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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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‘The Vast Majority Are Securities’ - SEC’s Gensler Confirms Crypto Reg Stance

The head of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has reiterated his view that most crypto-assets are securities, adding that crypto-related firms should focus on compliance sooner rather than later.
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Payments

Australia Launches 'Enforcement Investigation' Into Entain

Australian financial crime enforcer AUSTRAC has announced an “enforcement investigation” into sports-betting giant Entain Group, potentially impacting any Entain moves on rival Tabcorp Holdings' monopoly status.
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Gambling

South African Draft Remote Gambling Bill Aims To Fill Legal Gap

​​​​​​​South Africa’s second largest political party is looking to introduce overarching online gambling regulations, following years of failed attempts to fully open up the sector.
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Gambling

Massachusetts Gaming Regulators Urged To Consider In-Play Betting Ban, Ad Restrictions

An academic report looking at the potential impact of sports betting on Massachusetts has recommended a ban on in-game wagering, which researchers say is disproportionately utilized by problem gamblers.
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Gambling

1xBet Loses Licences in Ukraine

Ukraine’s gambling regulator has reversed course on controversial operator 1xBet and ejected it from the country’s online gambling market over ties to Russia, after earlier giving it the go-ahead to remain.
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Gambling

Maryland Regulators Won’t Extend Sports-Betting Application Deadline

The Maryland Sports Wagering Application Review Commission (SWARC) gathered in Baltimore on Friday to allow industry stakeholders to share their opinions on proposed sports-betting licensing regulations.
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Gambling

Week In Crypto: US Regulator Claims Celsius Was Insolvent Three Years Ago; Love Islanders Struck Down By ASA

New analysis indicates that Celsius was already insolvent long before this year’s crypto crash, Love Island celebrities get issued a cease and desist order and an old Binance AML probe resurfaces.
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Payments

Cruel Summer For Maltese Bank As AML Watchdog Hits It With Fine

Novum Bank, owned by a Dutch billionaire, has become the latest financial institution to be fined by Malta’s Financial Intelligence Analysis Unit (FIAU).
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Payments

Visa, Mastercard Namechecked By NZ Regulator In New Price Cap Plans

Under new legislation, Mastercard and Visa will be the initial focus of the New Zealand Commerce Commission’s work to encourage more competition and efficiency in the island’s retail payment system.
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Payments

Daily Dash: Wise Hit By $360,000 AML Fine In UAE

UAE authorities fine Wise for AML breach, Indian banks team up with Singapore’s DBS for real-time cross-border remittances and Nigeria looks to attract digital asset firms
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Payments

Massachusetts Regulators Discuss And Adopt Initial Sports-Betting Regulations

Even with the NFL season underway, regulators in Massachusetts plan to take their time in crafting implementing rules for sports betting, including through consideration of new policy recommendations to ban in-play betting and limit advertising.
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Gambling

Ireland Gambling Regulator CEO Appointment A 'Milestone'

​​​​​​​Ireland’s minister of state has hailed the “milestone” of appointing long-time senior civil and public servant Anne Marie Caulfield as the designated CEO of the country’s planned independent gambling regulator.
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Gambling

News in Brief: September 5-September 9, 2022

The head of global gambling firm Entain has joined those predicting action to restrict football sponsorships will be part of long-awaited UK reforms to gambling laws.
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Gambling

Australian Banks Prepare To Launch New National Digital ID System

Four of Australia’s largest banks have put their support behind a new national digital identity infrastructure known as ConnectID.
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Payments

Moneygram Must Sort AML Deficiencies By End-2022, Says Swedish Watchdog

Sweden’s Finansinspektionen (FI) has told US cross-border payments company Moneygram that it must solve its money laundering deficiencies by December 30 at the latest, in the latest enforcement action from the regulator.
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Payments

FCA, Treasury Disagree With MPs Over ‘Have Regard’ Recommendation

The UK government and the Financial Conduct Authority have taken the opposite view to the Treasury Select Committee on whether the latter should legally ‘have regard’ for financial inclusion matters.
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Payments

Denmark Proposes Banning Celebrities In Gambling Ads

​​​​​​​Denmark’s minister of taxation wants to ban the use of celebrities in gambling marketing, as he presents a raft of proposals to tackle gambling addiction to lawmakers.
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Gambling

Ohio Sets October Deadline For Applications, Or Disqualification From January Launch

With less than four months to go before the launch of retail and mobile sports betting in the Buckeye State, Ohio’s top gaming regulator expressed frustration with applicants who have yet to submit information concerning their beneficial owners and leadership personnel that will oversee operations.
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Gambling

Are You Ready For Some Football? Peak Of U.S. Betting Season Kicks Off

The National Football League opens its 103rd season on Thursday night and the American Gaming Association predicts a record number of 46.6m adults in the U.S. will bet on NFL games.
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Gambling

Head Dutch Regulator Advocates For Tougher Deposit Limits

​​​​​​​The head of the Netherlands’ Gaming Authority (KSA), René Jansen, has spoken out once more to advocate for stricter duty of care restrictions for online operators.
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News In Brief: July 7 - July 11, 2025

Super Group exits U.S. iGaming market, while the AGA supports bill restoring full gambling loss deduction
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Bulgarian Stakeholders Welcome Proposed Restrictions But Warn They Could Boost Black Market

A Bulgarian gambling trade group and others have warned that the government's proposal to restrict risky gambling behaviour could push players to the black market and is “not supported by established European regulatory models”.
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'Milestone' Passed As Bahrain Introduces Licensed Stablecoin Regime

The Central Bank of Bahrain (CBB) has announced that providers will be able to issue single-currency stablecoins backed by the Bahraini dinar, the US dollar or any other fiat currency it deems acceptable.
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Further EPI Expansion Bolsters Europe’s Payments Sovereignty Agenda

Five new European banks have joined the European Payments Initiative (EPI) and will begin to roll out Wero to their customers.
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Worldline Scandal Reminds European PSPs Of The Importance Of AML Compliance

The exposé on French payments giant Worldline may see European payment service providers (PSPs) face increased scrutiny from both national and regional anti-money laundering (AML) authorities.
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UK Competition Regulator Opens Consultation On Worldpay Sale To Global Payments, Signalling Possible Probe

The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority is to investigate Global Payments’ anticipated acquisition of Worldpay, potentially signalling a deeper investigation ahead of a mid-July deadline.
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European Supplier Licensing In 2025: The New Normal

Gambling suppliers have been forced to say goodbye to the era when licensing oversight was either an afterthought or a jurisdictional idiosyncrasy. Now, firmly in an era where scrutiny on the B2B sector is at an all-time high, European jurisdictions are bedding in a new normal for the sector.
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Philippine Politicians, Treasury Move Against Domestic Online Gambling

Clouds are forming over Philippine domestic online gambling as government officials float a new tax and senators lead a charge for restrictions on e-wallets, buy-ins and even a full industry ban.
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Nevada Congresswoman Seeks To Rescind Limits On Deductible Gambling Losses

Nevada Representative Dina Titus, whose congressional district includes the Las Vegas Strip, is set to introduce legislation to repeal a controversial provision in President Trump’s “One, Big, Beautiful Bill” that would limit declarable losses for gamblers.
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Dutch Affordability A Success, Claims Regulator

The Dutch gambling regulator has said it is happy with the effects of its controversial affordability regime despite worrying revenue trends, arguing that it has reduced dangerous gambling.
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