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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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AUSTRAC, Crown Resorts Agree On AML Penalty of A$450m

Australia’s financial transactions watchdog has asked a court to fine Blackstone Group-controlled casino operator Crown Resorts A$450m ($293m) for breaching anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing (AML/CTF) legislation.
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Gambling

South Korea Legalises Online Betting For Horseracing

In an effort to recover from pandemic damage to its racing industry, South Korea’s National Assembly has amended legislation to permit online betting on horseracing.
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Gambling

U.S. Gaming Industry Looking To Cross-Sell Customers From Land-Based To Digital

Gaming and payment executives believe concerns over the potential cannibalization of brick-and-mortar business from internet gambling are outdated as new forms of gaming have helped New Jersey’s market rebound since the coronavirus pandemic.
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Gambling

Dutch Regulator Demands Unlicensed Maltese Operator Exits Market

The Netherlands Gambling Authority has imposed a cease and desist order and a maximum fine of €717,000 on Malta-based GoldWin LTD for offering online gambling in the country without a licence.
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Gambling

Peru Passes Bill To Amend Online Gambling Law

Peru’s Congress has approved a series of amendments to the 2022 law to fix loopholes and errors in the original legislation to regulate remote gaming and sports betting in the country.
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Gambling

Australia’s Woolworths To Accept Instant Payments In ’Game-Changing’ Move

Australia’s largest supermarket chain is set to offer an instant payments service that will allow customers to pay for items directly from their bank accounts.
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Payments

Week In Crypto: US Treasury Sanctions Binance Wallets With Ties To North Korea

Binance helps US authorities stop North Korean sanctions buster but faces new allegations of commingling of funds, Hong Kong pulls the plug on stablecoins for retail investors, and new crypto enforcements in Malaysia and the Philippines.
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Payments

EU Data Act Access Rules Spark Concern Among Lobbyists

Industry associations in the banking and tech sector have released a joint statement regarding concerns over proposed access to data by public authorities.
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Payments

What Meta’s Historic GDPR Case Could Mean For Payments

Irish authorities have imposed a record $1.2bn fine on Meta for illegally transferring Europeans’ data to the United States and banned future transfers. Experts now tell VIXIO the decision bears wider implications for the payments industry.
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Payments

Daily Dash: Starling Boss Flies Away

Starling’s CEO and founder has said she is stepping down from the role after £453m in revenue, 365-day payments launch in New Zealand and the EU’s data protection body elects a new chair.
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Payments

Japan Flags Blocking Of Foreign Gambling Websites

Japan’s consumer affairs minister has told a parliamentary committee that the government may seek to block foreign gambling websites as part of a host of “counter-measures” against a proliferating online gambling market.
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Gambling

Malta Lawsuit Shield Bill Draws Support, Condemnation

Malta’s attempt to shield its licensed gambling companies from liability from lawsuits in Germany and Austria is drawing both backing and condemnation.
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Gambling

No Longer Resonating, The Term 'Responsible Gambling' Is Under Fire

Critics have said it is time to jettison "responsible gambling", which is not working and may be causing more harm than good to the gaming industry and its customers.
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Gambling

French Online Casino Bill Would Freeze Out Foreign Competitors

A member of France’s largest political party has submitted a legal proposal to open up the online casino game market that would give a significant head-start to the country's land-based casino sector.
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Gambling

Cardroom Expansion Moratorium Reinstated In California

A bill to reinstate a moratorium on cardroom expansion in California has been signed into law by Democratic Governor Gavin Newsom, prohibiting gaming regulators from issuing new cardroom licenses for the next two decades.
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Gambling

Citizens Bank Pays $9m Penalty For Credit Card Dispute Failure

Citizens Bank has settled a case with the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau which alleged the bank automatically denied certain credit card fraud claims.
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Payments

Signed Off By October? EU’s Instant Payments Legislation Hopes

Brussels hopes for a swift legislative process, questions remain over whether the European Council and Parliament will play ball and non-bank access to payments still on the agenda as VIXIO looks at the current state of play for EU instant payments regulations.
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Payments

India Braces For Impact As Withdrawal Of ₹2,000 Notes Confirmed

The Reserve Bank of India has confirmed that ₹2,000 banknotes are soon to be withdrawn, raising fears of cash shortages that crippled the country in 2016 during a similar "demonetisation" policy.
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Payments

UK Gambling Commission Penalty For Paddy Power, Betfair

The UK Gambling Commission has issued a £490,000 financial penalty for Flutter-owned Paddy Power and Betfair after it sent promotional push notifications to devices linked to customers who had self-excluded.
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India Raids 25 Locations Linked To Foreign Online Gaming Operators

India’s foreign transactions and money laundering enforcer has raided 25 locations across the nation suspected of housing foreign-controlled online gambling operations.
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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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