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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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US Earned Wage Access Gains Traction, And So Does Regulatory Interest

With the rapid growth of earned wage access, US states are increasingly working towards bringing this new product category into a clearer regulatory framework.
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Payments

SCA Success As ECB Reports Lowest Card Fraud Since Records Began

Card fraud in 2021 fell to the lowest levels since the start of data collection, the European Central Bank (ECB) has confirmed, crediting the EU’s authentication requirements.
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Payments

Nevada Legislature Revising Foreign Gaming Reporting Requirements

With Nevada’s legislature set to adjourn on Monday, time is running short for lawmakers to approve an amended gaming reform bill to eliminate taxes on tournament entry fees and revise the state’s “foreign gaming” reporting requirements.
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Gambling

Norwegian Problem Gamblers Halved, Report Says

The number of problem gamblers in Norway has halved since the last survey in 2019 and fewer players are using offshore gambling sites unlicensed in the country, according to a University of Bergen study.
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Gambling

Single Customer View' Desirable, Not Easy, UK Regulator Says

The idea of a centralised database of gambling data that would allow players to be tracked for gambling addiction concerns across all licensed operators is appealing, but challenging to accomplish, the UK’s Gambling Commission chief executive has said.
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Gambling

North Carolina Mobile Sports Betting Clears Key Senate Vote

Mobile sports-betting legislation in North Carolina took a significant step toward becoming law on Wednesday by gaining initial approval in the state's Senate.
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Gambling

Personnel Moves - June 2023

The head of Sweden's gambling regulator has her contract extended, the Washington lottery commission gets a new boss, Macau casinos shuffle executives and Novibet appoints a manager for Brazil.
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Gambling

Chile’s Once Sole Card Acquirer Proposes Fee Changes Amid Losing Monopoly

Following a decade-long battle to open up competition in the card-acquiring market, Chile’s one-time monopoly acquirer has proposed new fee changes and a more market-driven approach from 2024 onwards.
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Payments

India’s Central Bank Hints At ’Lightweight’ Payment System For Use In Catastrophic Outages

The Reserve Bank of India has revealed that it is working on a new "lightweight" payment system that could be rolled out during wars, natural disasters and other major outages.
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Payments

Offline Digital Euro Payments Possible But Scale Is The Challenge, ECB Finds

Offline payments using a digital euro are possible, but whether existing technology will be able to manage this is less clear, says the European Central Bank’s latest report.
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Payments

Entain May Face 'Substantial Financial Penalty' In UK Investigation

Entain has said it is likely to face a “substantial financial penalty” stemming from its former Turkish-facing online gambling unit.
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Gambling

Curaçao Minister Responds To Notice Of Australian Infractions

Curaçao has received a letter from the Australian Communications and Media Authority citing several breaches of Australia’s gambling act by Curaçao operators, imploring officials not to allow them to remain on the island once key legal reforms are in place.
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Gambling

PAGCOR Blacklists Clark Compound, Fines Mogul Over Raid

The Philippine gambling regulator has de-registered a support company that enslaved more than 1,100 foreign and local online gaming workers, fined a leading online gambling network and blacklisted the compound that hosted the operation.
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Gambling

Dutch Gambling Authority May Fine Lotteries For Offering Games Of Chance

The Netherlands Gambling Authority has issued a cease and desist order to both the National Postcode Lottery and the Friends Lottery with a deadline to stop offering online games that are outside the authorisation of their lottery operator permits.
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Gambling

Ontario Regulator Reviewing Industry Input On Proposed Ad Restrictions

As the Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario considers changes to the province’s advertising standards, the agency confirmed Tuesday that it had received more than three dozen submissions from industry stakeholders concerning the proposed changes to ban the use of athletes to promote online gambling.
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Gambling

Delete Kenya's Proposed Gambling Ad Tax, Says Media Owners Association

The Media Owners Association of Kenya has asked the government to remove its proposed increase to gambling advertising taxes included in the Finance Bill 2023.
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Gambling

North Carolina, Maine Reject Historical Horseracing Machines

Efforts to legalize historical horseracing machines in North Carolina and Maine have come up short during their legislative sessions this year, as two more states struggle to allow the devices that bear a striking resemblance to slot machines but are technically not casino games.
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Gambling

Norwegian Central Bank Concern Over Payment System Contingency

Contingency arrangements need to be strengthened so that the public can continue to pay securely and efficiently, says Norges Bank.
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Payments

Cashless Is Coming, But Responsible Gaming Risks Remain

Cashless gaming in casinos may be inevitable but it should not be frictionless and might need to become mandatory for all play to maximize benefits and minimize risks from a responsible gaming perspective, according to experts speaking at last week’s International Conference on Gambling and Risk Taking in Las Vegas.
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Gambling

AUSTRAC, Crown Resorts Agree On AML Penalty of A$450m

Australia’s financial transactions watchdog has asked a court to fine Blackstone Group-controlled casino operator Crown Resorts A$450m ($293m) for breaching anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing (AML/CTF) legislation.
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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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