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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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Gibraltar Added To FATF Greylist As Malta Exits

Gibraltar has been added to the Financial Action Task Force's (FATF) greylist, as the watchdog confirms that fellow gambling licensing hub Malta has been removed.
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Gambling

Paraguay Gambling Commission Ends Controversial Slots Deal

After months of scandal, Paraguay’s National Games of Chance Commission (Conajzar) has finally cancelled iCrop’s contract to supply coin slot machines in the country.
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Gambling

Win For UK Fintechs As AISPs Removed From AML Requirements

HM Treasury has removed the requirement for account information service providers (AISPs) needing to comply with UK money laundering regulations, but payment initiation service providers (PISPs) have not been so lucky.
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Payments

Chinese Regulator Issues Fraud Warning On Regulatory Imposters

Chinese regulators have warned that people are being psychologically deceived into giving away their money.
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Payments

Week In Crypto: Layoffs, Insolvencies And Possible Hedge Fund Collapse

It has been a rough week in crypto, with three major firms announcing layoffs, a lending platform facing a class action lawsuit and a crypto hedge fund once worth billions facing collapse.
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Payments

Peoples Trust: First New Direct Participant Of Canada’s ACSS Since 1984

Payments Canada has announced that Peoples Trust will become a direct participant of the country’s bulk payments system, the Automated Clearing Settlement System (ACSS).
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Payments

Malta To Be Removed From FATF Greylist, Say Reports

The Maltese media is reporting that Malta has been removed from the greylist of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), a move that would be a relief to the island country’s financial services and online gambling industries.
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Payments

The Policymakers And Firms Driving The Gulf’s Cashless Revolution

As cashless payments and fintech hots up across Gulf Cooperation Council countries, market participants warn of a skill shortage and some regulatory challenges.
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Payments

India’s Post Bank Launches New Platform To Grow Financial Services

A new financial inclusion platform looks to promote new innovative start-ups to develop solutions across a range of financial services, leveraging the Indian postal bank’s 430m customers.
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Payments

Malta To Be Removed From FATF Greylist, Say Reports

​​​​​​​The Maltese media is reporting that Malta has been removed from the greylist of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), a move that would be a relief to the island country’s financial services and online gambling industries.
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Gambling

Brazil Senate Leader Confirms No Gambling Regulation Before Election

The fallout continues from the news that Brazilian President President Jair Bolsonaro and his evangelical support bloc will stand against approving both broader gambling legislation and sports-betting regulation before the election in October.
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Gambling

Maryland Regulator Preparing Mobile Sports-Betting Draft Applications, Rules

One day after being publicly taken to task by the state’s governor for delays in the mobile sports-betting application process, Maryland gaming regulators say that draft applications and regulations could be released by the end of June.
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Gambling

News In Brief: June 13-June 17, 2022

Worldpay has been fined in Colorado, Uruguay still wants potentially online-linked casino bids and Australia launches casino crime hunt.
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Gambling

EBA Issues New Guidelines On Role And Responsibilities Of AML/CTF Compliance Officers

The European Banking Authority (EBA) has published new guidelines that aim to clarify the duties of anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing (AML/CTF) compliance officers.
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Payments

FCA Strengthens Branch Closure Checks To Combat ‘Branchwashing’

Along with updated good practice, the UK's Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is toughening its stance on temporary changes to branch services made during COVID-19 that have now become permanent.
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Payments

Digital Inclusion Could Become Constitutional Right In Brazil

Brazil is proposing a constitutional change to add the right for digital inclusion to the list of fundamental rights.
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Payments

Report Seeks Sweeping Changes To Tackle Dirty Money In British Columbia

The long-awaited final report on British Columbia’s public inquiry into money laundering confirmed that for more than a decade casinos in the province accepted hundreds of millions of dollars linked to organized crime and the drug trade.
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Gambling

UK Industry Requires 'Critical' Changes, Say Public Health Bodies

​​​​​​​Gambling in the UK has become increasingly easy to access, glamorised and promoted to a wide audience that includes children, according to representative bodies of public health experts.
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Gambling

Maryland Governor Wants Accelerated Mobile Sports-Betting Licensing Process

Maryland Governor Larry Hogan has slammed the state’s mobile sports-betting application review body and called for an accelerated timeline that would allow mobile wagering to begin in time for the National Football League (NFL) season in September.
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Gambling

U.S. Supreme Court Sides With Gaming Tribe In Casino Fight With Texas

In a 5-4 decision that could boost efforts to expand gambling in Texas, the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled the Tigua Indians of El Paso can continue electronic bingo operations.
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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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