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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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Massachusetts Regulator Debates Setting Rules For Sports-Betting Advertising

With regulators concerned about potential advertising saturation in Massachusetts when sports betting launches next year, broadcasters and league officials say their internal rules will help curb an advertising frenzy.
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Gambling

Nevada Gaming Control Board Chairman Resigns

Nevada Gaming Control Board chairman J. Brin Gibson is stepping down at the end of the month and will be replaced by board member Brittnie Watkins for the regulator's December hearing, Governor Steve Sisolak announced on Monday.
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Gambling

Peru Publishes Draft Regulations For Online Gambling

Peru’s Ministry of Foreign Trade and Tourism has released draft regulations to govern online gaming and sports betting, with a window of 21 calendar days for operators, suppliers and the public to submit comments on the proposed rules.
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Gambling

Maryland Mobile Sports Betting Set To Launch By End Of November

Maryland's Sports Wagering Application Review Commission will meet on Wednesday to award ten mobile sports-betting licenses out of a total of 21 mobile applications submitted to gaming regulators before last month’s deadline.
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Gambling

DORA Explored: MEPs Pass Key Cyber Rules

The Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA) and the Network and Information Security directive (NIS2) have now been passed by members of the European Parliament (MEPs), paving the way for them to enter into EU law.
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Payments

What’s The ’Secret Sauce’ For Twitter Pay?

After months of rumours and speculation surrounding Elon Musk’s plans to turn Twitter into a superapp, the "chief twit" has revealed new details about his vision for payments on the social media platform. Its success, however, depends on whether he can make the service stand out, experts say.
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Payments

Thai Police Bust Major Online Gaming Syndicate

Thai police have cracked a major online gambling network boasting some 500 websites run by 2,000 employees over a decade.
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Gambling

Dutch Regulator Issues Warning To Two Operators For AML Shortcomings

The Netherlands Gambling Authority has issued warnings to two unnamed licensed operators for money laundering violations.
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Gambling

Lobbyists Cautious Over 2023 Sports-Betting Prospects In Texas, Minnesota

The 2022 U.S. midterm elections are over, and although there were several outcomes on the state level that surprised political observers, the effort to legalize sports betting in Minnesota and Texas remains questionable next year.
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Gambling

FCA Open Finance Policy Sprint Gets Thumbs Up - But What Next?

UK fintech players are hoping that the City watchdog’s policy sprint day will give impetus to the transition from open banking to open finance.
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Payments

Week In Crypto: FTX Token Collapse Stokes Insolvency Fears, As Binance Scraps Bailout Plan

A near-total wipeout of the FTX Token leaves CEO Sam Bankman-Fried shopping for a bailout. Arch-rival Binance steps in to take over, but then backs out due to potential enforcement activity by US regulators.
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Payments

Qatar To Launch National Payment Card By Year-End

The Qatar Central Bank (QCB) is planning to launch a national payment card by the end of the year with a view to offering a local alternative to global card giants Visa and Mastercard.
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Payments

Fraud Tops US Crypto Customer Complaints To CFPB

The US Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has for the first time looked at consumer complaints related to cryptocurrencies and found that fraud and transaction issues pose significant problems.
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Payments

FTX Files For Bankruptcy, CEO Sam Bankman-Fried Resigns

Less than 24 hours after claiming that FTX was illiquid but not insolvent, CEO Sam Bankman-Fried resigned from his position and FTX has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.
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Payments

Daily Dash: Spanish Banks Come Together For Digital Euro

Spain’s largest banks, including BBVA and Santander, have set up a working group to assess the impact of the digital euro, UK banking regulator is looking for help with innovation, and Mastercard has teamed up with J.P. Morgan on an open banking product.
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Payments

Massachusetts To Accept Off-Track Betting Sports Betting Licenses On Rolling Basis

Massachusetts gaming regulators began to offer some clarity Thursday on how a third category of sports betting licenses, those belonging to off-track simulcast facilities, will be rolled out as part of the state’s ongoing launch process.
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Gambling

After California Debacle, Is There A Mandate Against Sports Betting?

Following perhaps the biggest financial disaster in the history of gambling on Tuesday in California, the sports betting industry is beginning to wonder if its halcyon days might be over.
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Gambling

Ukrainian Regulator Investigating Gambling Operators’ Illegal Russian Ties

The Ukrainian Regulatory Commission on Gambling and Lotteries (KRAIL) has teamed up with the Security Service of Ukraine to launch a probe into the potential ties between Ukraine-based gambling industry players and persons and entities based in Russia.
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Gambling

News In Brief: November 7-November 11, 2022

The MGA is preparing crypto and blockchain proposals, nearly a third of British youth have spent money on gambling in the past 12 months and website claims nearly all German-language casino ads are "illegal".
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Gambling

Singapore Hails BNPL Code As Gen Z Borrowing Probed

Singapore’s finance minister told parliamentarians it does not hold data on the use of buy now, pay later (BNPL) products, but referred to the new industry code for the product as the solution for its riskier elements.
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Romanian Gambling Ad Restrictions Incoming But Lawyers Flag Need For Clarity

Romania’s new Audiovisual Code introduces several important changes, clarifications and restrictions; however, questions raised about the definitions, such as sports personality or influencer, have not been “thoroughly defined”, according to legal experts.
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Australia’s Project Acacia Blossoming Into Six-Month Testing Phase

Project Acacia, Australia’s research program into wholesale digital currency, has reached a “significant milestone”, with participants selected to explore innovations in digital money and settlement infrastructure.
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Big Tech Joins Forces With Telcos Under Hong Kong’s Latest Anti-Scam Charter

Financial regulators in Hong Kong have announced the launch of a new anti-scam charter that will see telcos and big tech firms participate for the first time.
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U.S. Senate Fails To Roll Back Change To Gambling Tax Deductions

The effort to reverse one of the tax hikes in President Donald Trump’s “One Big, Beautiful Bill” came up short in the Senate on Thursday due to opposition from a lone senator who sought to add an exemption of religious colleges from the federal endowment tax.
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Regulatory Influencer: Concurrent Market Liberalisation In The Two Congos

Two of the French-speaking jurisdictions within the Congo Basin, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and the Republic of Congo (Brazzaville), have simultaneously embarked upon devising gambling regulation. Following years of relying upon aged legislation, which monopolised the operation of gambling to state-owned entities, the Congolese market is finally liberalising.The bigger picture
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California's Daily Fantasy Sports Opinion: Key Policy Points To Watch

California Attorney General Rob Bonta's opinion last week that deemed daily fantasy sports to be a form of illegal gambling is a new policy wrinkle in a state that has consistently been a flashpoint when it comes to the gaming market.
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French Regulator Reignites Calls For Whistle-to-Whistle Ban and Loss Limits

France’s gambling regulator has once again reiterated calls to introduce a whistle-to-whistle advertising ban, as well as loss limits for players aged 18-25 years old.The president of France’s National Gambling Authority (ANJ), Isabelle Falque-Pierrotin, said changes to the country's regulatory framework are “essential” for a sustainable gambling industry model during her closing remarks at a conference addressing gambling addiction on June 27, 2025.
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CFPB Suffers Double Shock As Budget Slashed And Redundancies Ruled Lawful

Opponents of the US Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) have experienced twin triumphs, as an injunction halting the agency's restructuring has been lifted and the federal budget bill has almost halved its funding.
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Regulatory Influencer: The Key Updates to the EU’s Payment Services Package

The EU has for some time been working on updating its regulation of the payments sector, planning to issue a revised directive and to introduce a bloc-wide payment services regulation.
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FCA’s £21m Monzo Fine Emphasises That Growth Must Be Responsible

By imposing the fine on the challenger bank, the UK financial services regulator has sent a reminder to disruptors that they must pay attention to their regulatory duties.
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