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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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Skill On Net To Pay £300,000 After UK Commission Investigation

Operator Skill On Net Limited will pay £305,150 after a UK Gambling Commission investigation revealed social responsibility and anti-money laundering (AML) failures.
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Gambling

Minnesota, Missouri Sports Betting Delayed Until 2024

Legislators began this year’s sessions in Minnesota and Missouri confident they had enough support to pass bills legalizing retail and mobile sports betting, but long-standing objections by powerful interest groups and politicians have delayed any action until at least next year.
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Gambling

Prominent Australian Lawmaker Vies For Complete Ban On Gambling Ads

A prominent independent Australian lawmaker has tabled a bill that would enact a “comprehensive ban on gambling advertising”.
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Gambling

Central Deposit Limits Greeted With Cautious Optimism In Spain

Optimism and scepticism in equal parts have greeted the General Directorate for Gaming Regulation’s (DGOJ) plan to centralise deposit limits, and although the industry says it was happy to have finally been consulted, the feasibility of implementation raised eyebrows.
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Gambling

Dutch Online Survey Reignites Ad Ban Concern

The head of the Dutch Online Gambling Association has warned that it is still too easy for online gamblers to “end up in the clutches of organised crime”, as the industry awaits an impending advertising crackdown.
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Gambling

US Flexes Muscle Into Biometric Data Collection

In a new policy statement, the US Federal Trade Commission warns businesses against misusing biometric information and hints at heightened scrutiny of those that do not comply.
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Payments

June 28: Mark Your Calendars For EU Payments D-Day

Insiders expect the European Commission to release its proposed revisions to the Payment Services Directive, a possible Payment Services Regulation, Open Finance framework, Late Payments Directive, as well as new digital euro legislation, all on the same day in June.
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Payments

UK Targets Sanctions Evasion In Latest Package

The UK government has announced a new wave of sanctions against Russia, targeting 86 businesses and individuals connected to Russia’s energy, metals, defence, transport and financial sectors.
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Payments

Brazil's Congress Kicks Off High-Stakes Betting Corruption Probe

With legislation to regulate sports betting still not formally introduced, representatives of leading international operators are being called to testify as part of a high-profile congressional probe into match-fixing allegations that have rocked Brazilian football.
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Gambling

U.S. Attorney General Staying Silent On Offshore Gambling Crackdown

It is not as though U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland does not have other priorities but his refusal to even acknowledge pleas for help in cracking down on illegal offshore gambling is growing more puzzling.
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Gambling

UK Reform Group Relaunches To Focus On The US

Influential UK gambling pressure group “The Campaign for Fairer Gambling” is being relaunched to focus its efforts on the US online gambling market.
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Gambling

Gambling Commission On UK White Paper: 'Less Haste And More Speed'

The UK Gambling Act white paper will likely take a number of years to fully implement, according to Gambling Commission deputy chief executive Sarah Gardner.
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Gambling

In Spain, A War of Words Over Advertising Restrictions

A war of words erupted at a recent industry conference, as industry representatives sparred with Spain's head gambling regulator over claims that the recent advertising royal decree constituted a full ban and demands for industry consultation on future decrees.
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Gambling

Week In Crypto: Binance Quits Canada As New Rules For Trading Platforms Go Live

Binance runs into regulatory hurdles in Canada and Australia, France offers sanctuary to US crypto firms seeking clearer regulations, and Tether announces plans to back its stablecoin with more bitcoin.
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Payments

Fintech Groups Warn AML Changes Could Destroy Open Banking

Key fintech lobbyists have called on the EU’s political institutions to keep payment initiation service providers out of the scope of the new Anti-Money Laundering Regulation.
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Payments

The $1bn Reason Why Not To Lie About Compliance

The United States' fourth largest bank, Wells Fargo, has agreed to pay $1bn to investors after it lied about the state of its compliance with government orders.
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Payments

Daily Dash: Kuwait Publishes New Rules For E-Money Firms

<span style="font-size:11pt; font-variant:normal; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-family:Arial"><span style="color:#000000"><span style="font-weight:700"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none">The Central Bank of Kuwait has issued new requirements for e-money services, including BPNL, Australia’s Westpac bank has introduced Apple’s new Tap To Pay service, and Airbnb has begun offering bank payments through Stripe.</span></span></span></span></span></span>
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Payments

U.S. Online Bosses Seek Ways To Expand Their Brands

Top executives for the leading U.S. sports-betting and iGaming operators insist that maximizing their brands to attract different types of players remains a persistent challenge.
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Gambling

PAGCOR Confirms Raided Gambling Supplier Has Accreditation

The Philippine gambling regulator has confirmed that a Clark Freeport company raided over alleged scam operations and enslavement of some 1,100 foreign workers is an approved service provider to offshore-facing gambling operators (POGOs).
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Brazil Changes Tactics Again On Sports-Betting Legislation

Implementation of a licensing regime for sports betting is now facing a more uncertain path through Brazil’s Congress after the government agreed not to legislate through an emergency decree that would take immediate effect.
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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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