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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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Thailand, Myanmar Junta Cut Power To Online Gambling Hubs

The Thai government has cut the electricity supply to an infamous online gambling and scam syndicate precinct in Myanmar, triggering a local army’s threat to shut down nearby border crossings.
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Gambling

888 Shares Soar After Former Entain Executives Buy 6.6 Percent Stake

On Tuesday, ex-Entain executives announced that they have put together a share of 6.6 percent in 888 Holdings, news which caused the stock in the company to soar as high as 26.5 percent on Wednesday, continuing the previous day's gain of 14 percent.
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Gambling

Barstool's 'Can't Lose Parlay' Subject Of Massachusetts Regulatory Hearing

The Massachusetts Gaming Commission took testimony but issued no decision on Wednesday over whether a “can’t lose” parlay promotion offered by Barstool Sportsbook violated the state's sports-betting and marketing regulations or should be considered satire.
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Gambling

Dutch Fine For Winning Poker Network After Breaching Order

The Netherlands Gambling Authority (KSA) has reinvestigated two operators that were ordered to stop receiving Dutch players and threatened with fines, revealing that Winning Poker Network has failed to comply with its demands.
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Gambling

Botswana Hails Progress Towards Licensing Betting, Gaming Machines

Botswana is continuing with its plans to better regulate and grow its gambling market, releasing preliminary licence applications for betting, totalisators and gambling machines, as well as addressing public questions about their details.
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Gambling

Sweden Proposes Payments Contingency Planning Regulations

Sweden’s central bank is looking for feedback from key payment service providers in the region as it ramps up its preparedness work for times of crisis.
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Payments

SEC Sues Binance In New Lawsuit, Seeks Permanent Ban From US Market

Binance’s days in the US could be numbered after the crypto exchange was hit by another major lawsuit seeking its expulsion from the market and disgorgement of revenue.
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Payments

UK Committee Launches Working Groups To Make Open Banking Flourish

The UK Joint Regulatory Oversight Committee is setting up dedicated workstreams to take forward recommendations for the next phase of open banking in the UK.
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Payments

UK Operators Call For Social Media Support To Help Vulnerable Gamblers

Social media companies should help tackle problem gambling by cutting out advertising for vulnerable users, the UK gambling industry has said.
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Gambling

UK Gambling Commission Consultations 'On Track' For Summer Start

The UK Gambling Commission is "on-track" to publish the first round of white paper consultations before “schools break up in the summer” in late July, according to executive director Tim Miller.
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Gambling

Betsson Delays Record Finnish Fine

Betsson subsidiary BML Group Ltd has won at least a temporary reprieve from the record €2.4m fine levied against it in Finland, after a court ruled it should be suspended pending appeals.
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Gambling

French Lawmakers Approve Strict Rules For Influencers

French politicians have unanimously agreed to implement tough new rules for influencers advertising potentially harmful products, including betting tips and predictions.
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Gambling

Rhode Island Online Casino Bill Advances To Senate Floor

A Rhode Island Senate Committee advanced iGaming legislation Tuesday, but with a unique wrinkle forced by the state’s constitution.
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Gambling

German Market Frustrating, But Could Reward Some, Executives Say

Germany is such a restrictive gambling market that it has probably lost all its high-rollers, but could reward those who persevere, executives have said.
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Gambling

US Agency Tells Consumers To Move Funds From Digital Wallets To Banks

The US Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has warned that funds held on peer-to-peer (P2P) apps such as PayPal, Venmo and Cash App may not be insured, and urged consumers to transfer their savings to banks.
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Payments

Google Wallet Focuses On Digital ID In Latest Upgrade

One year on from its launch last summer, Google Wallet has unveiled its latest set of new features, with a focus on digitised credentials for work, travel and healthcare.
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Payments

18 Months Left For UK To Be Crypto Leader, MPs Warn

Crypto-assets are here to stay and the UK only has a "finite" amount of time to ensure early leadership, a cross-party group of parliamentarians has said.
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Payments

Kindred Must Leave Norway, Regulator Warns After Court Ruling

Kindred-owned Trannel, which operates websites including Unibet, must leave Norway after losing an appeal, the country’s regulator has warned.
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Gambling

Gaming Bills Near Approval As Louisiana Legislature Enters Final Days

As they head into the final few days of the 2023 legislative session, Louisiana lawmakers are closing in on approving bills to require casinos to provide training programs to address human trafficking and allow for fixed-odds wagering on horse races via sportsbook platforms.
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Gambling

Nevada Legislature Approves Key Revisions To Gaming Regulations

As the 2023 Nevada legislative session ended late Monday, lawmakers had passed two gaming-related bills that revised several of the state’s gaming statutes, including an industry-supported overhaul of the state’s “foreign gaming” reporting requirements.
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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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