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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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Osaka Police Arrest Poker Club Organisers

The director of one of Japan’s national poker associations and the operator of an Osaka gaming facility have been arrested along with eight other organisers and 11 customers in an unusual crackdown on land-based gambling.
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Gambling

Eyes On FCA After E-Money Firm’s Lithuania Licence Revoked

The Bank of Lithuania has determined that UK-headquartered electronic money institution Transactive Systems seriously and systematically infringed anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing (AML/CTF) requirements.
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Payments

Binance, Under Investigation In Canada, Files Motion To Dismiss

Lawyers working on behalf of Binance have filed an application urging a Canadian regulator to drop an investigation into alleged compliance breaches by the exchange.
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Payments

Hungarian Banks Play Down ChatGPT Risk But Bemoan Bigtech Advantage

At a recent conference in Budapest, Hungarian banks claimed they are not worried that generative artificial intelligence (AI) would rewrite the current banking system, but claim that many fintechs and bigtechs have an unfair advantage. Meanwhile, the central bank outlines new plans to boost digital payments in the country.
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Payments

Key Chilean Committee Passes Online Gambling Bill

The Economy Committee in the Chilean Chamber of Deputies has finally approved a bill to legalise and regulate online gambling, which will now move into the lower house of the National Congress for further discussions.
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Gambling

State Lotteries Looking For Winning iLottery Argument

The reluctance of most U.S. states to permit digital lottery programs has left state lotteries searching for the right narrative to change hearts and minds of policymakers and allow them to modernize.
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Gambling

Sports-Betting Legalization Credited For Detecting College Wagering Scandals

Problem gambling experts are not surprised by recent betting scandals that have surfaced within the athletic departments of several major U.S. colleges and say that more education of athletes, coaches, staff and administrators is needed.
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Gambling

Malta Details 2022 Enforcement Action

Maltese authorities issued more than €738,000 in financial penalties to licensees in 2022, as gambling grew its contribution to almost 10 percent of the country's economy.
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Gambling

Meta In The Firing Line Over Scams

Two-thirds of all online shopping scams now start on Facebook and Instagram, according to new research from Lloyds Banking Group.
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Payments

Singapore Central Bank Unveils ’Generative AI’ Partnership With Google Cloud

A new partnership between Google Cloud and the Monetary Authority of Singapore will study how generative artificial intelligence (AI) could be leveraged by the central bank.
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Payments

Week In Crypto: Binance Denies Reports That It Plans To Cut 1 In 5 Staff

Binance grumbles about reports of mass layoffs, France moves toward an open door for crypto influencers, and US lawmakers call for greater powers to prevent the use of crypto by Chinese and Mexican drug traffickers.
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Payments

Daily Dash: New SEPA RTP Rulebook Published

The European Payments Council has published an updated version of the Request-to-Pay (RTP) rulebook, a German bank has been fined for breaching GDPR rules, EU leaders have signed MiCA into law, and a US consumer watchdog has fined an instalment lender $10m.
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Payments

Twitch CEO Speaks Out Against Unregulated Gambling

The CEO of the streaming site Twitch has spoken out about the company’s decision to ban “unregulated” gambling content, explaining that it was bad for his "community".
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Gambling

Massachusetts Regulators Consider Sports-Betting Data Privacy Regulation

Regulators in Massachusetts have begun accepting industry comment on a proposed sports-wagering data privacy regulation that will govern the use of customer information, as well as setting out a process for patrons to request that operators erase their data.
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Gambling

North Carolina Senate Approves Mobile Betting, House Set To Concur

The North Carolina Senate voted to approve mobile sports-betting legislation for a second time on Thursday, putting the Tar Heel State on the fast track to becoming the most significant new market for sports wagering in 2023.
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Gambling

France Urges Gambling Companies To Rein In Sports Marketing

France’s National Gaming Authority (ANJ) is urging licensees to stop offering links or bonus offers on sports team websites, as part of a warning that sports sponsorships could “trivialise” gambling and make it appealing to minors and problem gamblers.
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Gambling

Rio de Janeiro Issues Brazil's First Sports-Betting Licence

As nationwide sports-betting regulation flounders, Brazilian states are taking advantage, with the state lottery of Rio de Janeiro issuing its first sports-betting licence this week.
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Gambling

Entain Takes Over TAB NZ, Offers $61m For Geo-Block Reform

Entain Group has taken over the operation of New Zealand’s TAB racing and sports-betting monopoly in a 25-year deal worth a minimum of NZ$900m ($550m) in the first five years, in addition to a substantial sweetener if lawmakers support a geo-blocking regime.
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Gambling

News In Brief: May 30-June 2, 2023

A video gaming terminal tax in Illinois has been ruled unlawful, after a judge struck down a local ordinance.
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Gambling

Marqeta Backtracks On APAC Shutdown, But Confirms Office Closures

An executive at payment processor Marqeta has backtracked on his announcement that the company has closed its APAC “business”, but has confirmed that its APAC “offices” are now shuttered.
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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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