properties remains healthy within the U.S. gaming industry, albeit at a more moderate deal volume, according to gaming industry analysts.
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Gambling

Philippines Business Zone Blocks New Online Gambling Operations

Fallout from the police raid on a Clark Freeport scam syndicate that freed more than 1,100 enslaved workers has continued with a freeze on new online gambling operators in the zone and the formation of a security advisory body.
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Gambling

Lithuanian Regulator Fines Operator Three Times In One Week

The Lithuanian Gaming Control Authority has handed Top Sport UAB three separate fines totalling €55,000 in the space of just four days.
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Gambling

Australian Fintechs Welcome ’Fair Access’ Rights Under New Payments Licensing Rules

In what some are calling the "biggest overhaul" of Australia’s payment system in 35 years, fintechs are looking forward to "fair and equitable" access rights based on new licensing rules.
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Payments

Money 20/20: Open Banking Is ’Overhyped’ And ’Disappointing’

Industry and regulators alike seem to have accepted that open banking may not have been the success story everyone was hoping for — but it is an "ultramarathon" not a "sprint".
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Payments

Visa, Mastercard Secure Initial Win In UK Merchant Class Action

The UK Competition Appeal Tribunal has put on hold a class action lawsuit accusing Visa and Mastercard of imposing excessive interchange fees for inter-regional and commercial card transactions.
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Payments

New York Proposal To Expand Daily Fantasy Sports Dies In Committee

As the 2023 session ended on Saturday, the New York legislature declined to consider a measure to expand the number of approved daily fantasy sports operators in the state in advance of formal regulations to govern fantasy sports licensing.
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Gambling

Ireland Should Increase Betting Duty To Fund More Sports, Says FAI

The Football Association of Ireland (FAI) has renewed its plea for the government to increase the betting duty for land-based and online bookmakers from 2 percent to 3 percent.
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Gambling

US Court Trashes China Contractor Over Baha Mar Takeover

A US court has strongly backed entrepreneur Sarkis Izmirlian over the Baha Mar construction scandal, throwing out a Chinese state-owned contractor’s request to dismiss his fraud and breach of contract suit, and backing his claims of contractor misconduct.
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Gambling

Clock Is Ticking To Comply With DORA

Panellists at Money 20/20 have questioned whether financial firms are ready enough to comply with the EU’s new ICT rules, calling on firms to ensure that they are ready before it is too late.
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Payments

Week In Crypto: Coinbase Hit By Major SEC Lawsuit As Crackdown Continues

Federal securities charges finally hit Coinbase, a US regulator attempts to repatriate Binance US assets, and a former central banker is tipped to take over as CEO from Binance founder Changpeng Zhao.
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Payments

US Congress Revives Credit Card Bill

US Senator Richard Durbin has brought back legislation aimed at promoting competition in credit card payment processing. Despite the bipartisan support across both chambers of Congress, lawmakers admit it has "a particularly tough row to hoe".
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Payments

Daily Dash: US Agencies Issue Fintech Risk Assessment Guide

US federal regulators have unveiled their final guidance for managing risks associated with third parties, including payment processors, the Bank of Lithuania has suggested amendments to the country’s payments laws, and Austria has convicted a Porsche board member of money laundering.
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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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Ukraine Releases Flurry Of Consultations As It Seeks To Update Gambling Rules

Ukrainian licence holders will only have two months to comply with a long list of updated regulations under a key new proposal, as the country unleashes a flurry of consultations aimed at updating and aligning rules as well as improving industry oversight.
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California Tribes Seeking Second Win With Anti-Sweepstakes Legislation

In the wake of an opinion from California’s attorney general that threatens the future of daily fantasy sports in the state, Indian gaming tribes are looking to score a second major policy victory that could threaten sweepstakes operations as well.
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