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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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Gift Cards In Trouble As EU Negotiates AML Regulation

Trade associations representing electronic money issuers, distributors and retailers have called on EU institutions to abstain from introducing mandatory customer identification for low-value prepaid cards.
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Payments

End Of The Line For Square? Merchants' Fury Following Four-Day Outage

Block is likely headed for a class action lawsuit following an "unacceptable" global outage of Square, its small business merchant acquiring arm, sources have told Vixio.
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Payments

Swedish Trade Group Approves Of Higher Money Laundering Fine Proposal

The Swedish online gambling trade group has said it approves of plans to increase fines for money laundering violations, but warned they should be based on gross revenue to be fair.
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Gambling

Florida Sports Betting Moves Closer To Revival After Court Decision

A federal appeals court in Washington, D.C. on Monday issued an order that could accelerate the resurrection of sports betting in Florida after a two-year hiatus.
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Gambling

Daily Dash: US Plays Down Digital Dollar Plans

The Federal Reserve has said the US is a long way from issuing a central bank digital currency, Ireland has seen a surge in money mule activity, and a new study in Australia has found that slower payments might be the way to beat fraud.
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Payments

Irish Child Gambling Report 'Deeply Troubling', Says Minister

The Irish government minister in charge of gambling policy has called the findings of a report on children and gambling “deeply troubling”.
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Gambling

Penn Entertainment Eyeing Pole Position For ESPN BET

During an investor conference on Thursday, CEO Jay Snowden told analysts he was confident that Penn Entertainment has the right recipe for success with its ESPN BET venture, including crucial buy-in from new partners at ESPN and Disney.
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Gambling

North Carolina Gaming Expansion Chances Appear Bleak

North Carolina’s House Speaker has indicated that a massive gaming expansion proposal does not have enough support among the party that controls the state legislature to be included in the state’s forthcoming budget bill.
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Gambling

US Consumer Watchdog Scrutinises Tap-To-Pay Restrictions By Bigtechs

Mobile payment restrictions by Apple and Google have been put under the spotlight by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), as the most powerful US consumer agency closes in on an open banking work.
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Payments

UK Regulator Extends Deadline To Comply With New Crypto-Asset Promotion Rules

In response to industry feedback, the UK's Financial Conduct Authority has postponed the deadline for firms to comply with "tough" new rules on crypto-assets promotions.
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Payments

Deconstructing MiCA (Part 2): The First Obligations in EU Regulators' Focus

This regulatory analysis will explore the first set of obligations that is subject to the European Union’s (EU) consultation package focusing on the Market in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCA). The analysis will examine key topics such as authorisation, complaints-handling requirements and assessment of proposed acquisition of qualifying holdings. This analysis is second in a series of pieces focused on MiCA.
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Payments

Autumn Begins With Enforcement In Lithuania As More Payments Firms Fined

Summer is over and the Baltic regulator is back to business, fining two payments firms over regulatory failings.
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Payments

Brazil Gambling Oversight May Move To Ministry Of Sport

There is a political battle for the proposed Brazilian National Gambling Secretariat, as it is being used as a bargaining chip and may be given to the Ministry of Sport. 
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Gambling

Massachusetts Grants Short-Term Waivers For ID Verification Rules

The Massachusetts Gaming Commission granted another set of temporary waivers from its regulations on Thursday, this time dealing with age and identity verification requirements.
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Gambling

MGM CEO Confident UAE Resort Will Offer Casino Gaming

MGM Resorts International CEO Bill Hornbuckle is confident that a planned resort project within the United Arab Emirates (UAE) will eventually be licensed to offer casino gaming, as the company continues to move forward with opportunities in Japan and New York.
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Gambling

UK Gambling Commission Hits Back Over Affordability 'Myths'

With still six weeks to go before its consultation on financial risk checks draws to a close, the UK Gambling Commission has intervened to dispel various “myths” it says are recurring in the conversation around affordability.
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Gambling

France Predicts Massive Betting Surge For Rugby World Cup 2023

French people plan to bet on the upcoming Rugby World Cup in their droves, with 13 percent of the entire adult population predicted to gamble on the event.
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Gambling

Week In Crypto: No End In Sight For Binance Executive Exodus

Three Binance executives and one manager resign in one week, calls grow for regulators to move in on decentralised finance, and the IMF and FSB advise against banning crypto.
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Payments

'Not Too Big To Play By Rules': Google Settles US In-App Purchase Suit

Google and a group of 50 attorneys general have settled "in principle" an antitrust lawsuit alleging that the bigtech giant abused its monopoly power over in-app payment processing.
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Payments

Daily Dash: BaFin Comes Down Hard On E-Money Institution

The German Federal Financial Supervisory Authority has prohibited the electronic money institution Payone from carrying out transactions for certain customers, while Hyundai has launched an in-car payment service.
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Irish Bookmakers Warn Against Potential Betting Duty Tax Increase

The Irish Bookmakers Association (IBA) has warned the government against including a 0.5 percent to 1 percent increase in betting duty tax in the 2026 budget, fearing it will result in job losses and betting shop closures.
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Regulatory Influencer: China’s Shift To ‘Long-Term’ Licensing Signals Payments System Maturity

The People’s Bank of China (PBoC) has issued its first batch of “long-term” licences to non-bank payment institutions, in line with its efforts to tighten supervision of the sector.
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Bank Of Ghana Warns Remittance Firms Over Persistent Regulatory Breaches

Ghana’s financial watchdog has raised the alarm over persistent compliance failures in the remittance market and stated that firms failing to address violations will face sanctions.
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GambleAware’s Demise Stokes Fears Over Future Of UK Research, Treatment

The UK’s most prominent gambling charity GambleAware has announced it will close as a result of the new mandatory responsible gambling levy, raising questions about the future of funding for addiction treatment and the potential politicisation of research.
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AUSTRAC Prosecutes Leading Operator Of Slot Machine Venues

Australian financial transactions regulator AUSTRAC is prosecuting a leading club owner and slot machine operator over “serious and systemic” violations of anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing (AML/CTF) laws.
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Oregon Lottery Seeks To Ensure Integrity, Security In Regulating Couriers

Mike Wells, director of the Oregon Lottery, admitted it has maintained a neutral stance on lottery courier services over the years, a position that has changed as more of the services operate in the state, with no formal regulatory oversight.
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EBA Slams Fintechs Over Lax Compliance In New AML Risk Assessment

In its latest risk assessment, the European Banking Authority (EBA) has warned that poor practices and a lack of experience at fintechs, including payments and crypto firms, are undermining efforts to tackle financial crime.
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CFPB Hits Pause On Open Banking Rule Rewrite

The US Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) is backing away from its earlier push to scrap a key open banking regulation, instead asking a federal court to pause litigation so it can develop a revised version of the rule.
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Ukraine Adopts EU-Style Open Banking Rules

The National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) has approved a comprehensive package of regulations to implement open banking in Ukraine, supporting the country's efforts to align with the EU.
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Marcos' Keynote Silence On Gambling Cheers Online Industry

The Philippine President’s avoidance of domestic online gambling issues in this year’s congressional appearance has encouraged the industry and frustrated its foes amid finance secretary support for taxation over prohibition.
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