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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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Sports-Betting Bills Signed In North Carolina, Vermont With Wagering Launching In 2024

North Carolina and Vermont have become the latest states to legalize mobile sports betting.
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Gambling

Videoslots £2m UK Regulatory Settlement For AML, Social Responsibility Failures

Videoslots will pay a £2m regulatory settlement over social responsibility and anti-money laundering failures in the UK that included allowing a customer to deposit and lose all of their savings and estimated earnings in just six months.
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Gambling

Ontario Regulator Contacting International Counterparts About Unregistered Operators

Ontario’s gaming regulator has begun contacting counterparts from international jurisdictions to help stamp out remaining unregulated operators doing business in the province.
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Gambling

UK Political Pressure Group Launches White Paper Inquiry

An influential group of Westminster politicians say they will hold the UK government to account and ensure promised reforms are implemented “as quickly as possible”.
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Gambling

Chile's President Proposes Amendments To Online Gambling Bill

Chile President Gabriel Boric and his minister of finance have proposed a series of amendments to an online gambling bill advancing through the Chilean Congress, a sign that the President will not present an obstacle to legislation that was presented before he took office.
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Gambling

Crypto Winter Wanes But U.S. Casinos Still Leery Of Alternative Currency

After a disastrous decline in 2022, the cryptocurrency market is rebounding this year, but U.S. casinos and gaming operators remain hesitant to embrace crypto and other alternative payments until federal regulations are adopted.
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Payments

Australia Looks To Protect Shrinking Cash Sector Through New Merger

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has granted authorisation for the proposed merger of Armaguard and Prosegur, the country’s two largest cash-in-transit providers.
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Payments

US Must Not ’Micromanage’ Open Banking, CFPB Chief Says

As the US is heading towards creating an open banking framework, regulators have no intention of "micromanaging" open banking, Rohit Chopra wrote ahead of an expected heated congressional hearing.
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Payments

VIXIO Chats Latest Data Standard With PCI SSC

VIXIO has spoken with the Payment Card Industry Security Standards Council (PCI SSC) about the key features of the fourth iteration of its data standard, which comes into effect next year.
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Payments

Rhode Island Poised To Legalize iGaming

The Rhode Island House Finance Committee approved, without debate, an amended bill on Tuesday to legalize internet gaming, sending it to the House floor for a potential final vote.
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Gambling

Crypto Winter Wanes But U.S. Casinos Still Leery Of Alternative Currency

After a disastrous decline in 2022, the cryptocurrency market is rebounding this year, but U.S. casinos and gaming operators remain hesitant to embrace crypto and other alternative payments until federal regulations are adopted.
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Gambling

Kenya Gambling Tax Collection Up 30 Percent

The Kenya Revenue Authority said it has collected a total of KSH8.7bn (€57.68m) from gambling firms over the past six months, a 30 percent increase over the same period last year.
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Gambling

ASA Gives Green Light To Bet365 Tweet Featuring Boxer

The UK Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has determined that a promoted tweet for bet365, which contained an image of boxer Chris Eubank Jr, did not have particular appeal to children.
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Gambling

Tough But Necessary? UK Crypto Firms Brace For New Promotion Rules

The UK’s Financial Conduct Authority has said that its new financial promotion rules for crypto-assets will give people the time and appropriate risk warnings to make an informed choice, while the crypto industry is worried about new barriers.
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Payments

No, It’s Not Time To Regulate BNPL, Says Singapore’s MAS

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has published a response to an op-ed article that calls for buy now, pay later (BNPL) products to be regulated as credit.
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Payments

New Zealand Privacy Watchdog Wants Firms To Add Multi-Factor Authentication

The Office of the Privacy Commissioner in New Zealand has said businesses must ensure they take reasonable cybersecurity steps to protect personal data, including using multi-factor authentication.
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Payments

Gaming REITs Thrive Despite High Interest Rate Environment, Analysts Say

Despite higher interest rates, the opportunities for real-estate investment trusts (REITs) to acquire casino properties remains healthy within the U.S. gaming industry, albeit at a more moderate deal volume, according to gaming industry analysts.
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Gambling

Philippines Business Zone Blocks New Online Gambling Operations

Fallout from the police raid on a Clark Freeport scam syndicate that freed more than 1,100 enslaved workers has continued with a freeze on new online gambling operators in the zone and the formation of a security advisory body.
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Gambling

Lithuanian Regulator Fines Operator Three Times In One Week

The Lithuanian Gaming Control Authority has handed Top Sport UAB three separate fines totalling €55,000 in the space of just four days.
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Gambling

Australian Fintechs Welcome ’Fair Access’ Rights Under New Payments Licensing Rules

In what some are calling the "biggest overhaul" of Australia’s payment system in 35 years, fintechs are looking forward to "fair and equitable" access rights based on new licensing rules.
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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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