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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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Visa, Mastercard Secure Initial Win In UK Merchant Class Action

The UK Competition Appeal Tribunal has put on hold a class action lawsuit accusing Visa and Mastercard of imposing excessive interchange fees for inter-regional and commercial card transactions.
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New York Proposal To Expand Daily Fantasy Sports Dies In Committee

As the 2023 session ended on Saturday, the New York legislature declined to consider a measure to expand the number of approved daily fantasy sports operators in the state in advance of formal regulations to govern fantasy sports licensing.
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Ireland Should Increase Betting Duty To Fund More Sports, Says FAI

The Football Association of Ireland (FAI) has renewed its plea for the government to increase the betting duty for land-based and online bookmakers from 2 percent to 3 percent.
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US Court Trashes China Contractor Over Baha Mar Takeover

A US court has strongly backed entrepreneur Sarkis Izmirlian over the Baha Mar construction scandal, throwing out a Chinese state-owned contractor’s request to dismiss his fraud and breach of contract suit, and backing his claims of contractor misconduct.
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Clock Is Ticking To Comply With DORA

Panellists at Money 20/20 have questioned whether financial firms are ready enough to comply with the EU’s new ICT rules, calling on firms to ensure that they are ready before it is too late.
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Payments

Week In Crypto: Coinbase Hit By Major SEC Lawsuit As Crackdown Continues

Federal securities charges finally hit Coinbase, a US regulator attempts to repatriate Binance US assets, and a former central banker is tipped to take over as CEO from Binance founder Changpeng Zhao.
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US Congress Revives Credit Card Bill

US Senator Richard Durbin has brought back legislation aimed at promoting competition in credit card payment processing. Despite the bipartisan support across both chambers of Congress, lawmakers admit it has "a particularly tough row to hoe".
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Payments

Daily Dash: US Agencies Issue Fintech Risk Assessment Guide

US federal regulators have unveiled their final guidance for managing risks associated with third parties, including payment processors, the Bank of Lithuania has suggested amendments to the country’s payments laws, and Austria has convicted a Porsche board member of money laundering.
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Match-Fixing Probe, Politics Delaying Brazil Sports-Betting Regulation

The Brazilian Ministry of Finance is clashing with the government over the best course of action to regulate sports betting, insisting on pushing through with plans for an emergency measure that were abandoned at the 11th hour.
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Gambling

Rhode Island Senate Approves Online Casino Bill

The Rhode Island Senate approved legislation to permit online casino gaming Thursday, a key step in its effort to be the first state to legalize online casinos in 2023.
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Gambling

Dutch Regulator Admits Shared Uncertainty Over Ad Rules

The Netherlands Gambling Authority (KSA) will not rush to enforce the country’s impending ban on non-targeted advertising, in part because it does not yet know exactly how it will work in practice, its chief executive has said.
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U.S. Betting Expansion Impacting Sport Integrity, Say Industry Experts

Sports-betting operators are not ready for a divorce yet from the nation’s professional sports leagues despite another violation of sports gambling rules in the National Football League (NFL).
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Half Of Finnish Gambling Money Going Offshore

Half of the online gambling money spent by Finnish people goes outside the monopoly, according to a new report by the Finnish Competition and Consumer Agency (KKV).
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Gambling

News In Brief: June 5-June 9, 2023

Peru’s Congress submits its online gambling bill for final approval, BetMGM launches online sports betting in Puerto Rico, SciPlay's board of directors committee to review and consider a bid from Light & Wonder and Osaka police have made surprise inspections of more than 20 “amusement casinos”.
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Impact Index May 2023

VIXIO’s impact index rose by just one point in May to 87, below the 2022 baseline and 13 points lower than May 2022.
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Payments

Devil In The Details - UK Experts Ponder PSR New Fraud Reimbursement Rules

As the UK Payment Systems Regulator (PSR) publishes minimum requirements for reimbursing authorised push payment fraud victims, industry representatives warn of the potential unintended consequences.
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Australian Treasury Unveils ’Biggest Payment System Overhaul In 35 Years’

Time is up for Australia’s legacy bulk payments infrastructure under the Treasury’s latest Strategic Plan, as the country moves towards a fully instant payments future.
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Payments

German Supplier Warns Restrictions Aid Black Market

Restrictions on slot games make German gambling operators so uncompetitive that channelisation may be as low as 30 percent, according to the head of a games supplier.
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North Carolina House Green Lights Mobile Sports-Betting Bill

North Carolina is poised to become the largest U.S. state to legalize mobile sports betting in 2023 after final passage of an amended bill on Wednesday.
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Thailand, Myanmar Junta Cut Power To Online Gambling Hubs

The Thai government has cut the electricity supply to an infamous online gambling and scam syndicate precinct in Myanmar, triggering a local army’s threat to shut down nearby border crossings.
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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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