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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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888 Shares Soar After Former Entain Executives Buy 6.6 Percent Stake

On Tuesday, ex-Entain executives announced that they have put together a share of 6.6 percent in 888 Holdings, news which caused the stock in the company to soar as high as 26.5 percent on Wednesday, continuing the previous day's gain of 14 percent.
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Gambling

Barstool's 'Can't Lose Parlay' Subject Of Massachusetts Regulatory Hearing

The Massachusetts Gaming Commission took testimony but issued no decision on Wednesday over whether a “can’t lose” parlay promotion offered by Barstool Sportsbook violated the state's sports-betting and marketing regulations or should be considered satire.
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Gambling

Dutch Fine For Winning Poker Network After Breaching Order

The Netherlands Gambling Authority (KSA) has reinvestigated two operators that were ordered to stop receiving Dutch players and threatened with fines, revealing that Winning Poker Network has failed to comply with its demands.
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Gambling

Botswana Hails Progress Towards Licensing Betting, Gaming Machines

Botswana is continuing with its plans to better regulate and grow its gambling market, releasing preliminary licence applications for betting, totalisators and gambling machines, as well as addressing public questions about their details.
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Gambling

Sweden Proposes Payments Contingency Planning Regulations

Sweden’s central bank is looking for feedback from key payment service providers in the region as it ramps up its preparedness work for times of crisis.
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Payments

SEC Sues Binance In New Lawsuit, Seeks Permanent Ban From US Market

Binance’s days in the US could be numbered after the crypto exchange was hit by another major lawsuit seeking its expulsion from the market and disgorgement of revenue.
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Payments

UK Committee Launches Working Groups To Make Open Banking Flourish

The UK Joint Regulatory Oversight Committee is setting up dedicated workstreams to take forward recommendations for the next phase of open banking in the UK.
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Payments

UK Operators Call For Social Media Support To Help Vulnerable Gamblers

Social media companies should help tackle problem gambling by cutting out advertising for vulnerable users, the UK gambling industry has said.
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Gambling

UK Gambling Commission Consultations 'On Track' For Summer Start

The UK Gambling Commission is "on-track" to publish the first round of white paper consultations before “schools break up in the summer” in late July, according to executive director Tim Miller.
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Gambling

Betsson Delays Record Finnish Fine

Betsson subsidiary BML Group Ltd has won at least a temporary reprieve from the record €2.4m fine levied against it in Finland, after a court ruled it should be suspended pending appeals.
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Gambling

French Lawmakers Approve Strict Rules For Influencers

French politicians have unanimously agreed to implement tough new rules for influencers advertising potentially harmful products, including betting tips and predictions.
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Gambling

Rhode Island Online Casino Bill Advances To Senate Floor

A Rhode Island Senate Committee advanced iGaming legislation Tuesday, but with a unique wrinkle forced by the state’s constitution.
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Gambling

German Market Frustrating, But Could Reward Some, Executives Say

Germany is such a restrictive gambling market that it has probably lost all its high-rollers, but could reward those who persevere, executives have said.
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Gambling

US Agency Tells Consumers To Move Funds From Digital Wallets To Banks

The US Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has warned that funds held on peer-to-peer (P2P) apps such as PayPal, Venmo and Cash App may not be insured, and urged consumers to transfer their savings to banks.
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Payments

Google Wallet Focuses On Digital ID In Latest Upgrade

One year on from its launch last summer, Google Wallet has unveiled its latest set of new features, with a focus on digitised credentials for work, travel and healthcare.
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Payments

18 Months Left For UK To Be Crypto Leader, MPs Warn

Crypto-assets are here to stay and the UK only has a "finite" amount of time to ensure early leadership, a cross-party group of parliamentarians has said.
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Payments

Kindred Must Leave Norway, Regulator Warns After Court Ruling

Kindred-owned Trannel, which operates websites including Unibet, must leave Norway after losing an appeal, the country’s regulator has warned.
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Gambling

Gaming Bills Near Approval As Louisiana Legislature Enters Final Days

As they head into the final few days of the 2023 legislative session, Louisiana lawmakers are closing in on approving bills to require casinos to provide training programs to address human trafficking and allow for fixed-odds wagering on horse races via sportsbook platforms.
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Gambling

Nevada Legislature Approves Key Revisions To Gaming Regulations

As the 2023 Nevada legislative session ended late Monday, lawmakers had passed two gaming-related bills that revised several of the state’s gaming statutes, including an industry-supported overhaul of the state’s “foreign gaming” reporting requirements.
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Gambling

Dutch Regulator Fines Bingoal €400,000 For Advertising To Young Adults

The Netherlands Gambling Authority (KSA) has fined operator Bingoal €400,000 for targeting advertising to people aged 18-24, which is banned in the country.
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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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