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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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Ontario Regulator Fines Three Operators Over Uncertified Online Slot Games

Ontario’s gaming regulator issued sanctions against three online casino operators on Thursday for offering uncertified virtual slot games on their platforms.
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Gambling

Macau Junket Mogul Levo Chan Jailed For 14 Years

A Macau court has jailed former Tak Chun junket supremo Levo Chan for 14 years over illegal gambling, fraud, money laundering and organised crime activity.
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Gambling

New Jersey Issues New Standards For Online Gambling Advertising

New Jersey’s Division of Gaming Enforcement has published new best practices for sports betting and gaming advertising, the fourth in a series of new guidelines to address emerging regulatory risks associated with online gambling.
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Gambling

Maltese Operator In Finnish Police Board Crosshairs

Finland’s National Police Board is investigating a Malta-licensed operator’s “large-scale” marketing to consumers in mainland Finland.
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Gambling

News In Brief: April 17-April 21, 2023

Nevada regulators remove and update outdated gambling regulations.
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Gambling

NCR Outage Hits Global Restaurant Chains Following Ransomware Attack

Restaurant owners who use the NCR Aloha point of sale system are currently experiencing "limited functionality" following a ransomware attack on an NCR data centre.
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Payments

Google Would Ease In-App Payment Rules Following UK Probe

Google said it would give app developers the choice to decide which billing system and in-app payments processor they want to use in exchange for closing a UK antitrust investigation.
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Payments

Visa Launches Tool For Merchants To Fight Friendly Fraud

Compelling Evidence 3.0, Visa’s new fraud-fighting tool aimed at preventing invalid chargebacks, goes live as friendly fraud tops merchant concerns.
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Payments

Dutch Trade Groups Fear Black Market Surge

Dutch trade groups fear that the raft of incoming advertising restrictions could lead to more consumers using the black market.
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Gambling

Finnish Court Overrules Gambling Advertising Fine

The Helsinki Administrative Court has overturned an €800,000 fine levied by Finland’s National Police Board, which had also banned gambling advertising offered by Eurosport 1 television channel.
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Gambling

U.S. Sports Leagues, Broadcasters Form Responsible Advertising Coalition

Major U.S. sports leagues and television broadcasters have formed a new coalition aimed at ensuring responsible advertising of sports betting.
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Gambling

The Song Remains The Same: iGaming Legalization Struggles Persist In 2023

It remains a mystery to many industry executives why some 37 states and the District of Columbia allow sports betting but only six regulate internet gaming, with states such as Indiana, Illinois and New York all coming up short in their efforts to legalize iGaming in 2023.
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Gambling

Indonesia Seeks Domestic Credit Card Network To Rival Visa, Mastercard

In a further display of payments nationalism, Indonesia is set to launch a domestic credit card network that will offer a low-cost alternative to Visa and Mastercard.
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Payments

Western-Super-App? What Twitter’s eToro Tie-In Could Mean

Twitter’s announcement that it is partnering with the crypto platform shows that Elon Musk is serious about a move into finance, but how impactful will this be?
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Payments

Dutch Fine For BetEnt As Ad Ban Details Published

The Netherlands Gambling Authority has issued a €400,000 fine to BetEnt, a Dutch online gambling company owned by Entain, for distributing advertising that was improperly directed to young adults, as the government reveals details of its impending advertising prohibition.
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Gambling

Massachusetts Mobile Sports-Betting Opening Tops $568m In Handle

Online sportsbooks in Massachusetts brought in just over $46m in gross revenue in the state’s abbreviated first month of business, a strong opening performance that immediately catapults the state into the upper echelon of U.S. sports-betting markets.
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Gambling

Italy Pushes Forward Retail Reorganisation After EU Ruling

Under the cloud of a Court of Justice of the European Union ruling, Italy is attempting to finally complete the controversial remodelling of its multi-billion euro land-based sector.
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Gambling

Court Ruling On Florida Compact Could Impact Sports Betting In California

Legal experts predict that sports-betting ballot initiatives are likely to be resurrected in California, with the future of Indian gaming to be significantly influenced by a pending decision from a federal appeals court in Washington, D.C. regarding a gambling compact between the Seminole Tribe and Florida Governor Ron DeSantis.
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Gambling

Norwegian Monopoly Increases Profit, Customers

Profits and number of customers increased at Norwegian government-owned gambling monopoly operator Norsk Tipping in 2022, according to its latest annual report.
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Gambling

SEC Gives Green Light To PayPal ’Viewpoint Discrimination’ Probe

The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has given the thumbs up for shareholders to decide whether to investigate “viewpoint discrimination” at PayPal after the firm’s proposal to hand out fines for spreading misinformation backfired.
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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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