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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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Australia's NSW Government In Talks Over Mandatory Cashless Gaming

Crossbenchers holding the balance of power in the New South Wales (NSW) state legislature have begun talks with the newly-elected Labor government to introduce mandatory cashless gaming for its $8bn slot machine sector.
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Gambling

Finnish Ministries Clash Over Ending Monopoly

The Finnish Ministry of Social Affairs and Health has said the preliminary report on the exclusive rights system contains two “fundamental problems”, as it throws its weight behind preserving the country’s gambling monopoly.
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Gambling

Australia Seeks To Expand AML/CTF Framework In New Consultation

A new consultation is seeking comment on plans to bring previously unregulated sectors into Australia's anti-money laundering/counter-terrorism financing (AML/CTF) framework, as lawmakers voice concerns that the country could be heading for the FATF greylist.
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Payments

US Non-Cash Payment Boom Records Fed’s Triennial Payments Study

The US Federal Reserve has published its triennial payments study which found that non-cash payments have grown at the highest ever recorded rate.
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Payments

European Parliament Issues Controversial Digital Euro Report

The “game changer” central bank digital currency could be used to distance the banking sector from payments, a new report from the European Parliament has said.
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Payments

Spain Reveals 20 Sanctions Issued In H2

Spain’s biannual list of gambling operator sanctions includes several penalties for Flutter-owned companies, but the big money fines focus on a group of Curaçao-based operators.
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Gambling

UK Commission Warns Of 'Unrelenting' Enforcement Ahead Of White Paper

Key UK industry stakeholders are still unaware of the exact contents or release date of the long-awaited Gambling Act Review white paper, but the gambling regulator says it is continuing to take action despite repeated delays.
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Gambling

Brazilian Football Clubs Issue Tax Ultimatum

Some of Brazil’s biggest football clubs are threatening to pull their logos from sports-betting platforms if they do not receive a larger share of betting revenue once a regulatory regime is brought into full effect.
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Gambling

Iowa Gaming Regulators Issue $82,000 In Fines

Iowa gaming regulators have issued several financial penalties for companies that violated a myriad of sports-betting rules, including self-exclusion failures and accepting prohibited bets.
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Gambling

New Jersey Warned Of 30 Percent Revenue Loss From New York City Casinos

Jim Allen, the chief executive of Hard Rock International and Seminole Gaming, believes three possible new integrated resorts in downstate New York could cost the Atlantic City gaming market 20 to 30 percent of its annual revenue.
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Gambling

Dutch Regulator ’Expects More’ Risk Control From Payments Firms

A senior official at De Nederlandsche Bank (DNB) highlights the third-party risks facing the payments industry. Meanwhile, Italy’s deputy central bank governor says PSD3 needs to fix regulatory harmonisation to truly unleash the market's disruptive potential.
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Payments

Crypto Firms Brace For Impact As SEC Seeks To Redefine ’Exchange’

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has re-opened a consultation on a proposal that would amend the definition of an "exchange" under US law. Meanwhile, the battle for regulatory jurisdiction over Ethereum continues.
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Payments

’A Real Shame’ - P27 Future In Doubt After Swedish Licence Application Pullout

The pan-Nordic payments wannabe P27 has decided to withdraw its clearing licence application from Sweden’s Finansinspektionen, blaming a changing market — a decision that could perhaps signal the end of the ambitious project.
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Payments

U.S. Regulators, Gaming Industry Struggle To Eliminate Grey-Market Machines

Grey-market gaming machines continue their expansion across the country, leaving regulators and executives concerned the machines not only threaten the legal industry but also are a serious threat to gaming policy in their respective states.
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Gambling

Brazil Senate President Says Gaming Expansion Will Be Addressed This Summer

Brazil Senate President Rodrigo Pacheco confirmed on Friday that the legalisation of sports betting and other forms of gambling are part of the government's revenue calculations for its imminent fiscal plan.
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Gambling

Sports Leagues Lose Lobbying Battle Over Tennessee Official Data

Tennessee’s General Assembly has passed legislation to refine the state’s 2019 sports wagering law, after an amendment to retain a first-of-its-kind official league data mandate was rejected.
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Gambling

Week In Crypto: Coinbase Considers Move To UK As New SEC Rules Beckon

Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong charms the Brits on transatlantic tour, Tether comes under fire in a debate on a draft stablecoin bill and US lawmakers clash on whether crypto was to blame for recent bank failures.
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Payments

European Parliament Gives Green Light To Key Crypto Legislation

The EU’s first comprehensive legal framework for crypto-assets has been passed by a super majority in the European Parliament with no further obstacles expected.
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Payments

Major Data Breach At CFPB Puts 250,000 US Consumers At Risk

A former employee of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has made an unauthorised data transfer affecting more than 250,000 consumers and 50 financial institutions in what the agency described as a “major incident”.
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Payments

Daily Dash: UK Lawmakers Call For Regulatory Evolution

Backbench Conservatives have called for more accountability from UK regulators, pan-Nordic payments initiative P27 withdraws its clearing licence application in Sweden and New York’s attorney general has issued a new data security guide.
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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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