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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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Marqeta Backtracks On APAC Shutdown, But Confirms Office Closures

An executive at payment processor Marqeta has backtracked on his announcement that the company has closed its APAC “business”, but has confirmed that its APAC “offices” are now shuttered.
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Payments

US Earned Wage Access Gains Traction, And So Does Regulatory Interest

With the rapid growth of earned wage access, US states are increasingly working towards bringing this new product category into a clearer regulatory framework.
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Payments

SCA Success As ECB Reports Lowest Card Fraud Since Records Began

Card fraud in 2021 fell to the lowest levels since the start of data collection, the European Central Bank (ECB) has confirmed, crediting the EU’s authentication requirements.
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Payments

Nevada Legislature Revising Foreign Gaming Reporting Requirements

With Nevada’s legislature set to adjourn on Monday, time is running short for lawmakers to approve an amended gaming reform bill to eliminate taxes on tournament entry fees and revise the state’s “foreign gaming” reporting requirements.
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Gambling

Norwegian Problem Gamblers Halved, Report Says

The number of problem gamblers in Norway has halved since the last survey in 2019 and fewer players are using offshore gambling sites unlicensed in the country, according to a University of Bergen study.
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Gambling

Single Customer View' Desirable, Not Easy, UK Regulator Says

The idea of a centralised database of gambling data that would allow players to be tracked for gambling addiction concerns across all licensed operators is appealing, but challenging to accomplish, the UK’s Gambling Commission chief executive has said.
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Gambling

North Carolina Mobile Sports Betting Clears Key Senate Vote

Mobile sports-betting legislation in North Carolina took a significant step toward becoming law on Wednesday by gaining initial approval in the state's Senate.
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Gambling

Personnel Moves - June 2023

The head of Sweden's gambling regulator has her contract extended, the Washington lottery commission gets a new boss, Macau casinos shuffle executives and Novibet appoints a manager for Brazil.
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Gambling

Chile’s Once Sole Card Acquirer Proposes Fee Changes Amid Losing Monopoly

Following a decade-long battle to open up competition in the card-acquiring market, Chile’s one-time monopoly acquirer has proposed new fee changes and a more market-driven approach from 2024 onwards.
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Payments

India’s Central Bank Hints At ’Lightweight’ Payment System For Use In Catastrophic Outages

The Reserve Bank of India has revealed that it is working on a new "lightweight" payment system that could be rolled out during wars, natural disasters and other major outages.
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Payments

Offline Digital Euro Payments Possible But Scale Is The Challenge, ECB Finds

Offline payments using a digital euro are possible, but whether existing technology will be able to manage this is less clear, says the European Central Bank’s latest report.
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Payments

Entain May Face 'Substantial Financial Penalty' In UK Investigation

Entain has said it is likely to face a “substantial financial penalty” stemming from its former Turkish-facing online gambling unit.
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Gambling

Curaçao Minister Responds To Notice Of Australian Infractions

Curaçao has received a letter from the Australian Communications and Media Authority citing several breaches of Australia’s gambling act by Curaçao operators, imploring officials not to allow them to remain on the island once key legal reforms are in place.
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Gambling

PAGCOR Blacklists Clark Compound, Fines Mogul Over Raid

The Philippine gambling regulator has de-registered a support company that enslaved more than 1,100 foreign and local online gaming workers, fined a leading online gambling network and blacklisted the compound that hosted the operation.
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Gambling

Dutch Gambling Authority May Fine Lotteries For Offering Games Of Chance

The Netherlands Gambling Authority has issued a cease and desist order to both the National Postcode Lottery and the Friends Lottery with a deadline to stop offering online games that are outside the authorisation of their lottery operator permits.
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Gambling

Ontario Regulator Reviewing Industry Input On Proposed Ad Restrictions

As the Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario considers changes to the province’s advertising standards, the agency confirmed Tuesday that it had received more than three dozen submissions from industry stakeholders concerning the proposed changes to ban the use of athletes to promote online gambling.
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Gambling

Delete Kenya's Proposed Gambling Ad Tax, Says Media Owners Association

The Media Owners Association of Kenya has asked the government to remove its proposed increase to gambling advertising taxes included in the Finance Bill 2023.
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Gambling

North Carolina, Maine Reject Historical Horseracing Machines

Efforts to legalize historical horseracing machines in North Carolina and Maine have come up short during their legislative sessions this year, as two more states struggle to allow the devices that bear a striking resemblance to slot machines but are technically not casino games.
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Gambling

Norwegian Central Bank Concern Over Payment System Contingency

Contingency arrangements need to be strengthened so that the public can continue to pay securely and efficiently, says Norges Bank.
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Payments

Cashless Is Coming, But Responsible Gaming Risks Remain

Cashless gaming in casinos may be inevitable but it should not be frictionless and might need to become mandatory for all play to maximize benefits and minimize risks from a responsible gaming perspective, according to experts speaking at last week’s International Conference on Gambling and Risk Taking in Las Vegas.
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Regulatory Influencer: Poland Proposes Targeted Simplification of EU Financial Services Rule

On June 2, 2025, the Polish Financial Supervisory Authority (KNF) announced that it had submitted a package of proposals intended to simplify regulatory frameworks across the EU financial services sector to the EU member states, the European Commission and other institutions within the EU Financial Services Committee. These proposals form part of a broader initiative led by the Polish Ministry of Finance, which aims to harmonise and streamline EU regulations to support the competitiveness of the European Union’s economy, including that of Poland.
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Regulatory Influencer: AML Compliance Is Key Under Hong Kong’s Stablecoins Ordinance

Under Hong Kong’s new Stablecoins Ordinance, another milestone in the global trend towards regulating digital assets in the same way as traditional financial services, any person who issues stablecoins referencing an official currency must obtain a licence from the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA).
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Norwegian Consumer Council Reports Klarna For Breaching Regulatory Requirements

In a submission to the Norwegian Consumer Authority, the consumer advocacy group has accused the Swedish fintech firm of repeatedly violating Norway’s credit marketing regulations.
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Singapore To Require Offshore Crypto Firms To Be Licensed Or Cease Operations By June 2025

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has clarified the scope of its regulatory regime for providers of digital tokens, crypto-assets used for payments.
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FCA Moves To Boost AI Use With New Sandbox

UK financial services firms will be encouraged to experiment with artificial intelligence (AI) as part of the Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) strategy to support economic growth through technological innovation.
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Australia Calls For Greater Collaboration In Battle Against Fraud

Businesses should join forces and share data to advance the fight against increasingly sophisticated scams, according to the Australian National Anti-Scam Centre.
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FCA Sets Out New Transparency Rules For Enforcement Investigations

The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has outlined significant changes to its enforcement rules, although it has stopped short of implementing some of the more controversial elements of its original proposal.
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Cash Mandate Moves Closer To Being Law In New York State

Retailers will not be able to refuse cash payments in New York if Governor Kathy Hochul signs off on legislation that has passed both houses of the state legislature.
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Regulatory Influencer: Canada Retail Payments Activities Act — Safeguarding of End-User Funds

This report is the third installment in a four-part series analyzing the RPAA and identifying key components of the law that PSPs should consider when doing business in Canada. This report focuses on the requirement to safeguard end-user funds.
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Regulate Smarter, Say European Players In Light Of Trump’s Deregulation

Despite the US leadership pushing for an increasingly deregulated financial services market, some payments players and politicians in Europe are adamant that standards being watered down is not the way to boost growth.
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