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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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’Serious Concerns’ About New Money Laundering Regulation, Says EU Data Protection Watchdog

The European Data Protection Board has written to legislators to express its concerns about a perceived lack of privacy protections in a new anti-money laundering regulation.
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Payments

Daily Dash: Mastercard Commits To Recycled Plastic Cards

Mastercard confirms plans for first-use plastics to be ousted from its network by 2028, while US authorities file fraud charges against a prominent entrepreneur in relation to a J.P. Morgan Chase acquisition.
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Payments

Tackling Financial Crime And Protecting Consumers Top Bill In New FCA Strategy

The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has set out its plans for the next year, as industry prepares itself for several key regulatory overhauls, including the Consumer Duty.
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Payments

Brazilian Football Clubs Demand Say In Sports-Betting Decree

Eight leading Brazilian football clubs have written a public letter demanding to participate in the drafting of the presidential sports-betting decree before it is finalised.
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Gambling

No U.S. Ban Expected From Sports-Betting Advertising Backlash

Despite the aggressive advertising campaigns used by sports-betting operators to gain market share in the U.S., industry experts believe it remains unlikely there will be a full or even partial advertising ban, even with significant backlash from some sports fans and anti-gambling advocates.
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Gambling

British Member Of Parliament Suspended Over Gambling Lobbying Sting

​​​​​​​A Conservative Party member of the British parliament has been suspended after a sting pulled by newspaper reporters who tried to get him to improperly lobby on behalf of a fictitious gambling company.
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Gambling

Finland Election Winners Want To End Monopoly

The winners of Finland’s recent general election have said they are keen to “give up” the Veikkaus monopoly and move the country to a licence-based system for online gambling.
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Gambling

News In Brief: April 3-April 6, 2023

Curaçao minister promises industry tour, Missouri sports-betting bill pulled and Crown Resorts data emerges on the dark web.
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Gambling

EU Banking Groups Voice Concerns As Digital Euro Looms

The European Savings Banks Group and European Banking Federation have both set out their thoughts on where the most pertinent risks exist for the introduction of a digital euro.
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Payments

UK BNPL Consultation and Beyond: Regulatory Impacts on Firms

The aim of this regulatory analysis is to bring attention to the expansion of the use of buy now, pay later (BNPL) products, with a focus on the UK’s approach. It also provides an overview of other countries’ positions towards this type of product to highlight the main differences in their approaches.
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Payments

RBA Sees Promise In QR Code Payments, But Will Australians Follow?

As the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) gets behind efforts to expand QR code payments, we ask whether a market dominated by debit and credit cards is open to change.
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Payments

Impact Index March 2023

VIXIO’s impact index rose 23 points in March, continuing the steady rise but below the same period last year, a year after sanctions.
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Payments

Under Siege, Gaming's King Of The South Mulls Internet Sports Betting

As bordering states such as Tennessee and Louisiana continue to produce impressive revenue from online wagering, Mississippi is finally taking a hard look at expanding its sports-betting operations to the internet.
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Gambling

Botswana Advances Online Licensing Plans

Botswana’s gambling regulator has published a draft betting licence application, kickstarting the country’s long-held ambition to grow its sports betting and online gambling industry.
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Gambling

Ontario Officials 'Thrilled' At One-Year iGaming Anniversary

Ontario’s gaming industry on Tuesday celebrated the first anniversary of private online gambling operators launching in the province, with top provincial officials hailing year one of regulated iGaming as a major success.
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Gambling

Mendoza Awards Online Betting Licences

Argentina’s province of Mendoza has finally announced its long-awaited list of successful online gambling licence applicants, accepting five of the ten applications.
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Gambling

White Label Provider TGP To Pay Six-Figure UK Penalty

The UK Gambling Commission has assessed white label operator TGP Europe £316,250 over a series of anti-money laundering and social responsibility failings.
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Gambling

Sweden Warned Supplier Licensing Won't Stop Black Market

Sweden’s goal to limit the supply of services to the black market by licensing suppliers will be “easy to circumvent” and companies remain confused about how many permits they should apply for, say several people close to the market.
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Gambling

Canada Cuts Credit Card Interchange Fee For Small Businesses

In its Budget 2023, the Canadian government said it has secured commitments from Visa and Mastercard to lower credit card interchange fees for small businesses, but some merchants say the measures do not go far enough.
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Payments

QR Code Payment Linkage Between Singapore, Malaysia Goes Live

The central banks of Malaysia and Singapore have announced that a new QR code payment linkage between the two countries is now live, in another win for regional connectivity.
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Payments
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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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