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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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Swedish Operators Sharing Problem Gambling Data

​​​​​​​Three of Sweden’s largest operators — Kindred, the Swedish Horse Racing Totalisator Board (ATG) and state-owned Svenska Spel — have agreed to share key problem gambling consumer data every six months.
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Bigtech Could Accelerate Interbank Payment Disruption, Says FCA

The UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has looked at how bigtech is disrupting payments, as it seeks views on the potential competition benefits and harms from the changing market dynamic.
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Payments

JCB Launches World’s First Pilot Of Card-Based CBDC Payments

Japan will use its local card-based payments network to trial in-person merchant payments using a central bank digital currency (CBDC).
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Payments

Amex Opens Up Its Network To Fintechs

A new partnership between American Express and Cross River Bank will enable fintechs to offer Amex-branded credit cards to their customers.
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Payments

Tribal Gaming Lobbyists Brace For Power Play By Alabama Senator

Prussian politician Otto von Bismarck once said laws are like sausages because it is best not to see them being made, and Indian gaming lobbyists are worried the wisdom of Bismarck’s observation will be confirmed yet again in Congress before the end of the year.
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Gambling

NSW Crime Commission Backs Mandatory Cashless Slots

The New South Wales (NSW) Crime Commission has heaped new pressure on slot machine operators and the state government in a report recommending mandatory cashless use of slots to stem billions of dollars in laundered funds per year.
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UK Problem Gambling Rate Stable But Data Concerns Remain

​​​​​​​The latest Gambling Commission data reports that the UK problem gambling rate has remained stable at 0.3 percent, but academics are increasingly concerned about the methodology and standardisation of recording gambling harm rates.
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Vermont Committee Supports Mobile Sports Betting, With Retail Requiring Further Study

A Vermont committee has begun to piece together what sports betting in the state could look like as legislators prepare to consider the issue next year.
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Gambling

Pakistan Off Greylist As FATF Completes Plenary

The global money laundering and financing watchdog has removed Pakistan from its list of countries under increased monitoring after four years.
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Payments

Santander’s ’Radical Plan’ To Protect Consumers From APP Fraud

UK payment system upgrades are needed so that fraud prevention can be built into their design, says a new report by Santander, outlining what needs to be done by the industry and regulators to tackle authorised push payment (APP) fraud.
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A Revolution In Cross-Border Payments? IXB Pilot Readies For Live Service

VIXIO caught up with the pan-European payments clearing house, EBA Clearing, to talk the prospects and roadmap for its new Immediate Cross-Border Payments (IXB) as participants gear up for live testing.
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Norway Joins Germany In Questioning Twitch Gambling Streams

Norway is just as annoyed as Germany at a Twitch move to ban only some streamed online casino games from its platform, saying streamers of unlicensed slots are breaking the law, and other European countries could soon follow their lead.
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Bill Introduced To Open D.C. Sports-Betting Market

A group of District of Columbia councilmembers have begun a push to introduce a competitive mobile sports-betting market in the nation’s capital and end the DC Lottery’s near-monopoly on mobile betting in the district.
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Brazil's Fantasy Sports Sector Seeking Legal Clarity From Congress

Brazil’s nascent fantasy sports industry is lauding last week’s approval of a bill to establish a legal framework for electronic video games that would also formally recognise fantasy competitions as games of skill.
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Nigerian State Clarifies Gambling Ban

​​​​​​​Nigeria’s Anambra state government has been forced to clarify that a reported state-wide ban on gambling activities only pertains to casino games in hotels, restaurants and bars, after misleading local media reports.
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Oral Arguments Scheduled In Landmark Florida Online Sports-Betting Case

On December 14, a panel of three judges in Washington, D.C. will preside over a hearing to determine whether Florida should be allowed to resume online sports betting, and their decision is likely to have historic ramifications for both the tribal and commercial gaming industries.
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Esports Betting Regulations Move Forward In Nevada

It took a special committee less than 20 minutes on Monday to unanimously approve Nevada’s first regulations for wagering on esports competitions, as the gaming industry looks to take advantage of the vast economic potential that competitive video games offer.
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Gambling

US Court Declares CFPB Funding Unconstitutional

A US court decision says the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's (CFPB) funding structure is unconstitutional, striking a potential blow to the agency’s work and calling into question all previous rules.
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Payments

Jump In Money Laundering Cases, EU Agency Reveals

More than 600 cases were brought to Eurojust, the EU’s judicial agency, in 2021, representing more than double those registered in 2016.
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Payments

Deep Dive: Decrypting Crypto’s Regulatory Past, Present and Future

This deep dive will look at the crypto story’s past, present and future, charting how crypto-related regulatory activity has changed in volume, impact and scope since January 2019, how different governments are currently reacting to this burgeoning sector and what the future holds for cryptocurrency regulations in payments.
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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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