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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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Central Deposit Limits Greeted With Cautious Optimism In Spain

Optimism and scepticism in equal parts have greeted the General Directorate for Gaming Regulation’s (DGOJ) plan to centralise deposit limits, and although the industry says it was happy to have finally been consulted, the feasibility of implementation raised eyebrows.
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Gambling

Dutch Online Survey Reignites Ad Ban Concern

The head of the Dutch Online Gambling Association has warned that it is still too easy for online gamblers to “end up in the clutches of organised crime”, as the industry awaits an impending advertising crackdown.
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Gambling

US Flexes Muscle Into Biometric Data Collection

In a new policy statement, the US Federal Trade Commission warns businesses against misusing biometric information and hints at heightened scrutiny of those that do not comply.
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Payments

June 28: Mark Your Calendars For EU Payments D-Day

Insiders expect the European Commission to release its proposed revisions to the Payment Services Directive, a possible Payment Services Regulation, Open Finance framework, Late Payments Directive, as well as new digital euro legislation, all on the same day in June.
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Payments

UK Targets Sanctions Evasion In Latest Package

The UK government has announced a new wave of sanctions against Russia, targeting 86 businesses and individuals connected to Russia’s energy, metals, defence, transport and financial sectors.
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Payments

Brazil's Congress Kicks Off High-Stakes Betting Corruption Probe

With legislation to regulate sports betting still not formally introduced, representatives of leading international operators are being called to testify as part of a high-profile congressional probe into match-fixing allegations that have rocked Brazilian football.
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Gambling

U.S. Attorney General Staying Silent On Offshore Gambling Crackdown

It is not as though U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland does not have other priorities but his refusal to even acknowledge pleas for help in cracking down on illegal offshore gambling is growing more puzzling.
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Gambling

UK Reform Group Relaunches To Focus On The US

Influential UK gambling pressure group “The Campaign for Fairer Gambling” is being relaunched to focus its efforts on the US online gambling market.
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Gambling

Gambling Commission On UK White Paper: 'Less Haste And More Speed'

The UK Gambling Act white paper will likely take a number of years to fully implement, according to Gambling Commission deputy chief executive Sarah Gardner.
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Gambling

In Spain, A War of Words Over Advertising Restrictions

A war of words erupted at a recent industry conference, as industry representatives sparred with Spain's head gambling regulator over claims that the recent advertising royal decree constituted a full ban and demands for industry consultation on future decrees.
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Gambling

Week In Crypto: Binance Quits Canada As New Rules For Trading Platforms Go Live

Binance runs into regulatory hurdles in Canada and Australia, France offers sanctuary to US crypto firms seeking clearer regulations, and Tether announces plans to back its stablecoin with more bitcoin.
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Payments

Fintech Groups Warn AML Changes Could Destroy Open Banking

Key fintech lobbyists have called on the EU’s political institutions to keep payment initiation service providers out of the scope of the new Anti-Money Laundering Regulation.
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Payments

The $1bn Reason Why Not To Lie About Compliance

The United States' fourth largest bank, Wells Fargo, has agreed to pay $1bn to investors after it lied about the state of its compliance with government orders.
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Payments

Daily Dash: Kuwait Publishes New Rules For E-Money Firms

<span style="font-size:11pt; font-variant:normal; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-family:Arial"><span style="color:#000000"><span style="font-weight:700"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none">The Central Bank of Kuwait has issued new requirements for e-money services, including BPNL, Australia’s Westpac bank has introduced Apple’s new Tap To Pay service, and Airbnb has begun offering bank payments through Stripe.</span></span></span></span></span></span>
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Payments

U.S. Online Bosses Seek Ways To Expand Their Brands

Top executives for the leading U.S. sports-betting and iGaming operators insist that maximizing their brands to attract different types of players remains a persistent challenge.
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Gambling

PAGCOR Confirms Raided Gambling Supplier Has Accreditation

The Philippine gambling regulator has confirmed that a Clark Freeport company raided over alleged scam operations and enslavement of some 1,100 foreign workers is an approved service provider to offshore-facing gambling operators (POGOs).
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Gambling

Brazil Changes Tactics Again On Sports-Betting Legislation

Implementation of a licensing regime for sports betting is now facing a more uncertain path through Brazil’s Congress after the government agreed not to legislate through an emergency decree that would take immediate effect.
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Gambling

Cyprus Prevalence Study Reinforces Public Health Approach

Cyprus’ National Betting Authority has praised the impact of its “Safer Gambling Strategy” following the publication of a long-awaited prevalence study.
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Gambling

News In Brief: May 15-May 19, 2023

A Premier League footballer has been banned over betting, Tennessee signs bill to update sports-betting tax and Connecticut proposes a live dealer compliance overhaul.
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Gambling

CBDC May Lack ‘Killer App’, But Expectations High Among Central Banks, Survey Says

With payments industry professionals unsure about the major use cases of central bank digital currencies (CBDC), a survey of central bankers says two thirds expect to issue a digital currency within the next ten years.
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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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