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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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Everyone’s A Winner? Tweaks But No Divergence In UK Data Bill

With the UK’s latest attempt to replace EU data regulation now introduced to parliament, experts are satisfied that equivalence will be maintained and that it lays the foundations for a UK form of digital identity.
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Payments

Wyoming To Issue Stablecoin After State Governor Withdraws Veto

Wyoming is set to become the first US state to issue a stablecoin by the end of the year after the state governor reluctantly allows the Stable Token Act to pass.
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Payments

Revolut Accounts For Nearly Quarter Of Complaints To Bank Of Lithuania

The Lithuanian central bank has revealed a huge rise in complaints received about payment firms, which now account for four out of five of all submissions. By far the biggest culprit is fintech giant Revolut, which accounted for 23 percent of all complaints.
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Payments

Sweden Exploring Cost Of Living Impact On Problem Gambling

Sweden’s minister for financial markets has said unlicensed gambling is a “big problem” as he addressed concerns about the impact of the country’s worsening economic situation on problem gambling.
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Gambling

Vermont Sports-Betting Bill Clears House

Vermont legislators cleared a key deadline on Friday to allow mobile sports-betting legislation to progress, with some unique language governing advertising included in the bill.
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Gambling

Technology Expertise Key To Nevada's Evolving Gaming Industry

As Nevada regulators continue their review of the state’s gaming approval process, the co-founder and co-CEO of Sightline Payments has urged them to consider expanding the agency’s technological expertise.
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Gambling

Malta Official Warns Gambling Operators Not To Ignore Information Requests

Malta’s data protection commissioner has warned Malta-licensed operators that they should not ignore requests for personal data, in a move apparently linked to German and Austrian gamblers seeking their transaction history as part of attempts to reclaim losses.
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Gambling

Week In Crypto: LUNA Founder Arrested In Montenegro, Says Minister

LUNA fugitive arrested in Montenegro, more A-list celebrities charged with fraudulent crypto “touting”, Coinbase receives a Wells notice and lobbyists try to stop UK banks from cutting off crypto.
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Payments

Name And Shame: PSR Orders UK Banks Handover APP Scam Performance

The Payment Systems Regulator (PSR) has ordered more than a dozen of the UK’s largest payment services providers to regularly submit data on how well they are handling authorised push payment (APP) scams.
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Payments

Daily Dash: PSR Consults On LINK ATM Accessibility

UK payment regulator is consulting on its specific direction for ATM operator LINK, Checkout moves into card issuing, Circle targets French crypto and e-money licences, and the US Federal Trade Commission is looking at competition and security risks in cloud computing.
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Payments

NCAA Goes From 'Over My Dead Body' To 'Party On!' In Las Vegas

Less than five years after going all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court in an unsuccessful attempt to save a federal sports-betting ban, the National Collegiate Athletics Association (NCAA) on Thursday promoted and oversaw two March Madness college basketball games in the gambling capital of the United States.
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Gambling

Puerto Rico Lawmakers Welcome Gambling's Economic Impact

Puerto Rico continues to recover from two devastating hurricanes and a recession, but the territory’s Speaker of the House Rafael Hernandez Montanez stressed the economy was stable and open for business, especially when it comes to gambling.
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Gambling

Chile's Tax Service Declares Online Gambling Operators Illegal

Chile’s Internal Revenue Service (SII) says it has been informed that online gambling is illegal and that offshore operators cannot use it to pay VAT, even though it had earlier ordered them to do so.
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Gambling

Dutch Illegal Ad Fine Issued As Lawmakers Confirm Incoming Ban

The Dutch gambling regulator has fined Red Ridge Marketing €675,000 for advertising illegal online gambling, as the government confirms its untargeted ad ban will arrive by July 1.
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Gambling

News In Brief: March 20-March 24, 2023

Progress made on California's cardroom moratorium bill and new efforts to ban online gambling in regions of India.
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Gambling

Crypto-Native Xapo Bank Joins UK Faster Payment System

Xapo Bank, a crypto-native bank registered in Gibraltar, has joined the UK’s Faster Payment System as an indirect member.
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Payments

Florida Bill Wants To Ban Digital Dollar

Florida governor Ron DeSantis has introduced legislation to ban the use of a future US central bank digital currency in the state, while a legal expert warns against the politicisation of the debate.
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Payments

Fast Growth But Not At Expense Of Compliance, Start-Ups Warned

Start-ups can get so focused on growth that they can fail to pay enough attention to financial crime risks, panellists at Pay360 suggested, as VIXIO research highlights the real cost of compliance failure to a business.
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Payments

Philippine Local-Facing Online Operators Call For Protection

Domestic-facing online gambling operators in the Philippines are calling for government action against “enablers” of the illegal targeting of Filipino gamblers, and to be allowed to enter foreign markets.
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Gambling

UK Gambling Commission Fines Kindred Units £7.1m

Two Kindred units, 32Red and Platinum Gaming, have been fined £7.1m and warned by the UK’s Gambling Commission for social responsibility and anti-money laundering failings.
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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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