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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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Singapore Proposes Broad Reform Of Payments Regulation

The Monetary Authority of Singapore has proposed new amendments to the Payment Services Regulations 2019 in a bid to streamline the country’s rules for payment firms.
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Payments

Latest EU Sanction Proposals Target Third-Country Circumvention

The European Commission marked Europe Day with a visit to Kyiv and an 11th package of sanctions against Russia.
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Payments

Capital One Accuses Walmart Of Scrapping Credit Card Deal To Fly Solo

The US retail giant is seeking to end a deal with Capital One citing bad customer service on the bank’s side, but Capital One argues the real motive is linked to Walmart’s strategy to build its own financial super app.
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Payments

Brazil Betting Operators Announce Advertising Code

An association of Brazil-facing operators has announced a new self-regulatory code for betting advertising, including a ban on any televised ads until after 9pm.
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Gambling

No Exclusivity, No Sports Betting, Tribes Warn Minnesota Lawmakers

With less than two weeks left before the Minnesota legislature adjourns its 2023 session, supporters of sports betting are running out of time to garner enough support from the state’s two racetracks and skeptical senators to get a bill through both chambers and onto the governor’s desk.
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Gambling

Fanatics Gaming Boss Talks Sports-Betting Strategy

One of the biggest sources of intrigue in the U.S. sports-betting industry for 2023 is the emergence of a new well-capitalized competitor in the form of sports merchandise giant Fanatics, whose top gaming executive spoke Wednesday about the company’s forthcoming launch in several states.
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Gambling

Malta Wants To Ban Foreign Judgments Against Gambling Firms

The Maltese government wants to prohibit foreign judgments, including those from within the European Union, from being enforced against gambling providers licensed in Malta.
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Gambling

U.S. iGaming Advocates Eyeing Illinois For 2023 Breakthrough

Leading U.S. operators are now looking to Illinois to get iGaming expansion on the board for 2023, as budget surpluses and lingering cannibalization concerns continue to stifle legislative efforts in other states.
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Gambling

News In Brief: May 8-May 12, 2023

A Denmark gambling harm research group has revealed the donations it received from the local industry and Kyrgyzstan issues its first casino licence after un-banning the sector.
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Gambling

PSR ’Watching’ Tech Companies Carefully

A senior official at the UK's Payment Systems Regulator (PSR) has disclosed that the organisation is keeping a close eye on bigtech’s growing role in payments, joining other regulators across the continent.
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Payments

Florida Lawmakers Say No To CBDC In Near-Unanimous Vote

Lawmakers in Florida have passed a bill that seeks to ban the use of a federal or foreign central bank digital currency (CBDC) within the state, although the governor has acknowledged that the bill is largely symbolic.
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Payments

Colombia Mandates Open Data In Ambitious National Development Plan

Colombia’s fintech industry is celebrating the passage of Gustavo Petro’s $250bn development plan, which includes significant advances for the country’s payments space.
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Payments

Vermont Sports-Betting Vote Caps Historic Five-Year U.S. Gaming Expansion

Just days before the fifth anniversary of the landmark court decision that opened the door for a sports-betting boom in the U.S, Vermont legislators have put their state a governor’s signature away from becoming the 38th U.S. state to allow betting.
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Gambling

Brazil's Football Clubs Dealt Bad Hand On Match-Fixing, Revenue Shares

Brazilian football clubs are not getting what they bargained for on sports betting amidst a tense climate, as Congress prepares to launch an investigation into match-fixing allegations.
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Gambling

Uganda Approves Gambling Tax Hike

Uganda’s parliament has approved plans to increase the gambling tax rate from 20 to 30 percent after assuring that sports betting will remain taxed at 20 percent.
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Gambling

Nevada Casino Operators Seek Middle East Expansion

Some of the largest U.S. gaming companies are investing in the United Arab Emirates as part of a long-term strategy for international growth, with Wynn Resorts expecting healthy returns from the planned $3.9bn integrated resort it will manage in the country.
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Gambling

EU Court Sets Low Bar For ’Emotional Damages’ Under GDPR After Austrian Scandal

The Court of Justice of the European Union has issued a landmark ruling refuting that emotional damages under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) must reach a certain level of seriousness to get compensation for a data privacy breach.
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Payments

Impact Index April 2023

VIXIO’s impact index fell by 53 points in April to 76, a 41 percent decline from March and the first time impact has fallen since December 2022, with activity lower across the board versus last year. Plus, the latest on AI regulation from the UK and Canada.
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Payments

Interview: EPC’s New Director General Talks Current Priorities And Future Hopes

Following his appointment as the new director general of the European Payments Council (EPC), Giorgio Andreoli speaks to VIXIO about PSD3, instant payments and the latest version of the request to pay scheme.
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Payments

POGOs Face Possible Probe After Rescue Of 1,100 Scam Workers

The rescue of more than 1,100 workers allegedly held captive by a scam syndicate in the Philippines could place new pressure on online gambling operations, amid Senate anger.
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Gambling
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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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