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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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Data Sharing To Go COSMIC In Singapore Under New Legal Framework

A new bill has been introduced to parliament in Singapore that could provide the legal basis for a new approach to data sharing between regulated financial institutions.
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Payments

PAGCOR Explores Licences For Supplying Foreign Online Markets

The Philippines’ gambling regulator is hunting for new sources of revenue ahead of possible privatisation of its casino operations, including from licensing service providers that support foreign-based online gambling companies.
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Gambling

New Jersey Committee Passes Bills To Address Gambling Advertising

In the latest sign of U.S. legislative pushback on sports-betting advertising, bills to condemn the volume of gambling ads and ban marketing partnerships between sportsbook operators and New Jersey colleges have been advanced by the state Assembly’s gaming committee.
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Gambling

Benin Government Targets Gambling Regulation Update

Benin’s government is looking to create a gambling monitoring system, as the country joins the wave of African nations using technology to closely track licensees.
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Gambling

UK Regulator’s Latest Dear CEO Letter Should Not Be Surprise To Payment Firms

Experts tell VIXIO they are surprised the Financial Conduct Authority has not gone further in its new letter to payments firms covering safeguarding, money laundering and environmental, social and governance (ESG) compliance issues. But the days of the softer regulator approach could be over.
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Payments

Nigeria Set To Be First African Country To Implement Open Banking Framework

Nigeria has approved final operating guidelines for open banking, becoming the first country in Africa to do so, as experts tell VIXIO that participants will need to embrace the opportunity to succeed.
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Payments

PSR Proposes Overhaul Of Penalties Regime In New Consultation

The UK’s Payment Systems Regulator (PSR) has opened a new consultation on proposed changes to the way that penalties for payment firms are calculated, in an effort to make the process fairer, clearer and more transparent.
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Payments

US Agency Seeks Input On Data Brokers

The US Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has launched an inquiry into companies that track and collect consumer information as it eyes future rulemaking into data brokers.
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Payments

Tennessee To Drop Data Mandate As Part Of Sports Wagering Reshuffle

The first U.S. state to impose a mandate for sports-betting operators to use official league data would also become the first to repeal the requirement under statutory amendments approved by two House and Senate committees last week.
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Gambling

Silence Greets Pleas To Delay Adopting Proposed Tribal Gaming Rules

So far, it does not look like federal regulators are willing to back off their newly-proposed rules for the $40bn Indian gaming industry despite several objections to proposals that include allowing for state-wide online gaming within tribal compacts.
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Gambling

Kenya Monitoring System Bears Fruit, Other Countries Follow Suit

African nations seeking to increase their tax revenue from online gambling through enhanced oversight are reaping the rewards, as the Kenya Revenue Authority reveals the success of its new real-time monitoring system.
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Gambling

Week In Crypto: Banking Partners Wanted As Industry Scrambles For Replacements

After a trio of collapses among crypto-friendly banks, US lawmakers argue that Trump-era deregulation is to blame. Meanwhile, crypto firms seek out new banking partners willing to take a chance on the high-risk sector.
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Payments

Full Steam Ahead For FedNow As July Launch Date Announced

The US Federal Reserve targets support for all aspects of the economy as it pins down a go-live date for its new instant payments service.
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Payments

SVB: Just How Bad Will Things Get?

As regulators and the market alike attempt to stem the fallout from the Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) failure, questions remain about the long-term impact on fintechs.
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Payments

Daily Dash: Mastercard Gets Certified As UK Digital ID Provider

Mastercard has been certified through the UK government’s digital identity regime, Apple Pay has become available for users in Mexico, and India and the UAE sign cross-border fintech pact.
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Payments

Kentucky Bans Skill-Game Devices, As Legal And Lobbying Battles Continue

Devices offering supposedly skill-based games with names such as Lucky Fruit and Living Large but which play like slot machines will now be illegal in Kentucky after Governor Andy Beshear signed a bill on Thursday prohibiting the machines.
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Gambling

Chilean Congress Discusses Online Gambling Blocks

As discussions continue on plans to license online gambling in the country, Chile’s internet regulator has said it is ready to block offshore gambling operators, so long as its sister gambling watchdog can clarify what is and is not illegal.
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Gambling

Georgia Lawmakers Attempt To Revive Sports Betting

Georgia legislators mounted an effort to bring sports betting hopes back from the dead Thursday, attaching sports-betting legalization to an unrelated bill in a Senate committee.
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Gambling

News In Brief: March 13-March 17, 2023

Maryland moves to prevent gambling marketing on college campuses and Western Australia backs post-scandal reforms to Crown casinos.
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Gambling

Friend Or Foe? What HSBC’s SVB UK Rescue Package Means For Fintech

As the dust settles, concerns are growing that HSBC’s rescue deal for Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) may not bode well if the bank uses its traditional risk approach.
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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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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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