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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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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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EBA Recommends Enforcement Pause To Avoid PSD2-MiCA Compliance Duplication

The European Banking Authority (EBA) has issued a No Action letter aiming to reduce the risk of crypto-asset firms needing to obtain two separate licences for certain payment activities under overlapping European rules.
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Enforcement Overhaul At FCA Welcome News For Regulated Firms

The UK Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) attempt to increase the transparency of its enforcement investigations could also speed up investigations, which experts say would be good news for the financial services sector.
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Australian Regulator Orders AML Audits For bet365, Sportsbet

Australia’s financial transactions regulator has ordered Flutter Entertainment-owned Sportsbet and bet365 to be audited after claiming “reasonable grounds” to suspect the bookmakers violated or are violating anti-money laundering (AML) legislation.
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Gambling

Lula's Election Shuffles Deck For Gambling In Brazil

Luiz Inácio Lula Da Silva's election as President of Brazil should not alter the landscape for gambling expansion in Brazil and leaves open a window for sports betting to become regulated before the end of this year, according to experts speaking at the SBC Summit Latinoamerica in Miami on Tuesday.
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Gambling

MPs Pass Motion To Reverse Dutch Gambling Tax Cut

Scrapping a planned cut to online gambling tax in the Netherlands may be on the cards after MPs backed a motion to keep the levy at 29 percent.
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Gambling

Seventeen Operators Exit Ontario After iGaming Licensing Deadline

With a licensing deadline expiring two days ago, 17 operators that remain unlicensed to do business within Ontario's regulated iGaming market have ceased operations until their applications are completed, the Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario confirmed on Wednesday.
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Gambling

Industry Needs 'Adult' To Step In, Says Danske Spil Boss

The gambling industry needs tough, clear regulations to keep it in check, as it cannot seem to agree on how to regulate itself, says the CEO of Denmark’s largest operator.
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Gambling

News In Brief: October 31-November 4, 2022

Postcode Lottery breaks ad rules in the Netherlands, Ohio approves new sports-betting licences and Rwanda suspends slots approvals.
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Gambling

Singapore Progresses To Next Stage With Programmed CBDC Project

Project Orchid has provided the Monetary Authority of Singapore with a "sharpened understanding" of central bank digital currency (CBDC) use cases, including adding conditions to what it can be used for, but the regulator still has no plans to issue one.
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Payments

We Appreciate Consumer Duty Will Be Hard, FCA Acknowledges

Senior officials at the UK financial watchdog have defended the controversial new policy as a way to improve competition and support cost of living pressures during an implementation webinar.
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Payments

Hong Kong Launches Next-Gen SME Open Banking Data Platform

The Commercial Data Interchange (CDI), a new financial data-sharing infrastructure, launched last week, marks the next step in Hong Kong’s open banking journey as it targets improved services for small businesses.
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Payments

Australia Imposes Tougher Warnings On Online Wagering Ads

Australia’s federal government has released a series of compulsory, more robustly worded responsible gaming warnings to be rotated across online wagering commercials and promotions in print, broadcast and online media.
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Gambling

Caesars Pulls Las Vegas Casino Sale, Eyes New York License

Even prior to the completion of Eldorado Resorts' $17.3bn acquisition of Caesars Entertainment more than two years ago, executives emphasized they were working on a potential sale of a Las Vegas Strip property to pay down debt, but that plan has now been scrapped.
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Gambling

Swedish Stakeholders Renew Calls For Debt Register, Loan Ban

​​​​​​​There are renewed calls in Swedish local media to protect gamblers by introducing a national debt register and the ability to ban loans to indebted people, but barriers to introducing such a system persist.
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Gambling

Personnel Moves - October 2022

New government ministers in the UK and Sweden, MGM adds digital boss, Aristocrat appoints tribal envoy as non-executive and new lottery chief selected in Brazil.
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Gambling

Turkey To Launch Digital Lira In 2023 Linked To eID

Turkey has announced plans to introduce a central bank digital currency by next year, which will combine with a digital identity system.
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Payments

Malaysia’s New E-Payments Push Targets France-Level Usage

The central bank of Malaysia has launched a new promotional campaign to expand the use of electronic payments in a bid to hit 400 transactions per capita by 2026.
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Payments

Crypto And Gambling Top EU’s AML Risk Assessment

Crypto-assets and gambling are high on the agenda for the EU’s latest supranational risk assessment, which warns beneficial ownership rules are still lagging.
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Payments

Goa IR Precinct Plan Stalled As Delta Talks Up Casino In 2027

The Indian state of Goa is stalling on developing an integrated resort (IR) precinct near a future international airport, leading casino operator Delta Corp to confirm its future IR casino will be electronic and operate in tandem with riverboat casinos.
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Gambling

Gambling Targeted In EU Risk Analysis

Crypto-assets and gambling are high on the agenda for the EU’s latest supranational risk assessment, which warns beneficial ownership rules are still lagging.
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Gambling

Start-Up Exchange Sporttrade Looks To Attract New Type Of U.S. Sports Bettor

Although many have preached the need for differentiation to succeed in the U.S. sports-betting space, Pennsylvania-based start-up Sporttrade is looking to make a dent with a product unlike few in the U.S. to date.
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Gambling

US Inches Closer To Open Banking Rules

The US Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has outlined proposals that enable consumers to share financial data with third parties. Although not explicitly an open banking rule, it will help the US move one step closer to it.
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Payments
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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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