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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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ECB Looks For Tech Experts For Digital Euro

The European Central Bank (ECB) is inviting technology experts to take part in online technical talks to explore options for the design of a central bank digital currency.
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Payments

Danes Outline New AML Strategy With Push For More Collaboration

The Danish government’s justice, business, and taxation departments have announced a new money laundering strategy for 2022-2025, aiming to move on from past scandals and criticism.
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Payments

Evolution Or Revolution? Europe Needs A Payment Solution ASAP

A pan-European payment solution is on the way, experts agree; however, it is less obvious how this will happen and which form it will take.
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Payments

After Spreading Like Wildfire, U.S. Sports Betting Grinding Down

Last month’s heartbreaking defeat in North Carolina coming on the heels of a similar failure in May in Minnesota could be the new normal for the campaign to expand sports betting across the United States.
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Gambling

U.S. Gaming Industry Struggles With Narrative For Legalizing Online Casinos

As sports betting is now legal in 35 states, the U.S. gaming industry plans to increase its lobbying of state legislatures to legalize internet gaming, a task that has been difficult as politicians have so far dismissed the narrative about significant tax revenues that could be generated.
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Gambling

Gammix Battles Dutch Cease And Desist Order

​​​​​​​Malta-based Gammix Limited is fighting back against a cease and desist order from the Netherlands Gambling Authority (KSA) for offering online games without a licence, but could face millions of euros in fines.
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Gambling

GambleAware Pleads For White Paper Release

UK charity GambleAware has publicly implored ministers not to further delay publication of the Gambling Act white paper, despite the political chaos that currently grips the ruling Conservative Party.
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Gambling

Canadian Telco Outage Causes Payments System Havoc

A blackout at telco Rogers has caused widespread disruption to essential services across Canada, including bringing many of the country’s payments systems to a halt.
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Payments

New Zealand Regulator Takes AML Action Against One Of Country’s Largest Banks

The Bank of New Zealand, one of the country’s oldest commercial banks, has been chastised by the central bank for money laundering failures.
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Payments

US Treasury Proposes Framework For International Engagement On Digital Assets

The US Treasury has proposed a new interagency framework for engagement and cooperation with foreign counterparts and international fora on digital assets regulation.
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Payments

Lithuania Keeps On Growing As Payments Hub, As De-Risking Remains A Problem

Lithuanian payments and electronic money institutions had almost 10m customers in 2021, with revenues growing 3.5 times as the country tries to grapple with the size and knock-on effects of its burgeoning sector.
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Payments

’A Classic Ponzi Scheme’ - Celsius Faces Major Fraud Complaint From Former Asset Manager

An asset manager who worked with crypto-lending platform Celsius has filed a fraud complaint in which he accuses his former partner of operating a “classic Ponzi scheme”.
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Payments

Ireland In 'Final Stages' Of Regulator CEO Selection

Ireland is in the “final stages” of its process to select the first CEO of its much-anticipated Gambling Regulatory Authority of Ireland.
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Gambling

German Regulator Targets Lottoland, But Offers Reprieve To Pending Applicants

Germany’s new federal regulator has waited less than two weeks to take its first enforcement action, as it moves against Lottoland, but clarity on its plans to combat the black market will be a relief to operators that have applied for a licence.
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Gambling

Cryptocurrency Is Coming Whether Gaming Regulators Are Ready Or Not

State gaming regulators are going to be left behind unless they prepare for the inevitable surge in cryptocurrency and other forms of digital payments, according to Colorado’s director of gaming.
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Gambling

Hurdles Remain For Sports Betting In California, Massachusetts

Despite a multimillion-dollar campaign by California tribes to defeat the company's online sports-betting ballot initiative this November and opposition from the state's Democratic Party, DraftKings CEO Jason Robins has said he is confident the proposal is an innovative solution to societal problems in the largest state in the nation.
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Gambling

Week In Crypto: Insolvencies Escalate As FTX Goes On Shopping Spree

As the crypto insolvency crisis continues to claim new victims, FTX billionaire Sam Bankman-Fried has said he is willing to spend up to $2bn to stop the bleeding and save the industry.
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Payments

Is It Really Worth It? Experts Split Over SCA Impact

The implementation of strong customer authentication (SCA) has been a bumpy road but experts are still divided in their views on whether it has been worth it.
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Payments

Revolut Makes Pitch To Business Customers With New mPOS Device

Revolut has expanded its merchant acceptance business in the UK and Ireland with the launch of its first mobile point of sale (mPOS) reader as it looks to expand its merchant customer base. This follows the launch of an Irish buy now, pay later (BNPL) solution in June.
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Payments

Singaporean Lawmakers Probe MAS On Digital Banking Failures

Members of Singapore’s parliament have questioned the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) on a range of matters, including how the country can improve on recent banking outages, ESG rules and crypto protections.
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AI Joint Venture Demonstrates UAE’s Digital and Financial Ambitions

The Middle Eastern state continues to harness financial services as an asset, moving to modernise its payments infrastructure through a public-private initiative involving the deployment of artificial intelligence (AI).
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Regulatory Influencer: The Digital Ruble - Russia’s Leap into Central Bank Digital Currencies

On July 15, 2025, the Central Bank of Russia (CBR) announced that September 1, 2026 would be the beginning of the large-scale implementation of the digital ruble. The implementation date was set following an initial delay of the rollout that was scheduled to commence in July 2025. ​The digital ruble is a digital representation of a traditional ruble issued and regulated by the Central Bank of Russia (CBR). Unlike other cryptocurrencies, it operates under the CBR’s direct control, offering an official, government-backed alternative to cash and other electronic payment methods.
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Open Banking Can Plug Gaps In Financial Checks, Say Experts

As the gambling industry and its regulators ponder how to balance the growing demand to diagnose gamblers’ financial vulnerability with customer privacy, open banking evangelists still believe the technology has a key role to play.
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Ukraine Revokes Multiple B2B Licences Under New Zero Tolerance Approach

Ukraine’s new gambling regulator, PlayCity, has begun its work to remove any potential Russian-linked businesses, revoking several business-to-business licences in a single day after they failed to provide enough evidence that they have no link to countries at war with Ukraine.
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U.S. Congressional Leaders Pledge Cooperation On Gaming Tax Deduction Reversal

The CEO of the American Gaming Association reiterated his support for the restoration of the full gambling loss tax cap deduction as members of the House Committee on Ways and Means held a field hearing Friday in Las Vegas on the One Big, Beautiful Bill.
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News In Brief: July 28 - August 1, 2025

New Jersey seeks to ban micro sports betting, while Irish banks introduce gambling blocks ahead of national self-exclusion rollout
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Vietnam Regulatory Overhaul Targets Alignment With International Norms

The State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) has launched a wide-ranging consultation process aimed at amending three key regulations governing the country’s payments ecosystem.
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Hong Kong Bank Fines Aim To Deter Compliance Failings

A cluster of enforcement actions by the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) underlines the tough approach the jurisdiction is taking to combating financial crime.
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Malta ‘Dear CEO’ Letter Part Of Drive For Professionalisation

The Malta Financial Services Authority (MFSA) has issued a new Dear CEO letter aimed at improving transparency and raising standards in the authorisation process for firms seeking MFSA licences.
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Regulatory Influencer: Non-Bank Stored Value Facilities Prepare For Hong Kong–China Instant Payments Corridor

Payment Connect, the first linkage between the instant payments systems of Hong Kong and mainland China, is now in operation, connecting Hong Kong’s Faster Payment System (FPS) with China’s Internet Banking Payment System (IBPS).
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