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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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News In Brief: April 25-April 29, 2022

The Bank for International Settlements and Bank Indonesia launch TechSprint to solve the challenges of wholesale and retail central bank digital currencies.
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Payments

Chopra Is Going After Fintechs Now

The US Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has revived a dormant authority to examine nonbank companies that pose risks to consumers.
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Payments

Crypto Boost? Industry Players Mull What Elon Musk’s Twitter Acquisition Means

Twitter has announced that it has accepted a bid from Elon Musk to acquire the social media platform, in a sign that it could become more engaged with crypto-assets.
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Payments

More Clarity Needed On Crypto Access To Fed Accounts

Large industry players are pushing for more clarity on how reserve banks will evaluate crypto firms’ requests to the US payment system as a Federal Reserve consultation ends.
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Payments

UK India Business Council Calls For Central Gaming Regulator

The UK India Business Council has called on India’s central government to regulate gaming, including sports betting, and allow regional governments to cede day-to-day oversight to a national regulator.
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Gambling

Comparing European Problem Gambling Rates Difficult, Says Study

​​​​​​​“Highly diverse” methods of recording problem gambling in Europe make it difficult for any valuable cross-country comparisons to be made, according to a study written for the European Gaming and Betting Association.
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Gambling

Swedish Watchdog Investigates Klarna, Loomis Over Money Laundering Concerns

The payment service providers (PSPs) are being investigated by Sweden’s Finansinspektionen over how they operate their money laundering systems, following investigations earlier this year into other PSPs.
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Payments

Several Major Economies Launch New Cross-Border Privacy Agreement

Jurisdictions including the US, Japan and Singapore have established a cross-border forum to promote collaboration in data privacy.
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Payments

Nothing Stopping Crypto Payments From Going Mainstream, Says Morgan Stanley

A new report from US bank Morgan Stanley has spoken of a world in which bitcoin payments are so convenient that we will use them to pay for coffee.
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Payments

Massachusetts Senate Seeks 'Whistle-To-Whistle' Ban On Sports-Betting Ads

A closely watched sports-betting bill in Massachusetts has been amended and approved by a key Senate committee, with new provisions added to prohibit any advertising around televised sporting events.
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Gambling

Trio Of U.S. Court Decisions Could Change Face Of Indian Gaming

Upcoming rulings in three Indian gaming cases could have a historic impact on the future of not only tribal but commercial gambling operations across the United States.
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Gambling

Kenya, Ghana, Uganda Attempting To Increase Gambling Tax Take

As governments across Africa seek to recover from the financial impact of COVID-19 restrictions, gambling finds itself in the crosshairs of several budget and financial proposals.
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Gambling

Alleged Online Poker Operators In Australia Face Huge Fines

Australia’s national online gambling regulator has launched a civil lawsuit against two men and a company in Queensland state for providing online poker services in Australia, with potential fines running into the millions of dollars.
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Gambling

Smaller Tribal Operators Must Play To Strengths To Maximize Sports-Betting Opportunity

While sports betting in the U.S. to date has been dominated by major players such as FanDuel, DraftKings and BetMGM, dozens of operators including domestic and internationally-based commercial operators and local tribal casinos are looking for ways to stand out from the crowd.
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Gambling

Bahamas Sets Sights On Becoming Crypto Hub

The government of the Bahamas, home of the Sand Dollar, has published a white paper detailing its digital asset strategy up to 2026, including information on how citizens can pay tax with digital assets.
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Payments

Challenger Banks Failing To Tackle Financial Crime, FCA Says

A review carried out by the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has called out challenger banks for not properly assessing financial crime risk, as well as failing to carry out adequate due diligence on customers.
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Payments

US Crypto Bank Settles AML Case

Anchorage, the first federally chartered crypto bank, has settled a case that alleges the company does not have an adequate anti-money laundering (AML) programme in place.
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Payments

CFPB Sues MoneyGram Over Remittance Rule Violations

Just a week after instigating a lawsuit against TransUnion, the US consumer watchdog is now going after MoneyGram, another large firm it sees as a repeat offender.
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Payments

Rework Laws To Reduce Loot Box Harms, Say Researchers

The drive to prevent harm caused by loot boxes would benefit from clearer legislation and enforcement, according to new research published in the Journal of Behavioral Addictions, which also suggests safer gambling tools can protect consumers.
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Gambling

Meghalaya Confirms Gaming Ban For Locals Despite Liberal Turn

A Meghalaya government minister has told national media that only visitors to the northeastern Indian state will be allowed to gamble online or in land-based facilities, confirming a regulatory exception for locals quietly released late last year.
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Regulatory Influencer: Poland Proposes Targeted Simplification of EU Financial Services Rule

On June 2, 2025, the Polish Financial Supervisory Authority (KNF) announced that it had submitted a package of proposals intended to simplify regulatory frameworks across the EU financial services sector to the EU member states, the European Commission and other institutions within the EU Financial Services Committee. These proposals form part of a broader initiative led by the Polish Ministry of Finance, which aims to harmonise and streamline EU regulations to support the competitiveness of the European Union’s economy, including that of Poland.
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Regulatory Influencer: AML Compliance Is Key Under Hong Kong’s Stablecoins Ordinance

Under Hong Kong’s new Stablecoins Ordinance, another milestone in the global trend towards regulating digital assets in the same way as traditional financial services, any person who issues stablecoins referencing an official currency must obtain a licence from the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA).
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Norwegian Consumer Council Reports Klarna For Breaching Regulatory Requirements

In a submission to the Norwegian Consumer Authority, the consumer advocacy group has accused the Swedish fintech firm of repeatedly violating Norway’s credit marketing regulations.
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Singapore To Require Offshore Crypto Firms To Be Licensed Or Cease Operations By June 2025

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has clarified the scope of its regulatory regime for providers of digital tokens, crypto-assets used for payments.
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FCA Moves To Boost AI Use With New Sandbox

UK financial services firms will be encouraged to experiment with artificial intelligence (AI) as part of the Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) strategy to support economic growth through technological innovation.
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Australia Calls For Greater Collaboration In Battle Against Fraud

Businesses should join forces and share data to advance the fight against increasingly sophisticated scams, according to the Australian National Anti-Scam Centre.
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FCA Sets Out New Transparency Rules For Enforcement Investigations

The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has outlined significant changes to its enforcement rules, although it has stopped short of implementing some of the more controversial elements of its original proposal.
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Cash Mandate Moves Closer To Being Law In New York State

Retailers will not be able to refuse cash payments in New York if Governor Kathy Hochul signs off on legislation that has passed both houses of the state legislature.
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Regulatory Influencer: Canada Retail Payments Activities Act — Safeguarding of End-User Funds

This report is the third installment in a four-part series analyzing the RPAA and identifying key components of the law that PSPs should consider when doing business in Canada. This report focuses on the requirement to safeguard end-user funds.
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Regulate Smarter, Say European Players In Light Of Trump’s Deregulation

Despite the US leadership pushing for an increasingly deregulated financial services market, some payments players and politicians in Europe are adamant that standards being watered down is not the way to boost growth.
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