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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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Malta Defends Foreign Judgment Bill

Malta’s government ministry responsible for a bill that aims to prohibit foreign judgments from being enforced against gambling providers licensed in the country has defended its plans.
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Fifth Birthday Of Historic U.S. Supreme Court Decision On Sports Betting

It seems appropriate for Mother’s Day to fall this year on the same day as the fifth anniversary of the United States Supreme Court decision which gave birth to what has quickly become the world’s largest sports-betting market.
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Texas Sports-Betting Bill Passes House, But Senate Approval Unlikely

Texas took a giant step toward eventually legalizing sports betting on Thursday when the state’s House of Representatives narrowly approved a constitutional resolution to allow online wagering.
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Ecuador's Road To Regulation: In Conversation With Francisco Briones

VIXIO GamblingCompliance sat down with Francisco Briones, the director general of Ecuador's Internal Revenue Service, to discuss the country’s road to gambling regulation.
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Swedish Ruling Could Reduce Past And Future Fines

The Supreme Administrative Court of Sweden has ruled that penalty fees issued by the Swedish Gambling Authority should be based on gross gaming revenue (GGR), not annual turnover.
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Singapore Proposes Broad Reform Of Payments Regulation

The Monetary Authority of Singapore has proposed new amendments to the Payment Services Regulations 2019 in a bid to streamline the country’s rules for payment firms.
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Payments

Latest EU Sanction Proposals Target Third-Country Circumvention

The European Commission marked Europe Day with a visit to Kyiv and an 11th package of sanctions against Russia.
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Payments

Capital One Accuses Walmart Of Scrapping Credit Card Deal To Fly Solo

The US retail giant is seeking to end a deal with Capital One citing bad customer service on the bank’s side, but Capital One argues the real motive is linked to Walmart’s strategy to build its own financial super app.
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Brazil Betting Operators Announce Advertising Code

An association of Brazil-facing operators has announced a new self-regulatory code for betting advertising, including a ban on any televised ads until after 9pm.
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No Exclusivity, No Sports Betting, Tribes Warn Minnesota Lawmakers

With less than two weeks left before the Minnesota legislature adjourns its 2023 session, supporters of sports betting are running out of time to garner enough support from the state’s two racetracks and skeptical senators to get a bill through both chambers and onto the governor’s desk.
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Fanatics Gaming Boss Talks Sports-Betting Strategy

One of the biggest sources of intrigue in the U.S. sports-betting industry for 2023 is the emergence of a new well-capitalized competitor in the form of sports merchandise giant Fanatics, whose top gaming executive spoke Wednesday about the company’s forthcoming launch in several states.
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Malta Wants To Ban Foreign Judgments Against Gambling Firms

The Maltese government wants to prohibit foreign judgments, including those from within the European Union, from being enforced against gambling providers licensed in Malta.
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U.S. iGaming Advocates Eyeing Illinois For 2023 Breakthrough

Leading U.S. operators are now looking to Illinois to get iGaming expansion on the board for 2023, as budget surpluses and lingering cannibalization concerns continue to stifle legislative efforts in other states.
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News In Brief: May 8-May 12, 2023

A Denmark gambling harm research group has revealed the donations it received from the local industry and Kyrgyzstan issues its first casino licence after un-banning the sector.
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PSR ’Watching’ Tech Companies Carefully

A senior official at the UK's Payment Systems Regulator (PSR) has disclosed that the organisation is keeping a close eye on bigtech’s growing role in payments, joining other regulators across the continent.
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Payments

Florida Lawmakers Say No To CBDC In Near-Unanimous Vote

Lawmakers in Florida have passed a bill that seeks to ban the use of a federal or foreign central bank digital currency (CBDC) within the state, although the governor has acknowledged that the bill is largely symbolic.
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Payments

Colombia Mandates Open Data In Ambitious National Development Plan

Colombia’s fintech industry is celebrating the passage of Gustavo Petro’s $250bn development plan, which includes significant advances for the country’s payments space.
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Payments

Vermont Sports-Betting Vote Caps Historic Five-Year U.S. Gaming Expansion

Just days before the fifth anniversary of the landmark court decision that opened the door for a sports-betting boom in the U.S, Vermont legislators have put their state a governor’s signature away from becoming the 38th U.S. state to allow betting.
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Brazil's Football Clubs Dealt Bad Hand On Match-Fixing, Revenue Shares

Brazilian football clubs are not getting what they bargained for on sports betting amidst a tense climate, as Congress prepares to launch an investigation into match-fixing allegations.
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Uganda Approves Gambling Tax Hike

Uganda’s parliament has approved plans to increase the gambling tax rate from 20 to 30 percent after assuring that sports betting will remain taxed at 20 percent.
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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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After Escaping CFPB Enforcement, Zelle Pitches To US Treasury Department

Zelle, the largest peer-to-peer (P2P) payments platform in the US, has offered itself to the Trump administration as the solution to its phasing out of government checks, yet continues to face scrutiny from lawmakers.
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Thai Casino Bill Withdrawn Amid Mounting Political Woes

The Thai government has indefinitely withdrawn a bill legalising casinos amid political shockwaves and a flailing legislative campaign.
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Pennsylvania Seeks To Reduce iGaming Fraud With Stricter KYC Requirements

Pennsylvania regulators have released a list of enhanced know-your-customer requirements in an effort to strengthen account security and reduce fraudulent activity, as they continue to involuntarily exclude online gaming customers for unscrupulous activities.
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News In Brief: July 7-July 11, 2025

California senators back sweepstakes ban, while Brazil's Senate scraps a planned vote on casino expansion
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