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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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NCAA Goes From 'Over My Dead Body' To 'Party On!' In Las Vegas

Less than five years after going all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court in an unsuccessful attempt to save a federal sports-betting ban, the National Collegiate Athletics Association (NCAA) on Thursday promoted and oversaw two March Madness college basketball games in the gambling capital of the United States.
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Gambling

Puerto Rico Lawmakers Welcome Gambling's Economic Impact

Puerto Rico continues to recover from two devastating hurricanes and a recession, but the territory’s Speaker of the House Rafael Hernandez Montanez stressed the economy was stable and open for business, especially when it comes to gambling.
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Gambling

Chile's Tax Service Declares Online Gambling Operators Illegal

Chile’s Internal Revenue Service (SII) says it has been informed that online gambling is illegal and that offshore operators cannot use it to pay VAT, even though it had earlier ordered them to do so.
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Gambling

Dutch Illegal Ad Fine Issued As Lawmakers Confirm Incoming Ban

The Dutch gambling regulator has fined Red Ridge Marketing €675,000 for advertising illegal online gambling, as the government confirms its untargeted ad ban will arrive by July 1.
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Gambling

News In Brief: March 20-March 24, 2023

Progress made on California's cardroom moratorium bill and new efforts to ban online gambling in regions of India.
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Gambling

Crypto-Native Xapo Bank Joins UK Faster Payment System

Xapo Bank, a crypto-native bank registered in Gibraltar, has joined the UK’s Faster Payment System as an indirect member.
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Payments

Florida Bill Wants To Ban Digital Dollar

Florida governor Ron DeSantis has introduced legislation to ban the use of a future US central bank digital currency in the state, while a legal expert warns against the politicisation of the debate.
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Payments

Fast Growth But Not At Expense Of Compliance, Start-Ups Warned

Start-ups can get so focused on growth that they can fail to pay enough attention to financial crime risks, panellists at Pay360 suggested, as VIXIO research highlights the real cost of compliance failure to a business.
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Payments

Philippine Local-Facing Online Operators Call For Protection

Domestic-facing online gambling operators in the Philippines are calling for government action against “enablers” of the illegal targeting of Filipino gamblers, and to be allowed to enter foreign markets.
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Gambling

UK Gambling Commission Fines Kindred Units £7.1m

Two Kindred units, 32Red and Platinum Gaming, have been fined £7.1m and warned by the UK’s Gambling Commission for social responsibility and anti-money laundering failings.
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Gambling

UK White Paper Likely To Contain Statutory Levy, Says Labour MP

The UK’s ongoing Gambling Act review white paper is likely to call for a mandatory levy for gambling treatment and research, says veteran gambling campaigner and Labour MP Carolyn Harris.
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Gambling

U.S. Sports Leagues Remain High On Official Data Value As Pushback Begins

As some operators review their partnerships with leagues, and at least one state is revisiting its official data policy, representatives from major sports leagues say much of the U.S. market is still using its data and that the value in doing so remains high.
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Gambling

Nevada's Former Top Regulator Lobbies For Las Vegas Sands, Texas Casinos

Speaking on behalf of Las Vegas Sands, the former chairman of the Nevada Gaming Control Board on Wednesday urged a Texas House committee to pass legislation that would legalize destination resort casinos and sports betting in the Lone Star State.
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Ukraine To Further Excise Russian Influence As It Prepares Slate Of Amendments

Ukraine is preparing yet more measures to prevent Russia’s incursion into its gambling market, with the country set to ban the use of any brands that are owned by Russians.
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Gambling

SWIFT ISO 20022 Migration Begins As Global Systems Announce Go-Live

SWIFT has announced that its migration to the ISO 20022 messaging standard for cross-border payments and reporting (CBPR+) has begun. Meanwhile, large value payment systems in the EU, Canada and Australia have also switched over.
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Payments

PayPal Fixes AML Programme To End Australian Investigation

The Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre (AUSTRAC) has accepted undertakings from PayPal to end an investigation into its anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing controls.
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Payments

Brazil Senate Report Questions Tax Forecasts For Sports-Betting Market

A study published by the Brazilian Senate has expressed misgivings about regulation of the country’s sports-betting market, particularly on taxation, warning that there is no good estimate of the yearly revenue of a fully functioning legal market.
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Gambling

North Carolina Sports-Betting Bill Begins Legislative Journey

North Carolina’s latest effort to legalize mobile sports betting cleared its first hurdle on Tuesday, but the bill still has many more stops on its path to becoming law.
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Gambling

Nevada Regulators Weigh Proposals To Speed Up Technology Approvals

The Nevada Gaming Control Board heard from representatives of various gaming industry suppliers, as well as industry trade organizations, on Tuesday as regulators took an initial step to address concerns over the time it takes to approve new gaming technology for deployment in the U.S.' largest casino market.
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European Countries Address Low-Income, Minority Gambling Harm

Fresh concerns surrounding gambling harms experienced by low-income households and minorities have come to light in Great Britain, Sweden and Cyprus as the cost of living crisis rages on across Europe.
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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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