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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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Cybersecurity A Key Challenge For U.S. Regulators, Online Operators

As the investigation continues into the recent cyberattack that affected an unconfirmed number of accounts with major U.S. sportsbook operators, including FanDuel and DraftKings, state gaming regulators are placing a greater emphasis on two-factor authentication and consumer protection, although the responsibility to secure accounts lies with the licensee.
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Gambling

India Flags Combined Regulation For Skill And Chance Gaming

India’s central government appears to have embraced skill and chance games with stakes as a single regulatable segment, after the Prime Minister’s office overruled an expert committee’s proposal to regulate only skill games, Reuters has reported.
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Gambling

Caesars Becomes First U.S. Sportsbook To Stream NFL In-App

The National Football League (NFL) has taken another significant step in its embrace of legalized sports betting, reaching its first domestic agreement to allow a sportsbook to stream live NFL games within its platform.
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Gambling

Singapore Clarifies BNPL Data Will Not Be Shared With Financial Institutions

Singapore’s top central banker has fielded parliamentary questions on the country’s buy now, pay later (BNPL) regulations, in an effort to assure lawmakers that users are protected from data risks and over-indebtedness.
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Payments

UK Banks Failing To Protect Customers From ’Spoofing’ Fraud, Says Study

A new study by UK consumer watchdog Which? has found that some banks are leaving customers vulnerable to "spoofing" fraud by failing to implement protections.
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Payments

Is Dual Routing The Answer To Rising Card Fee Conundrum?

Mandating dual routing is one of the many tools regulators have as they try to keep card acceptance costs at bay. With several countries pushing for dual routing, one merchant advisory firm tells VIXIO the merits of this regulatory method compared with capping interchange fees.
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Payments

Alderney Names Journalist Andrew Gellatly As Online Regulator

The Alderney Gambling Control Commission has named veteran gambling journalist, policy researcher and VIXIO GamblingCompliance co-founder Andrew Gellatly as executive director, signalling an acceleration in pandemic-era global engagement.
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Gambling

Missouri Sports-Betting Bills Are Back But VLTs Remain A Roadblock

Lawmakers in Missouri have begun filing bills ahead of the 2023 legislative session, with two sports-betting bills among the hundreds expected to be introduced by members of both chambers of the state legislature.
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Gambling

Ireland Gambling Regulation Bill Finally Published

Ireland’s justice minister, Helen McEntee, has published the country's long-awaited Gambling Regulation Bill 2022, 66 years after its current primary gambling law was introduced.
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Gambling

Italian Market Consolidated By 2022 M&A Flurry

A spate of mergers and acquisitions among Italian-facing operators has shaken up Europe’s second-largest online market, leading to a more heavily concentrated market share picture at the corporate level.
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Gambling

Week In Crypto: FTX CEO Says He ‘Did Not Try To Commit Fraud’, ECB Claims Bitcoin At Death’s Door

Former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried comes face to face with dispossessed customers at a New York Times event, European central bankers question bitcoin’s longevity and Kraken lays off almost a third of its staff.
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Payments

Barclays Slapped With £8.4m Fine Over Card Fee Disclosures

The Payment Systems Regulator (PSR) has fined Barclays for not giving retailers full information about the costs of its card services.
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Payments

Ireland To Fix Retail Banking Through ‘Organic And Progressive’ Change

The Irish Government’s comprehensive review of the country’s retail banking sector has concluded with 34 separate recommendations to better improve the culture of governance, competition and consumer protection.
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Payments

Daily Dash: SWIFT Low-Value Cross-border Payment Services Triples Users

SWIFT’s low value cross-border payments solution triples membership among member banks, Indonesia publishes white paper on its central bank digital currency (CBDC) design, and HSBC closes UK branches and sells Canadian bank.
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Payments

Finnish Opposition Budget Eyes €50m Licensing Boost

Finland’s National Coalition Party (NCP), the country’s third-largest in Parliament, says that the country’s gambling monopoly system has “failed” to protect people from harm.
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Gambling

Twitter: The Secret Weapon U.S. Sportsbooks Use To Keep Up With Sharps

Overshadowed by all the news coverage about its turbulent transition under new owner Elon Musk is Twitter’s importance in providing critical betting information to sportsbook operators.
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Gambling

Massachusetts Gaming Commission Approves Sports-Betting Vendor, Tax Regulations

As the Massachusetts Gaming Commission prepares to host a public hearing Monday on the state's three casino retail sports-betting licenses, commissioners agreed to set aside some time in an upcoming meeting for a policy briefing on promotional play credits and free bets.
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Gambling

Personnel Moves - November 2022

Chris McGinnis named as Playtech’s new chief financial officer, Anthony “Tony” Rodio, chief executive of Great Canadian Entertainment has retired as CEO and a director, Australian casino operator The Star Entertainment Group named two non-executive directors to replenish its board after a series of resignations over compliance failures.
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Gambling

News In Brief: November 28-December 2, 2022

Blackstone selling its stake in two Las Vegas casinos for a huge profit, New York bill to make regulator consider amending racing gambling rules, Ontario bans UFC betting over integrity concerns and Maryland grants initial approval for two online sports-betting operators.
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Gambling

RBA Board’s To-Do List: Least-Cost Routing For Mobile Wallets And Further BNPL Oversight

The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) has outlined its key payment objectives, which include a two-year window to implement least-cost routing for card-based transactions on mobile wallets, monitoring of Visa and Mastercard’s buy now, pay later (BNPL) platforms and support for instant cross-border payments.
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Vietnam Regulatory Overhaul Targets Alignment With International Norms

The State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) has launched a wide-ranging consultation process aimed at amending three key regulations governing the country’s payments ecosystem.
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Hong Kong Bank Fines Aim To Deter Compliance Failings

A cluster of enforcement actions by the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) underlines the tough approach the jurisdiction is taking to combating financial crime.
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Malta ‘Dear CEO’ Letter Part Of Drive For Professionalisation

The Malta Financial Services Authority (MFSA) has issued a new Dear CEO letter aimed at improving transparency and raising standards in the authorisation process for firms seeking MFSA licences.
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Regulatory Influencer: Non-Bank Stored Value Facilities Prepare For Hong Kong–China Instant Payments Corridor

Payment Connect, the first linkage between the instant payments systems of Hong Kong and mainland China, is now in operation, connecting Hong Kong’s Faster Payment System (FPS) with China’s Internet Banking Payment System (IBPS).
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Regulatory Influencer: How Will The GENIUS Act Affect Stablecoin Issuers And Intermediaries?

On July 17, 2025, the US House of Representatives passed a bill that introduces a new federal framework for the regulation of payment stablecoins, and the following day President Trump signed it into law.
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Leading Operators In French Online Casino Debate Renew Lobbying War

Public progress on legalising online casino games in France has been thin on the ground, but recent glimpses suggest that efforts to lobby key decision makers are still underway.
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Brazil Minister Rattles Industry With Regulatory Remorse

The government minister responsible for Brazil’s federal betting regulator is considering stricter rules on advertising and online casino games and says he would even outlaw online gambling altogether if given the opportunity.
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News In Brief: July 21–July 25, 2025

Gambling Commission releases account closure data to bolster transparency, while GLI is set for acquisition by Avalon Buyer Ltd
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Gambling CEOs Touting ESG Virtues Grumble About Black Market Growth

In an era where sustainability is king and politics is hostile, European gambling’s top execs are wise to advertise their ESG credentials, but say they fear an emboldened black market is undoing their good work.
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FCA’s Barclays AML Fines Underscore Push to Tackle Financial Crime

The UK financial watchdog’s decision to fine Barclays heavily for failing to conduct appropriate money laundering checks demonstrates a renewed focus on compliance in this area.
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