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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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Malawi Unveils Gambling Regulation Details

Malawi has opened a brief consultation on a raft of proposed gambling regulations, as it continues its push to expand its market and open up online licensing.
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Gambling

Brazil's Sports-Betting Tax Rate Announced At Public Hearing

Brazil’s Chamber of Deputies' Finance Committee held a public hearing on Wednesday on the regulation of sports betting and imminent presidential emergency decree, with a senior government official confirming a proposed effective tax rate of 15 percent of gross gaming revenue.
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Gambling

News In Brief: April 10-April 14, 2023

Ohio's lottery director has suddenly resigned and a Ugandan draft law proposes a gambling tax hike.
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Gambling

Microsoft In Trouble Over Sanctions Violations

The software giant has found itself in hot water with US authorities over sanctions violations following the Russia-Ukraine conflict.
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Payments

‘There Will Be Control’: European Central Bank’s Lagarde Reveals CBDC Plans During Prank Call

The head of the European Central Bank (ECB) has been caught in a prank phone call from Russian comedians, who feigned interest in digital currency while pretending to be the president of Ukraine.
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Payments

US Financial Consumer Agency Outlines ‘Abusive’ Acts

Based on statutory definition and a decade of precedent, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau lays out what it considers abusive conduct in consumer financial markets.
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Payments

Uzbekistan Again Plans To Legalise Sports Betting

The President of Uzbekistan has instructed ministers to submit proposals on the legalisation of sports betting by the end of 2023, to bring to an end to more than 15 years of prohibition.
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Gambling

Ghana Tax Hikes Incoming

Ghana’s need to address its mounting public debt has put gambling in the crosshairs, with tax hikes on the industry one hurdle away from being introduced.
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Gambling

Spain Sanguine On Deposit Limits

The industry remains unusually unperturbed by a planned royal decree in Spain that seeks to make online gambling deposit limits universal, instead of applying per operator, as they do now.
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Gambling

UPI To Offer Credit Gateway From Banks To Consumers, Says RBI Governor

The governor of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has said that UPI, the country’s popular instant payments system, could soon be repurposed to deliver credit directly from banks to consumers.
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Payments

Will Apple Pay Later Legitimise BNPL?

Buy now, pay later (BNPL) momentum has notably slowed in 2023 as many providers struggle to deal with the rising cost of borrowing, but insiders believe that Apple’s foray into the market is a step forward for the industry which could further cement it as a mainstream payment option.
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Payments

Maryland Bills To Boost Sports Betting Best Practices Sent To Governor

Three sports betting bills are now on Maryland Democratic Governor Wes Moore’s desk waiting for his signature or veto, after receiving legislative approval prior to the state legislature adjourning its 2023 session on Monday.
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Gambling

India's Online Rules In Force

The online gambling space in India is now under formal central government regulation following the gazetting of amendments to information technology rules on Thursday.
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Gambling

Ontario Gaming Officials Outline Goals For Second Year of Online Gaming

While the first year of Ontario’s private online gaming market was the subject of praise last week at a Toronto event, top gaming officials did outline some of their priorities for improving the model going forward.
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Gambling

Albania Online Sports Betting Draft After Failed Ban

Albania’s Ministry of Finance and Economy has published a draft law to amend gambling regulations and allow for online sports betting.
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Gambling

U.S. iLottery Lagging Sports Betting's Rapid Rollout

Internet casino gaming is not the only segment of the U.S. online gambling market struggling to expand to new states, with interactive lottery or iLottery offerings also moving at a much slower pace than mobile sports betting.
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Gambling

Pressure Builds On Japan's Vast Online Gambling Industry

In the year since VIXIO GamblingCompliance published its last detailed examination of Japan’s online gambling industry, pressure has slowly mounted on the Japanese government to enforce the law against online gambling activity or else regulate it, but in the meantime a billion dollar industry continues to blossom unabated.
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Gambling

Canadian Broadcasters Say Negative Sports-Betting Ad Feedback Minimal

Officials from two of Canada’s top sports television networks have said that despite frequent negative media reports about the barrage of sports-betting advertising, customer complaints have been minimal and have tapered off over the first year of regulated online gaming in Ontario.
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Gambling

Advance Deposit Wagering On Different Paths In South Carolina, Oregon

The U.S. horseracing industry has been in decline for decades, but legislative support remains strong to use advance deposit wagering tax proceeds to support horse breeders, owners and racetracks in states with a long history of thoroughbred and quarter horse races.
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Gambling

Week In Crypto: Binance CEO, NBA Star Named In New $1bn Class Action Lawsuit

Another day, another major lawsuit hits Binance in the US, Tether is accused of sneaking into the US banking system and collapsed hedge fund Three Arrows Capital launches a bankruptcy claims exchange.
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News In Brief: July 7 - July 11, 2025

Super Group exits U.S. iGaming market, while the AGA supports bill restoring full gambling loss deduction
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Bulgarian Stakeholders Welcome Proposed Restrictions But Warn They Could Boost Black Market

A Bulgarian gambling trade group and others have warned that the government's proposal to restrict risky gambling behaviour could push players to the black market and is “not supported by established European regulatory models”.
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'Milestone' Passed As Bahrain Introduces Licensed Stablecoin Regime

The Central Bank of Bahrain (CBB) has announced that providers will be able to issue single-currency stablecoins backed by the Bahraini dinar, the US dollar or any other fiat currency it deems acceptable.
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Further EPI Expansion Bolsters Europe’s Payments Sovereignty Agenda

Five new European banks have joined the European Payments Initiative (EPI) and will begin to roll out Wero to their customers.
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Worldline Scandal Reminds European PSPs Of The Importance Of AML Compliance

The exposé on French payments giant Worldline may see European payment service providers (PSPs) face increased scrutiny from both national and regional anti-money laundering (AML) authorities.
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UK Competition Regulator Opens Consultation On Worldpay Sale To Global Payments, Signalling Possible Probe

The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority is to investigate Global Payments’ anticipated acquisition of Worldpay, potentially signalling a deeper investigation ahead of a mid-July deadline.
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European Supplier Licensing In 2025: The New Normal

Gambling suppliers have been forced to say goodbye to the era when licensing oversight was either an afterthought or a jurisdictional idiosyncrasy. Now, firmly in an era where scrutiny on the B2B sector is at an all-time high, European jurisdictions are bedding in a new normal for the sector.
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Philippine Politicians, Treasury Move Against Domestic Online Gambling

Clouds are forming over Philippine domestic online gambling as government officials float a new tax and senators lead a charge for restrictions on e-wallets, buy-ins and even a full industry ban.
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Nevada Congresswoman Seeks To Rescind Limits On Deductible Gambling Losses

Nevada Representative Dina Titus, whose congressional district includes the Las Vegas Strip, is set to introduce legislation to repeal a controversial provision in President Trump’s “One, Big, Beautiful Bill” that would limit declarable losses for gamblers.
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Dutch Affordability A Success, Claims Regulator

The Dutch gambling regulator has said it is happy with the effects of its controversial affordability regime despite worrying revenue trends, arguing that it has reduced dangerous gambling.
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